Comments on: Packing Light: Dublin

By: Mandy Ford

Mandy Ford — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:56:58 +0000

Hello! I found your blog through my friend Erin’s lovely blog (DFM) and I just wanted to tell you that I just laughed out loud at your statement about taking a handknit item to the thrift store. As a knitter myself (loom-knitting, I don’t do needles) I would definitely be just a bit heartbroken if I found one of my lovingly made scarves on the Goodwill shelf.

Happy Friday!
Mandy @ This Girl’s Life

By: Kara

Kara — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:30:12 +0000

What a magical life you lead! This looks like such a wonderful time. . .hope it was as good in reality as it looks in pictures.

(She says, gulping down a sob, as her husband can’t find a job having been laid off for the second time in a year and having no money to spend on wonderful family experiences. Gulp.)

By: Heidi Ferrer

Heidi Ferrer — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 02:33:10 +0000

I love this post and the pics!!! You are adorable. I don’t mean that in a weird way.

By: Janice

Janice — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:39:33 +0000

Your chic librarian look is awesome. While you’re in Dublin you should check out the Library Bar which is upstairs at the Central Hotel on Exchequer St. I highly recommend it. They even have an open fireplace to cosy up next to on rainy days. LOVE your site. Stumbled upon it tonight and already am enthralled. Happy travelling and enjoy my adopted hometown!

By: misstraceynolan

misstraceynolan — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:18:43 +0000

“…who says orphans can’t have nice things? Jerks, that’s who.” made me, as the kids on the internet say “LOL”. Also, must get me one of those circle scarves. Yummy.

By: Maren

Maren — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:42:22 +0000

@steph: Try switching to skirts. Like, exclusively. I had a hard time breaking away from wearing fitted t-shirts and blue jeans until I moved somewhere with super-hot summers and had to build a wardrobe of skirts (38 and counting!), which need something better than a printed babydoll tee to go with them, and different shoes too. TIghts or leggings under them in the winter, and you’re good to go. Plus you can get such a variety of skirt shapes that flattering your figure is easy.

And on that note, Maggie, thanks for inspiring my northern European vacation wardrobe last month! My husband just looked over my shoulder and figured it out, haha. I wear leggings instead of tights because they fit me better, but otherwise I was all about cute skirts, dresses, cardigans, belts, and boots. (And TOMS shoes.) Almost everything was jersey-knit and folded up fine, and wore in great combinations.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:12:41 +0000

How you manage to completely rock these looks floors me. You mention Chic Librarian, but the round scarf shot is so sparkly, irresistible elfin princess, the tweed skirt is all “this is my friend that always breaks the rules and never gets caught” and then the umbrella and wink shots are like those unforgettable magazine images you clipped to try and recreate in real life…mine was an Elle cover circa 1987. The model was biting her lower lip, I thought it looked casually sexy, on me it just looked unsure and lame.