Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"Skating was the vessel into which I could pour my heart and soul." ~ Peggy Fleming A Skater's Heart There is literally nothing, NOTHING like gliding across the ice, hearing your blades scratch sweet music and even sweeter etchings into the ice. Trusting that these tiny blades will hold you as you execute required elements [...]
"Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that. If you call it time, it is time. If you call it existence, it is existence, and so on. After calling it time, you divide it into days and nights, months, years, hours, minutes, etc. Time [...]
"Actually, I never liked the idea of bags. I would say, 'Why do so many of my friends spend so much money on these bloody bags?' But once I started designing them, I was completely hooked.: ~ Nicola Formichetti The Inner Purse Fight Firstly, I want to apologize to the fashion Gods for being so [...]
"People don't need to feel scared about a leather pant. Think of it as a jean alternative: it's the same thing. It's almost like they're your yoga pants, but they look chic." ~ Meghan Markle Fashion Must Have There is ONE wardrobe staple, every woman (and man if you are a rockstar) needs during the [...]
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." ~ Buddha The guise of social media Social media is great at painting the guise of the picture perfect. All rainbows, butterflies, and amazing food, (okay I am envious of all the food pictures!) creating social [...]
"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings." ~ William Arthur Ward Thanksgiving Every year on the third Thursday of November, those of us here in the states give thanks. It is filled with the Mayflower and cornucopias, stuffing our faces with turkey and mashed [...]
"Happiness can exist only in acceptance." ~ George Orwell Half way through yoga class, I had a revelation. It wasn't earth shattering as far as discovering a cure for cancer, but it was something we all need a reminder of from time to time. And of course contorting your body into torture-asana is the perfect [...]
"Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood." ~ Andy Goldsworthy Well it finally happened! We finally got a blizzard. A real honest to goodness blizzard! School was out across the Tri-state and maybe it was the fact that for the most part the winter has been pretty mild, but everyone, adults and kids [...]
"This archaic idea - that a woman who is unmarried and childless at 30 is somehow unnatural - will probably always exist, and, like most social standards, it is ridiculous." ~ Beth Ditto This world is as incredible as it can be harsh. It can be as care free as it can be filled with [...]
"And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been." ~ Rainer Maria Rilke This year could be called the year of relationships. It has taught me a lot about them from friendship to romantic, and everything in between. But most importantly of all my relationship with myself. Perhaps it was because [...]