these are so fun

anthro has outdone themselves again....

i hate you anthropologie

ok so i actually love you. same difference. but why do yo have to make such wonderful things that stir such wanting inside me. i was prefectly fine before! or at least i thot i was....now i will NOT be fine unless i have these shoes....and about a million other things from your catalogue. (sigh) anyway, just had to share the fabulous shoes with u! at 98$ theyre actually cheaper than most of the shoes they have right now....which does not mean thats cheap by any means! but itd be soooooo worth it

Travel Tuesdays-Portland!

ya i know its wednesday. whatever.

so, i'll start from the beginning. that always seems to be a good place to start. (**Keep reading, do not be alarmed. that was not a lead in to a philosophical breakdown of the word 'beginning' **).

so we, being my dad and i, headed off to the airport at 5 in the morning. fun. (sarcastic flag not raised. theres something adventurous and exciting about heading out early in the morning to a far off land......or portland. same difference really) so we went on a plane. then on another plane cuz we were in chicago, not portland. then we were in portland. but not like downtown portland. so we took a bus (excitement flag raised). so then we were in downtown. but we had suitcases. so we headed to our luxury choice of staying right? no. somewhere far better. Ace Hotel!!!! coolest place ever. if you ever go to portland, stay there (note: that was not a suggestion). so the lobby is cooler than the cooliest hangout place youve ever seen. there is always a motley group of interesting looking floor models (sarcastic flag raised. i just have such a hard time believing a hotel could have such a motley group of cool people 24/7 that i choose to believe they are hired floor models) strategically placed by windows, laughing, reading, looking cool and serious, or sipping their $5 stumptown coffee latte handed to them with a (most likely fictional) story of the small family farm it came from and an order to appreciate the background by nodding seriously (note: this is an unspoken order. when you go there i highly suggest you do it or be shamed upon. and i know no one wants to be shunned by the coolest people on the block. *middle school flashback.* so yeah.....what was i talking about?)

right. ace hotel. so we got checked in. walked up the rickety wooden stairs to floor 2 (sorry i just had to try saying it like that....its what the english say...they are so cool. but for yall americans: the second floor) and entered the coolest hallway ever. ( i know you all have been dying wondering: pictures will be featured in the next post). we then open our awesome wooden, forest green colored fabric donned door to our awesome room. i know i said this place was not luxury. so your probably wondering why its so "cool" and "awesome." pictures will be coming soon but i will try not to be lazy and use 1000 words (get what i did there? anyone? cuz im probably not gonna use 1000 words) to describe it.

its rustic. its grundgy. its urban. the rooms are like apartment lofts. its homey. warm. it has a cool coffee shop feel (dont think starbucks....not cool. another tip for when you go to the Ace Hotel: you dont like starbucks, got it? bash the place–try to sound like the real deal by saying things like "low standards" "big business" "corporate" "unfair trade" "small coffee growers are suffering" or anything to that effect–within earshot of anyone near (especially anyone donning a scarf, hat, and a coffee cup as an accessory) and youll be in the cool crowd for sure). so basically its a rustic urban grundgy cool loft apartment coffee shop hotel.

so back to the trip.....we went in our room, put away our luggage. i waited while my dad took his routine just-got-off-a-plane-im somewhere cool-need-to-freshen-up-shower. but this is getting really long. so ill finish it l8r. to be continued......

sorry

sorry i haven't posted in forever!! in that forever i happened to go to oregon! woo! portland was almost as good as san francisco ;) we also went rafting, which was a blast so i'll be posting much about this trip on travel tuesdays :)

i also have been going to acting classes which have been incredible. i intend to fly with this dream as far as the wind will take me, however, if it fails i have other passions to fall back on.... travel journalist/photographer! yay! so i will be posting more often now, the reasons behind me not posting are boring, technological and it is doubtful you care... all that matters is that its working now and you can expect to read more from me soon! be ready ;)

recipe thursdays!

(sorry its not an alliteration)

soooo the other day i made like a goat cheese soft taco with a watermelon slushy that was awesome. so here it is, sorry i dont measure things when i cook:

soft taco: sautee some onions and garlic in olive oil and honey then add some rosemary and balsamic vinegar. when all carmelized, add goat cheese to melt and put in a warmed tortilla and add strawberries.

watermelon slushy: blend raspberry juice (its awesome), watermelon, ice, mint, lime juice, and strawberries

makes a good summer lunch

p.s. sorry about the horrible pic....it was just on my phone...horrible lighting and composure etc

travel tuesdays!

where i talk about past travel experiences or simple daily "traveling" adventures from which i actually depart my room.

last saturday my dad and i drove down to austin for my audition...we woke up at 5 and i scrambled in a hurry to pack everything i might need (we were coming back that day at 4.........but still) and ran out of the house with no breakfast and departed on a 3 hour car ride to austin...it was really fun. i took my usual place in the back seat and spread out. got out my ipod, did my make-up, changed shirts on a last-minute whim ( i REALLY overpacked), ate a banana and started reading my current romance novel and settled in. it didnt take to long before we were there. austin is a REALLy cool city by the way...it was awesome but it would be a lot cooler if werent so hot (no pun intended) but seriously it was unbearably scorching. i quickly ran inside the hotel where the audition was being held and searched around till i found the audition room (apparently im not good at loooking at signs that point you exactly where to go, because i didnt even see them till afterwards). so i nervously sat down with my script and expected to be waiting there all day, while my dad was out scavenging like he does and of course found an awesome breakfast burrito. but i was actually in under two hours! i got there at 8 and texted my dad i had gone at 9:30, even though i was 1181 in line! so that was cool cuz then we got to explore for the rest of the day. we went to the original whole foods then checked out some street food carts and found an awesome thrift store called Bohemian that was extremely overpriced for a thrift store but i think it was because they only sold realllly cool vintage finds that youd be lucky to find even one of at a regular thrift store. so i guess you could call it a "select" thrift store...and let me tell you it was cool. so here's some pics

Music Monday!

so starting now every monday ill have a music column! where i will highlight an artist/band/duet i really like...

this week is Clarensau!! they are an amazing boy-girl duet and i absolutely love their sound....i discovered them while listening to pandora and fell in love with endless melody, summer's love song, and love