Thanks for the Memorial Day Weekend Ad: The Magic of Macy's?

I don't know if it's that magic they always talkin' about, but I kinda want this star print shirt on this model

Maybe it's the capital in the background or the subway campaign being completely shot in my old backyard of D.C. but I am feelin' this shirt with my French Connection red shorts and no shoes. And margaritas. Ah, the countdown for the Memorial Day four day weekend has begun, honey! 

My Dream Home Just Found Another Sofa

You know that dream house you have tucked away


 in your plans for the future? 



Well mine has enough living rooms and

drawing rooms I can buy a sea of sofas

This diamond jacquard mid-century stunner at 

Venus on the Halfshell right now would be one of the collection





Get it, Get it:

Diamond jacquard mid-century sofa, $495 at Venus on the Halfshell  301-662-6213 

Thakoon Once Worked as the Fashion Features Assistant at Harper's Bazaar

One of my favorite parts of going back home to Maryland is looking through all the things that shaped my youth / adult ambition. I knew I wanted to work in fashion after a lifelong love affair with magazines.

And I kept a religious collection of them. 

Some of my favorite covers are from the Kate Betts' era Harper's Bazaar

But the funny part is glancing over the masthead I saw a familiar name



             

(Forgive: this is my very first attempt at Vine and I've got a shaky hand) 

From "Fashion Features Assistant" to Michelle Obama favorite. Guess I wasn't the only guy with a dream. 

My Color Psychic MUST Know I'm Home in Maryland

Laur

Laurie Cabot ‏@LaurieCabot 

Friday, April 19: Wear Royal Blue. Stir your coffee with a cinnamon stick for success.

Cuz my momma made me some cinnamon rolls and coffee this morning (minus a stick though... hmmm....)

Baltimore is for Winners, Baby

I'm not a sporto, but my hometown did good last nite

So proud! 

And it'll be nice for Baltimore to be known this coming year for something other than John Waters and The Wire. 

This weekend I Grew Up... A Little

Mr Taurus is always teasing me for keeping my friends close, but the real me even closer. I supposedly don't open up much and show beyond the surface. This weekend in Maryland, however, I celebrated Mother's Day not only with my momma but an old friend of mine who's also a mom of all of four weeks.

I was impressed with her ambidextrous handling of her newborn daughter and our conversation. Here's a gal I've shared more than my share of drinks and then drinks related "stories for the grandchildren" working on crafting that family before my very eyes without missing  a beat discussing our futures and our hopes. It was indeed a breath of fresh air.

Our friendship, much like the lives we've constructed iindependently and far away from our once home base, has evolved and we're both richer for it.


Perhaps I should listen to more things my boyfriend says.

This Zara Blazer Really Zips Around Town!

At Housing Work's "Design on a Dime" event last Thursday I admired a fashionable lady's yellow bouclé blazer with zip off bottom panel. She delighted in informing me it was Zara

































Well, now my fellow Maryland-er, model Hilary Rhoda popped up at The Shops at Target party last nite sportin' the same aurulent outerwear

Everyone's got yellow fever ! 

 (Zara 100% cotton bouclé zipper detail blazer, $129 at http://www.zara.com)