Haus of Hybrid: summer 2012

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Summer Photo Blog 2

Monday, August 27, 2012

Deep fried ice cream

Deep fried lychee

Turkey sausage salad from Hubbub

Steak salad from Rogue

Peanut butter explosion from Rogue

Tacos from El Caminos

Test driving the new Chevrolet Spark

Fried chicken and waffle sandwich from The Academic

Sechelt

Sunshine Coast

Bone marrow

Panna cotta with peaches

Roasted peaches with creme fraiche

Stacci - wild mushrooms, olives, roast garlic, and parsley

Tagliatelle - squab liver and heart, pancetta, radicchio, and balsamic

Blue foot chicken with Tuscan panzanella salad

The freshest in Cibo's kitchen

I went to a wedding a couple weekends ago at Granville Island. It was an interesting choice of venue since I don't know anyone who had gotten married there before (trust me on this, my Facebook would've told me).

It was a gorgeous day with the ceremony taking place in Ron Basford Park, overlooking False Creek. The reception was held inside Performance Works, with the garage doors open.

I knew that the wedding was going to be on the messy side, so I didn't want to wear a fancy silk dress that would get ruined. Instead, I opted for a navy jersey maxi and some flat sandals to dance the night away.

Dress & Scarf: Club Monaco Sandals: Zara Necklace: Aldo

Admittedly, the dress isn't anything super amazing on the hanger, but the moment I tried it on, it was love. It's insanely comfortable and it just looks unreal on.

Bag: H&M Sunglasses: Spitfire

Lipstick: MAC Show Orchid

Congrats guys!

Stripes for Summer

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

I don't tend to wear tons of pattern, but when I do, it's usually stripes. I'm not a big polka dot girl (too cutesy), I wear the odd plaid (in flannel, obviously), and I just don't have a ton of florals. But stripes. That's a whole different ball game. As you can see here, here, here, and here, stripes are always appropriate. I am a huge fan of the nautical look, so that probably has something to do with my adoration for stripes.

What's great about stripes is that they can be as aggressive or as risk averse as you want, they're always in style, and they can be worn on any article or accessory you want.

Some of my fave striped picks for the summer. (I tried really hard to work a stripe pun into all this, but no luck.)