things we love

it’s no secret that i’m a sucker for good marketing. branding and packaging will make me buy something for aesthetic over practicality in a heart beat. but occasionally, rarely, okay so like once in a blue moon, i will buy something for practicality over aesthetic or nostalgia. nostalgia and aesthetics say “opi is pretty! opi […]

she would order rice with steamed vegetables nearly every day we worked together. with her skinny khaki capris with her toms and her perfectly tousled hair she would sit eating her lunch, sipping on san pellegrino or perrier. when she wasnt there, i would try it, order the same lunch, try to like the sparkling […]

  i shouldnt have bought them. you see…i have no self control when it comes to sweets so i just dont keep much of it in the house. except for that piece of chocolate coffee cheesecake hiding in the back of the fridge. oh yeah, i know it’s there – i havent forgotten. but for […]

march as a busy month. which was awesome and totally unexpected. i never really travel much; as much as i would like to, the opportunity just doesnt present itself very often. but march was full of it, okay well the end of february into march if i’m going to be specific. starting with a mini […]

it was like muscle memory. i picked up one book and just could stop. suddenly, there were so many books i wanted to read, so many things i wanted to learn about. so i started with a list. january, three down, february, another four…i read one in an afternoon, one at the gym on the […]