Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?

The song "Auld Lang Syne" begins with the rhetorical question whether it is right that old times be forgotten and is generally interpreted as a call to remember long-standing friendships. It is a song that we all hear every New Year's Eve but it couldn't mean more to me this year. As my February move nears, the pit in my stomach grows over the fact that I won't be able to see my friends for a while. I am going to miss them so much-- the closeness, the nights out, the stories, birthday parties, pizza nights, the laughs, the smiles, the shared ups, and the shared downs. I would never forget the "old times" and I hope they don't either. My top new year's resolution is to hold on to my long-standing friendships here and to make a great effort to stay in touch from across the pond. Here's to everlasting friendship.

 

                                          

A New Year's Eve from the Prohibition Era

Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a great time ringing in 2012. I celebrated by stepping back in time to the 1920s. My friends and I attended a Prohibition-themed event and had a great time wearing flapper dresses, headbands and pearls.

It was definitely a process finding an 1920s-esque dress and accessorizing it but it was also a lot of fun. I scoured the East Village with not much luck at first but then I went to Angela's Vintage Boutique and found the perfect dress-- a black silk dress beaded from head to toe with the perfect amount of flapper beaded fringe at the top and bottom of the dress. Although the dress is actually from the 1980s, it still had some 1920s elements to make it just right for this event. I picked up the antique-style jeweled headband from Anthropologie and I already had the two-strand pearl necklace with crystal vintage pendant from J.Crew. I added some red lipstick and Voilà!

{Headband from Anthropologie, 

Necklace from J.Crew (no longer available), and  

1980s vintage dress from Angela's Vintage Boutique}

{A better look at the dress}

{My friend M who now counts the headband 

as one of her new favorite accessories}

{Ringing in 2012}

I'm Dreaming of Shiny Sparkly Dresses...

New Years Eve is just a few weeks away and I can't wait to wear something with sequins and/or shine. It will be one of my last big nights out in NYC so I need to make it count!

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