Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life." ~ Andrew Greeley Surprising Theme I was intrigued when I found out the theme of this year's Fashion Exhibit at the Met. And even more shocked when I found out it had the support of the Catholic Church. In fact New York's Cardinal [...]
"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls." ~ Pablo Picasso The Met One of the draws of New York City is that their are literally a gazillion museums exhibiting a wide range of art. Every time I think of leaving, I am always drawn back because of the [...]
"A lot of my friends have tattoos; I realized that it's not only just a part of pop culture, but a bit of a map on someone's body, which says something about people. A part of their life, like an armor or a crest." ~ Christian Louboutin Tattoos While tattoos might be considered controversial, they [...]
"One doesn't want fashion to look ridiculous, silly, or out of step with the times - but you do want designers that make you think, that make you look at fashion differently. That's how fashion changes. If it doesn't change, it's not looking forward. And that's important to me." ~ Anna Wintour Met Gala Every [...]
"I didn't really start writing music or lyrics or turning them into songs until I went to San Francisco." ~ Jello Biafra We woke up on Lombard Street to our first full day in the Golden City refreshed and excited for some art! My aunt, an art connoisseur, was taking us to the San Francisco Museum of [...]
"A beach is not only a sweep of sand, but shells of sea creatures, the sea glass, the seaweed, the incongruous objects washed up by the ocean." ~ Henry Grunwald Instagram is a great way to find designers, fashionistas, and one of a kind creations. In the last few years, I have made friends and [...]
What I am about to say might sound sacreligeous to theater goers butttt: I am not a fan of plays. Gasps! What? Did I really just say that? Alas it is true! For me a theatre experiences isn't a theatre experience without music and dancing and basically what Broadway represents. (Les Miz, Phantom, of the [...]
When your cousin is a ballet dancer, you go to a lot of ballet. And when your cousin starts her own ballet company, you go and support, even if you would rather stay home on a Thursday night, watch trashy Lifetime movies and paint nails. Family first is and always has been my motto. Thankfully [...]
I am not a fan of snapchat. With Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, it is hard to stay avant garde with all the social media and communication sites. I already fail miserably at responding to people's messages on Facebook (and now Instagram has a message system too, how do we keep up?) What is wrong with an [...]