Good-bye grey, hello pink!!  House Beautiful was in our fair city these past couple of weeks shooting pink gorgeous chairs all around town.  The shoot wrapped this past weekend with an art walk spotlighting the Power of Pink (and in my hood no less ) I’m a sucker for this too pretty color and I’m a lover of the arts, but what really got my blood going was the scavenger hunt for the 30 chairs that will be featured in this month’s HB issue.  You find it, it’s yours, free!

{I just missed nabbing the fantastic pair with the pillows!!  Oh boy did that hurt!!}

OK, you know I gotta close with a little fashion :)

chair images via House Beautiful’s facebook page

last image via All the Pretty Birds

A big thanks to our friends over at Erika Dufour Photography for introducing us to Red Shift…BTW ladies, thank you for the lovely lovely meeting!  Look at this leather vest…..ooohh, this would be incredible with any of the pretty white Gary Graham dresses (or shorts from Rachel Comey or seersucker trousers from Vanessa Bruno!) we bought for S11.

with my striped tee & Rachel Comey shorts...oooooo, San Rafael here I come!

More to love about Red Shift…designer, Kristin Mariani Frieman, is a local Chicagoan & a graduate of The School of The Art Institute of Chicago.  She created Red Shift in 2000…you go girl!

check out Red Shift tees on flickr

We shot our upcoming cover story (party dressing!!!) at the Raffaello.  I was completely taken by this gorgeously sexy hotel and once again, completely taken by our fair city….this time 18 floors up.  The Rafaello sits perfectly in the heart of the Gold Coast neighborhood and all around was just a treat for the eye.

a peek at North Ave Beach

something bout those fire escapes...just love them

the famous John Hancock

ahhhh.....gorgeous

great old vintage buildings like this one are sprinkled all over the city

a couple of behind-the-scene shots....Amelia & Karl

Amelia & Karl

and....Amelia & Karl :)

many, many, many thanks to Jared Galbut and the Rafaello Hotel, Mr Karl Rothenberger, the beautiful Amelia Pool.  AND last but not least (we could never do it w/o you), Katie & Kelcey!!