The Breakers in Palm Beach

With all the traveling I've been doing lately, my posts are a little out of order with order of events. Here's a flashback to my family vacation on Palm Beach Florida. Since I was a little girl, my family has been lucky enough to frequent The Breakers in Palm Beach and it has become one of my favorite hotels that I have ever stayed at. Palm Beach has become the scene for the Hamptons regulars' during the non summer seasons. It's really peaceful to go there during the summer because it's pretty dead and you can really unwind and relax. Synonymous for Lily Pulitzer, preppy clothing, and fancy cars- the people-watching scene never disappoints. The last night my family was in PB, we went to The Breakers for dinner; who revamped their main dining room to be an Asian fusion/50's inspired restaurant. The waitresses all wore 50s black dresses with their hair in romantic bouffant buns. Most of the dinner tables were surrounded by couches instead of chairs- giving it a swanky lounge feel. Although the decor and ambiance were both amazing, unfortunately the service was not up to par with the way it had been in my past visits. Even though we were disappointed, we will definitely go back and hopefully have better service. We obviously weren't too deterred since we returned the next day to do some shopping :)

This is the view as you are driving up to The Breakers 

 Here is the gorgeous lobby of The Breakers

Here is the main restaurant inside of The Breakers

 

  I couldn't resist taking a picture inside this Lilly Pulitzer store that is on The Breakers property - how cute! The colors are prints force a smile on anyone's face

 No caption necessary :)

Birthday Brunching

If you follow me on Instagram or twitter (@stepheintz for both) you've probably begun to realize that my friends love to celebrate birthdays in a big way. It seems even when we try to be "low key" it seems to take a sharp left turn and never fails to be story worthy. For my friend Monica's bday, we decided to just do brunch at il Bastardo in Chelsea. Sounds innocent enough right? well it's actually the furthest thing from that ha. Il Bastardo has become known to be one of the city's most hyped bottomless brunch hotspots. Absolutely no one goes there for the food (I've never really loved anything I've ordered there food-wise) but your glass is guaranteed to never be less than halfway full which can get deadly. House music is blaring so you can barely hear one another and in the back rooms there are even strobe lights. My friends and I started at il Bastardo and didn't make it far afterwards, at which point we ended up with sparklers and bottles at Bounce Downtown by the sharp hour of 3pm. This is not normal nor is it typical protocol. However, it made for an early night and way more sleep than I typically get :)  Here's the outfit that I wore for the occasion:

I've always put "Boyfriend" jeans on my bucket list for something I would eventually buy but I'm a skinny jegging fan and wasn't sure what I was willing to spend on a trend that is supposed to make me look like a boy and not necessarily so flattering. I found these boyfriend jeans for only $59 from Zara and they are great to wear when you want to highlight a killer pair of heels - one way to offset the Boyfriend-ness of the jeans ha.

These Lamb heels were ones I got off of Shopbop and were on my wishlist for what seemed like eternity before I finally took the plunge. Of course they are now on sale.

 

  I also got this amazing army green jacket from Zara at the same time I found the jeans. I'm obsessed with the cut and love that the hardware is gold

For my accessories - my sunglasses are Tory Burch from a few seasons ago. Here is a similar pair with orange T logo sides on sale from CUSP 

My clutch is also Tory Burch. I got this during her infamous Xmas sale a couple years ago and I love the shape so much that I wish I got more! Here it is in black at CUSP

  Lastly, my embroidered tank is also from Zara. Here is another embroidered option here. My necklace is from Forever21 from years ago.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend :)

All Photos were taken by Searching4Orchids

Weekend Recap: Babes in TOYland

Saturday night my girlfriends went down to TOY in the Gansevoort in the Meatpacking District for dinner to celebrate one of my best friend's birthday. This is a location that has been on my bucket list since it opened so I was so excited to go! When we walked in, the whole place was dark like a club and only lit by strobe lights. As we were waiting for our table to be ready, there was an awesome acrobatic performance in a lifted cage and then also go-gos dancing on one bar. Once we were seated we scanned over the extensive exotic drink menu and finally decided on 2 Giant fishbowls to split with the table. We decided on the "Barbie" and "Checkmate" and both were fruity and delicious. For dinner, I ordered the Beauty Roll which was Toy's version of a naruto roll with no rice and wrapped in cucumber. The food was pretty good but this spot is much more about the entertainment and the nightlife than the dining. Throughout dinner there is loud music from a dj in the corner and if you look around the room, everyone is moving in their seats. This is definitely not a place you take someone to talk - our waiter could barely hear our order haha

    

 

Somewhere through fishbowl number 2 our waiter decided he took a liking to the bday girl and started bringing out trays of shots with sparklers. Before we knew it, the whole restaurant was up and dancing including the host and wait staff and TOY had quickly transformed from dinner to a club with endless bottles of Dom Perignon. It was the perfect venue for a girls night and a birthday celebration and I definitely recommend that if you are looking to try something out of the box that you rally your friends and make a reservation. I would 100% go back

The whole group :)
 


Barbie & Checkmate Fishbowls
 

Michele's face is priceless as the next round arrives 

With Kelly, the Birthday Girl before heading to Gansevoort. My dress and Leather bomber are BCBG Max Azria and my clutch is Ted Baker