Catching up with my FabFitFun Chicago stories!

I have been MIA. I admit it. I have a good reason though. Classes got a lot harder this quarter, and I spent way more time reading this quarter than last. I just have to finish this week of classes, turn in my final papers, and then I have a month of relaxing poolside and blogging before I have a summer class (American Romantic Poetry—it will be epic). 

In the meantime, you can read some of my most recent stories for FabFitFun Chicago to tide you over:

Coconut Dreams and Citrus Wishes: Check out the Spa at Dana Hotel in Chicago 

Sexy and Smart: Check out the Book Cellar in Chicago

Lighten up your Look for Summer: Check out Space519 and Mercedes Parra’s beauty tips

And, last but not least, check out Giuliana Rancic’s wedding photos and some of my wedding photos as well as other FabFitFun writers on the FFF website: Real FFF Bridal Gallery

xOxO

K.C. 

My Thighs Love Power Sculpt Fitness: As Featured on FabFitFun Chicago

The weekend E left for Germany, I got up really, really early for a workout with Heather Hughes, owner of Power Sculpt Fitness, and the hot moms of Barry St. I NEVER get up that early especially on a Sunday. I almost went back this past Sunday, almost. I love it, but I also love sleeping in on Sundays.

Look at Heather’s arms! Oy! I need those to go with my Michael Kors sundress…

Read my story for FabFitFun Chicago by clicking here.

I signed up for the Tuesday night sculpting session starting mid-April. Join me! It will be fun! Heather will kick your ass, so be prepared.

xOxO

K.C. Seiferth

Living in my M2F Denim While Wandering Vegas…

Soooo my wedding weekend in Vegas, I practically lived in my M2F Denim flare jeans. I mean they are the perfect shade of minty green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day! By the end of the weekend, the bottoms were so dirty I looked like a hippy emerging from the woods after a bender.

This particular photos, not my most flattering moment, was taken the morning after the wedding complete with wedding hair and makeup. It was approximately 8:00am Vegas time and I had already enjoyed two COMP screwdrivers (thanks to the fabulous video blackjack bar hidden in the back of Aria). I am standing in a life size stiletto at the Cosmopolitan hotel, double-fisted mind you!

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Check out more about M2F Denim in my recent story for FabFitFun Chicago! Click here to read the story.

THEN click here to sign up for FabFitFun and help me win a fabulous prize! 

The Fendi that a 4.0 Bought

So most of you who know me well know that I am a jeans, T-shirt, and yoga pants kind of girl. Well, to be honest, not just any jeans, T-shirt, and yoga pants. I am pretty much in a uniform every day of 7 for all Mankind, M2F Denim, StyleMint tees, and Lululemon gear. 

The big BUT is when it comes to handbags and shoes. I will shell out for a handbag and/or shoes that I fall in love with! 

Well my husband, E (yes, we are married now!), put his money where his mouth is and said he would by me a Gucci handbag if I got a 4.0 in my first semester of classes at DePaul. Guess what? This girl got a 4.0. Woot, woot!

So late on a Sunday night in Vegas, after our wedding, we went to CRYSTALS to shop for a designer handbag that a 4.0 earned me! I am not much of label on my purse kind of girl. I actually think those brown Louis Vuitton bags are sort of ugly. I do not get the hype. But, when you are spending that much money on a handbag, a little logo is better for resale. Still, the Gucci in our price range was so logo heavy,  I could not fall in love, le sigh. 

So we moved over to the Fendi boutique and this little booger caught my eye…!

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Is she not GORG? Perfect for spring and summer nights out in Chicago! The Fendi that a 4.0 bought.

 

xOxO

Mrs. Seiferth

“To an admiring Bog!”: If the Internet Existed During Emily Dickinson’s Lifetime, Perhaps She Would have Blogged—Gasp!—Tweeted

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(I wrote this imitation of an Emily Dickinson poem for my poetry class at DePaul and thought I would share…)


 Original Poem by Emily Dickinson:

260 (288)

I’m Nobody! Who are you?

Are you – Nobody – too?

Then there’s a pair of us!

Dont tell! they’d advertise  – you know!


How dreary – to be – Somebody!

How public – like a Frog –

To tell one’s name – the livelong June –

To an admiring Bog!

 

Imitation by K.C.:

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I’m Somebody! Aren’t you?

You’re on – Twitter – too

Just like everyone else!

Shout it! #poetslikeus – we know


How fabulous – we are – Famous!

How social – like a Bird –

To share our poetry – tweeting all Day –

To the bloggers we Love!

Emily Dickinson is famous for not wanting to be famous. The poet led a very reclusive life in her family’s home in Amherst, Massachusetts. In fact, the first volume of her work was published after her death. However, that was before the Internet existed. I cannot help but wonder, if Blogs and Twitter existed when Dickinson was alive and penning poetry, would she have embraced becoming a famous poet? For with the Internet, you can still select your own society behind closed doors.

There is no other poem so telling about Dickinson’s hatred towards publicity then 260 (288), which is about “how dreary” it would be to be famous “like a Frog” always out and about telling people your name (Dickinson 1113). The content of this poem made it ripe for the picking to imitate for this project. While imitating, I did my best to preserve the original rhyme scheme and form of the poem. I strictly found a way to change the wording to reflect what I think Dickinson might have wrote had the Internet existed during her lifetime.

When Wallace Stevens claimed that poetry is actually “a very intense form of reading,” he was referring to the complicated beauty of the poetic form. Poems contain layers like an onion that must be peeled back to experience the full eye-watering scent or in the poem’s case, emotion. When reading poems over and over, the reader can derive multiple meanings. Poetry is a form of discovery and the poet only discovers it as she writes and rereads it back to herself.

Addicted to Michael Kors Safari Glam for Spring 2012

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I’m not going to Africa anytime soon, but I would love to rock all of MK’s safari glam fashions in the urban jungle of Chicago. Michael Kors is rocking my tent (I mean condo) with all these safari glam looks for spring 2012.

I mean just look at those sequined pants, sandals up to there, cute white dresses, and glam accessories to boot. Here is what is on my WANT list:

Happy shopping ladies!

Namaste. xOxO

K.C.

PS…can I borrow your AMEX?

Loving Ashley Pettit Living: New story for FabFitFun Chicago this week!

Did you read my latest story for FabFitFun Chicago? Ashley Pettit Living is a fabulous and affordable way for ladies in downtown Chicago to get their fitness and nutrition on! Read it now. 

Ashley and I met recently at Protein Bar, which is my favorite healthy haunt in the city. Ashley also writes for the Protein Bar blog. Read her latest sweet info about chocolate here. 

xOxO Namaste

K.C.

PS…check out some events coming up this week in the FabFitFun Chicago AgendaJill Gamer’s yoga classes rock!

PSS…don’t forget that #foodiechats is live in Chicago at Union tomorrow night, 7pm! 

Lazy-ass GOOP fish tacos

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One ambitious day at Target, I decided to buy Gwyneth Paltrow’s cookbook, “My Father’s Daughter.” I have a bookshelf overloaded with cookbooks that I never use, BUT I went ahead and bought it anyways. I mean I bought the Tracy Anderson Method because Gwynnie told me I should, and look how good that worked out for me. In case you are wondering, NO my body looks nothing like Gwyneth’s extra leggy slimness. I do love that she admits it takes a lot of work though…as proof, this image from Pinterest.

Source: peppermintbliss.com via Kate on Pinterest

So back to the story at hand, the fiance mentioned he would like fish tacos for dinner so naturally I decided to try out a new recipe from “My Father’s Daughter.” Fast forward to 1pm, I am running behind on freelance work and reading for class when I pop in Target to buy materials for the fish taco recipe (not enough time to walk all the way to Whole Foods). So Gwyneth’s version has all this homemade yummy stuff like Lime Crema, Pico de Gallo, Salted Cabbage, and Guacamole. BUT this particular Target does not have cabbage or anything that resembles cabbage or avocados for that matter. So I grabbed some prepared Pico de Gallo, individual packets of Guac, just forget the cabbage, and some limes and sour cream. Success! I made homemade Lime Crema! 1 for 4 or 25 percent for you non-mathletes.

Oh boy, Target did not have any fresh fish either. Why had I not noticed that before? So I grabbed a frozen bag of tilapia, Target brand, yum.

Gwyneth’s recipe has you create what I’m guessing is a delicious beer batter for the white fish. Nope, I do not feel like doing that today, so I remember I have a packet of Trader Joe’s taco seasoning at home. I will just fry up the fish with that then.

So basically, my good intentions to create a delicious, healthy fish taco meal courtesy of “I could have been Mrs. Bradley Pitt but instead I chose to be Mrs. Leggy Coldplay” became my version of lazy-ass GOOP tacos. I am sure you can all relate.

Do you think Rihanna has Gwyneth’s cookbook?

Source: tumblr.com via Kate on Pinterest

xOxO

K.C.

PS…I promise to make the real ones soon and post a photo of me devouring them.

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