On a surprisingly chilly September evening, more than a thousand Hoosiers — dressed in their finest white suits and cocktail dresses — emerged from dozens of coach buses and converged on the hallowed Yard of Bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, tables and chairs in … Read morePosh plates and dinner dates
If there’s a new sweets spot in town, you know I’ll sniff it out immediately. (Consider me a sweet-tooth hounddog.) After a few months of delays, Macaron Bar‘s first location in Indiana is open for business on Massachusetts Avenue across the street from BRU Burger … Read moreMacaron Bar
When that strange-yet-nostalgic scent combination of fresh popcorn and livestock wafts through the neighborhoods near 38th Street in sizzling-hot August, you know it’s time for the Indiana State Fair. With new foodie adventures — deep-fried sugar cream pie, anyone? — and even a new fashion … Read moreStep right up: #FairFashionFridays
All photos by Chantal Dominique Photography Behind a series of hanging curtains and hidden from the view of visitors buying trinkets and outfits from booths nearby, Monique Edwards is rushing around, cell phone in hand and layers of clothes draped over her arm, stopping every … Read more[EVENT] Passion 4 Fashion
When I was younger, every time I’d imagine my future house, I’d envision an old-school office worthy of a turn-of-the-century professor’s den: a haven for academics full of first-edition novels, muted Moroccan rugs, paintings from places abroad and mahogany furniture with forest green and black … Read moreA cup of inspiration
It’s no secret I love vintage. Secondhand accessories, old coin collections, Depression-era glassware, those flea market love letters for and from strangers who have long passed but for whom you craft an entire dramatic backstory. (I can’t be the only person who does this, right?) … Read moreThat vintage life
It’s officially summer! (At least, according to the Gregorian calendar–not the Indiana “why has it been so hot?” calendar, which unofficially introduced summer just in time to set a record for the Indy 500.) What better way to celebrate than by grabbing a frozen treat … Read moreSummer solstice: Trends from StyleRiot
Maybe it’s leftover emotion after the royal wedding–and the knowledge that I don’t have any weddings to go to this summer–but I’m suddenly struck with the urge to put on something frilly and dance the night away at a garden party. (Maybe I’ll host my … Read moreRoyal roses
The energy in the crowd immediately shifted. People adjusted positions in their seats, focusing their phone camera screens to get the best Instagram shot as the first model strutted down the runway. The penultimate collection of the Spring 2018 Midwest Fashion Week show featured candy-coated … Read moreFantastical fashion: An interview with Katy Newton
The Indianapolis 500 is officially here (again), and I’m ready to chill with some lemonade and watch the recap tonight. Who are you rooting for? P.S. Stay tuned later this week for more photos from this shoot with Caroline McKinney, who’s not only a photographer … Read moreIt’s race day!