Weather Vain: Prague, Czech Republic - 50 With Scattered Clouds
The perfect get-up to say, “Dobrý den, Praha!” —erica
Clockwise from top left:
+ A Cut25 leather jacket that will look at home at the Museum of Czech Cubism.
+ A stack of Iosselliani rings—jazzy enough for dinner at Coda.
+ Vic Italy boots that are ready for a moonlit stroll across the Charles Bridge.
+ A wispy M.Patmos scarf—to keep you warm if a pivo or four doesn’t cut it.
+ A Collina Strada tote, with room for a Czech crystal souvenir.
+ A Joseph cream dress, suited to roaming castles.
+ Collette Ishiyama earrings as slick as the design at Lokal.
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In the Bag: Papabubble
The Company: Papabubble
The Masterminds: Fiona Ryan and Chris Grassi
The Story: If you walk into the Papabubble store on Broome Street in NYC, you may never want to leave—just a warning. There are jars and jars of treats that redefine “candy-colored” and walls of lollipops that would make Augustus Gloop break out into a sweat. Fiona Ryan and Chris Grassi worked at the Australia-based company’s Barcelona store before blessing America with this sweetness five years ago, but hopefully they’re planning on sticking around here for awhile.
Get your sugar fix tomorrow: There’s some Papabubble goodness coming in our Bridal Grab Bag!
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Weather Vain: Nashville, Tennessee - 77 and Partly Cloudy
God, what a ridiculously gorgeous day in Music City. Here’s what to wear if you’re lucky enough to be bopping (boot-scooting?) around town. —erica
Clockwise from top left:
+ Madison Harding wedges that would go equally well with jeans from the local hotspot Imogene + Willie.
+ A Rebecca Taylor dress that could hang onstage at the Ryman.
+ Sunglasses from Kate Spade Saturday—beautiful-weather, hang-outside essentials.
+ A IIIBeCa bag the color or a buttery biscuit (with or without the gravy)
+ A Delfina Delettrez ring as hot as a reservation at The Catbird Seat.
+ Earrings—from Vanessa Mooney—ready for a late night at Tootsies.
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Hortense Bonneau’s All-Time Fave Spots in Paris
Where to get a good éclair…and some really spectacular baby clothes.
Although Hortense Bonneau of Hortense Jewelry is a seasoned West Coaster—she hopscotched from San Fran to Santa Monica before finally settling in L.A.—she spent the first three decades of her life in the City of Light. Here, take a tour of the Parisian places Hortense makes a point to visit when she goes back home. —alisha prakash
Dalloyau
“The first thing I have to eat when I go back is a good éclair au café and a religieuse au café—both with coffee inside, not chocolate. I like to buy them at Dalloyau founded in 1682 near the garden Le Luxembourg. I buy my favorite pastries and go to the garden. French pastries are just a dream.”
(2 Place Edmond Rostand)
Bonton
“Bonton is a gorgeous store for kids. It’s quite expensive, but the clothes and toys are so amazing that, just for the inspiration, it feels good to visit.”
(Multiple locations)
Mariage Frères
“Here, you can find wonderful teas. The place is so old and magical. There’s a store downstairs where I buy my teas, and upstairs, there’s a Salon de Thé, where you can sit and enjoy tea with the most amazing pastries.”
(30 Rue du Bourg Tibourg)
K. Jacques
“They have amazing sandals in the Marais area. You can often find a mini selection of K. Jacques sandals in L.A.—but only the flat ones, and K. Jacques offers heels as well!”
(16 Rue Pavée)
Le Bon Marché
“I like to go to Le Bon Marché because you can find a lot of the famous brands in one store. It’s like the equivalent of Barneys.”
(24 Rue de Sèvres)
Diptyque
“I also love going to the candle store Diptyque. The one in Paris is the oldest one—I think it’s the first one that opened. The store is so authentic and beautiful.”
(34 Boulevard Saint Germain)
Le Café de Flore
“Summer in Paris is just the best, especially in August when everybody is gone for vacation. I like to sit outside and have a drink around 7 p.m. I like all the cafes in Le Marais or Saint Germain, like Le Café de Flore. It’s kind of cliché, but it’s an old café where all the writers and singers in Paris used to—and still—go.”
(172 Boulevard Saint-Germain)
Le Petit Cambodge
“The Asian restaurant Le Petit Cambodge—my husband and I used to live right next to it, so we were there all the time. On weekends, they have a line on the street that’s crazy.”
(20 Rue Alibert)
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Weather Vain: Miami, Florida - 84 With a Chance of Thunderstorms
Party in the city where the heat is on…or where it’s pouring down rain. EITHER WAY. Here’s what to wear in Mee-ah-mee on a day like today. (Keely! We miss you! Come back!) —erica
Clockwise from top left:
+ A Loeffler Randall clutch, as fun as drinks at The Freehand.
+ The sort of so-easy Raquel Allegra dress that’s happy to live in a suitcase.
+ A Rag & Bone hat, protecting your hair from any T-storming—or, if the clouds part, the sun along the Wynwood Art Walk.
+ Rain sandals! Brought to you by Melissa.
+ Take this clunky-cool Jennifer Fisher bracelet to Joe’s Stone Crab or Yardbird, and don’t worry about getting messy.
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The Insider: Jake Siegal
Jake Siegal is kind of like the Sam to our Clarissa. Or, as he might put it, the spicy bacon to our homemade caramel corn. As the founder of Samplrs and now maestro of food at Fancy, he’s an expert in deliciousness—particularly the type of small-batch goodness that arrives in your mailbox in a bee-utiful package. He also, by the by, gives really good email. Now’s your chance to get to know him—just hope you’re not hungry. —carlye wisel
Q: What unexpected blog can you not live without?
A: I visit the Guy Fieri Dish Generator on Eater at least once a week.
Q: What gadgets or apps are you all about right now?
A: Two phone apps I’m really liking are Timehop and days.am. Days.am is a cool new way to share the highlights of your day, and Timehop reminds you where you were and what you were doing exactly one (or two or three) years ago. It’s a perfect vehicle through which to force some daily introspection.
Q: What’s the last thing you saw that really amazed you?
A: Light Asylum live at Steel Drums. They’re incredible!
Q: You’re into snowboarding, huh?
A: Snowboarding is my favorite activity in the world. I am happiest on a snowboard. Luckily the trees have been good to me, and I’ve kept pretty safe. I sprained both my knees when I was 14, and I fractured my sternum this past weekend visiting my brother in Utah for my birthday. Worth it!
Q: Are you okay? Your sternum?!
A: I’m good! I’m mobile and medicated.
Q: Do you own any Of a Kind editions?
A: Yeah! I have my Maxx & Unicorn Indigo Bi-Fold Wallet on me everyday, my sister got Jesse Kamm’s Beachcomber Sweatshirt as a grad present, and I wish I hadn’t missed out on the Topo Designs Kind Backpack.
Q: What’s the worst thing you’ve ever worn?
A: It’s a tie between a caricature tee of me and with a drum made at a bar mitzvah and a pair of Aztec-pattern fleece shorts that were once my dad’s. I wore the shorts to some Columbia bar where my friend Tiffany was DJing, and the bouncer wouldn’t even let me in!
Q: What would you consider to be your perfect day of New York eating?
A: Breakfast at Russ & Daughters, lunch in Flushing at Lao Cheng Du and dinner at City Grit. It’s pop-up, supper-club-type event run by Sarah Simmons, whose background is mainly in Southern cooking. She also invites the most interesting up-and-coming chefs from around the world to tell their story and showcase their culinary talent through City Grit. It’s a huge treat for everyone involved.
Q: Road trip! You’re heading to upstate New York. What snacks are you packing?
A: King’s County Korean BBQ Beef Jerky, Ovenly Maple Thyme Pecans, Blue Diamond Wasabi & Soy Sauce Almonds, and Brooklyn Hard Candy.
Q: What’s the most embarrassing thing on your bookshelf?
A: It’s a tie between this CD case and a book I bought called Curation Nation.
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Weather Vain: Los Angeles, California - 72 and Partly Cloudy
Tomorrow, I head to L.A. (to meet Claire, who’s already there!). Here’s what I’d be jonesing to wear if I was coast-swapping a day earlier. —erica
Clockwise from top left:
+ A Blk Denim leather jacket that’s just wishing, hoping, praying for warm weather.
+ Hoops! Brought to you by K/LLER and ready for a day of shopping on Melrose, West Third, or Sunset.
+ An Eayrslee wallet that proves you aren’t scared of those sunny, Cali hues.
+ A just-nautical Whit dress—take it out for some peel-and-eat shrimp at Son of a Gun.
+ The kind of House of Harlow shades that dot the pages of Us Weekly.
+ Cool girl, I-live-in-Laurel-Canyon shoes (boots? sandals? both?) from LD Tuttle.
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The 3 Very (Very!) Best Places in Portland, According to Caesy Oney
Try not to be jelly that they’re all crazy-convenient for the Draught Dry Goods designer.
If you happen to be skulking around Northeast Portland, you just might catch a glimpse of the Draught Dry Goods main man, Caesy Oney. All his favorite haunts happen to be within walking distance of both his studio and his apartment—but they’re all worth a trip if you aren’t quite as lucky. —jackie varriano
Nong’s Khao Man Gai
“This is hands-down my favorite lunch in Portland. There’s a food cart downtown proper, but I generally visit the spot in lower SE, as I can walk there from the workshop. Their Khao Man Gai, commonly known as ‘paper chicken,’ is a really simple dish of broiled chicken and rice, and their house-made sauce is a garlic-ginger-chili combo that is mind-blowing.”
(609 SE Ankeny St., Suite B, khaomangai.com)
Club 21
“This is my neighborhood dive—standard bar fare and stiff drinks. Lots of shit on the walls. Great neon sign out back that is from a long-forgotten steak house.”
(2035 NE Glisan St.)
See See Motor Coffee Co.
“This is the coffee-slash-motorcycle shop that is run by my friends. It has delicious coffee and snacks—and of course tons of motorcycles and motorcycle things. They are also really active in the community and have events and parties often. A true Portland treasure.”
(1642 NE Sandy Blvd.; seeseemotorcycles.com)
Caesy’s made-in-OR edition is here! You don’t want to miss his made-by-hand iPhone wallet.
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The Insider: Mollie Chen
In the Baby-sitters Club version of our lives, Mollie Chen would be our Kristy—not because she’s always wearing turtlenecks or getting all bossy, but because she’s just so good at stuff. Editorial director of our favorite beauty site Birchbox by day, Mollie is also a ridiculously good cook—to the point where you question when and how much she sleeps. And while we still don’t have the answer to that query, Mollie did share her tip for at least looking awake. —carlye wisel
Q: What’s the most embarrassing thing on your bookshelf?
A: I’ll stand by any of my books—a mishmash of contemporary writers, the odd Hunger Games or One Minute Manager, and tons of cookbooks and food memoirs. But I also have weird stuff I haven’t gotten around to throwing away: a roll of Chinese toilet paper that my dad gave me upon landing in Shanghai and made me carry around for the entirety of our three week-long family trip; a Step Up 2 DVD (cinematic genius); and an empty Hitachino Nest bottle that I drunkenly took from Momofuku because I thought it was pretty (now housing paper flowers).
Q: Since you’re a master home chef, do you have a clutch recipe for last-minute dinner parties?
A: Roast chicken. Seriously. I never understood the appeal of chicken until I made it myself, using Thomas Keller’s can’t-fail method. Add a hefty salad and crusty bread, and you’re set. Anyone can—and should—cook. Seriously. Just buy some eggs and greens and get your hands on a cast iron pan. I’ll teach you how to make a frittata.
Q: No, but seriously, Mollie: How do you make vegetables taste good?
A: During the colder months, I roast everything at high heat until it’s just shy of burnt. This works with sweet potatoes, cauliflower, fennel—you name it. In the summer, I love raw shaved salads or simple grilled veggies. And salads don’t have to be boring. I think secret is twofold: fat and texture. Add tahini, avocado, or cheese for creaminess, and chopped up apples, toasted nuts, or crisp sprouts for crunch. If all else fails, consult Yotam Ottolenghi or Suzanne Goin for inspiration.
Q: What’s the last thing you saw that really amazed you?
A: I was familiar with George Bellows but hadn’t seen any of his paintings in real life until the Metropolitan Museum show this fall. I was blown away by the depth and range of the paintings, and the way they captured the color and life at the edges of New York life in the early 1900s.
Q: Is there anything hanging in your closet that you’ve never had the guts to wear?
A: No, but I definitely have things in my closet that require a week’s worth of kale and chia seeds to wear. (They don’t come out very often.)
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: I wouldn’t call it a style, but I’ve definitely cornered the market on silky printed things and skinny belts. I almost never wear black.
Q: Do you own any Of a Kind editions?
A: So far, I only have Kindah Khalidy’s Cotton Candy Clutch (a birthday gift), but I have my eye on many others—and I’m hoping the Swiss Camo Tote comes back before summer!
Q: What’s your one solid beauty secret?
A: Face oils. As someone who had oily skin as a teenager and a frustrating bout of mid-twenties acne, I never, ever thought I’d learn to love face oils. But I find that they keep your skin balanced year-round, and feeling amazingly light and healthy—kind of like a green juice for your complexion. Under-eye brightener (YSL Touche Eclat or Benefit’s Ooh La Lift) is the fastest way to look awake and pulled-together. Cream blush has a velvety texture that you don’t get with powder—I adore Jouer’s Cheek Tints and RMS Beauty’s Lip2Cheek. Whoops, that was three.
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Weather Vain: Las Vegas, Nevada - 77 and Partly Cloudy
It’s always a hot one in Vegas, right? Today’s no exception. And while there are more and more places to hit off the strip, this is not the town for classic neutrals. Here, a party in a suitcase. —erica
Clockwise from top left:
+ The sort of Kain dress that can go big—barMASA? Hyde Bellagio?—if you want to.
+ Jenni Kayne flats fit for exploring the CityCinter’s crazy art collection…or strolling the up-and-coming downtown scene.
+ A Clover Canyon jacket that can compete with the neon AND the desert chill.
+ You need a lucky charm at the blackjack table, right? This Alyssa Norton bracelet will do it.
+ Lizzie Fortunato earrings are ready for the whole pool cabana-to-drinks outfit change.
+ A little Acne wallet, for the things that can’t be paid for in poker chips.
