My Life Lately

One thing that I love about New York {and Chicago, and most other big cities I assume} is that people really know how to enjoy a weekend.  The second it warms up people are spending time at parks, dining outside and enjoying any bits and pieces of nature that they can.  Another great thing?  Every musician that you could ever want to see comes through NYC.  

An afternoon spent at DeKalb Market.

Easter Sunday at Prospect Park.

I found this on the street...makes me sad that if I asked a 10 year old what this was they would have no idea....

Ben Rector at Webster Hall.

NeedtoBreathe.

Bo & Bear of NeedtoBreathe.

A great weekend typically includes a perfect latte.

Happy almost Friday yall!

As always come find me on instagram - kelcitaylor!

Decorating Around My Duvet

Spring Break 2007 my mom and I ventured to Philadelphia for a few days and while visiting we stopped at an Ikea, at which I purchased my lovely and vibrant duvet cover.  Said duvet cover has now seen me through 3 Chicago apartments, a 4 month long move to Charleston, SC, and its next big adventure will be to the Big Apple. This time I vow to fully settle in and make the place my home.  In order to do this I plan on purchasing a couple of rugs, something I've always wanted to add to my rooms (3/4 of them have had wood floors) but I can never commit to because they're so expensive.  Today I came across a few at Urban Outfitters that I'm considering.

Pictured above is my duvet cover, stripes of purple, orange and a touch of citrus populate the fabric.  What do you think about these, and the possibility of layering the rugs to multiply floor coverage?  

The chevron rug is the largest (also probably the busiest), I wish Urban had it available in a dark purple...but would it be completely crazy to do the orange chevron and then these two smaller rugs (that are both under $40)?  I'm just not sure what else to do.

Also throwing this last one is as a wildcard entry, because it's pretty awesome.  Does anybody have suggestions, or ideas of where to find inexpensive rugs?  

P.S. this is my 100th blog post on SartorialRoadmap.blogspot.com.  Thanks for continuing to read,, I can't wait to see what the new year holds!  

photos via UrbanOutfitters.com

Home Sweet Second Home

Things have been a bit chaotic as of late.  Once I finally got myself and my "4 jobs" organized I have kept mighty busy.  Job 1) job search (they're not lying when they call it full-time work), Job 2) promoting Kevin Clark and his book The Great Economic Train Wreck, Job 3) CulutureWorks ICA Admin Asst. (etc...), Job 4) this blog of course!!

Thanks to said organizational skills, I planned a super quick trip to my old stomping grounds, Chicago, this week.  I was in town for a couple of interviews and was also lucky enough to spend some time with friends and shopping at my favorite European invasion stores.  The trip was not complete without a stop to see the brand new Perchance Gold Coast!  See my fun photos below!

Such a sweet sight to see.  Thanks for a great two days Chicago!

My first TOPSHOP experience!

The shoe section blew my mind.

I worked at Perchance on Southport for nearly three years and had the best experience, and I am SO happy for their success and the opening of the Gold Coast location!

Lanvin x H&M Memories

Almost exactly a year ago my roomies and I left our apartment at 4 a.m. to really get into the Holiday spirit with the Lanvin collection for H&M.  Though my faux fur jacket has yet to be used (it needs a special night out in a big city), I absolutely adore my t-shirt and use my tote often.  Oh and the lipstick...still rockin it.  Check out some photos I snapped of the pieces I picked up last year.

I could not have been happier to get one of the garment bags!  Luckily I lived in Chicago during Lanvin x H&M and not Versace x H&M, I would have been brokenhearted to miss this one!

Happy Girl

Today I'm happy for many reasons but I'm only going to highlight a few...

I'm living in South Carolina this summer (etc...?) and picking up "ya'll" HOORAY!  And sometimes I get to see pretty views of the sun setting over the river...

I used to live in Chicago where things like this happen...

I had a very interesting and exciting phone call yesterday that makes me want to do this...

Last but not least, in about 1 hour I get to pick up one of my best and oldest (we have known/loved each other since pre-school, took a brief hiatus from then til 6th grade and the rest is history) friends in the whole world and spend 3 days together exploring Charleston...

Get ready for a full photo update next week...