Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"I look at every piece of furniture and every object as an individual sculpture." ~ Kelly Wearstler Ikea Okay I might be being a tad sarcastic. But if you live in New York (or pretty much ANY city) you probably own something from Ikea. In fact it is an apartment staple. Going to the warehouse [...]
"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 [...]
"I can't think without my glasses." ~ Vivienne Westwood Fashionably Four Eyes: Part One A year ago June, I wrote a piece that went viral which not only shocked me (it is always interesting to me, what wins the post popularity contest) but even appalled my sense of vanity since a whole-lotta people saw me [...]
"Because of my unique experience as my mom's child, the beginning of my journey was more about me trying to figure out who I was on my own. My mom is one of the greatest moms and so supportive of all my siblings and of all of us being who we are, and not who [...]
Since the time my sisters abandoned me by going to college and past Rudolph's reigns to me, I have been my Dad's elf. Shopping for my mom from my Dad, because if left to his own devices, he would be shopping the morning of. It is bad enough that some years, in the early days [...]
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." ~ Anais Nin That moment when you realize you are no longer the apple in your best friends eye. It feels like you have been stabbed repeatedly in the jugular, reviving images of high [...]
"France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past, a tremendous prestige in the world, whatever the fate inflicted upon her." ~ Pierre Laval Five years ago I left my heart in the Seine. Literally. The night before I left to fly [...]
"I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done." ~ Steven Wright I gave a brief introduction about NaNoWriMo a couple days ago. While I touched on the craziness, I neglected to mention that all this is going on while I am in school and working full time. I know, I won’t have much [...]
"Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going." ~ Chantal Sutherland I had a friend visit me a couple weeks ago, and of course living in the city we had to do some of the touristy things. Alas [...]
"Hallmark makes beautiful films that feel as if they should be watched in a theater. The Hall family knows the power of stories, and they give us unforgettable movies with heart and depth and the resonance of classics." ~ Luanne Rice This weekend marks the beginning of Holiday movies on Hallmark. Where for two months [...]