We Are Back (The Blog and I, That Is)

I am finally back. I am sorry if I got some of you worried with my long absence. I did get back on Labor Day as planned since my daughter went back to school last Tuesday but I then accepted the generous offer made by a friend to spend the long weekend (4 days, due to a Jewish holiday) at her house in the Hamptons with our daughters (who are in school together) so I literally only had time to unpack and repack those two days.
What I didn't know was that Google had shutdown my blog due to a security issue on the Gmail account linked to the blog, which is the reason why some of you got worried. Apparently the security issue was that gmail found suspicious my travelling to Italy and then to Greece so when I attempted to login from my iPad in Greece they locked me out. In these cases Gmail will send an email with a code to the alternate account that you have indicated as a backup or a text to the phone number that they have on file so you can retrieve it and login again but I didn't bother to solve the issue immediately because with no blog activity during my vacation, I only receive retailer offers on this account and I thought that could wait. But again, I didn't know that the blog was down. Thanks to Gigi for alerting me and spreading the news that I was alive and kicking on the JCA!

Anyway, I am here now and I will resume blogging on a regular basis. Athens was really wonderful and you will get to see some pictures soon. Today I only want to post a OOTD to get me back in the swing of blogging. This past week I literally threw on whatever I found that was 1) easily accessible (aka, not in a suitcase) and 2) not dirty or too wrinkled without thinking too much about my look but today I made an effort to make my outfit a little bit more stylish since Fashion week is in full swing and yesterday I had the feeling while I was walking down Madison that I was the only one NOT looking like a fashion editor.
Well, you have probably heard it was 97 degrees yesterday here so I think most of those stylish ladies would have happily traded their high heels for a pair of Havaianas and a portable fan as everybody was on the verge of melting but today it was more bearable so as I said I decided to give it a try. Luckily for me the JCrew peplum top was perfectly clean (in fact it had still the tag on) and looked very fresh with my Tory Burch cropped twill pants:

Top, shoes and bag: JCrew
Pants: Tory Burch "Alexa"

 

The bag is not new, even if you haven't seen it on the blog yet. It is a navy "colorblocked" big Brompton that I bought more than a year ago at the sample sale in NYC. I have no idea why I never wore it before (probably laziness as I don't like to change bags very often) but when I got back from Paris (where I was hit by Handbag Decision Paralysis and ended up not getting any bag) I decided that it was going to be my bag for Fall and beyond as it is so gorgeous and I really don't need anything more. In fact navy blue is going to be my color for Fall.

I have a few "Fall inspiration" posts in mind, I will be back soon. In the meanwhile, that you for reading!

P.S.
As you may have noticed I am experimenting with the template as I would like to give the blog a makeover. This is not the definitive layout, in fact it may change every day until I am set on something I really like. By the way the image background is supposed to be Paris but the Eiffel Tower is covered by the text box...