new york 2010

thursday, august 5

10:17am
   like, get your hands off my panties and shoes, border police, and let's get a move on!

11:47am
   i need to stop cracking jokes at customs.

12:10pm
   the man behind me won't stop burping. also, self-taught learner is the soundtrack to my bus ride.

- happy birthday, joey!
- ran into a man at kenmare who lives in my same neighbourhood and went to my junior high and high school?!


friday, august 6

- accidentally found ourselves at the alex wang sample sale in soho! my newest wardrobe edition?

- free yacht show at the south seaport
- terrace pre-drinks at the waldorf astoria
- dancing machines at lit lounge
- 99 cent pizza slices?!

saturday, august 7


- fifth avenue
- the jane
- le bain at the standard hotel

photos by oliver zahm via purple diary, taken at le bain at the standard hotel august 7, 2010

- oliver zahm
- 99 cent pizza... again
- sunrise bedtime

sunday, august 8


- lots-o-bagels
- free chairlift and the xx show at central park!
- missed the cut copy show due to hangover, but found this video on freewilliamsburg.com

- spaghetti-os

monday, august 9


- slept in... finally!
- barney's and bergdorf's with marko
- first street vendor falafel
- played housewife... my world renowned pasta for erin!

i had a dream...

... that mary-kate & i were bffs.

how good are her earrings?! love love.

photo via olsensanonymous.blogspot.com

as if!

oh, snooks...

best august ever?

my summer thus far has been sub-par (i'm a poet and i didn't even know it), and though i love toronto, i'm definitely in need of a getaway. so i decided the best way to reverse this before it's too late was to quit my job and travel.

first new york.
then home? myrtle beach? mexico?

if anybody wants to travel somewhere with me, i'm keeping my options open and would love company.

xo leigh

les garcons

this is too good.

the artiste

this is my best friend, rachael. she's featured in the august 2010 issue of FLARE!

THE ARTISTE: Rachael Meckling Hometown: Saskatoon, Sask. Illustrator Rachael Mecling, 20, may still be a student at Ryerson University but this FLARE intern's whimsical drawings are already hanging on our art director's walls - fitting, considering Meckling herself dreams of becoming an art director one day. Idols: "Gwen Stefani. She is such a novelty and I love how literal her style inspirations are. Also, Coco Chanel, Virginia Woolf and my mother - the obstacles that they overcame in their lives gives me the [motivation] to work just as hard." Words to live by: "It's unfortunate that some people search high and low for something that can be so obvious," says Meckling before citing Aristotle's famous quote: "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

photo via FLARE Magazine by Norman Wong 

home sweet home

as if this actually happened. this makes me so sad!