Passing Whimsies

Me at age 9 with a family friends' dogs
I grew up with cats. My childhood was filled with them, whether they were my grandma's or ours that I had until I was 20. Then, a few years later I adopted Tito just after moving to New York.
Owning a dog was never something I desired or really pictured for my life. There were always kids in my grade school classes begging their parents for silky labradors or hypoallergenic poodle mixes, playing Nitendogs on their DS as proof they could take...

"You should start considering egg retrieval and freezing if you don't plan to start a family in the next few years. You know, this is the best your eggs will ever be"
I was laying on my back, spread eagle, while my gynecologist performed my yearly women's exam in the back of his stuffy office in Chelsea. He was a friendly man in his mid-50s who I'd been seeing the last few years, always throughout, yet gentle, with...

In early May I took a step back from social media for a bit of a break. After 15 years of creating content, I don't think I can recall a period longer than a few days where I didn't share some update on social media. Taking a week off from work and even...

THE BEGINNING
Sometimes it's hard to believe I've been sharing outfits on the internet since I was 16. This year will mark 15 years of documenting all the ups and downs of my style and I've been reflecting on this journey.
This blog started in 2009, when Instagram wasn't even around yet and Tumblr was still in its infancy. At the time, I drew most of my fashion inspiration from magazines. I loved to spend hours at the local Barnes & Noble browsing the high brow ones...