PeSuit and Tie

  what i'm listening to... may is asian american and pacific islander heritage month , so here's my current top 5 asian artists on the rotation: all-american bitch - olivia rodrigo forever baby - carlita, janet planet nusrat - zayn bad girls - m.i.a. djinn (jonny rock remix) - mashrou'leila, johnny rock i'm a big michael jackson fan, and with all of the hustle over the new movie, my tiktok page is just that - michael and his whole life. in honor of the king of pop, here's my top 5 current songs: i just can't stop loving you - ft siedah garrett come together dangerous starlight off the wall what i'm watching... this week's movie/show lineup makes you laugh and cry for sure. first up, we binged jury duty: company retreat . loved this edition but it feels very weird considering this is produced by prime. up next, some scary movie 2  as sib anticipates the newest edition. finally, boyfriend and i shamone'd to the theater to watch michael . i see mixed re...

i love enmeshing various cultures within a week. from american pastimes to learning about haitian culture, i kept it busy and super fun.   started off the week with a home run - first baseball game of the season with my work girlfriends. we might've lost on the field, but my girls and i won at the buffet.  this past friday was the museum's mix: the year of the horse . it included local asian dj's, the fashiontalks  fashion presentation, a performance of traditional chinese dances, a strong lychee martini, and an occasional cowboy hat. my work besties and i reunited over the weekend again (it's good when you can vibe with people you work at outside the office), and we did a margarita crawl  in chagrin falls. sampling margaritas and getting daydrunk while wearing sombreros and rooting for your fave kentucky derby horse is a great way to spend a saturday. here's a list of all margaritas i tried, and their ratings: 1. spicy hibiscus margarita (pub frato) 2. blackberry m...

  what i'm reading... i completed bergdorf blondes , if you're in the mood for a fun fashion chick lit with a plot twist ending, this easy read is perfect for you. feels super relevant especially with the cbk resurgence, and the 2000s nostalgia hits the spot. there's definitely lots of shallowness, like a gossip girl in her mid-twenties, and your healthy (?) dose of spoiled brat. next read is a november 2023 harper's bazaar  found almost forgotten in my pile of magazines, and i'm going through the vogue france fall/winter 25-26 collections . tune in next couple weeks for some inspo i gathered from these magazines. saturday was spent in the company of betsey johnson , as i binge-read her memoir. maybe i read it so fast because i relate to her eccentric style? maybe it's because she loved all the wild sides of life but stayed true to her 'good girl self'. in the memoir, she speaks about how she struggled in the 70s to be taken serious in the industry as sh...

  i recently read a substack publication by plum sykes , author of bergdorf blondes , titled  sloanes and the city . she describes a distinct "uncool" look of 80s britain, found on sloane street. i never set foot in the colonizer land, but i was eager to follow plum's guide on the 2026 version of sloane girls . thinking, ohio has rainy and glum weather more often than not, especially during this seasonal transition, why not take advice from across the pond? here's how to get that chic undone-ness girls like alexa chung and jane birkin do so flawlessly 1. channel a character from a sloane book to achieve this, plum suggests to find a classic scarf, not too trendy, but definitely with some quirk. i would choose this handmade gradient knit scarf, then color block with shoes, purse and top. classic straight leg jeans and a trench to put some balance with the color.  2. carry unshowy bags plum sets limits on the appropriate bag. monograms are fine, but no logos or prints t...

  i hope everyone celebrated earth day well! i was struggling mid-week with an unexpected cold that forced me to take various concoctions, and the only thing that healed me was napping the rest of my tuesday away.   i'm back from the dead though, and i was happy to see boyfriend wearing the cutest "all-around-the-world" outfit: this man never shies away from color. his distinctive look is a neon work jacket, mismatched graphic socks and what he describes as "bill cosby sweaters" - we're looking for a more appropriate name. boyfriend got this hat from his aunt who recently traveled to machu picchu, and if you peep his collar, underneath the sweater, he is wearing a traditional shirt from mexico, a gift from his grandma who recently traveled there. i was obsessed with this boyfriend-staple. i guarantee his tallness combined with the colors overshadow even my boldest looks. on friday we visited bestie vic  - at a funeral home, as her grandpa passed. but we want...