These Are a Few of My Favorite Things....

ksny iPhone 4 Cover

Aqua Abstract Zebra Print Sateen Tube Dress

essie nail polish in Absolutely Shore

ksny Villa Kolette Skirt

John Robshaw Violet Scarf

Shoshanna Beaded Strapless Dress

ksny Sea Glass Twisted Statement Necklace

(just because I love them and it's spring!)

Something Borrowed

Something Borrowed--okayyy I admit, I liked it.  Actually I loved it.  My friend/movie buddy J-Money always makes fun of me because he says I love every movie (so NOT true by the way, has anyone seen The Mirror Has Two Faces? No? Don't.)  Something Borrowed was a great chick flick.  You're fooling yourself if you think you're going to walk into the theater expecting it to be some work of cinematic genius.  What you see is what you get-with quite a lot of laughs along the way.  My friend KKM made me read the book last summer (it's one of her favs) and I didn't love it, I definitely liked the movie a lot better, and that is due, in most part to John Krasinski.   I love him has Jim Halpert, he was great in It's Complicated, but oh my goodness was he fabulous in Something Borrowed.  His sense of cometic timing made the movie, I don't think I've laughed that hard at a movie in theaters since It's Complicated (well maybe No Strings Attached)

In the interest of full disclosure, I pretty much adore any movie that takes place in the city or the hamptons, so since Something Borrowed took place in both it was a jackpot and it mighttt have clouded my judgment.  I was so homesick when I was watching the movie-I was just dying to teleport to Shake Shack or to my sandy hamptons beaches.  I literally have a section of new york movies on my bookcase that I watch when I get homesick and when it comes out on dvd Something Borrowed will be added to that collection.

I rate it as a B+, see it at your own risk.  I thought it was fresh, cute, and full of laughs.

Have you seen it yet? Let me know what you thought!

April/May Playlist

Here is the playlist I've been listening to! Enjoy!

1. Buzzin' by Shwayze
2. Storm Warning by Hunter Hayes
3. Piano Song by Meiko
4. Wires by Matt & Kim
5. Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis
6. Lights by Ellie Goulding
7. Young Blood by The Naked and Famous
8. Homebird by Foy Vance
9. I'll Be Waiting by Adele
10. Free Me by Joss Stone
11. Old Alabama (feat. Alabama) by Brad Paisley
12. Songs Like This by Carrie Underwood
13. Say you Will by Fleetwood Mac
14. Raspberry Beret by Prince & The Revolution
15. Heart Like Mine by Miranda Lambert
16. Crash Years by The New Pornographers
17. 32 Flavors by Alana Davis
18. Walcott by Vampire Weekend
19. Ruby Tuesday by The Rolling Stones
20. Hello by Martin Solveig & Dragonette

Fabulousness

Desperately wishing that my life was this fabulous don't you? (and the awesome song in the background is  called Vacation by the Canvas Kites)

Calypso for Target

Yesterday morning I jumped out of bed and made it to my Target just as they opened to get first dibs on the new Calypso collection for Target.  While nothing will replace the real Calypso (of which I am a HUGE fan) their line for Target is not a bad alternative.  I found a few cute pieces that I'm ready to rock when the weather gets a little better!  This is what I got:

Breathtaking

I'm Back!

Hey gang,

So I know I've been M.I.A for a while, it feels like it's been forever! But life has been crazy and I just didn't have enough hours in the day (or brain cells) to devote to A Prep in the City.  Please forgive me-I'm back I PROMISE!  And just in time for....


THE ROYAL WEDDING!!!

Okay now who is excited? I'm so excited it's a little embarrassing but I've decided to let my freak flag fly!  After I finish this blog post I'm going to zip up to my aunts house for a girlie sleepover with ECM and DRM.  We're going to watch Rob Lowe on Oprah (she DVR'd it for me...he's soooo dreamy) have a fabulous dinner, and then I'm going to make blueberry muffins to eat during the wedding :)


Confession time (again) I bought Gwyneth Paltrow's new cookbook My Father's Daughter and I'm SO glad that I did.  I haven't been able to try that many recipes since my life has been a little on the crazy side lately, but I did make her vegan blueberry muffins last week, they were super delicious and just as easy and fast as making muffins out of a box.  I'm sure you're all thinking how can vegan blueberry muffins be that good? Well Gwyneth rocked 'em.  I promise if you make them, you will NEVER know they are vegan they taste just like regular delicious blueberry muffins and are a lot healthier!

Here is the recipe:

1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup soy milk (it works with regular milk too-they just won't be vegan)
1/2 cup real Vermont maple syrup
1/4 cup light agave nectar
1 cup white spelt flour
1 cup whole spelt flour (I couldn't find white spelt flour so I just used 2 cups of whole)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon fine salt
2 1/2 cups fresh blueberries

Preheat the oven to 375 and line a 12-cup muffin tin with papers.  Mix we ingredients together stir in the dry ingredients and fold in the blueberries.  Divide among the muffin cups.  Bake until the toothpick comes out clean and they are golden brown (about 25-30 min)

So that's going to be our royal wedding breakfast that we are going to eat in bed, while drinking mimosas in our glammed up pajamas.

What are your royal wedding plans?

south beach here I come!

A prep is heading to South Beach Sunday.  After the past two weeks, I'm ready for a few days of fun, sun and relaxation with the Mother (and maybe a little shopping...I'm thinking Bal Harbor :) ).  Picked up a new Milly bikini at Saks on my way home from work, downloaded some trashy chick-lit on my nook, cleaned my Ray-Bans, and bought a cute caftan at H&M.  I'm working on a tanning playlist as I mentally start packing and thought I would share.  Got any songs that I need to add? Or know of places in South Beach that I just have to go? Let me know!

1. Born This Way by Lady Gaga
2. What the Hell by Avril Lavigne
3. Rolling in the Deep by Adele
4. Cuddle Fuddle by Passion Pit
5. New Lipstick by The Kissaway Trail
6. Indestructible by Robyn
7. S&M by Rihanna
8. Take Me Home Tonight by Eddie Money
9. M79 by Vampire Weekend
10. 1901 by Phoenix
11. Dark Fantasy by Kanye West
12. Uncharted by Sara Bareilles
13. I Love Pop Music by Ben Lee
14. Bad by U2
15. Forever Young by Youth Group
16. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted by Jimmy Ruffin

Full report when I get back!

matchbook mag issue 2!

Just started reading but already had to share the first page!

The Matchbook Girl...
Is faux pearls and real charm
Considers picnicking an outdoor sport
Lives for the thrill of a handwritten note
Sings in the shower and in the rain
Tweets with abandon
Pledged her heart to Mr. Darcy
Always tips the doorman
Stops for lucky pennies

LOVE IT! can't wait to read the rest in the morning :) night!

best dressed

Last nights Oscars. Oh boy. I don't think Anne Hathaway and James Franco were as bad as people are saying, but they weren't good, though I will admit there were a few laugh-out-loud moments (I still think Hugh Jackman was the best Oscar host I've ever seen!).  But what excellent about last night (aside from the King's Speech winning best picture) was the fashion!  I thought the red carpet seemed to be lacking in major A-List stars, but the ones who were there definitely dressed to impress.  These are my faves:

Anne Hathaway in Valentino 

Cate Blanchett in Givenchy

Gwyneth Paltrow in Calvin Klein

Mila Kunis in Elie Saab

Sandra Bullock in Vera Wang

Who do you think were last night's best dressed??

THANK YOU!!!

Just got my 1,000 hit on A Prep In The City.  Thank you to everyone who takes the time to read my blog.  I've had a blast working on it the past few months!  Please continue to enjoy, comment and share with friends! xo, M

movies, movies, movies!

Because of the Oscars this Sunday(!!!!!!) I have movies on the mind.  These are the ones I'm most looking forward to seeing once they're in theaters.   What are you dying to see?

things I'm lovin'

Stella & Dot

Milly Bikinis

Inslee Haynes Stationary

iomoi plates (and well, basically everything they sell)

Tory Burch Tab Front Super Skinny Jean in Cornflower

Tibi Silk Print Dress

Stubbs & Wootton True Prep Slipper

february playlist

Here is my February playlist (a work in progress) of the music I'm lovin' these days.  Hope you discover (or rediscover) a song or two that will put a smile on your face

1. You Look Good In My Shirt by Keith Urban
2. Walcott by Vampire Weekend
3. Mississippi's Crying by Margaret Durante
4. Dancing On My Own by Robyn
5. Opposite of Adults by Chiddy Bang
6. Brutal Hearts by Bedouin Soundclash
7. We Can't Be Friends by Lorene Scafaria
8. Testament to Youth in Verse by The New Pornographers
9. Young Blood by The Naked and Famous
10. More by Usher
11. Kiss With A Fist by Florence + The Machine
12. Coming Home by Diddy-Dirty Money & Skylar Grey
13. Marathon by Tennis
14. Tonight (I'm F**kin' You) by Enrique Iglesias
15. The Cave by Mumford & Sons
16. New Lipstick by The Kissaway Trail
17. Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
18. Lose Control by Back Ted N-Ted
19. Great DJ by The Ting Tings
20. (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To by Weezer

valentines day.

Dr. Harrison Copeland: What's there to hate? 

Julia Fitzpatrick: Nothing, if you're a handsome, divorced doctor, but for the rest of us single women, it's kind of a giant cosmic bitchslap. It's like the universe saying, look, remember when you were fourteen and you had cystic acne and braces and you played the saxophone in the marching band and no one would invite you to the winter formal? Well nothing's changed

Amen.  Hope you all survive another valentines day. Let me know what you're plans are...I'm eating heart shaped pizza with my roommates (but really we wish we had a fabulous piñata like Jessica Biel)