In Part 1 of the Summer Wanderer Series I shared some practical advice on how to choose a wardrobe for summer travel. Now it’s time to test my theories and see how well these pieces work. Below...
One of my closest friends (also named Emily) is spending her summer in Europe with her husband and family. When she called me in the midst of packing panic, I was reminded that, while spending months...
Summer Wanderer: Packing Tips 2 by sartoriography featuring a gingham shirt
Summer Wanderer: Packing Tips 2 by sartoriography featuring silk tops
Summer Wanderer: Packing Tips 1 by sartoriography featuring pocket tees
Summer Wanderer: Packing Tips 1 by sartoriography featuring short shorts
Dust and sunset. It’s that time again: Photos That Probably Bore You Time!! What follows is something of an explanation of my time in Namibia. I find that sharing pictures is much easier than w...
If you follow me on Twitter (and if you actually read what I tweet…one doesn’t guarantee the other, I know), you might be aware that I sometimes comment on dreams I have. As I’m sur...
Remember me? No? Well, my name is Emily. Nice to meet you (but not in the creepy way of 42 year old men in chat rooms). Sometimes I write this blog, and sometimes I go to Africa and ditch this blog f...
Hotties, I’m HOME!! After approximately 87 flights (not to mention the taxis, mini-busses, and trains) and about as many hours, I’m back in Chicago. While I fight off jetlag and try to r...
Some photos from Paris, quickly shot and posted for your pleasure…or at least for my mom’s pleasure. They include adorable grafitti, delicious foods, flea market finds, semi-glamour shot...
Jacket (gift), tee (thrifted, $1), skirt (Anthropologie, $20), belt (thrifted, $.75), boots (random), jewelz (various), grave (the Legare family). Happy New Year, folks! It’s your favorite (9t...
In the past I’ve written about how I tend to disappear into my brain cave when writing time comes around each quarter. This term, I spent more than my standard week or two wandering around the...
That’s right, it’s at exactly 11:11 on 11-11-11. For someone whose family has always joked about the tyrannical horror of the number 11, it was pretty much required that I publish a post...
No matter how busy we are, most of us take time every day for the ritual of a meal (or two or three). Whether it’s grabbing a quick dinner, lingering over a cup of coffee, or enjoying drinks w...
Following are a few things you may or may not know about me. If you fall into the former camp, please pretend to be surprised or at least interested. It’s only polite. 1: If I believed in for...
Hapa ni simulizi kwa nyinyi. In Swahili, that sentence reads, “Here’s a story for you.” And indeed, here’s a story, one in which Swahili is humorously relevant, as is this o...
A Drowsy Numbness: skirt (Anthropologie, $50), top (H&M, $9), jacket (gift), boots (random, $30ish), earrings (uummm...?), necklace ($1, thrifted). "I'm very serious about this jacket. ...
See those sexy dudes up there? On my behalf they’re saying, “Get thee to What Would a Nerd Wear...
Marx: Jeans (vintage, thrifted, $3), striped top (H&M, $9), vest gift), boots (random, $30), hat (H&M, $12). Once upon a time, there was this dude named Karl Marx. He had some theories about...
Under $20 Tuesday is back, and just in time for fall! As the weather gets cooler I’m craving plaid, cozy knits, any type of boots, and pops of color amongst steady neutrals. Here are some of ...
So this one time, I did some stuff. Some of it was blogger stuff, some of it was birthday stuff, and some of it was random stuff. Regardless of its category, it was fun stuff. Here are some of pho...
The world is getting crazy, people. We’ve got earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding, Al Sharpton hosting a news show, and Emily (that’s me) braving ant colonies and drug busts to take outfit...
Here’s a re-cap of our latest Chicago blogger meet-up at Deliciously Vintage. All the relevant details are here…unless you want to know anything of substance. I’m afraid I’m...
Light: sunlight (heaven), skirt (thrifted, $1), top (H&M, $7), heels (UO, $15), necklaces (stolen from my mama), belt (thfifted, $3). So, here’s some info about me: I have a minor obsession...
Florals and graphic prints More floral and graphic print Anyone who’s read this blog more than…well, once?, has borne witness to my love of pattern mixing. Even before I fell down the we...
People are always saying (and by people I mean that disembodied “conventional wisdom”) that you can’t be in two places at once. How is it, then, that I am so firmly divided between...
Dear folks, I’ve snuck away for some much-needed family time. While I’m hanging in the South, here’s some advice from Andrea of Blonde Bedhead on how to maximize an outfit for a weekend of tra...
Dear folks, I’ve snuck away for some much-needed family time. While I’m hanging in the South, here’s a virtual adventure on the high seas with JoAnn of Sidewalk Chic. Once you’ve raised the s...
Dear folks, I’ve snuck away for some much-needed family time. While I’m hanging in the South, here’s a crazy story with a happy ending from my favorite Canadian, the stunning Jentine of My Edi...
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