NOTHING IS WORTH MORE THAN THIS DAY

NY NY Big City of Dreams

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:16:00 +0000

Hello Blog World! I have been gone for a while, but Im back with lots of pics from my summer and travel! Hugs and Kisses to all my friends!

Absolute faves to wear in NY! It's getting cold so Im gonna have to invest in my closed toes!

Poster from Ikea of the Flatiron District in NY!

Empire State of Mind......

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:52:00 +0000

Fallingwhistles.com and Fred Segal Event

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:37:00 +0000

BECOME A WHISTLE BLOWER FOR PEACE

Fallingwhistles.com

Colors of Fall.......

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:09:00 +0000

Venice Art Walk

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:46:00 +0000

FALL AT SECRETSERENITY.COM

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:23:00 +0000

Lots of new fun stuff to keep you all warm and snuggly inside!

TINA's NAKED

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:04:00 +0000

Her outfit that is..check out my girl decked in RAIF by Richard Kid all from Naked in Malibu! HOT! The jacket is made from old army jackets! Love my FLY friends!

Shirt - Naked, Malibu
Skirt - Naked, Malibu
Shoes - Converse
Jewels - Fly. by Tina Gold

Awww my gals and I had fun last night! Yippeeeeeeeee

Con Chile Y Limon

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:30:00 +0000

So yesterday I got the amazing opportunity to shoot an episode of "Con Chile Y Limon" a lifestyle television show on Telemundo! It was exciting! I have a passion for surfing and taking pics...well shooting stuff, so not only did I get to shoot the episode, I also was asked to shoot my friend and host of the show Carmina being taught to surf. I had a 20 or 30 pound (man it was just soooo heavy) longboard, with no leash mind you to shoot on! In one hand I paddled in the other I had the coolest Sony waterproof video camera. It wasnt too hard getting the hang of it, although the video filmed opposite or it showed the images opposite on the screen so it was so confusing trying to get the right targets. There was also one lady who kept telling me I was in the way and to get out of the dip zone so I found myself way out in the water alone which scared the jeebies outta me. So I paddled closer in and most of the guys told me to stay where I was to get the best shots. It was so invigorating! Feeling comfortable enough on the board, paddling, getting the shots, battling waves, and staying out of surfers wave were constant tasks! One way came and capsized me :( I panicked for a quick second thinking I lost the board and camera, but I found them both!!!!! That was when I decided to bring it in! The camera that is because I wanted to go back out and catch some waves! I thought it would be a little hard considering the board weighed more than a fifth grader and I had no leash. Thanks to Carmina and Gaby for letting me hang and for Alex the camera guy for giving me the filming experience of a lifetime!

UOY SSIM

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:01:00 +0000

You do something to me that I can't explain, so would I be out of line if I said I miss you?

The few hours I spent with you are worth the thousand hours I spend without you.

Distance between two hearts is not an obstacle... rather a beautiful reminder of just how strong true love can be.

Just the thought of being with you tomorrow is enough to get me through today...

We'll be together again. No straight lines make up my life, all roads have bends. No clear cut begging's and so far no dead ends....

Hug me when I'm there, miss me when I'm not, kiss me every day, and love me for all eternity.

When you feel alone, just look at the spaces between your fingers, remember that in those spaces you can see my fingers locked with yours forever.

No matter how far you are, no matter how long I'm gone, you will always be with me. I will see you always as clear as day, for our love knows no boundries and never will, because you see... our hearts are one, and mine is always home.

so many goodbyes this year..family..friends..loved ones.....

Im Just Sayin

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:45:00 +0000

Round and Round and Round

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:22:00 +0000

Video from the reggae fest.....grrrrrr my heads still spinnin!

BOWLING BALLLLLLS!

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:23:00 +0000

FLY. by Tina Gold on the Runway! Miami Fashion Week 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:14:00 +0000

Check out my friend and business partners jewels on the runway! FLY. by tina Gold Jewels were featured in the Ed Hardy and True Religion Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Swimwear Miami 2010! Jewels are also sold exclusively online at my store secrteserenity.com ! Check out her blog at flybytinagold.blogspot.com!

to purchase visit : http:/www.secretserenity.com

RIP - ICONS

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:24:00 +0000

At a loss for words right now...i was fans of these two people...who were iconic in my childhood...so surreal........cherish life and your loved ones....xoxo

Groove Mixer and Showcase

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:02:00 +0000

Friday my friend and partner in crime Tina Gold participated in an event called The Groove Mixer and Showcase in downtown La. I helped style and the girls wore Tina's FLY JEWELS (flybytinagold.blogspot.com)....More pics to come! Good Times....

Here's a pic of myself, Julio (designer extraordinaire), and Tina (artist extraordinaire)

Im wearing..an Insight Tee from KIN BOUTIQUE, Sequin Skirt from Urban, Vintage Sweater, and Trashy.com Platform boots, Chanel bag.........xoxo

KIN BOUTIQUE

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:22:00 +0000

Kin Boutique on Sunset Plaza in Hollywood has amazing clothes! We hung out at a boutique mixer and celebrated my friends Jewelry placement in the store! Good Times....Later in the night my friends and I turned the party into a soultrain line and ended up dancing all night!

Summer Lovin :)

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:14:00 +0000

This summer has started off with a bang! Good friends, family, and fun!

Laker Finals Fun!

Reggae Fest

Honey Collective Standard Rooftop

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:03:00 +0000

F21 Jumpsuit

Karen Walker Oversized Sunglasses and FLY. by Tina Gold Earrings

Karen Walker Oversized Sunglasses and FLY. by Tina Gold Earrings

Monica Payne of Honey Collective and Tina Gold

Kiss N Grind

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:28:00 +0000

Finally had a night out! My fave pic of the night with my buddies! Mor epics to come!

Lovelies wearing lovelies!

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:43:00 +0000

I haven't posted in a while..much less about fashion! I have been on a different journey in life lately. BUT I have noticed these ladies givin me a run for my money! Looking hot!

Tank by J. Brand jeans, YSL cage boots, a Valentino bag and a fedora hat....

Beyonce rocking Grey Ant shades, Dsquared top, Blue Notch Birkin jean, and ysl platform pumps....

Loving her style lately! Could it be because our b-days are a day apart?

Ooohh look at these Balmain crystal studded stilettos!!!!!

And dont ya just love Mr. Kerry baby in her Jeremy Scott and Adidas - JS Wings

A Difference A Day Makes

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:29:00 +0000

Yesterday I was so depressed. I have been having the hardest time coming to terms with my grammys tragic death and also learning that my fathers cancer has come back as well. I was in a slump. My brain has been foggy and I havent been able to meditate. I was pulling things online about the grieving process and loss and even considering a grievance counselor. I even wrote a blog note that I didnt publish, but just wrote to vent :/ I have been trying to stay strong for my mum and family, but its hard. Even trying to put up my strong face in front of my friends.

Well, I have a dear friend who just returned from Austalia where he practiced intensely with a guru. When I saw him he was so full of light on Monday :) Out of the blue he texted me yesterday to come do some yoga and meditation with him. He mentioned he had been shining a light on me and thinking about my healing in Australia. I had also told him the previous night that I was having issues coping (the only person I told). When a friend of mine and I arrived to her house, he had cleansed the house, lit candles and set up an alter. He took us through yoga salutations and then thru deep meditation. It was the first time since my grammy past that I was able to meditate and completely opened up. There was one candle that I focused on and it kept twittering. I even felt my grammys presence as I meditated and saw images of her in the different phases of her life. I felt her STRENGTH as I performed the salutations. I cried and smiled and in the end I feel so amazing. I am so grateful for having special people in my life and even more grateful that my feelings of depression, anger, and sadness have been curbed (what a difference a day makes). I am still figuring out this coping thing. Sometimes it feels like Im shot full of novacaine and Im just wondering what will happen when the numbness goes away...if it ever goes away. You see I dont want to ever forget my grammy or get over her (as some people say), but I do want to heal from losing her. It has only been a month and I know time heals all wounds.

For now I'm realizing my blessing and grateful to have my friends and family by my side :)

What's With The Hair?

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:04:00 +0000

The truth is I dont know! I just let it do what it do baby! Most of the time, I absolutely adore my hair, but I don't know how it evolved into this! The texture of my hair has changed over the years and before I dyed and highlighted it. And when the color grew out my hair was wavier and my curls were straighter. As I have gotten older my curls tightened and their doing a curly sue thing! Im enjoying it and Im kinda curious where it's gonna take me next! Im thinking Im gonna just grow it out and just have lotsa lotsa curls :/ I get so many questions as to how I get my hair to look like this and I have no answers. Sometimes I wake up and just puff it out and go, other times I wash and condition it in the shower and cream and gel it and sommmmmeetimes I just lightly condition it and go. I love to experiment with different products. My core being Redken's Fresh Curls line. And my curls do all sorts of things depending on how I style em. I can even Afro it out but wow its a BIG one!

Heres to curly moments :/ What do you dig about your hair?

"A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

My Grammy Elle

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:43:00 +0000

My first blog post ever referenced how strong my granny Elle is. For the past two years she fought and survived every critical illness brought to her plate. In December of 2007 my grandmother went into the hospital to have her gallbladder removed. As a result of the surgery, she was not able to walk. She was sent to a rehabilitation center where she would be able to learn how to walk and come back home. Well since my grandmother has been there, she has been in and out of the hospital. She got a bad infection called C-Dif which almost took her life, docs prepared us but guess what, she survived. She went in several other times...docs told us to stop meds and she wasnt gonna make it. Guess what..she proved them wrong. Just this past January she had uncontrollable bleeding from her colon and they wanted to remover her colon, she said no way and made it thru a 9 quart blood transfusion.

On March 14, 2009 at about 3:00 pm, my mother and I were preparing to visit my grammy (my mom saw her everyday, ate and watched Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy with her) and bring her fried zuchinni from H-Salt (her fave) when we received a call from the hospital that my grammy was in the er and fell. We thought it strange because she doesnt walk, so how did she fall. We arrived in the ER and unlike the other times, we were sat in a conmference room, where we were told that my grandmother was being transported on a gurney and was dropped. She had head trauma. The neuro surgeon said even if he operates, she probably wouldnt make it. I told him to do what he could, make it happen, she has fought everything and could fight this. My mom (a nurse) said different. My grandmother was in a coma and her pupils were dialated which means she was technically brain dead.

Walking in and seeing her bruised eye, head, shoulders, hands, and body was so upsetting. "Look what they did to her". My precious, strong, grammy was lifeless. The docs moved her to CCU pretty much for us to say goodbye. The docs kept telling my mom to give her morphine (to make her go quicker) but my mom wanted to wait for my brother to arrive so he could say goodbye.

A friend of my grammys came and prayed over my grandmother at 6:30pm. She left and my brother, mom and I walked over to my grammy. I put my Buddah bracelet on her and my brother put a crystal in her hand. No sooner as my grammy's friend prayed over her, my grammys heart rate went from 120 to 0 and flatlined. Even though she was on a machine, she left us at 6:40pm ..........

I will never forget the moment my mom, brother, and I held her and all watched the monitor.......at first my brother and I didnt understand and then we got it.....

It was my grammy's time to go. I am still trying to deal with how she went. How she fought EVERYTHING only for someone else to take her life. She was such a feisty woman, and loved to do crosswords all day and everyday. She also had a penchant for cussing, people, the tv, and doctors and nurses out. I miss her so much. She was gone just like that! I had a breakdown about 15 minutes ago and needed to write this...

If anyone has had any similiar experiences or pain, please let me know how you got thru it or are working thru it now. I am trying my hardest to deal with the loss, with my moms pain, and trying to not be angry.....

RIP Grammy Elle --- I miss you soooo much

and remember ....NOTHING IS WORTH MORE THAN THIS DAY

tonialexis
xoxo

Los Angeles Theatre Marquee: Gen Art & Boxeight

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:04:00 +0000

On Friday the 13th of March, more than 1,000 Gen Art members, guests and industry fashionistas attended Gen Art’s LA Fall Fashion Show kicking off Boxeight’s Fashion Week at the beautiful Los Angeles Theatre featuring Fall Collections from Grai, Raquel Allegra, and Society for Rational Dress. Here are some pics I took from the show!

GRAI

SOCIETY FOR RATIONAL DRESS

RAQUEL ALLEGRA

There was an afterparty then a Swimwear by Sonia Vera fashion show. More afterpartying and bands after! My battery on my camera went kaput and so the only other pics I had was this one from my camera phone!

AKAWELLE / Secretserenity.com Charity Event

noreply@blogger.com (Toni Alexis) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:36:00 +0000

The event was a success! Pics to come! Thanks to Darrell for this one :)