Life has no remote, so wake up and change it.

Are you ready for a New Year's celebration to remember? Bring 2015 in with light! Why wear just another LBD (little black dress) and plain necklace, when you can spruce up any look with sequins and string of LEDs to be the... light of the party.

Finished Look: LED Neckline on Sequins Party Dress

In this tutorial I'll give you a quick overview on how to place basic LEDs on the neckline of your party dress - or any top- to give the illusion of a "light necklace". Also, don't forget some flash tattoos (shown below) for a little extra sparkle!

This is a product that I'm really excited about, because when navigating through the streets of San Francisco, visibility and safety are my main concerns; whether I'm walking at night, out for a late run, or out on the street trying to avoid traffic at all. These came in especially handy when I had to get to the mall after work just before it closed to wrap up some holiday shopping.


As most of the locals know, it gets dark in the city around 4pm, and as it gets darker, the traffic gets thicker.


Rather than sit in a long line of a parking lot they call a street, I hopped on one of our city's Bay Area Bike Share rides. One less car is a good thing, right?

Ride, Return, Repeat!

Bold quotes branded into the walls encourage explorers to try and see new things.


Until it started to shrink. Or was I getting bigger?

Wool tights and tweed are important staples to keep cozy in the rainy months.

I felt a little disappointed that I couldn't tell what time it was just by looking down at the shadow cast from this beautiful monument, but it was nice to imagine the way it is supposed to operate during sunnier times. No batteries required, the shadows cast by the sun would fall across numbers like this on the ground:

Recently I co-hosted a fireside chat with Melissa Fleis at the Digital Winter Fest party, held at General Assembly's newest venue downtown San Francisco in the heart of the financial district.


If you haven't heard of Melissa before now, she is an American fashion designer who after being selected as a participant for Project Runway has been committed to launching her self-titled brand.

Website: http://melissafleis.com/

After studying with former Alexander McQueen adviser Simon Ungless at the Academy of Art, Melissa spent her Fall / Winter 2012 season in Lucca, Italy interning under Italian fashion designer Alessandra Marchi. Shortly afterwards, Melissa was selected to participate in Lifetime’s Project Runway Season 10, where she later went on to show her collection as a finalist in the "top three" at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. (Watch runway video here).



Can't wait to see what she comes up with.

Other designers at the party showed off some more techy accessories like 3D printed jewelry (totally soft and flexible- extremely impressive) as well as laser-cut handbags and hats.

This bracelet was 3D printed?? No...

Join me on a tour of NASA as I get an insiders scoop on what has been, is, and may be worn into the depths of outer space.

Inside the VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building) which has also been used to shoot movies like Transformers III

This is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

- Neil Armstrong

December 4, 2014 was the day set for the largest rocket in existence to take it's first test flight into space. More details on the Delta IV operations on a previous post here.


We all eagerly awaited the launch scheduled for 7:05 - however, like most space travel...nothing really goes exactly as planned. The beautiful and quiet sunset was interrupted by loudspeakers announcing a delay due to a ship in the water, causing a re-set of launch operations.


So we hung out in the press area and watched the sun come up... with it's beautiful sky changing color and the heat of Florida emerging with it.

Matthew Parker - @MattAttackPro

While anticipating the launch, I admired some of my comrades launch fashion.  Fellow micro-blogger Matthew Parker was particularly dapper in a NASA-inspired handcrafted bow tie.


Here comes the sun...Florida is hot, then cool again - but I wondered, what must it be like to be in the temperatures ranging from +250ºF in sunlight to -200ºF in shadow in space, and what technology is used to make sure the astronauts are comfortable?

Heavily guarded by the alligator swamps stands the DIV rocket and launch pad

They also seem a little confused. How can we access everything we need during our busy lifestyles, quickly, and on such a tiny screen that must be worn 24-7?

This Thanksgiving, we intended to head to the East Coast, but plans were foiled by a lingering flu. Instead we stayed in California, driving a few hours north from San Francisco to Mt. Shasta.

I have lived in California for almost five years now, yet have never been to an In-N-Out Burger. Mainly because I don't eat much eat much fast food...but what a better time to try it out, than on a road trip.

Recently, NASA invited me to come view and blog about the first launch of Orion, which is a spacecraft intended to carry up to 4 astronauts to destinations beyond Earth's orbit. Orion will be the first ship to bring human exploration to Mars and asteroids beyond anywhere we've ever been! It is scheduled to be launched aboard a Delta IV Heavy rocket on December 4, 2014, assuming all goes well...they tell me this has been a work in progress for over ten years and that anything could still go wrong. Regardless, I am forever optimistic, and so excited to learn about the technologies first hand from the scientists that create them.




As thrilled as I am to learn about the spacecraft and what they think lies beyond our orbit, (aliens probably) I am mostly excited to learn about the deep space fashion-technology that is undergoing development, and can't wait to blog about it here. So far, I've been impressed by Dava Newman's thoughts on space-wear.

This is the only outfit I've seen so far that looks good with Google Glass

Stay tuned for future Sweet & Sweet Video Collabs!

As I anticipate the upcoming grays in the winter sky, I find that I'm really looking forward to it. After all, a little bit of moodiness is not a not a bad thing. It's great for creative inspiration. Did you know, the human eye can distinguish about 500 shades of gray?

This past week, I looked in my closet and saw how much gray I have! So naturally, I decided to try wearing it all at once.

Whenever I wear this polka dotted blue dress, I always feel fantastic. It's made with light, silky material, buttons all the way up to the top, and has a flattering synched waist.

You'll never guess how long I've had this dress.

There is something new coming this month. A line of jewelry embedded with bluetooth is not new to the fashion-tech scene, however, this unique form from Kovert is starting to get closer to a fashion-forward approach. Created with special materials that go a step beyond any cheap looking gadgetry we've seen in the past, these designs are something worth keeping an eye out for.

Personally, I'm loving jumpsuits such as this one by Trina Turk; which is flattering for any body-type and even has a subtle touch of detail, like this cut out in the back.