casual style


Oversize tee and barrel jeans for summer

wearing: gold hoop earrings / oversize tee / summer nail polish / belted tote bag / barrel jeans / black boots /

Casual summer days, or should I say foggy summer days, are here! Summer fog is the perfect time to rock a pair of funky barrel jeans and a comfy, oversize tee.

I recently wore this combo out to lunch with my family. We enjoyed lunch at “It’s Dumpling Time” at the Stanford Shopping Center. It was really yummy, and fun to spend time with my college age children since they are home for summer vacation. Love!

Barrel jeans are a fun trend in denim this year, and I love how this pair can be ordered in various lengths and waist sizes. It makes it easy to find the right size without having to worry about alternations. Plus, they are really comfortable. Love that!

It will be fun to wear these jeans over the summer as well as into the fall and winter seasons. They are year-round jeans!

Also, if you like dumplings, It’s Dumpling Time has yummy xlb dumplings. I highly recommend them!

Thanks for stopping by, and stay tuned for more summer coverage!

XOXO
Cathy


Casual summer night out

wearing: hoop earrings / lipstick / oversize tee / summer nail polish / classic jeans / vintage handbag / black boots /

Now that summer weather has arrived, we are looking at restaurants with outdoor patios. When my oldest daughter arrived home from college, we decided to celebrate with a festive dinner out at Teske’s Germania in downtown San Jose.

Teske’s is a German restaurant with a covered outdoor patio and live music. They offer large portions of food, and beer. The wine list is good too. We enjoyed too much food, live music, and a festive vibe on the outdoor patio. It was a fun night out!

Since the restaurant is casual, I wore my favorite oversize tee, classic jeans and my city tote. It was perfect for the mild, summery weather.

If you are local to the Bay Area, I recommend checking out Teske’s Germania in San Jose. Be sure to bring cash! They have a small fee for using a credit card. Luckily, we had cash with us! haha

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Thanks for stopping by, and stay tuned for more summer fun!

XOXO

Cathy


Vegas at night

wearing: gold hoops / dress (runs big) / Dior summer nail polish / small tote bag / sneakers / (alternate shoe choice) /

Vegas at night has a certain je ne sais quoi. The lights, the buzz, and the over the top architecture are all part of the mystique and fun.

We stayed in a hotel off the strip so we could be close to our daughter’s cheer competition, which was the reason we were in Las Vegas. So, in order to get to the strip and avoid the chaotic traffic, we took the tram. This required quite a bit of walking on my part, so my heels were left in the hotel and I wore my sneakers for the evening. It was out of my comfort zone for style, but my feet were very happy. Soooooo, there’s that. Anyhoo. . .

Vegas is a rooftop type of town, so we had dinner at Cheri’s Rooftop inside the Paris hotel. I loved the view and the service was really good, the food was meh. We still had fun though!

After dinner, we went across the street to watch the water show. I haven’t watched it in over twenty years. It was a nostalgic moment for me remembering all the trips I used to take to Vegas with my friends before I got married. haha

We watched the show a couple times and then called it night since we had an early flight home the next morning. It was definitely a whirlwind, thirty-six hours in Vegas!

I love this dress and plan to wear it often in the upcoming months, the only drawback is that it runs large and I needed at least one size down. That’s ok, I will still wear it. If you order it, and are between sizes, pick the smaller size.

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Thanks for stopping by and stay tuned for summer coverage!

XOXO

Cathy