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2-8-2026 MY FAVES: a goodbye to the lovers and a skifest listening guide

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  what i'm reading... big news - i finally finished belle du seigneur .  this was a big project. i enjoy a classic challenge. the timeline when i got the book worked against me, as i freshly returned from cro, celebrated my birthday and 5 holidays, and my time was elsewhere instead of reading. the most progress i got was during these snow days. the final 200 pages were an emotional ride back down from the height of peak love affair. it was painful, toxic, and frustrating. the main characters showed their weaknesses. yet it was a great lesson on communication and honesty being crucial in a relationship.  i was sad and nostalgic after finishing the book, which i expressed by groaning to sib on how i hated everyone in the book. for 2 and a half months, this was my slow burn book. the author described the characters, locations, and events in such intricate detail i felt part of this experience. i knew  solal and ariane. the toxic love affair that could've been perfect pr...
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2-8-2026 MY INSPO: pack like kim (bye bye)

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  i love a good packing list. in august i had an  inspo  entry dedicated to my ideal packing list, including joan didion's  packing list when covering stories as a journalist. i enjoy preplanning travel fits for road trips and out of country adventures, the ritual of having a list, crossing it all off, creating the best playlist, and the feeling of having control in a tiny spec of my life is exciting and fantastic. the more refined my plan, the less stress i have during traveling. when you think of it, it's cost-efficient too, to pack smart. why buy an umbrella in nyc when i already packed my dollar store raincoat?  kim gordon  has a song bye bye  which is basically her own packing list. since i'm back from my own road trip, i highlighted all of kim's items in the lyrics that match what was in my suitcase this weekend. buy a suitcase , pants to the cleaner cigarettes for keller call the vet, call the groomer call the dog sitter milk thistle, calcium, h...
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2-8-2026 MY WEEK: it's not gstaad, but it will do

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  my legs are still sore from my first-ever attempt in skiing (not a failure per se, but sib and i agreed we'll be taking lessons soon). my cheeks still carry a red tint of windburn, and the lack of sleep due to late nite socials is evident in my sluggish demeanor.  the obvious highlight of my whole week was escapism from cold to freezing as we took a road trip to holiday valley  for a weekend skifest  organized by the croatian fraternal union. the drive was slow and dark through salted and still snowy highways. the townhouse we stayed in was so  hygge, fitting as i recently shared in a blog post (sib is now an expert in hygge).  the baby hills were as far as what sib and i stomached on our first ever ski endeavor, and we really weren't confident enough. nevertheless, something to cross of the bucket list for 2026. a sport i've never tried before. i was enjoying boyfriend's osha-approved neon look as he skied down slopes. sure, my lashes were frosting ...
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2-1-2026 MY FAVES: season 2

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what i'm reading...   you may notice a different subheading. don't mind me, some year to revamps. i don't always read just books. since i'm in the mood to revisit the first days of the blog, and most popular entries of year 1, let's talk about what i was reading then: first entry  was crucial, i read  style diaries: world fashion from berlin to tokyo  which was the catalyst in creating my own blog. i still think about rereading it. most popular entry  of year 1 - i read  the period brain  and teen magazine  ok je ok! back to the here and now! i reached a climactic part of  belle du seigneur  and wanted to share such a beautiful quote about a woman in love, in celebration of valentine's day: victorious in her ducky dress, blithely she sailed down the street, a white galleon of youth, striding long and smiling, acutely aware of her nakedness beneath the fine linen, aware of her bare skin cooled by caress of the breeze. know that i am beaut...
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2-1-2026 MY INSPO: onto number two

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  celebrating year 2 of PeSuit and Tie  as well as the start of february , lots of twos. according to chinese numerology, good things come in pairs. first, i want to celebrate year two of the blog by revisiting my first ever  inspo post  as well as the  most popular  inspo entry of the past year. seems like indie sleaze is still with us thankfully. in my most popular post, i talk about chloe malle  becoming chief editor of vogue. i recently listened to her  run through with vogue . chloe malle seems critical of whitewashed runways (such as a recent dolce and gabbana show that had no poc's). her approach seems humble and down-to-earth. we know this is far from reality, but i like a sense of hearing what the people want to hear. i still haven't renewed my vogue subscription, and vogue runway being a subscription-based service is deterring me far from giving conde nast the money they are so greedy to take.  to celebrate february , such a short a...
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