Ch Ch Ch Changes...

Turn and face the strange...

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Morning kiddos!  Thanks David Bowie!

After vacillating over what to do with this 'lil blog 'o mine.  I have decided to make a second blog that will link directly to this one.  It will be accessible under the Flower City Fashion tab and its sole purpose will be to promote Rochester NY fashion and local businesses.

In true gemini fashion, I had two things going on here: a personal life and style blog and a desire to promote local small businesses and support  Rochester NY's budding fashion scene.

I also noticed two distinct groups of readers and feel this is the best way to satisfy everyone's needs (including my own). I mean this is my party and I'll write two blogs if I want to.

So please pardon our appearance as we transition to a platform that can meet everyone's needs.

The Flower City Fashionista will transition into being solely my humor and snarky take on a personal life and style blog and local goodies will be found by clicking the Flower City Fashion tab.  Got it?  Good.

Love ya!

Smooches!

xoxo

Jenny

PS - Last day to enter my Your Best Friend's Closet Giveaway!

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Or as my friend Jeree would say:  "Cray- Cray; Fish Fillet!" (Yes, that phrase totally needed a semicolon.)

If you were hoping to read anything of any value or substance, I'd just stop reading now.

Last night I truly felt like I was living in a mental institution.

10:30 PM - I go to bed.

12:45 AM - My husband wakes me up, convinced that my eye pillow is a dead animal (still not sure what kind...must have been small... a squirrel perhaps?) Anywho, not important.  The important thing here is that this is not a rare occurrence in my house.  Steve sleep-walks, talks, puts lights on, looks for alligators in the closet and tries to stop the Taliban from shooting rockets out of a pickup truck in our driveway.  (You can't make this stuff up.)  We've gone to sleep clinics to check for apnea and were told it is all psychological.  Super.  Fast forward to last night, where my eye pillow is in fact a rotting carcass in our bed.  Good times.  Good times.  I finally convinced him he was dreaming by putting the eye pillow on my face.  He looks at me and says:  "Well, I guess you wouldn't' put a dead animal on your face...I must have been dreaming."  He flicks the light off, hops into bed, snuggles in, and is snoring in less than 30 seconds.  I roll over like this is completely normal and go back to sleep too.

2:00 AM - Colten wakes up screaming covered in his own pee.  I change him, strip the bed, sniff test all stuffed animals, remake bed, and get him tucked in.  I just ended that sentence with a preposition...damn.

2:30 AM - I try to fall back asleep.

4:00 AM - Cooper wakes up screaming covered in feces trying to gnaw off his own hand.  I repeat the 2:30 AM process on child number two, de-poop him, give him tylenol for teething (hoping that is the cause of the hand-eating and not a prelude to the zombie apocalypse) and proceed to try to get him to fall back asleep for the better part of an hour using the Ferber Method.

7:00 AM - Alarm goes off and child number one wakes up.  My husband turns to me and says:  "Geeze I'm tired this morning."  I respond:  "You're tired?  I live in a freaking crazy house."

8:15 AM - I am attempting to keep children distracted with television so I can write this blog post. I just made a huge POT of coffee for MYSELF.  I'm going to need it.

Buy yours here.

Peace out kiddos.  Hope you're not living in a loony bin!

xoxo

Jenny

Go 'n Groove to Fashion Week of Rochester

Who is getting excited for Fashion Week of Rochester?

There are some really fun events planned this year.  It keeps getting bigger and bigger.  I was thrilled when Karen, owner of Go 'n Groove Organized Women's Trips contacted me about what she is doing for Fashion Week.  

Here is a little note from Karen:

Two years ago my friends, Meghan Mundy and Chantiza Stern, started Fashion Week of Rochester. Since then it has raised over $150,000 benefitting the Center for Youth, an organization offering young people seeking to deal with, explore, or understand issues of importance to them - from their perspective, and on their terms.

A few months ago, it dawned on me, how about sharing the Fashion Show with those outside of the Rochester area? So I put together a weekend for ladies to come experience this great few days of activities. Since then I have come to the realization that although I like coming all this way for the Fashion Week, others may not. So I have changed the Weekend Package to the Fashion Week of Rochester Events as many locals started asking if they could come to individual events.

So, following are the events I have put together for Fashion Week of Rochester: The Boutique Crawl via Limo With Lots of Fun, The "Art" of Fashion Evening Package, A Cooking Class with Chef K2, The "Height" of Fashion Evening Package and The "Flavor" of Fashion Afternoon Package.

Look forward to seeing you on the runway!

Cheers! K-

Here is a list of Go 'n Groove Fashion Week Events:

THURSDAY, 9/27 ~ BOUTIQUE CRAWL PACKAGE Enjoy the Boutiques & Shops of Pittsford, Brighton & Rochester Join us at Label 7, a restaurant in Schoen Place overlooking the Erie Canal and inspired by the cuisine of California's Napa & Sonoma Valleys, for a Happy Hour drink at 4:30pm. From there we'll start the Boutique Crawl where participating shops will be featuring the latest fall fashions. Head over the bridge and start the crawl at Suzanne's and then enjoy the shops in the village of Pittsford. Meet the Limo Trolley after your shopping and we'll move on to Brighton & downtown Rochester. We'll finish the evening back at Label 7 for some finger food and more fun! BOUTIQUE CRAWL PACKAGE: $100 per person. Includes the Boutique Crawl, Limo Trolley, Wine Glass, Wine, Hors d'oeuvres and Finger Food at Label 7. FASHION WEEK OF ROCHESTER REGISTRATION PAGE FRIDAY, 9/28 ~ "ART" EVENING PACKAGE Arete Gallery/Culver Road Armory Join us at Arete' Gallery in Rochester at 5:30pm to explore this new gallery run by Jacqueline Palmiere and enjoy some wine & hors d'oeuvres. Arete' Gallery focuses on its community and the talented local artists residing within the community. The word Arete' is a Greek word and in its basic sense, means excellence of any kind. In its earliest appearance in Greek, this notion of excellence was ultimately bound up with the notion of the fulfillment of purpose or function: the act of living up to one's full potential...which fits this galleries local artists and their art work. From the gallery, head over to The Art of Fashion which will be a runway show located at the new Culver Road Armory. This European style show will feature an innovative fusion of art and fashion featuring vintage, Nuevo and cutting edge fashion designers. ART OF FASHION EVENING PACKAGE: $45 per person regular seating. Includes Happy Hour at the Arête Gallery and regular seating at the Art of Fashion at the Culver Road Armory. Fashion Week of Rochester Registration Page

SATURDAY, 9/29 ~ "HEIGHT" EVENING PACKAGE

Pittsford Wines/Memorial Art Gallery

Start the evening at Pittsford Wines located in Schoen Place on the Erie Canal in the village of Pittsford at 4:30pm. This quaint shop offers a convenient shopping environment for your everyday and special wine needs. Here we will enjoy a tasting of NY State wines & foods.

Then we are off to the beautiful Memorial Art Gallery where we'll be treated to a full scale runway show. Guests will also explore the events "Fashion District" where artists and designers will showcase their latest creations.

HEIGHT OF FASHION EVENING PACKAGE: $75 per person regular seating. Includes Tasting of NY State Food & Wines at Pittsford Wines and regular seating at the Height of Fashion at the Memorial Art Gallery.

FASHION WEEK OF ROCHESTER REGISTRATION PAGE

SATURDAY, 9/29 ~ COOKING CLASS WITH CHEF K2 (Kristin Klock)

Bryce & Doyle Kitchen Showroom

I recently had the pleasure of working with Chef Kristin as she catered the final dinner for the women that joined me as Go 'n Groove cycled Canandaigua Lake. The menu was fabulous and the food was just excellent! Everything was so fresh and favorable.

I am pleased to offer a cooking class with Chef Kristin featuring fall foods in a kitchen showroom at Bryce & Doyle, an interior design and remodeling firm specializing in kitchens and baths. This class will begin at 11:30am.

COOKING CLASS WITH CHEF K2 (Kristin Klock): $50 per person.

FASHION WEEK OF ROCHESTER REGISTRATION PAGE

SUNDAY, 9/30 ~ "FLAVOR" AFTERNOON PACKAGE

"Foodie" Class/Presentation/Rochester Public Market

The Flavor of Fashion will take place at the Rochester's Public Market at 3:30pm and will be a fusion of multi-generations of fashion. In addition, this family friendly event will feature a fashion show as well as live musical performances.

Prior to the event, we will be offering a "foodie" class/presentation which I am still in the process of confirming, but be assured it will be special!

FLAVOR OF FASHION AFTERNOON PACKAGE: $40 per person regular seating. Includes "Foodie" Class/Presentation and regular seating at the Flavor of Fashion at the Rochester Farmers Market.

FASHION WEEK OF ROCHESTER REGISTRATION PAGE

Want to hear the best news of all? Karen is offering a $15 credit to all Flower City Fashionista readers who book four Fashion Week events! Use code FASHIONISTA when booking.  What a great girls weekend idea!

Thanks Karen!

It sure sounds like a lot of fun!

What are you looking forward to most about Fashion Week of Rochester?

xoxo

Jenny