New year's resolution number 1: Break in my new navy blue vintage Ferragamo pumps. Yay!

New year's resolution number 2: Start a blog.


... & so that's how we got here.

So i figured, why don't I write about the things that I know, and the things that I like, & then share it with anyone who cares to listen (read: read)?

Things I know:
Well, I have a master's degree in anthropology, so I know some vague things about Levi-Strauss, Bourdieu, and have read endless studies by the magnificent Emille Durkheim (having studied sociology since I was 16).. & I know about food, since what is life without food? So I like cooking, checking out new cake recipes (www.myrecipes.com is a great site), and also finding out what's new in the realm of healthy eating & living...& then I know about fashion. I can't live without my American Vogue on a monthly basis (seriously, I become physically malnourished without it), but I also check out British Vogue, occasionally Paris and Deutsche Vogue, & have recently been spotted buying Indian Vogue...

Things I like:
- coffee
- chocolate
- meringues
- home-made bread (only when I'm visiting my parents: i haven't gotten around to baking my own yet)
- Balenciaga (not that I can afford his stuff. Yet.)
- Ferragamo pumps
- going running
- Ray Bans
- most French films with Kristen Scott Thomas that I've seen so far
- Tom Cruise before he became a weirdo (circa 1995 and prior)
- red jeans
- skinny jeans
- boyfriend jeans

Okay, so that's just the beginning. Hope you like the site!

NB. "Why Don’t You… wear violet velvet mittens with everything?" The quote that inspired the name of the site. Diana Vreeland, arbiter of style. Rest in Peace.