Quoteworthy: Kate Spade 1962-2018

"In order to lead a fascinating life, one brimming with art, music, intrigue and romance, you must surround yourself with precisely those things." 
-Kate Spade














Now Playing: "Sweet Like Brandy" by Kwamie Liv

Quoteworthy

"You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life." 
-Salvador Dalí 1904-1989











Now Playing: "Stay Late" by Elektrik People

29

The last year of my 20s. This decade has brought many highs and lows. Some of the best times of my life as well as the darkest. I feel this overwhelming sense of pressure to make this year count. As my birthday falls exactly one month to the day of the official start of the new year, I always view January as a bit of a warm up period. My new year starts today. Here are just a few of my resolutions for my 29th year...

• Save money. 
• Enjoy the things I have. Purchase less.
• Simplify my wardrobe.
• Improve my career.
• Redecorate my space. 
• Travel as often as possible. 
• Strengthen my relationships.
• Be open to dating.
• Update this blog!
• Write. Write. Write.
• Eat less. Exercise more.
• Make a difference.
• Don't speak ill of others.
• Read more. 
• Practice my spirituality.
• Continue to learn new things.
• Have fun. 
• Love.
• Be courageous.

Now Playing: "Gold In the Air" by Jesse Woods

Quoteworthy

"You can always tell gifted and highly intelligent people as they always turn to the past. Any young person who knows anything that happened before 1980, or 1990, or 2000 for that matter, is immediately someone who is intelligent, probably creative, maybe a writer. Nobody who is drawn to the past and learning about the past is not gifted."
-Mike Nichols 1931-2014












Now Playing: "All The Days" by HAERTS

Quoteworthy

"I believe in the country America used to be. I believe in the person I want to become. I believe in the freedom of the open road. And my motto is the same as ever: I believe in the kindness of strangers. And when I'm at war with myself, I ride. I just ride. Who are you? Are you in touch with all of your darkest fantasies? Have you created a life for yourself where you can experience them? I have. I am fucking crazy. But I am free."
-Lana Del Rey

Quoteworthy: Oscar de la Renta 1932-2014

"I always say this: live, love, and laugh. A huge mistake we make is forgetting that one day we will die. We think that we are going to live forever. I always say life is like a little garden. There is a time to plant, then a time you have to weed. Just think about people you've deeply cared for. And then think of the people you wish you'd spent more time with. Or about the things you had loved and whether you'd given enough time to them."
-Oscar de la Renta




And here are just a few of my favorite creations in recent years from the legendary designer himself.

Amy Adams at The Oscars.

Jessica Alba at The Golden Globes.

Allison Williams at The Emmys.

Now Playing: "Southern Sun" by Boy and Bear

Flick Pick: Nightcrawler

Here we have a film that perfectly exemplifies one of the reasons why I no longer watch or work in television news. I studied broadcasting in college and worked in the field after graduation. "If it bleeds it leads" is certainly the name of the game. We live in a twisted society. Looking forward to seeing this one. Also, Jake Gyllenhaal is a friend to Pittsburgh. So there's that. Brilliant actor. And a resounding "HELL YES!" to the Kendrick Lamar song used in the shorter trailers running on television.











Now Playing: "Backseat Freestyle" by Kendrick Lamar
*Obviously!

Quoteworthy

Now Playing: "Sweet Thing" by Van Morrison

*One of my all-time favorites!

Pinterest Lately (Summer 2014)

It's been quite a while since I did a Pinterest blog post (or just about any type for that matter). Here are some of the images that have recently inspired me...

"Does this black match?" My life story.

Need to get a pair of these Steeler leggings for the season! Here We Go!

I love a cutting board spread. 

This Dior Gel Coat is one of the best top coat nail polishes I've ever used. Hardens the nail and prolongs the life of your mani.

& speaking of Dior. Loving this BB Creme in place of a foundation. Light coverage but leaves my skin looking flawless. I'm clearly in shade 01.

Still lusting after a card catalog piece of furniture.

This picture warms my heart.

Matte Black Pumpkin. So pumped for Halloween!

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Love the September InStyle UK Cover. Kate Bosworth has the best face in Hollywood.

This vintage chair. I just want to curl up on it with a book.

Pygmy Goats. I want one! Wonder what their temperament is like.

Cliffs in France. Wanderlusting...

a grand thing...

Now Playing: "Beast of Burden" by The Rolling Stones
*One of those songs that I have to play at least 15 times in a row.

Quoteworthy

"If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world."
-C.S. Lewis 1898-1963














Now Playing: "Come Undone" by Duran Duran
*One of my favorite songs from the 90s. A good one for today.

Quoteworthy

"I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do."
-Joan Jett











Now Playing: "Caught Inside" by Bad Things

Quoteworthy

"At that instant he saw, in one blaze of light, an image of unutterable conviction, the reason why the artist works and lives and has his being--the reward he seeks--the only reward he really cares about, without which there is nothing. It is to snare the spirits of mankind in nets of magic, to make his life prevail through his creation, to wreak the vision of his life, the rude and painful substance of his own experience, into the congruence of blazing and enchanted images that are themselves the core of life, the essential pattern whence all other things proceed, the kernel of eternity."
-Thomas Wolfe 1900-1938












Now Playing: "(At) The End (of a Rainbow)" by Earl Grant

Quoteworthy

"Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future."
-Deepak Chopra









Now Playing: "Young Fathers" by Typhoon

Quoteworthy

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
-W.B. Yeats 1865-1939











Now Playing: "Come A Little Closer" by Cage The Elephant

Quoteworthy

"The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because it's only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on."
-Chuck Palahniuk













Now Playing: "Magic Light" by Wampire
*One of my favorite and most-played songs of the year.

Quoteworthy

"No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness."
-Aristotle
















Now Watching: The Pens Game (It's Intermission!)

Quoteworthy

"It's an awful truth that suffering can deepen us, give a greater lustre to our colors, a richer resonance to our words."
-Anne Rice








Now Playing: "There's A Sadness In My Heart" by Legs
*Great song for the month!

Flick Pick: Safety Not Guaranteed

Apparently Safety Not Guaranteed came out last year but I don't remember ever seeing any trailers or hearing a thing about it. I'm really glad that I stumbled upon it on Netflix. Simply put, this was one of the most outstanding films I've seen in quite some time. It was completely original and the type of screenplay that I'd want to write. In fact, the movie itself reminded me of a Missed Connections ad that I posted here on my blog a couple years back (check it out here).

Charming, funny and surprisingly profound, I would definitely recommend seeing Safety Not Guaranteed. The cast was superb. This is a movie for people with an open mind and a longing for the past. If you've ever had your heart broken or known pain of any kind- the type of wound that time didn't seem to heal, this movie will capture that feeling. You'll finish with a sense that you're not in this thing alone.










Now Playing: "Shake" by The Head and the Heart
*This song fits the film perfectly!

Missed Connections: Colors and Effects Edition

Sometimes you stumble upon the most poetic bits of lit on Missed Connections. No snark this time. Only love.









Now Playing: "Alaskans" by Volcano Choir
*I miss you.

Quoteworthy

“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.” 
-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950












Now Playing: "Pictures of You" by The Cure