winston at night
I love the way the sunset reflects in Winston Tower.
Hey Ashlie
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2012-01-23
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2012-01-09
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2012-01-08
resolutions
I took a walk yesterday and thought a lot about the new year. Last year was such a blur and filled with so much change that I stopped doing a lot of the things I love, like going on long walks, taking photos, and reading books regularly. I still did these things, just nowhere near my normal pace.
Because my main hobbies were all but forgotten, this year I resolve to remember them. I even stopped at the local library on my way home yesterday, got myself a library card, and checked out my first two books. 2011 was filled with wobbly knees, I’m hoping 2012 will be a year of getting stronger.
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2012-01-05
Oh, you know … just some work research. EVERYBODY WEAR BLACK.
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2011-12-30
I don’t care if this makes me twee (my new favorite word), but I love this. And I totally recognize how this little video and the people in it play into gender stereotypes that harken back to an overly glamorized era. But damn it, give me a vintage sounding voice and dress and I’m all weak in the knees.
(via capucha)
Source: hellogiggles
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2011-12-29
nye
New Year’s Eve for me is a lot like Halloween. There’s so much hype and expectation culturally, but it usually ends up being rather dull or even disappointing. Last year I decided to keep it low key and went out for an amazing dinner with a girl friend, followed by a couple of drinks and then home. It turned out lovely. This year, I am having a few people over to my place for a dinner party, which I’m sure will be followed by a couple of drinks out and then home. I’m so excited about the menu, especially the cheese course we are having for the appetizer. There will also be smoked salmon, prime rib, mashed potatoes and asparagus. And of course all the wine (mulled and regular) and “champagne” we can drink.
To top it off, this is giving me the motivation to finally get the last of the boxes (from my move 6 months ago) put away. Maybe if I plan another party in a few months, I’ll actually get pictures hung in the living room, too. A girl can dream …
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2011-12-28
You guys, this is where I live. You can even see my brick apartment building (it’s next to the park with the round stage thingy and the water fountain). I walk these streets every day (that sounds wrong). It’s not as riveting as I would have you believe, but you probably already knew that.
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2011-12-25
december
Just a few Instagram snapshots from this month.
Happy holidays. <3
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2011-12-22
light
I was walking home from work awhile back and the evening light was so lovely. I took out my iPhone and the street lamps created this beautiful halo effect. A nice little surprise.
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2011-12-15
Our willingness to own and engage with our vulnerability determines the depth of our courage and the clarity of our purpose.
Source: The Huffington Post
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2011-12-13
some holiday things
I’ve been home sick and in bed all day (minus a trip to the doctor … I’ve got an ear infection AND sinus infection - and $100 in prescriptions). I slept most of the day and now that I’m hopped up on meds, I can’t seem to sleep or focus very well, so I did some online window shopping. The bottom is a holiday gift list that I’m too tired to source right now. I’ll come back and add it in later. The top is what I’d love to wear to my work holiday party, but can’t afford to purchase. So I’m blogging about it instead. (The dress if from ModCloth, the shoes are Seychelles, and the purse is J. Crew.)
Here’s to living vicariously through the internet.
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2011-12-11
curator
I have a Pinterest and I’m obsessed. I used to put things here, but Pinterest is much more organized. With the little galleries, I feel like I’m curating something like my ideal life, which is dangerous in its own way. There is something really important to me about the images I decide to hold dear. I want them to relate to each other, to tell a story, to reflect something both real and imagined.
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2011-12-09
Well, we’re all in showbiz now, walking on eggshells, relentlessly tending our customer base. We’re all selling something today, because even if we aren’t literally selling something (though thanks to the Internet as well as the entrepreneurial ideal, more and more of us are), we’re always selling ourselves. We use social media to create a product — to create a brand — and the product is us. We treat ourselves like little businesses, something to be managed and promoted.
Source: The New York Times
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2011-12-01
A song that pairs well with this blink-of-an-eye fall, even though the video is decidedly winter.
Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers (Director: Tarik Saleh)
Source: youtube.com
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fall
I can’t believe December is already here. Now that chillier weather is on the horizon, I’m looking through my fall photos from my iPhone and wondering where the time goes. It just happens so fast, you know? I keep meaning to make a 2012 plan, to formally write down my hopes for this next year, but it doesn’t seem like 2011 has even started yet. It can’t be nearly over already! At least these photos are proof that life was lived, even if it happened in what feels like a blink.
