We're loving these super adorable cupcakes from @gtowncupcake! Our fave? The chocolate peppermint.

Obsessing over these pocket-sized espresso packets!!! http://bit.ly/avfIfV

check out this fun floral arrangement from #fendi! (and check out our dossier on the designer in the aug. issue)

Look what we found buried in the fashion closet! Subway guy Jared's, er, plus-size jeans. So... how do they fit?

and, yes, that's an "MC" made from the extra tuna stuffing. impressive culinary skills, no?

the MC team went to a tapas workshop! check out EIC Joanna with the winning dish, piquillo peppers & limeade

we always knew #Chanel had good taste, and now it extends to office flowers :)

we can't stop smelling these purty flowers @rag_bone sent to the office.

more flowers from the fowlers! @juicystar007 & @allthatglitrs21 sent these pretty buds to joanna. she loooves 'em.

for those of you who are curious, here's the alternate Dakota cover!

more flower love! thx to #ferragamo for the lovely display on Joanna's desk - they've helped cool down her office!

thx @juicystar007 and @allthatglitrs21 for brightening the office with such beautiful flowers! u 2 are the best!

#QueenElizabeth speaking at the UN today. The fab hats in the foreground belong to her ladies in waiting!

What we all need: personal misting system that goes off every 10 secs, like this one at Paris's Plaza Athenee.

If the shoe fits...behind the scenes at our photo shoot with Jessica Stam.

@ launch party for new rouge dior lipsticks. ying chu + camilla belle, who loved her shoot in MC last year!!!

Need an #ateam refresher? The entire series on DVD, courtesy of @amazon. Yeah, it comes in a van-shaped box.

A relieved Stefano Pilati after his #YSL resort collection at French Consulate General on 5th Ave this a.m.

French women do shop...and clearly so do Americans. Check out the MC team's mother load to help the Euro!

Chocolate envy: MC team in Paris had dessert laced with gold leaf. 1,700 calories! (so, how are the French so thin?!)