{"id":4972,"date":"2014-08-04T21:59:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T01:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/?p=4972"},"modified":"2014-08-07T10:29:07","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T14:29:07","slug":"swim-week-night-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/?p=4972","title":{"rendered":"swim week &#8211; night 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems insane that swim week was two weeks ago, I feel like a year has passed since the nonstop chaos of MBFW Swim! I&#8217;m not complaining though, I thoroughly enjoy swim week. I had such a sweet setup and some amazing brands hook me up throughout the week. First of all, I hit up the FORD Artists beauty lounge for a little pampering and glamming (amazing, and I wouldn&#8217;t have to spend the time doing it later either). Here was my look thanks to the glam squad there:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-1-copy-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4976\" src=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-1-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"ford artists miami\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-1-copy-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-1-copy-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-1-copy-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-1-copy-2-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-3-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4977\" src=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-3-copy.jpg\" alt=\"erika thomas miami\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-3-copy.jpg 600w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-3-copy-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-3-copy-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>After there the next stop was checking in to the Townhouse Hotel (my fave little home away from home) and having it as home base for swim week was too perfect. I was right in the middle of everything I wanted to do, and a five minute walk to everywhere else.<a href=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-copy-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4978\" src=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-copy-2-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"townhouse hotel miami\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-copy-2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-copy-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-copy-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I totally love the Florida room which is attached to the lobby of the hotel. Just a relaxing place to enjoy a cup of coffee or chat with friends. Upon checkin, I had some lovely gifts waiting!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2-copy-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4975\" src=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"erika thomas swim week miami\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2-copy-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2-copy-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2-copy-2-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Voli Vodka definitely kept me going, and it was actually my first time drinking it. I was pleasantly surprised. And will definitely make it a staple at our home bar! After a quick change of clothes and meeting up with two girlfriends, we were off to the Vogue Brazil issue party at 1 Hotel &amp; Homes, located conveniently on Collins.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4979\" src=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2-398x600.jpg\" alt=\"erika thomas ria michelle ashley sherrill\" width=\"398\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2-398x600.jpg 398w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4980\" src=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-3-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"vogue brazil miami swim week\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-3-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4981\" src=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-5-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"erika thomas miami blogger\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-5-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-5.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4982\" src=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2-copy-428x600.jpg\" alt=\"erika thomas miami fashion blog\" width=\"428\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2-copy-428x600.jpg 428w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2-copy-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-2-copy.jpg 571w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a few caipirinhas and champagne, it was off to the next spot for the evening. It was a toss up, but we ended up tracking down some friends at the MBFW Swim kickoff party down at the Raleigh. It was outdoors, so we didn&#8217;t last long.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-5-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4983\" src=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-5-copy-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"miami beach erika thomas\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-5-copy-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-5-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-5-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-5-copy.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-1-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4984\" src=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-1-copy-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"erika thomas ashley sherrill\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-1-copy-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-1-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-1-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-1-copy.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4985\" src=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-copy-600x587.jpg\" alt=\"mbfw swim kickoff party\" width=\"600\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-copy-600x587.jpg 600w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-copy-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-copy.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the evening came to end, it became scarily apparent that lite bites throughout the evening were not enough. This meant serious late night eats were upon us&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4986\" src=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-600x583.jpg\" alt=\"pizza bar collins ave miami\" width=\"600\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-600x583.jpg 600w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/photo.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>thank heaven for Pizza Bar. FYI, if you&#8217;re visiting South Beach, Pizza Bar is open until 5am&#8230;so there&#8217;s that.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pssst.<\/em> My outfit for the evening was a perfect LBR () and .<\/p>\n<p>more recaps to come soon xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems insane that swim week was two weeks ago, I feel like a year has passed since the nonstop chaos of MBFW Swim! I&#8217;m not complaining though, I thoroughly enjoy swim week. I had such a sweet setup and some amazing brands hook me up throughout the week. First of all, I hit up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,9,7,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-fashion","category-miami","category-outfits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4972"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5004,"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4972\/revisions\/5004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}