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please, he is the most important man on earth

saw the documentary, "Bill Cunningham" tonight at the 2nd avenue theatre.
in a city so vain and full of superficial ideals, Bill Cunningham is a humble man with such a passion for what he does.  finding that alone in a lifetime is hard enough, but his ability to have kept such a strong sense of integrity throughout the years was what was truly remarkable. it's nice to know that someone like him lives in this city.

definitely enjoyed this documentary. highly recommend it.

here's the trailer:

Bill Cunningham New York Trailer from Gavin McWait on Vimeo.

two little red hens

finally went to two little red hens this past weekend. i'm not necessarily a sweets person -- i just never find myself craving that kind of stuff, but i can appreciate a good cupcake.

what we got (1 of each): vanilla, marble cake, carrot cake, red velvet, and banana bread.

carrot cake and the banana bread were my favorites. red velvet, not so much (might be because i made red velvet cupcakes from scratch to help a friend with a bridal shower. couldn't eat a full cupcake after seeing first hand what goes into those things.... call me scarred).

the cafe is a little small and gets crowded easily. luckily we got the window table. 

make sure to get a cup of milk or hot tea!

it was the perfect sunday afternoon treat.

xxxxxxx

mon

research

shallow

i liked this

(numero)

new cologne, new relationships

scent is in my opinion the strongest of the senses by far.
my tumblr to blogspot would be what scent to vision is for me.

we attribute scents to very specific memories--people, places, times..
my best friend's old house, my mom's favorite lotion, a guy--one whiff and i'm back there in that moment, if only for an instant.

chloe's perfume has been a longtime staple of mine--most of my girlfriends have told me that anytime they smell it they think of me. there aren't a lot of things in this world that truly make me feel different when i try them--new clothes, fresh nails, new makeup...these things don't cut it in this aspect. it's a new haircut, or a new bottle of perfume that really sets a different mentality for me.

the thing with perfumes is that no perfume smells the same on a given person. "light blue" smells really different on my sister than i ever remember it smelling on anyone else. i think that's just one example of maybe why scents create / bring back such strong memories.

i'll always love chloe and can always go back to it,
but change every now and then is good thing.

in search of a new perfume.
cheers to the new memories.
xxmon

chanel can do no wrong

not gonna lie, my love for make up started at a fairly young age.
at the end of the day, nothing compares to chanel's eyeshadows and blushes.
for the quality, you have to be willing to pay the price.

this video is way too cute. loved the minnie mouse sunnies Oo-oO

picture me

just finished watching the documentary "picture me," by sara ziff about life as a model--the glamorous life, the season, the pressure.  it talks about both highs and lows, and comes straight from first hand accounts. her and her boyfriend filmed the cuts since she first started modeling, which is what really drew me in wanting to watch it.

katia (one of RL's main models throughout the years) is also in here and she looks so young!

after having seen this it made me fall in love with sara as she's so.... grounded.

here's the trailer for it:

Picture Me from COACD on Vimeo.

my new obsession

http://www.armorjewelry.com/

my other sisters

yes, i have a younger sister related by blood, but the truth is that i grew up with 4 more -- the in's.

our moms were friends before annie and i were born, so we definitely spent a lot of our childhood in maryland together. 

the heirarchy:

mimi unnie--'82

me--'86

annie--'87

michelle (my sister)--'91

katherine (jiyoung)--'93

gabriella (nayoung)--'96

mimi unnie brought jiyoung and nayoung to the city this past weekend for jiyoung's orientation at SVA. the fact that jiyoung is now visiting colleges is just. mind boggling. both jiyoung and nayoung have grown up so much, and i was so happy that i was able to house them this weekend during their stay.  

annie's currently in nebraska, but hanging out with mimi unnie has made me realize how much i've grown also. unnie always seemed so much older than me growing up, but the 4 year gap now doesn't seem so crazy, the jokes and laughs we had this weekend proved it. i felt closer to her, can't wait til she comes back to visit.

my little sister also joined us, and we all had dinner at olivia's friday night. the childhood memories came out one by one over sangria, tapas, and endless laughter.  

the vibe of the city felt different for me with us all together.  

the night was definitely good.

with the nicer weather yesterday we went to the three spots unnie wanted to take the girls:

shake shack, milk bar, and artichoke pizza.  

and in a blink of an eye the weekend came to an end, and we parted our ways.

after they left i took nyquil and called it a night as i've come down with the flu.

feeling restless but definitely in need of rest.

cheers to another good weekend

xxmon

dance until the world ends

britney's new single is soo good.
didn't really care about 'hold it against me', but 'til the world ends' is crack.

this is love.

my parents just got back from the bahamas and my dad sent me this picture today:

this photo makes me smile.

my morals, my beliefs--

everything about me stems from the way that they raised me, from the way they loved me

but they loved each other first.

i want my kids to be able to realize the same about me and my husband one day.

by no means am i an expert on love but i know that i know enough to appreciate what it stands for and the things that come from it.

gives me another reason to look forward to raising a family with a husband who loves me.

i want to do it right. 

make my parents proud.

(but no rush... yet..)

whatever will be, will be.

xxmon

expressive.

i recently realized that it's now been a full year since i started tumblr. i'm much more a visual person than i am good at expressing things with words. at first tumblr became a place where i'd simply post up things that i liked. i figured it'd be a better way to store them than saving them into folders on my laptop. but it slowly evolved into something more personal. pictures are worth a thousand words, and the things that i post with my pictures--whether it be lyrics from a song, something a friend said, a tagline, lines from a movie, anything that that ever stuck--would capture so perfectly the way i feel at a given time. so much about life is about timing. blogspot posts are literally thoughts, word for word. my posts on tumblr are like archived memories. i guess that's why i feel so much more attached to them.

the "archive" feature in tumblr is my favorite part. it's a visual gallery of everything in chronological order, all in one window. when i see those pictures, and scroll through the year, the vibe and changes in my moods are so visible to me, it's crazy how connected i feel to myself when i look at my year in review.

it's always good to remember, i guess as long as you don't get stuck.

today's tumblr post--

cheers to a new week.