Having always been a Brooklyn-girl, I always forget how nice it is on the West side on Manhattan, down by Battery Park.

After a matinee movie screening the other day, we walked over toward the water and discovered this lovely oasis — the Irish Hunger Memorial Garden.

I wore my new pair of pink pants, scored at (second hand store) Beacon’s Closet for $24.95. They’re so hot pink the camera doesn’t know what to do with them. This is sort of the true color, even though they look salmon-colored in the other shots.

What I love most about New York is that you can still discover new things, even after living here for so long. I’d never seen this part of Battery Park before. Beauteous…

/// tee, old H&M / pink jeans, vintage Diesel, Beacon’s Closet / wedges, DSW / tote, Pia Anjou / necklace, Efva Attling ///

I found this very cool vintage wicker bag at Beacon’s Closet a few weekends ago. Will be perfect for the many picnics this summer will hold.

I broke it in at the Japanese cherry blossom festival this weekend. I think this will definitely be a fave.

I love Marc. But not the one with the Sponge Bob tattoo, although it is convenient that he made this bracelet (a recent eBay find) so I can openly proclaim my love for the only Marc that matters, my Marc. xo

If you want to read about How I Wear Eco Fashion, check out the brilliant Starre Vartan‘s interview with me on Eco-Chick. Lots of vintage, really old stuff and digging through racks at discount retailers…

I’ve never been called a Maverick Eye before, but I quite love that.

This is one of the featured outfits, from a sunny day a few weeks ago (where did that sun go?).

“I love shirt dresses, they fit my body really well and they’ll never go out of style. This one is from H&M. The shoes are from Pjux, a really great sustainable shoe company from Denmark. The fur coat is vintage, I bought it at a Salvation Army in Sweden over 10 years ago. I still love it. I would never buy anything new made from fur, but I think vintage is OK. The belt is also really old, rescued from my sister’s closet, she wore it when she was in 5th grade or something like that.”

Short-sleeve knit from H&M, $17.95 (I think).

Vintage Wrangler denim vest from Beacon’s Closet, $15.95 (but really free since I had sold stuff and had store credit).

Vintage safari-style shirt from a Williamsburg thrift shop, $10.

Dressed for cocktail hour at our friends’ house in Palm Springs.

After a seriously gray rainy day in NYC, I so wish is was back in the sunny desert.

/// white sleeveless shirt, vintage / black jeans, Stella McCartney / platforms, Fergie / fringe bag, mom’s / sunnies, H&M ///

Here’s the white vintage shirt I bought the other day, paired with some (also new) black faux leather pants from H&M, Chanel peeptoes, a brass cuff from Fallon and red lips courtesy of Burt’s Bees lip shimmer (in the color Merlot).

This is one of the finds from the new second hand store (which I can’t recall the name of) I came across on my Sunday walk.

A sleeveless white shirt in a great silky material, at $48 it was bit expensive for me but something tells me I will get a lot of use out of it. (Sorry about the mirrorface!)

Was thinking I would dye these light gray Cheap Monday jeans bright orange, but wearing them with all this beige today kind of works for me. Hmmm, dye or keep?

Studs, white leather and Burberry plaid.

New vintage cowboy booties.

Sunny brick wall.

I stayed in bed until 1:30 yesterday, reading the paper and having my morning coffee — so nice!

Then I went for a run, across the Williamsburg Bridge and back. It’s an OK run, but I do miss my Prospect Park route very much — there were more trees and less cars.

I did not do any laundry, vacuuming or other domestic activity that was actually needed. Instead I went out to meet some friends for pre-holiday drinks on the LES.

I wore my vintage faux-shearling jacket — one of my all-time favorite vintage finds — for the first time this year. My grandmother bought it for me for 75 SEK (about $11) when we were out Salvation Army-shopping a few years ago. Score!

/// faux-shearling coat, Salvation Army / faux-fur hat, Fjällräven / tee, H&M / skirt (worn as dress), 12-year-old H&M / belt, vintage / stockings, American Apparel / socks, gift / faux-leather fringe bag, Lindex / shoes, Vince Camuto ///