In One Night: Grizzly Bear, meet The Knife

I Miss My Books (or, Dear Miranda July, let's be friends?)

From Miranda July's No One Belong Here More Than You:

Teachers of subjects that this person wasn't even good at are kissing this person and renouncing the very subjects they taught. Math teachers are saying that math was just a funny way of saying "I love you"

Fish and Hot Chip(s)

Hot Chip "Over and Over": my life in short.

(read: unbelievably surreal in the most amazing of ways)

Palace Scholastica

{I spent the day at Hampton Court Palace, and while it seemed a bit like a fairy tale, it was actually for my art history class.}

The changing skies spun me into something of restlessness. A mess of dramatic clouds and blinding blue fought above walls of old and stories of forever. Stone and shadow build the history of a nation. It's easy to forget that the people who lived here had beating hearts, tangled hair, and lively steps like ours.

History sits heavy in framed faces. We must learn to bear the weight for a while.

I'm so very lucky and endlessly grateful.

Camera Obscura, a portrait

Dear words, it's been quite a while. Here are some beautiful things while I continue to look for you. They call themselves Camera Obscura and they make brilliant music. I don't think you need to know much more -- just watch and fall deeply in love like I have. 

  

Maggie my love, this one's for you. xo

Damien Rice "Me, My Yoke, and I"

I love everything about this. There is a rather decent chance that Damien and I are soul mates. 

My Little Sister and Her Screen Prints

My beautiful little sister has this unbelievable, instinctual sense for print and textile work. She's been working on some screen printing that I am totally and completely obsessed with: a few parts Andy Worhol with a dash of Rorschach ink blot. I love love love.

Bon Iver, my darling, Bon Iver

This is my heart and my head melted and seeping into parchment and poetry. With a kind of vulnerable, familiar melancholy that's meant to be a close friend - that kind of silent friend where we needn't say anything because everything worth saying has already been said. And loudly, at that.  

(this one's for my near and dear friend Kate and her smoke-and-music perfect porch and the summer evenings we will spend there)

Chanel No. 5 with Audrey Tautou. Directed by Jean Pierre Jeunet

This is beautiful and brilliant and perfect. Again, Chanel has crafted something of innate grace and class that is, without question, unmatched. Coco would be so proud. 

I wish I wish

I wish I could call her voice my own. 

Yelle "A Cause De Garcon" TEPR remix.

I have watched this video a million billion times, and it is still an instant good mood. Thank GOD for Tectonic.

The Sweet Smell of Old Dreams (and Pretty Soaps)

For a few short months during high school, I was desperate to go to school for Package Design. My dream was quickly replaced with my forever and always obsession with Public Relations. Still, I can't help but swoon when I stumble upon a beautiful packaging job. 

My newest crush is on Lollia, an absolutely gorgeous Beauty Goods and Handcrafts brand that sells with Anthropologie. I cannot stop obsessing with how beautiful their wine bottle bubble baths and quaint little perfumes are. (Not to mention, they all smell absolutely otherworldly.)

Sweet Bobby Zimmerman at His Most Charming

This is the most delightfully endearing video I've ever seen of my dear Bob Dylan. The world would be a much different place without him.

LED Sheep Art (Yes, you read that correctly)

I almost can't believe that this is real. But I'm so happy that it is. 

Infatuated: Miu Miu, Fall 2009 RTW

I don't have anything terribly insightful to say, other than I love Miu Miu's use of print this season. Very youthful - a splash of indie rock, a pinch of 50s housewife neckline and a boheme aftertaste. Love love love!

Totally Gratuitous and Probably a Little Unnecessary

But I just want to run around this whole city and scream: 

"I'M GOING TO SPEND THE FALL SEMESTER IN LONDON AND I WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW!!!"

The past two weeks have been some of the best of my life. The end. 

Pretty Little Things

As of late, I've taken to falling in love with boutique-y sweet and simple accessories - finding baubles and bows that no one else will have. I'm quite certain that there's something to be said for finding accessories that give you a sense a self - molding fashion into style. Because where's the fun in wearing clothes just because you have to? And, because I'm feeling terribly giving today, I'll share some favorite finds. 

Handle & Spout: I'm addicted. I absolutely cannot believe how beautiful these pieces are. I have a crush on every single whimsical little headband.

Allyjoy: Ally's jewelry is gorgeous. I love that she has maintained the hand-made look in her work, giving each piece a sense of personality and likeness. Most of her pieces include antique and hard to find materials, making them absolutely one of a kind. Fantastic. (You can follow Ally on on Twitter too! twitter.com/allyjoyetsy)

 

This is my favorite of all her pieces - perfectly in season with Pantone's declaration of their 2009 color: Mimosa. Wouldn't it be adorable with a simple strapless white sun dress and a cute pair of mimosa brunch pumps? Yes please! 

NYC in the Springtime: A Retrospective

I spent my spring break in New York City. And I fell in love. 

I'm desperately enamored of New York. The city consumes every piece of me, and I every bit of it. Like a new crush turned old love, I cannot get the city out of my head. It seeps from my veins and spills from my eyes. I've spent time in New York before, but never like this -- without tourist agenda or sight seeing to-do. My brilliant and beautiful friend Laura and I wandered the city together, feeling entirely at home. Safe, comfortable, more happy that I've ever known.  

My heart lives in New York City already, soon my body will too.  

Infatuated: Jil Sander Coat

I always have and forever will respect the Jil Sander label. Raf Simons has again shown us a beautiful collection that is classically Sander. I rarely find Jil Sander to align with my personal style, but I absolutely cannot get enough of this coat. Everything about it is perfect. The silhouette is graceful without losing the strength of shape - the splash of red at the collar is edgy, but softened with the curve of the cut. Essentially, I am infatuated.  

This is Charley