Lately...

I've actually been doing this quite a lot these days. It's a tiny bit comforting that someone else is doing the very same thing too. Mep.

image via poetic heartache ( a new fave)

Post St. Patty's

Loving these green pants from the new Zara Lookbook. Did everyone sport their greenwares yesterday? Who's looking forward to a nice, long weekend to heal from the festivities? Cheers!

image found on seesaw

Gaga for your Thursday

This video gave me goosebumps. I love Lady Gaga and all her cooky antics, but this might actually be better than the original.

found via d.Sharp journal

Vive la France!

I am sooo looking forward to my income tax return! One of the many things on my wish list is the Rosetta Stone series for French. Yes my friends, this year I will master that lovely language. That way, when I move to Paris I will already know how to communicate with cute boys like the one in this video.

video via katie armour

Suki's Birthday

Today is Suki's 5th birthday. Last night we had dinner and cake to celebrate. Reading Julia Child for the last week or so has inspired me to improve my (seriously lacking) cooking skills. Now, baked mac and cheese is not necessarily a French culinary masterpiece, but it's  definitely a good start. This recipe, from Elephantine, was amazingly easy to follow and seriously tasty. I forgot to take a before picture of the baked mac and cheese, but the after picture is on the left. The photo on the right shows Suki enjoying her carrot birthday cake. Happy Birthday Little S!

top image via elephantine

In addition to thoughts and prayers...

Please donate to the Japanese Red Cross.

A new love

My current lover is, My Life in France by Julia Child. I've only just started it and am ready to buy a ticket to Paris tomorrow or at least go and eat some yummy French food.

image via deadmarch

Happy March!

I just got back from a great little trip to Florida. I got to see my little sis for her birthday, got to see some college friends I hadn't seen in much-too-long, and I got a long over-due haircut. I'll try and post a pic of my new bangs sometime soon. I had bangs last year but I got lazy and let them grow out until a few months ago when I realized that I just didn't feel like myself without my bangs. They make me feel safe and pretty all at once. I always love to get a new look whenever things aren't going my way (read here boy-issues), it makes me feel ready to start over with a new, cute, clean slate. After being out of town, I spent a little while this morning catching up on some of my favorite blogs and found this lovely surprise. I always look forward to Rachel's mixes-- it's like Christmas every month! Yay!

mixtape & image via elephantine.

Linkin Park for your Thursday

Last week I went to see Linkin Park in concert. Needless to say, I woke up the next day with a sore throat from all the screaming singing along . This is one of their lighter songs but after hearing it live, it may be my new fave. This guy does it justice.

check out the video here

Snow in Monterey!

No, it didn't look like this (although how awesome would that be), but we did get a few teeny little snow flurries in the middle of the night on Friday. Sadly, I was tucked into bed cuddling with Suki for warmth. The next morning I found a handful of ice that had collected on the banister. I shot a quick photo with my iPhone and then ran inside to escape the frigid coldness (it's not supposed to be 30 degrees in California!). I thought this pic was prettier though.

image via Janoid 

Bon Iver for your Wednesday

I'll keep with the Glee-ish theme and pass on this great little vid. Fantastic things like this only happen in Paris. Hey, anyone want to head on over to Paris with me?

found via ellemenoh

And I'm back!

So sorry for my prolonged absence my friends, I've been feeling uber-mopey lately! Whenever I feel the mean reds, I can't help but also feel utterly silly about it because I know that my teensy weensy troubles are nothing compared to everything that's going on around us all right now. So I thought it best to refrain from broadcasting my pity party on the blog-o-sphere, and return only when I was my grateful, cheery self again (I'm like 95% there, so humor me). And what can I attribute this stupendous recovery to? You guessed it people, Glee. Now I know that some of you just cringed at that last sentence, but I have to admit that those song and dance routines (especially the Journey and Madonna numbers) combined with the oh-so-wholesome goodness of the characters and story lines, was just the trick to make me perk up and count my blessings. Well, that and I seriously have made some pretty darn spectacular friends here in Monterey. So, to my friends and to Glee I say, Thank you with all my heart for yanking me out of my silly little slump. Here's wishing you all a lovely week!

go ahead and check out this fantastic blog (it's on my daily read list now) WWEPW

Alice + Me = Very much in common

I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it. That explains the trouble that I'm always in...

beautiful Mary Blair illustration via the lovely black apple.

Weekend plans

I'm definitley buying this poster from Sad Little Crown, as it is thus far my favorite take on the old Keep Calm version. I may squeeze a little retail therapy and the Super Bowl in between bouts of flinging and sobbing this weekend. Oh the many wonders of being single and having to rifle through all the toads. I very much admire all the single ladies (and some gents) that keep putting themselves out there; it's just not easy to lift yourself up and put yourself back together again. Dammit, it's friggin' hard!

A new hobby...

This Heather Ross surfboard makes me want to learn how to surf! So gorgeous!

image via heather ross blog