PeSuit and Tie

  my two weeks of mediterranean meditation end this week, and i feel well rested, and as many locals say, vrag odnija prišu  (translated to "the devil took away the pressure"). it was fun feeling like both tourist and local, and i feel like my personal style took a fun turn, not worrying about work dress codes, and my strict style guidelines that often border between minimalism and yawn. boyfriend and i visited a store/museum concept croata  showcasing ties with amazing prints and designs. fun fact: croatians invented the tie - the cravat. with my mom, we visited our hometown heritage museum  and got to see the history from prehistoric times to current updates. they had a section on local lifestyle and culture, and as a fashion  blogger  as well as a descendant of this culture, i'm excited and proud to share the excerpt on benkovac folk costume: in the old days, our grandmothers and great-grandmothers made and weaved their own clothes and dyed the...

another week of coffee dates, shopping, and enjoying the seaside, local cats, and countryside drives. the amount of secondhand smoke in the cafés gives me the same rush as if i'm still smoking cigarettes.  we took mom on a date to zadar , for some shopping and sightseeing. it was a fun day, a full itinerary - shopping at one mall, coffee break, a walk down the riviera, chestnuts as a snack, another mall, then kfc takeout (per dad's request).  our mom also wanted to treat us with a shopping haul for our birthday, and i wanted to stop at the store  borovo  - a croatian shoe store. they have startas  sneakers, think something between keds and sambas. borovo carries other beautiful shoes (flats, boots, etc), but i had my eye on some startas shoes. when i was in middle school, my mom bought me a pair with a marine pattern (blue and white stripes). i wasn't sure if i wanted a crazy pattern this time, but sib encouraged me to choose a more subtle shoe to style with mor...