These photographs are stunning! Don't you just love the tranquility of a bucolic landscape? Everything about it is designed to charm, from its domesticated livestock grazing the pasture down to its undisturbed land. Fittingly named "Pastorale," Russian creative duo Andrey Yakovlev and Lili Aleeva have really outdone themselves with this … [Read more...]
Retro Glam: ‘Pretty Woman’
These gorgeous retro photographs are just perfect to sate my wistful yearning for the lost glamour of the 1930s, where women embraced their femininity and wore dresses that hung to every curve. Also, I'm loving the polka dots. I'm inspired to stock up on a few pieces for the fall season! Photographer: Andrey Yakovlev Art Director: Lili Aleeva Model: Irina Kulakova Makeup: … [Read more...]
How Do You Handle Embarrassments?
Embarrassments, they're a part of life, but those little inevitable moments tend to leave you more exposed than if you were actually nude. There's this one specific incident from high school that still makes me cringe, yikes! I face planted in the middle of the cafeteria in front of my high school crush (who later became my high school sweetheart). He was very sweet … [Read more...]
Super-Playful Animal Undies
How cute are these animal-inspired undies? I don't know about you but I don't walk around in sexy lingerie every day of the week ( it's too femme fatal). Thou shalt never take thy lingerie game too seriously (should be a commandment). Anyway, these little playful creations are designed by Nichola from Knickerocker, a shop on Etsy, and are handmade to … [Read more...]
Afternoon Craving: Bagel And Lox
I just love a warm chewy bagel smeared with cream cheese. Add a few layers of briny lox, and thin, almost diaphanous slices of red onions and I'm in heaven. Oh, let's not forget the capers, they're like little bombs of salty deliciousness on your tongue. I'm so craving this sandwich right now...sigh. (Picture via here) … [Read more...]
What Staph Likes
A breakfast spread fit for a queen. A tweed fest, and these argyle socks. Bold jewels to bring out your inner rock star! This vintage yellow jacket. The adorkable Zooey Deschanel, and those luminous blue peepers. Tear-able wallpaper by Znak. How neat! Tasty Oregon road trip! I've been dying to sample the Portland food scene. Bloggers in need of high-res … [Read more...]
Juicy Couture 2013: Rock-N-Roll Chic
Photographed by Swiss duo Claudia Knoepfel and Stefan Indlekofer, the Juicy Couture 2013 photo shoot featuring supermodels Jourdan Dunn and Martha Hunt capture the spirit of rock-n-roll in such a chic, effortless manner. Chunky jewels are all the rage right now, so are leopard prints (when used sparingly). This shoot is summoning my inner rock star, for sure! (Photographs … [Read more...]
Do You Really Know How To Boil An Egg?
Boiling an egg could possibly be one of the easiest and most intricate little techniques to master, and that's not counting peeling the shell. I'm very particular about my boiled egg, I like it somewhere between runny and firm. But I seldom get it right so I end up putting multiple eggs in boiling water at different intervals in hopes of getting at … [Read more...]