They deserve something tasteful, special, and perhaps too out-of-the-ordinary to purchase themselves.

Red, white, and blue beyond the Fourth of July

Your most fashionable fall yet.

I am all about a day-to-night spring look that invites flirty femininity with professional sophistication. As a young professional who balances a full-time career with a food and lifestyle blog, I rely on those investment pieces that carry from one meetings to dinner parties and conference tables to cocktails. As if timing couldn’t be more perfect, was just introduced to Pearl by Lela Rose, an affordable luxury collection and designer brand offering by Dallas-raised, New York Tribeca-based designer and entertaining expert Lela Rose.

This weekend marks the second-annual Mempho Fest, a music-based festival that matches the national music talent (hey Beck and Post Malone) with a truly local experience.

In a typical work day filled with pain-inducing heels and business casual attire, we diligent gals all want to come home to a nice glass of wine and a set of smooth and silky PJ’s to resume our latest Netflix binge (or in my case, enter the world of blog research and planning).

I couldn't have envisioned a better kickoff to holiday soirees and gatherings than with the brilliantly talented and visionary interior designer Sean Anderson. Sean's discerning attention to detail and ability to curate is second-to-none, and when I heard he was furnishing a full home for Memphis' annual Vesta Home Show, I immediately jumped on board.