"I could do this all the time..."

Yesterday was rainy and dreary, and I kind of had a rough day at work. When I got home, I saw this on my desk:

Yeah, he's a keeper. 

Tony Fitzpatrick, A Thousand Beautiful Things

That kiss. Steve McQueen + Faye Dunaway,  

LIFE magazine stills of The Thomas Crown Affair

Video | Janelle Monae, "Cold War"

Max, Margaux, & The Marvelows from Shark Pig on Vimeo.

Red lips, red hair.

I can't remember where I found this image, but I'm obsessed with it.

Bullet points.

I've decided to completely disregard the last item on yesterday's list and make a list of things that make me happy today. Why? Because I have some sort of sinus headache that is threatening to make me pouty and I refuse to give in. So here goes--today's short-but-sweet happy list:

* Tomorrow is Friday. Enough said.
* Further, tomorrow is one week from a three-day weekend. 
* Postcard in the mail from Belgium from my friend (and official Beerspotter for the Washington City Paper), Orr.
* Getting complimented on my dress.
* Dinner at Santi's followed by trivia (even though staying at home for a bath and The Life Aquatic is tempting.)
*  And finally, my second-favorite Michael Jackson song coming on shuffle on the way to and from work:


C'mon Friday.

Today I love...

sunset city skylines

classic vintage summer

postcards with meaning

wonderful screenprinted words

"Slip Into Your Skin"

This song makes me sigh.

• Slip Into Your Skin by Patrick Watson

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"Cause everybody needs somebody to hold them down
When your feet are leaving the ground
Oh everybody needs somebody
To hold them down
When your feet are leaving the ground
Leaving the ground
Leaving the ground
Leaving the ground.

Be the blanket for my bones
Be a place that I call home..."

On the day before my 26th birthday, I love...

...these dresses from Anthropologie.
...impending eclipses.
...Christopher Silas Neal's illustrations
...plans for a fun weekend birthday celebration.
...delicate underthings, like here, here, and here
...this adorable rendition of "Obladi Oblada" (love his outfit!).
...my new ($17!) pinstriped blazer.
...this amazing line of natural beauty products.
...this "cookbook"
...this illustration of a NYC Missed Connection.
...my afternoon snack of plump blackberries and this white pear tea.

Stuff that is good.

My new favorite song to wake up to every morning is this:

It's about the wind and I love it.

I also love this show.



I watched part of the marathon from the 2007 series on BBC America on Sunday while the sky was falling. The cast is fantastic--Dev Patel from Slumdog Millionaire and Nicholas Hoult from About a Boy (but all grown up) are members of the cast. It's edgy and funny (and the girls' clothes are awesome). I can't believe so many Americans were making a fuss about the content of Gossip Girl while a show like this was airing on the UK. It makes Gossip Girl's content look like Sesame Street.

LaCroix water

Anyone who knows me knows my obsession with LaCroix water. For years, my parents have dragged cases of these delicious, bubbly beverages home from places like Sam's and Costco. And for these years, I've enjoyed the same three flavors: Plain, Lemon and Lime. Then, upon living in Charleston for a while, I heard rumors that there was another flavor to be had: Orange. "No!" I exclaimed. "Yes," those wiser than me replied. And thus, it was true. There were four, not three, LaCroix flavors out there. This started my quest...if one more than three flavors exists, then surely there must be more! And, indeed, that was was true. On a return trip to the place they call Publix, my heart and lips found a flavor called Berry. And then, later, my mother stumbled upon yet another great flavor, named Cran-Rasberry, at Ingles in the mountains of North Carolina. And then, even later than that, my world was well and truly rocked: Costco changed up the flavors in their LaCroix water bundles and added GRAPEFRUIT. And then I died. This may well be the greatest flavor to ever be mixed with sparkling water. I sipped, fell upon the floor of my kitchen and wept like a small child. My heart was opened and my tongue was baptised (can you tell that I really like this water?) and I was reborn. So, after years of only three flavors, there now exists seven delightful La Croix tastes in this world and I pray each day that there will be more added.

I am not a paid sponsor (though if any La Croix employees are reading this, I'd definitely like to be!) of this water...I'm just a ridiculous fan. Sometimes there is a product out there that just changes your life and this is one of those things. I've been at my folks' house for the past day and am quickly draining their reserves. Is anyone else as rabidly into LaCroix or any other drink item? A wild fan for a rarely found candy or treat?

Things I Love Right Now

My pupcicle, Maya:


My new glasses from Ikea:


My new morning routine:
* wake up and feel the open window breezes
* invite Maya to jump on the bed and lounge
* read a chapter or two of my book
* go downstairs and water my herbs (rosemary, basil, thyme, dill, cilantro, oh my!)
* dance around to vh1's Jump Start
* dash upstairs to get ready for the day because I've managed to procrastinate so much
* call my mom and talk to her the whole way to work

My soon-to-be computer:


Fridays:
After all, what day of the week has more possibility than Friday? You've spent countless moments throughout the day staring out of office windows, wondering where you'll be at this time tomorrow on your weekend adventures, and best of all, it's so close you can almost taste it.

My new, flirty lil top:



What do you love right now?