Haymarket Designs: New York

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Happy Cinco de Mayo

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Hope everyone's day includes a little guacamole and a cold margarita!
In honor of the day I'm sharing my favorite Mexican inspired embroidered clothes.
I love the bright colors and relaxed style of the dresses. Perfect for summer!

Mexicana Embroidered Shift, Top Shop $76

Blue Daisy Embroidered Top, Shop Bop $45

Bella Embroidery Dress, Juicy Couture $139

Etsy has a lot of great vintage pieces. I love this color green!

Cactus Green Embroidered Tunic, Etsy $57

And I have to share with you my guacamole recipe. Well its not actually mine, I got if from one of my favorite restaurants in NY, Rosa Mexicano, but I've adapted it over the years to make it just right. You must try! It's super easy and delicious!

Ingredients:
1 White Onion (finely chopped)
Cilantro (finely chopped)
1 jalapeño pepper (finely chopped)
3 Hass avocados
2 tomatoes (finely chopped)
salt
pepper
lime juice

I use a molcajete (that you can get at Williams Sonoma and its well worth it) but you can also just use a stainless steel cooking bowl.

First you make the chile paste by grinding 1 tablespoon of onion, 1 tablespoon of cilantro, and 1 tablespoon or jalapeno and a little salt.

Next cut the avocados and remove the pit. Make 3 crosswise cuts and 3 lengthwise cuts to dice the avocado. Scoop the diced avocado into the molcajete and then add 3 tablespoons of tomato, 1 more tablespoon of cilantro and 1 more tablespoon of onion. Mix everything together and add a pinch of salt and pepper and a squeeze or two of lime to taste and tada you have the most delicious fresh guacamole!

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

All the buildings in New York

A few months ago I heard about Australian artist James Gulliver's attempt to draw all the
buildings in New York City. He started his adventure last April and has been sharing his
work on his blog, ALL THE BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK.

Every few weeks I check back to see if he has by chance drawn one of my old apartment
buildings or offices, but no luck yet! He has come close a few times though...

3rd Avenue Citarella (my favorite neighborhood gourmet market) on 3rd Avenue

1744 2nd Avenue, right around the corner from my first apartment at 1705 First Ave

and 889 Broadway, just up the street from my office at 770 Broadway.

Here are a few other he has done of famous NY landmarks...

The Plaza Hotel

The New Yorker

660 Madison Avenue, aka Barneys

And a few of my favorite random buildings. I just love his style and subtle use of color!

Rivington between Orchard and Ludlow

46th Street

5th Street at Bowery

4th Street between First and Avenue A

I definitely want to get one of his prints to add to my NY art collection. I just can't decide which one yet!

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Apartment Crush: UES New York

I'm sure many of you have seen the latest and greatest edition of Matchbook Magazine by now.
If you haven't you must check it out!

I can't stop thinking about the New York apartment of 23 year old Alixe Laughlin, that was featured in "The Bahamas Meets New York". In four words... it's to die for! Having a job at Quadrille Couture definitely comes in handy when it comes to having such a chic first apartment. I'm so jealous!

It makes me think of my first ~~apartment~~ shoebox on the Upper East Side, that my roommate and I thought was pretty cute considering our penniless bank accounts, but now pales in comparison.

Here are some more drool worthy pictures of Alixe's apartment...

I love this mirrored coffee table and touch of orange!

The faux bamboo console is definitely going on my wish list! And I love the lucite lamps from one of my favorite stores, Circa Who, in Palm Beach.

The Quadrille Saya Gatta Wallpaper adds just the right amount of color to a boring hallway.

She does a great job of mix and matching lots of different prints without loooking too busy.

Don't you have a crush now too?

Monday, April 4, 2011

DIY: Matchbook Shadowbox

It's been over a year since I moved back from New York and I've been trying to figure out what
to do with the 100+ matches I collected from restaurants during my four years there.

Flipping through the sneak peak of Kate Spade's 'Things We Love' book I saw this (that I'm guessing is by the talented Caitlin McGauley), and the wheels started turning about making a matchbook collage.

So I bought a 16 x 20" shadowbox frame by from the local craft store and set out on my collage.

After ~~several~~ too many hours of sorting, arranging and rearranging again to

create the perfect mixture of colors and shapes I ended up with this.

I then glued them all down to the back of the shadow box frame so they'd
stay in place for years to come and ta-da!

The matches are not quite "vintage" yet but I love the mix of all the colors, fonts and images!
And now I'll always be reminded of some my favorite memories in New York.

Here are a few of my NYC restaurant faves...