January 2012
3 posts
December 2011
1 post
Sometimes I absolutely love Christmas carols. And then I hear gems like “Grown up Christmas Wish” and I want to never hear a Christmas carol ever again. EVER. But then I hear Mr. Michael Buble sing “have yourself a merry little christmas” and we’re back on track.
November 2011
1 post
August 2011
1 post
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July 2011
2 posts
Laduree opening in manhattan! I can’t decide if that is amazing or horrible!
10 things I love about this short-work-day,...
1. Meeting a friend for burgers and shakes at the burger joint.
2. Sitting in the sun and reading British Vogue along the Highline.
3. My crazy outfit today: pale blue pants and a navy blazer (channeling east coast prep-school I guess!)
4. A weekend of Alexander McQueen, lobster rolls, BBQs and beaches to look forward to!
5. Although I’m sad my hero of a little brother isn’t with...
June 2011
3 posts
Only good thing about being sick on a Saturday night, time to watch “Out of Africa.” Digging a young smokin’ Robert Redford and the safari style.
Began cleaning out my room for the big move (just to another apt. in NYC) which is going down in about 6 weeks. 2 garbage bags of books and 5 garbage bags of clothes later, I still feel like I have SO MUCH STUFF! I moved here with two suitcases! 2! How did I acquire this much crap in 4 years?! Word of the summer: Edit.
“I’m begging age-appropriate females: Read something written before you were...”
– -Julia Klausner: A Valentine to Maturity (via asie)
A little too close to home with the end… (via andthenitsperfect)
LOVE this. The older I get, the more traditional I seem to become.
May 2011
5 posts
I don’t know what’s better, the fact that a link called “the Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History” exists on our company intranet or the fact that I spent 30 minutes looking up pirates on it.
I know there are thousands of very worthy and significant causes to contribute to, but for personal reasons, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is mine. If you are willing and able, please help my friend Tierney as she raises money for this very worthy cause. Money raised in this effort supports the work of the world’s best and brightest researchers in their search for better therapies and...
For those that think the art world is glamourous, picture this: me standing in the rain on the sidewalk holding not one, but two broken umbrellas, stuffing a veggie sandwhich from a bodega into my mouth in between doing sneaky reconaissance missions and then walking into a very well dressed establishment looking like a drowned rat with my lipstick smeared all over my face. Happy Wednesday. I am so...
April 2011
2 posts
After the craziest, most insanely busy 5 weeks ever I am very much looking forward to having a weekend of doing not much aside from sleeping, brunching, shopping and drinking (although I wouldn’t mind another week long trip with my family, either!) Here’s to longing for the weekend on Wednesday!
March 2011
6 posts
one of my favorite 30 rock moments.
Liz Lemon: Kenneth, why did you play that terrible hand?
Kenneth Parcell: Why? Because I believe that life is for the living. I believe in taking risks and biting off more than you can chew. And also, people were yelling, and I got confused about the rules.
HAVING A COKE WITH YOU
is even more fun than going to San Sebastian, Irún, Hendaye, Biarritz, Bayonne
or being sick to my stomach on the Travesera de Gracia in Barcelona
partly because in your orange shirt you look like a better happier St. Sebastian
partly because of my love for you, partly because of your love for yoghurt
partly because of the fluorescent orange tulips around the...
Wait, wait, wait
Just received the below subject line of an email.
NEWSFLASH: NYC to Moscow Fares Now $398 Roundtrip (incl. Taxes).
Let me get this straight. I can fly to MOSCOW for about as much as I can fly to Austin, Texas. How does that even make sense?!
February 2011
3 posts
I’m in it for the snacks, chit-chatting and Glee. If the Saints or Giants aren’t involved, I don’t care.
January 2011
5 posts
Overcast drizzle, pret soup, meeting a friend for tea, making a trip to topshop. I feel like I’m in London today.
Currently...
watching: Downton Abbey (from the wonderful folks at the BBC/PBS)
listening: to beatles White Album
drinking: peppermint tea
craving: a raspberry macaroon from Bouchon Bakery
planning: dinner with friends this weekend
Jury duty in a few phrases
sitting in a dreary room ALL DAY long, sitting next to a guy with a weird and disturbing growth on his ear, funny lawyer during voir dire, frantically texting my lawyer friend trying to find catch phrases that will get me out of sitting on a jury, the best people watching I have ever experienced, making good use of my new kindle, eating crepes during lunch break, going back tomorrow morning to do...
December 2010
3 posts
5 things that I should probably be embarrassed...
1. My last 4 downloads from itunes have been songs from Glee.
2. I saw a movie by myself last night (on date night) and am pretttttyyy sure I was the only solo person there.
3. The movie was The King’s Speech and Colin Firth is still my absolute number one after about 10 years, and yes this means current middle-aged Colin Firth. What can I say? I have a type. Middle-aged, BBC British man....
October 2010
3 posts
September 2010
2 posts
I’m something of a mess today. I have about a million and one thoughts about this day and about the fact that my brother deploys to Iraq on Monday. Any words I say or write feel inadequate. Sometimes there are no words, just prayers for healing, safety, peace and a better tomorrow.
Really creepy/awesome blog. Check it out. →
August 2010
5 posts
“Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among...”
– W.H. Auden
Officially 6 days and about 18 hours...
until the first round of thesis work is due. Home stretch. Don’t ask me how it’s going unless you want me to kick you in the shin. Things I’m going to do when I turn it in:
- Drink a martini (or maybe a few)
- Get a massage
- Get my grubby little paws on the British Vogue September issue
- Do laundry/deep clean my room
- Go to yoga
- Enjoy Labor Day in NYC with one of my...
Well done, Jenna Lyons. Can't wait for Fall... →
July 2010
5 posts
“I beg you… to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke.
Lovely. Big fan of Rilke and this quote certainly rings true. Lately, I’ve been trying to see the adventure in the unknown instead of fearing it. How boring would life be if we had all the answers available to us at this very moment? As the wise (…?) Miley Cyrus...
“The weather service defines as heat wave as three or more consecutive days with...”
– The New York Times.
That’s otherwise known as Texas at least 5 months out of the year. But I guess in Texas we also have pools, excellent air conditioning and transportation with excellent air conditioning.