After a year and a half of wedding planning, my big day is fast approaching. On the very last day of this month, I’ll be getting hitched in York Beach, Maine. I have everything bridal on the brain, so here’s my mini-reflection on events leading up to this day. (more…)

Always eager to mix our two drugs of choice, Bostonista stopped by the Copley Neiman Marcus on Tuesday to sip champagne and take in the Pre-Fall St. John collection hosted by the label’s creative director, Kelly Gray.

The clothes, in Gray’s own words, were “full of rich saturated color and industrial shimmer.” One of her favorite pieces for the fall, a cerise shiny mini dress, met with approving gasps from the one-hundred-member-plus audience. “I could see Angelina Jolie in everything,” said one loyal Neiman’s customer. (So can everyone else.)

Perhaps it was the cocktails teamed with passed mini-cheeseburgers, duck tacos, and crabcakes that warmed the crowd up, but even the obliging tag-along husbands nodded in approval at the voluminous wide-leg pants and floral-print evening dresses. (more…)