HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Gigi in Holiday Comments Off

Halloween

At time to dress up and be something else. Why do we love it so much? Halloween is a billion dollar industry, it is amazing to see how many homes are decorated in various levels of spooky themes.

wow

over the top

hmmmmm

Dressing up gives us a chance to be something else for a moment, live out a fantasy and have fun, tap into that alter ego that is lurking within all of us. My thought is to take a little halloween and apply it daily–it is OK to step into a fantasy and experiment with being someone else for a moment. There are no rules that say you have to be the same everyday. Pick up a color extension and clip it in your hair, dress a little outside your comfort zone and see what it feels like. Be a clown and laugh, or dress up like a video vixen and blast some music and dance or twerk around-heheheh..

Be a chameleon and try to tap into a different part of you. And those of you who are mommies and daddies, encourage your little ones to be creative and play “dress up”. I always had a trunk of clothes and accessories for my kids when they were little to play with, Amani had a “Belle” dress from Beauty and Beast, that she wore until it turned into a Cinderella dress.

Ellen dressed as Nicki Minaj

Now this was crazy…Ellen dressed as Nicke Minaj-so funny.

Happy Halloween,

Xoxo,

Gigi

Haute Halloween-Trick or Treat

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Gigi in Holiday Comments Off

Halloween

I’m not a big Halloween person, when the kids were little we would go to the carnival at their school and of course we would do the costume thing. We live in an area where we get 1 or 2 tricker or treaters, and by the time I think about decorating for halloween it has come and gone. Last year we went to a costume party at the museum and had a blast, this year we have no plans as of yet. Since I love fashion, I decided to browse around for some items that could be “halloween-ish” and would make perfect “treats”…

Alexander-Mcqueen skull knuckle clutch 1895.00

Love this little skull knuckle clutch available at Saks Fifth Avenue for a little piece of change.

Charlotte Oympia velvet black cat pump 685.00

Of course I am a cat lover…and these are too cute. Available at Neiman Marcus.

skeleton body suit 29.00

Interesting skeleton body suit from Urban Outfitters.

delfina-delettrez tourmaline earrings 750.00

Love these earrings…

fringe bodycon dress 80.00

Very Morticia of the Addams Family…available at Topshop

charlotte-olympia nocturnal 1100.00

not for me, but for someone who likes purple…

charlotte-olympia batty transparent clutch

Another ghoulish clutch…

Happy Tuesday

Xoxo,

Gigi

Reggie and Gigi

halloween ball last year….

INDEPENDENCE DAY

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Gigi in Holiday Comments Off

INDEPENDENCE DAY HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

HAVE A NICE LONG WEEKEND AND TAKE TIME TO WORK ON YOUR OWN FIREWORKS…

I’m going to enjoy this long weekend and work on a lot of loose ends…

Xoxo,

Gigi

MEMORIAL DAY

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Gigi in Fashion, Holiday Comments Off

Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day–Remembering the men and women who lost their lives while serving our country.

Growing up, Memorial Day kicked off the summer season with a Barbecue. It also signified the first day “white” was wore again, after being retired the previous Labor Day, this was drilled into my head growing up. Well of course all of those rules are now passe’, especially in sunny California, where white is worn year round. But there still are some rules that should be followed when wearing “white” nonetheless. White jeans are everywhere, however DO make sure they are “thick” enough to cover your imperfections, because as with any light colored bottom you will see things that you don’t want to see like “dimples”, cellulite, lady parts, panty lines etc. Take the time to try on a variety of white jeans until you find the right ones for your body.

Not Your Daughters Jeans
104.00

Rag and Bone 209.00

J. Crew 125.00

Nordstrum 44.70

J Brand 218.00

J Brand seems to fit my body well, so I am always on a lookout for these at the discount stores ie. Tj Maxx, Nordstrom Rack etc..

7 for all Mankind

Love these…

Have an enjoyable day off celebrating with your loved ones. We have nothing planned and I am looking forward to catching up on a lot of loose ends, like working in our garden and getting a few more bags ready for Goodwill.

Xoxo,

Gigi

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Gigi in Holiday, Mother's Comments Off

Brunches will be filled, flowers delivered, perfumes sprayed, trinkets opened, baubles given, to Mothers being honored for Mother’s Day all over the country. Mothers have so many roles and duties within the family. We are responsible for the physical, psychological and social development of others. We are the therapists, accountants, domestic housekeepers, chefs, gardeners, drivers, C.E.O.s, C.F.O.s, nurses, companions, teachers, fashion consultants, photographers, hair stylists, mediators, IT person, decorators, party planners, spiritual leaders, bakers, confidants, writers, tutors, and lovers. We mothers are everything for so many, and most of the time we do it graciously with a smile. So celebrate the mothers in your life this weekend and let them know how much you appreciate the sacrifices they have made for you.

Amani & I

Amani, Gigi & Reggie

These are my kid-lets. I will see my son on Sunday and celebrate, Amani is in New York and I see will see her next month.

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

XOXO,

Gigi

EASTER SUNDAY

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Gigi in Holiday 2 Comments

Easter Sunday Reggie & Gigi

Easter Sunday is a low key holiday for us. We usually go to brunch and celebrate the day quietly. Since the kids have been away at school, their spring break always falls a few weeks before Easter.

Growing up Easter, signified the official beginning of spring. It started with a pilgrimage downtown LA to get an “Easter” dress, a pair of patent leather mary jane style shoes preferably white, with lace trimmed bobby socks of course. The dress was was always a pastel color, and of course no Easter outfit would be complete without a bonnet and gloves. These shopping trips would end at LA’s Landmark cafeteria, Clifton’s a buffet type restaurant that had rows and rows of American fare. We dyed eggs, made Easter baskets filled with those spongy yellow chicks, loads of jelly beans, the old school ones not the tiny gourmet ones, and a chocolate bunny or sometimes a chocolate egg, my mother would get each of us one of these. The day before our kitchen would turn into a salon and my mother would press and curl our hair and make perfect shirley temple ringlets.

Up early dressed in our finery, we went to church, socialized with our friends and came home to a delicious feast. My mother would prepare everything from scratch. We would watch The Ten Commandments, nibble on candy and stay up late since spring break always started the day after Easter.

Reggie and I drove out to Cate and picked up Reggie and went to brunch at Bacara Resort. It was a lovely brunch, with lots of vegan options, but for those who eat everything it was truly a feast. It rained off and on but it was still a beautiful day and drive. Do you celebrate Easter? What did you do?

On another note I love this little tidbit. I do this all the time…

XOXO,

Gigi

A few more pics from our Easter Sunday.

Reggie & Reggie

Bunny

my handsome men

WELCOME 2013!

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Gigi in Holiday, Party, Recipes, Thoughts Comments Off

Happy New Year, Everybody!

The past year had some exciting moments, as well as a few setbacks. I am welcoming 2013 with open arms. For many the New Year is a time for renewal, a chance to start over. I think about all the things that have happened this past year, my daughter graduated from college, the start of Gigi’s Meanderings, our family trip to South Africa, a few of the highlights. 2012 also had a few challenges, my breast cancer scare and helping my daughter relocate to New York City.

While I’m not a resolution kind of girl, I do like to embrace a theme for the New Year. My theme for 2013 is “Making each day count”. What this looks like to me: Taking time daily for simple rituals that enrich my life and the lives of my family and friends. We live in a society where everything is rushed, between texting, emails, facebook, instagram etc. we are getting away from traditional forms of communication. We have hundreds of facebook friends, but when was the last time you had tea with a friend, just because? Spent a few hours with a friend doing nothing? Pulled off the road to take advantage of watching a beautiful sunset? I will be sharing these moments with you and hopefully you will share with me and we can keep each other inspired and reminded to make each day count by doing something simple to enrich your day.

I celebrated NYE with good friends,lots of delectable tidbits and chilled flutes of bubbly. 9-ish my guests began arriving armed with beautiful desserts and savory appetizers, we had everything from black eyed pea soup to spinach balls. I made my favorite salad inspired from one I used to order from Marston’s in Pasadena. It is always a crowd favorite.

Gigi’s Marstons salad

spring mix salad greens, mandarin oranges, green apples cut into cubes, avocado cut into cubes, green onion, candied pecans, golden raisins, (optional feta cheese) toss with a poppy seed dressing.

I made tiares for all the ladies, should have took pictures of these, they were adorable. We toasted, listened to my mix and conversed and welcomed in the New Year. I love entertaining at home, and plan to do more little gatherings this year.

I look forward to blogging 2013 and sharing my thoughts and discoveries on living a rich fulfilling life.

Xoxo,

Gigi

As promised a few pics from NYE.

Gigi & Molly

The Ladies

Zapatos

The Fellows

WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR’S EVE?

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Gigi in Holiday, Party 2 Comments

New Year's Eve

Love this Nancy Wilson song.

When I was younger I used to celebrate New Year Eve’s at venues with outrageous cover charges and lots of strange people. During the phase when the kids were little we did celebrations at home with other families, since securing a babysitter on New Year’s Eve was always a challenge. Once the kids were older we would sometimes go to a favorite restaurant and have a “special New Eve’s” dinner and come home in time to watch the ball drop and go to bed. This year I decided to have a small gathering with local friends who also were not doing anything. A variety of hors d’ oeuvres, petite desserts, lots of bubbly, music, and good company are the ingredients for the evening.

my online invite

I did an “evite” from Paperless Post–Love them! The evites are so unique and have a little flair. Normally I am an “old school” invitation kinda girl, but these I like.

Love this. I need to take down all my Christmas Decorations and come up with something for New Year’s Eve. Love the sparkly drink stir things.

pretty champagne bar

cute top

I would rock this with some jeans and a cute strappy high sandal.

Some fun New Year Eve Table decor check it out here.

A few more ideas I found looking around on the web.

Well I have a lot of work to do to pull this together for Monday! So with that I’m going to get busy. I promise to post pictures.

HAPPY LAST WEEKEND OF 2012!

Xoxo,

Gigi

3 Gorgeous No-Fail New Year’s Eve Party Outfits

CHRISTMAS EVE

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Gigi in Holiday, Uncategorized Comments Off

Christmas Eve

“Main” Tree

My family and I will spend Christmas Eve and Christmas quietly together. It is my favorite time of year, I love creating memories, which now have now become traditions. On Christmas Eve we make a trek to the westside for last minute shopping and or looking and then we have dinner together. Christmas morning I make brunch and we exchange our gifts and later on we drive to Riverside to my mom’s and have dinner with my extended family. May you have a glorious day with your family.

Merry Christmas!

Xoxo,

Gigi

GIGI’S LIST FOR GLIDING THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Gigi in Holiday, Well-Being 2 Comments

The holidays can wreck havoc on your body. With all the parties it is easy to over indulge on treats and to many sweets, and workouts can suffer due to shopping and social engagements. The next thing you know is that January comes around and everything is a little snug and you go in to “New Years” resolution mode, signing up for new gym memberships, another trainer and of course some sort of new diet. Why not follow a few simple steps and glide through the holidays like santa this season?

1. Watch The Sugar

Sorry, eggnog and sugary desserts are not your friend. Maybe limit yourself to Christmas day or Eve and only have something really extraordinary. Skip the Costco stuff…splurge on something homemade if you are going to have something- like grandma’s sweet potato pie.

2. Blame it on the Alcohol

If you partake use moderation and balance with lots of water, between the empty calories and the water retention the next day…you really have to be careful. Sip on one or two drinks the entire evening and have sparkling water and cranberry juice with lime in between or just plain water.

3. Workout through the holidays do NOT forfeit your WORKOUTS

It is so easy to skip workout this time of year, you may have guests staying with you, or shopping that interferes with your gym time. Even if you have to modify your plan do something at least 30 minutes daily. You will feel so much better!

4. Think about what you are plopping in your MOUTH

Make wise choices. You can do a lot of damage standing and indiscriminately plopping things into your mouth. Wear something fitted so you will be reminded and balance your selections with some veggies.

5. Chocolates –you know the kind-the ones in the nice gift boxes

Just regift and give them to your nice post-person or the dry cleaner person–do not open. You don’t want to have a few boxes under your “belt” this season.

6. Eat at HOME

Eat something sensible before you go out, you will be full and less likely to over indulge.

7. Make time to JUICE

Juicing and veggie based smoothies are a perfect way to make sure you are giving your body good nutrition to make it through the season.

8. GET YOUR SLEEP ON!

Get your 8 hours every night! This is really important, there are studies that link lack of sleep to weight gain.

9. “YOU” TIME

Make time for a massage or a moment at the spa, use that gift certificate that you have been saving. This is the perfect time to take a break for you.

10. SMILE and BE HAPPY

Smile and have a good attitude, it’s only a few weeks…

Wishing you a fabulous holiday season!

Xoxo,

Gigi

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