Girls Wine Night Look with Gena Myint/Serene Sky

I got together with blogger babes Donna and Kimberly for a girls wine night at Calivino Wine Pub in Anaheim a couple weeks ago. It was much needed girl time since we all had been so busy the last few months and wanted to be able to catch up, and the good food and wine...major plus! For my outfit, I wanted to mix textures, and did so in this look with the cashmere sweater over the silk slip dress. I gave the outfit a bit more embellishment with a statement necklace and strappy white heels.

Gena Myint Necklace, Serene Sky
Cashmere 360  Pleat Back Sweater (another color), Bloomingdales
Slip Dress, Eshakti
Heels, Zara
Photos taken by Kimberly Luu

Fashion Island Tree Lighting Ceremony 2014

The beautiful Fashion Island Shopping Center in Newport Beach was transformed into a holiday wonderland for the Tree Lighting Ceremony featuring Mickey & Friends and a glorious 90 ft Christmas tree. This was the first year in at least a decade that I have been able to attend since in previous years I've worked or had a prior engagement during the tree lighting. I was very thrilled to get to view the spectacular show from the media viewing area in front of Bloomingdales and was just enraptured by the magical Disney performance from beginning to end (if you didn't know, I'm a TOTAL Disney fan) while enjoying pomegranate mimosas, sweet treats from Sweet & Saucy Shop, and appetizers from Bloomingdale's 59th & Lex Cafe. I enjoyed singing Christmas classics and bobbing along to new tunes; the icing on the cake was not only the illumination of the tree but snow fall that made everything seem just oh so magical. If you didn't get to attend the tree lighting ceremony this year or want to re-watch it, it was recorded by KTLA5 and will be televised on Thanksgiving Day at 7:30pm on Channel 5! See more holiday happenings hosted by the Irvine Company's retail spaces here, and visit the beautiful tree and Santa's House at Fashion Island before it's gone!