This Summer….

I survived a hurricane.

I went shopping at the Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market and bought some vintage earrings

I saw Midnight in Paris (and now I want to move there)

I saw Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows pt. 2 at midnight, in Imax 3D, with 7 friends, while dressing like a member of Gryffindor

I went to Broadway Bares and saw some very good looking people dance around on stage scantily clad (all for charity of course)

Gay marriage was legalized in NYC and I am so happy for all my friends here who now have equal rights!

I went to some cookouts where Cocoa was very popular

I learned the joys of instagram

I learned how to disable auto-correct on Talulah (my iphone 4) (settings => general => keyboard =>auto-correct=> onoff)

And finally…..drum roll please…..I reached 3 years of living in NYC! Actually, it has been 3 years and 5 days since arriving, 3 years and 4 days since my mom drove back to SC, and 3 years and 3 days since I had my first full day in NYC all by my (grown up?) self.

Some of these events deserve photos. I will try to post a few soon. Many additional lovely events occurred this Summer which deserve longer posts that I will also hopefully write sooner rather than later.

Happy labor day, friends!

Royally Obsessed

Hello friends,

It has been far too long since my last blog post. I have just been so busy in the last few weeks but I have a list of posts that I need to write and I am going to try to post pretty regularly over the next few days/weeks to get caught up.

I have been fortunate to participate in some pretty fun activities recently and also to have some pretty cool visitors in my apartment. This post is going to be relatively brief because it is focusing on my more recent (and probably completely silly) obsessions: royals!

That’s right, I have been bitten by the British royal fever. Since Kate and Will got engaged I have been keeping up to date on all the latest royal happenings. There’s no specific reason, I don’t know any royals, I will (likely) never be a royal, and while I desperately want to visit London, I have never been there. Anyway, I think it’s just the fantasy of it all and the “every little girl wants to be a princess” syndrome. And there are worse things that I could be obsessed with. And obsessed might be strong. More like strongly interested. There are no photos of Kate and Will hanging around my apartment. I just like reading about their adventures and seeing what she is wearing. I mean even if you hate the royals, you have to admit, she is an incredibly classy dresser.

Anyway, it all started with the royal engagement:

And then they started doing official events together, and look how classy!

Followed by the Royal wedding (yes, I got up at 4:30am and I have no regrets. I absolutely adore weddings so this was total fantasy world for me!)

 

And then they kept being classy…

And then they started touring Canada:

And I really just want her whole wardrobe.

And I have realized how underused hats are in the USA! I just love the British hats!

So, now I might buy this hat on etsy:

So that about sums it up! Also, Harry, I’m still available;)

More posts coming soon! Happy Sunday, friends!

Catching Up

Dear friends, I apologize for my lack of posts recently. I have been super busy, without internet at my apartment this week, and currently am at the Miami airport waiting on my connecting flight to Nicaragua! So excited for a vacation:) So when I get back I promise to catch you up on my life, my vacation, and of course Fashion Fridays. I have a couple back logged photos. Have a wonderful day. Love to you.

Text only…

WordPress and my computer still are not getting along. I was hoping to post some photos but that will have to wait until my computer and WordPress kiss and make up.

I have been in touch with support and they are trying to help me but my guess is the person who has been e-mailing with me doesn’t work weekends and I won’t hear back until Monday:(

So, here we are with no photos and although I could catch you up on my life in great detail without photos, I think it is so much more fun to have illustrations so I will just leave you with a few current obsessions of mine:)

Loving:
Ebay

Vintage

Earrings

Up-do’s (this summer has been brutal, up is the only way to wear long hair right now)

Silly Bandz (you can judge me for this. They are just so nostalgic, how can I resist?)

Creamy, cold coffee drinks

Blogs (reading and writing)

Writing for pleasure (like in a notebook or journal, developing ideas, not blogging for all to see)

Frozen Yogurt (Red Mango-which is all natural and relatively healthy on the fro-yo front – just opened by my apartment and it’s hot. Who can blame me?)

Dresses and skirts

Thrift stores

Photos

Snail Mail

Cocoa my dog (She’s just the cutest. I’m always obsessed with her:))

No Wordpres, no bueno

So WordPress is not loading correctly on my computer for some reason:( I’m writing this from my phone. I have blog posts I want to write but no can do until I get this figured out. Hopefully it’s a weird weekend funk and my computer and WordPress will reconcile come Monday:)

Sending you all so much love!

Videos

I deleted my Vodpod account. It was great but I didn’t really need it. That is why the videos on my site have suddenly disappeared. I am not going to repost them (at least not now) but I highly recommend searching for them on youtube:)

Peace & love

Equality

Today many of my friends are marching in DC in the National Equality March. I wanted to go but I couldn’t get out of work because everyone I work with is going. I’m fine with that:)

I really think that it is crazy that in 2009 people still do not have equal rights. But I love that those people are standing up for what they believe in. I think everyone should have the rights listed below.

* The right to work our jobs and go to school free of harassment and discrimination.
* The right to safety in our daily lives, and protection from hate crimes.
* The right to equitable healthcare, and the right to donate blood.
* The right to equitable immigration policies.
* The right to marry.
* The right to serve in the military openly.
(I copied these from Pinkisthenewblog. Gotta give credit where credit is due.)

I have a lot of friends that for religious reasons think homosexuality is wrong. Everyone is entitled to believe what they want. (I am religious but do not necessarily agree with my friend) However, I think this issue goes beyond religion. Whether or not you think homosexuality is wrong, should it really be the governments place to say? Shouldn’t people be able to lead the life they want. Isn’t this the land of the free? If what you do is wrong, you are the one who will suffer the consequences anyway. And besides whatever happened to separation of church and state?

EQUALITY NOW!

Budweiser 9/11 Commercial

One of the best budweiser commercials I have ever seen. My friend e-mailed it to me a few days ago. It honors the victims of 9/11 and was only aired once. Get out the tissue box.

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50 facts

I found this list online of “50 facts you didn’t know about Barack Obama.” It was actually published by the Telegraph in the UK which seems funny since he’s totally our president. But I guess the UK likes Obama, too:) Anyway, below are some of the facts that make me happiest. The link is below so you can go read the entire list.

• He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics

• He was known as “O’Bomber” at high school for his skill at basketball

• He has read every Harry Potter book

• He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia

• He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck

• He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.

• He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal

• He drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300

• He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds

• His speciality as a cook is chilli

• He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/3401168/Barack-Obama-The-50-facts-you-might-not-know.html

I want to be like Betty when I grow up!

Watch this immediately!

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