Rogue Vogue & Food

It’s been a while since I last posted on this blog of mine. Evidently for those keeping up with me, I found a full-time job.. YAY! Amiright? This one has kept me on a constant 80 hours a week schedule, and sometimes makes it difficult to feel inspired outside of the advertising bubble I’m now a part of. JK Fashion-Travel-Wellness and Food are still the other half in my heart. Production is an…

Featured image: Rad Hourani Collection – In a liquid world, or a liquid society that is constantly changing and re-molding, it seems only logical that we need to adapt. You don’t need a history class or any scientific theory of evolution to understand that Cultural Shifting is a real thing. A genuine concept that alludes to people simply, transitioning. Presently, we find ourselves in a time…

High Tide: Inside Retail

The Installation Store. As I continue to race though the time to finalize my Parsons online fashion course – which due to my crazy schedule and life style is now about to expire without me! So far lessons learned: 1- A year is too much time and I completely overlooked the possibility in transforming myself into a prime-level procrastinator. 2-I profoundly regret the extreme level it got to but…

I’ve recently enrolled ( by recently I mean at least 6 months ago) in the Parsons Online course called “The Fashion Essentials.” An online course from Parsons & Teen Vogue that has enlightened me with oh-so many industry insights. The thing I love most about it is all this freedom I have to complete this course. An entire year. At my own time, my own rhythm and pace. For all those…

The Unbearable Art of Public Authority

In the eternal search for a stable job, I am the fortunate blessed juggler of 3 part time jobs. And fortunately, they’re all not too far away from each other, or my house or heaven (My Crossfit Box). These past two weeks (going on three), have all been wonderful, but wonderfully stressful at all times. Not because of the job description, responsibilities, nor my superiors. It’s been a 3 week long…

In my limbo transition from a job to another, I treated myself to a 10 day vacation to the city I broke up with almost a year ago. A 6 year relationship with Buenos Aires, terminated when I moved back to Miami. This is the first time I’ve been back since. I’ve got mixed feelings. I’m shitting bricks on one hand, because it’s a 10 day break from the reality I’m unsure which path it will take. But…

Manus vs Machina: The Gala Fallout

The red carpets of red carpets. The Met Gala is one of the most (and my most) anticipated red carpet fashion moments in the year. Every first Monday in May, the Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts a Gala (also known as Anna Wintour’s Party), in order to raise funds for the museum. Each year, a number of fashion designers and their muses elaborate and display a stunning outfit dedicated to the Met’s…

It’s safe to say that Social Media has allowed everyone around the world get informed about whatever their interests may be. I get a lot of kick out of eating so it’s obvious that Epicure, Dominique Ansel Bakery and the Salty Donut are things I follow on Instagram. I love innovation in food. The mixing of textures is fantastic, but not as much as inventing and combining things that were never…

Paris Fashion Week. Fall 2016. Saint Laurent.  I just finished getting through and updating myself with all the collections at PFW.  My question, is WTF is going on in Hedi Slimane’s [now questionably] brilliant head.  I love Yves, his revolution in fashion, but I’m hating your entire collection. And it’s not because your clothes aren’t revolutionary, ugly or whatever the reason.  It’s your…

My dearest most stunning and outrageous Penelope, (Does it surprise you I already know what her name will be? It shouldn’t. Also I don’t care what the father’s opinion will be, I love how it sounds in french.) I write to you this letter, long before being ready to consider having you. For the most part, I don’t consider myself the most experienced human today, so bare with me. I will get better,…

Crossfit misconceptions

Crossfit is an adapted form of exercise from the Navy Seals/Marines, integrating calesthenics, gymnastics, circuit training and a lot of other different exercises. It’s the most complete and integrated form of exercise I’ve come across in my athletic history. I used to spend about 2h-2h30 at the gym Every single day. I’ve recently reduced that to about 20’ of exercise. CrossFit itself is defined…

Over the years, I’ve struggled with embracing my weirdest forms of inspiration, or where I get it from. But just for today, I want to talk about the webpage I named and marked as “Inspiration” on my Bookmarks Bar. I have a seriously weird [and maybe borderline creepy] girl crush with Alexa Chung. But like all obsessions, you don’t know where they come from, why and how to explain it. So I don’t…

When You’re Not Working Out

It’s rest week this week. My unloaded week. Passive week. Stress week. Whatever you want to call it. I’m not going to the Box for a whole 7 days.  It’s been quite hard, because it’s always on my way back from home, and I gaze at it. Mesmerized. Like one would look at a big box of chocolates on a diet. I realized that some people out there don’t work out as frequently, or maybe never set foot in a…

The thought of not working out. In a previous post I mentioned the effects it tends to have on me as an endorphin-obsessed human being. But like every athlete, we learn the bloody harsh way that REST is equally important (if not fundamental) as the ‘work out’ itself. By bloody and harsh I specifically mean injuries. Of all sorts. From pulled muscles, to sprains, to broken parts, etc. In this…

I’ve been doing Crossfit for about two years now. So for those of you who don’t know, Crossfit has been promoted as both a physical exercise philosophy and also a competitive fitness sport. It incorporates elements from high-intensity interval training, Olympic weightlifting, plyometrics, powerlifiting, gymnastics, calisthenics, etc. It’s pretty brutal, sometimes you feel like you might die, but…

Behind all department stores, hide the brilliant master minds that are continuously searching for new ways to lure you back in. My favorite and yet most classic strategy is in the packaging. The Shopping Bag. (Where they put your goddamn clothes in when you walk out of the store!) That’s my favorite part about shopping. The new shiny bags made of great carton and paper specially designed to fit…

Monday May 25th, 2015. Today is Memorial Day. On this day, and as a nation, we take a holiday to remember the people who died while serving in our country’s armed forces. In Crossfit, we dedicate Benchmark WODs to these heroes who died in the forces. (Benchmark workouts are not usually repeated often. This allows you to track your progress, while still not falling into a routine.) There are two…