My mother always told me that I had a hat head…and I clearly I believe her.
I have yet to find a hat that I don’t love including this hat from the ladies of Rossi & Rei. Now, this isn’t just any hat. This is an artisanal hat that’s made in Italy and finished by hand in Paris.
Sure, why not!?! Nothing like spicing up Easter and showing up to family dinner with Easter pastel inspired hair, right?
(sorry Mom)
If you’ve been following along here you know that I live for a fun color on my head (minus that odd blue phase I went through – here) and anytime I’m ready to ditch the white blonde hair I call on to my girl + stylist McKenzie. Over the years McKenzie and I have been through short hair, long hair, white hair, dead hair – You name it – I’ve rolled into her chair with it or asked for it.
When Mckenzie isn’t solving my life problems and or dealing with my hangover she is behind the chair at the oh-so-chic Cameron James Salon on Union St in San Francisco + a Color Crew Team member for Madison Reed.
She’s a true professional and always down to bring my BIG ideas to life – while keeping my hair surprisingly healthy.
So, for this post, I partnered with my friend Michael Gerbino, My L.A. Chef. In addition to being a homie and a fantastic travel buddy (traveling with a chef is THE best!), he is a talented private chef (check out our Easter ham spread here) and helped me to curate and execute a series of amazingly beautiful and delicious dishes with La Tourangelle.
These recipes are simple, seasonal and something anything fashionista can bust out of their kitchen! Check out recipe #1 below for The La Tourangelle Sweet Almond Cake. La Tourangelle handcrafts this Roasted Almond Oil in Woodland, California strictly following 150-year-old French tradition. La Tourangelle roasted almond oil adds a subtle almond taste to any dish and gives a fresh touch to your meal. The oil reveals subtle nuances when combined with other ingredients. Its delicate character makes it a good substitute for olive oil. When combined with any salad, fish or vegetable dish, almond oil helps to fashion a gourmet meal.
Season blueberries with 1.5 tbs of sugar and let rest for 15 minutes
Preheat oven to 350 deg with the oven rack in the center
Grease a 9” cake pan with cooking spray
Place a round piece of parchment paper in the bottom of the pan
Zest the lemon and combine the zest with the flour
Juice the lemon and set aside
Beat the egg yolks with 1⁄2 cup of sugar with a hand mixer in a bowl on high for 3 min or until the yolks are thick and pale yellow
Reduce speed to medium and add almond oil and lemon juice until combined
Using a wooden spoon, stir in the flour until combined, small lumps are okay
Beat egg whites in a clean bowl with 1⁄2 tsp salt on high until foamy, then add 1⁄4 cup of sugar slowly while beating, continue beating until you reach soft peaks, about 3 min
Fold whites into the batter working in batches, until combined
Place the blueberries into the pan then, place batter on top.
Bake in oven for 35-45 min or until a toothpick placed in the center comes out clean
Let cool in the pan for 10 min, then remove, slice and enjoy!
I spent over ten years working at the Gap. During those ten years, I saw the good, the bad and the downright awful – here is a current PRIME example of awful.
According to Good American co-founder Khloe Kardashian, I’m a Good Waist. What’s in a Good Waist?
SEE BELOW
HIGH WAISTED. NATURAL BACK LIFT.
CORSET SLIMMING ELASTICITY.
These jeans are fu*king fantastic people. I am cheating on my Topshop Jamie’s in a real big way. I only have one pair and am dying for Khlomoney to release the Good Waist collection in white.
Khloe can you hear me?
Until then I’ll be shopping the current Good American collection below:
And no matter how GOOD you look and feel in your GOOD AMERICAN denim – always remember:
Allow me to introduce you to Mon Purse. Founded in early 2014 by Lana Hopkins, CEO (and badass #GIRLBOSS + nice girl) – Mon Purse is an Australian based ‘design-your-own’ handbag and leather accessories brand that creates beautiful custom products, using the highest quality European leather. The company was born out of Hopkins’ inability to find the kind of handbag quality and design to satisfy her. She saw an opportunity to create a disruptive model to provide fully customizable leather handbags that target the affordable luxury handbag market. Using a state of the art 3D online bag builder, customers are able to select from over 10 billion different variations including leather color, texture, interior linings and premium hardware to design their dream bag or simply add a personal touch with monogramming and extra customization options.
This grainy leather envelope clutch with suede lining caught my eye at the Mon Purse Gallery pop-up shop in our San Francisco Bloomingdale’s. This stunning clutch boasts a sophisticated envelope design. You can personalize the clutch with your monogram in gold, silver, gunmetal, rose gold or blind emboss. I had my KatWalkSF logo hand painted on at the launch of the pop-up shop and could not be MORE pleased with how it turned out! I mean how did someone paint that by HAND!?!
