CHRONICLES OF A BLOOMING URBANISTA - REVAMPED BLOGAZINE

 I love my city, Richmond Virginia (RVA)!

I wanted to share the love I have for this blossoming city through Eclectic Bouquet.  I have revamped my blog so that I can share the wonderful RVA people, places and events that I have the chance to experience.  

My new “blogazine” will now include a new topic every week of each month:

 

·         Week 1: Passioneers 12 – This post will include an interview of passionate entrepreneurs in RVA.  I will ask them 12 questions that will allow us to explore the root of their passions.

My daughter, Jessica will be one of the featured Passioneers

 interviewed within the next few months.  Her artwork is on display

@ Taza on Forest Hill Avenue in RVA.

 

·         Week 2: Where To Go – where can I get a plate of delicious soul food in RVA? Does anyone sell nice, inexpensive antiques?  These questions (and more) will be answered in these posts.

                                                RVA's beautiul James River is behind me!

 

 ·                   Week 3: Style – I will post a pict of my favorite style piece of the month, clothing, jewelry,  shoes, makeup…

 

·         Week 4:  What To Do – Festivals, Fiestas, Fun!

These refreshments were served at one of Richmond's

poetry events,

which will be featured soon!

 

Please join me as I explore RVA! My first post will be up on this week!

SATURDAY ENSEMBLE

It’s Saturday!!!

My Saturdays are usually filled with a slurry of late starts, grocery shopping, oil changes, gas pumping, errand running and so on.  There’s no reason why I should participate in those activities while  looking like a sloth (no offense to sloths though).  So I borrowed some leggings from my daughter, Jessica, put together the accessories pictured below commenced to “running the streets”. 

 
While running the streets today, I purchased these beautiful Revlon eye shadow pots in purple and copper.

 

I wore the copper eye shadow today.

I don’t wear a lot of makeup, but I do love eye shadow.  I’ll share my morning facial routine with you at a later date…it’s very simple and not fancy at all. 

One thing I’m starting to realize about eye shadow is the less expensive eye shadow palates I purchase at beauty supply stores seem have more pop than the name brand eye shadow.  I’ll do a little more research and share my findings with you later.

This is the one of my favorite eye shadow palates that include colors that pop (note the vibrant pink...its almost gone!)

 

Well…after piecing together such cute parts, I was able to construct this elegant but casual whole.

   Brown pin stripe Fedora

   Revlon copper eye shadow

   Maybeline Great Lash mascara

   Black wrap sweater

   “Borrowed” black leggings

   Aerosoles black boots

Let me know how you keep your “casual cool” on Saturdays while doing what you do and let me know what you think about my Saturday ensemble in the comments section below.