christmas before thanksgiving.

last night was the Christmas tree lighting downtown. 

we got there early, so we went into the shops that somerset has set up down on woodward.

after we went into every shop we headed back towards the middle of downtown,

the tree is right down in campus martius, where there was live music, delicious lil food stands and people ice skating!

i kinda missed the flipping of the switch to turn the lights on though, because some security guy was trying to get us to move to an "authorized" area of standing. a guy to the left of me responded, 

"this is detroit, we ain't gotta listen to you."

so, we all stayed and took our pictures, 

but i missed the switch flipping.

it was kind of magical though to be staring at an unlit tree, get distracted, then to look back again and see it all huge and shining with all the multi-colored lights..

on another note, i got the new iphone and it is huge.

well now i gotta get refocused on thanksgiving thanks to the brief intermission last night,

xo. alexandra

t.g.i.f

thank. goodness. it's. fall.

seriously though, I am so in love with this season!

everything is exciting, so much is changing 

and there is something about cloudy days that seem to make the colors a little brighter.

In reality right now its coat weather

..but the sun peaked its lil' head out today and I totally took advantage of it.

(still keep the long skirt and boots on though.. it wasn't that warm)

(what i wore: tee + cardi- uo, shirt- tj maxx, tights- target, boots- dv, purse- c/o dooney & burke)

no big, just my front yard.

well now it is off to make myself some tea, then try and sleep my fever off.

xo. alexandra

tonight.

tonight was amazing!!

some friends and i went down to Midtown to see the Dlectricity event going on.

this is the first year Detroit has put on the nighttime exhibition of art and light and i am really hoping that its not the last.

35 different artist came to set up different pieces around midtown, each piece unique but have a common factor,

light.

everything moved, even the projected images.

the scale of some of the projects were..

I was just in awe.

(so please don't judge me on my photography skills i have no clue how to get decent pics at night :p)

the night started off with some tea/ coffee at 14east on woodward.
Gotta get that joe! 

a cute moving robot <3

these teepees were set up in a circle around a campfire! ekk!
ilovedthemsomuch

dont worry though, tomorrow night it's going on as well.

www.dlectricity.com

maybe i'll be seeing you tomorrow at the 7'o'clock light, bike ride. boys make sure to wear your beards.

now i'm off to eat some left over chinese take-out. it's kinda my fav.

xo. alexandra

(thanks to my amazing church family that went tonight even though it was pouring rain and freezing cold, I am so loved)