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It was one of THOSE weekends. Although I did have a beautiful brunch at Catch 122 this morning. So there was that. 

Some of my people have a pretty stressful week coming up so GOOD LUCK little ones. 

xx a. 

Photos from wolves and bucks, a beautiful mess, born to be wild, maffashion, gypsy in the city, and bows and studs. 

home, homies.

Tory texted me yesterday, fishing for a blog post on my trip so THIS is that post. 

In case you were wondering, New York is the best. And that is not just attributable to the fact that I was on vacation, exploring a new city. 

I was so fortunate to have an amazing amie, Carli, and her lovely boyfriend, Davey, living in the city that were generous enough to host me for a week. From their gorgeous rooftop deck, I briefly lorded over Williamsburg. Let's be honest, if I lived in NY, I would obviously live in Brooklyn. 

With the help of my friends and an extremely useful app (Embark), I expertly navigated the subway system and was asked for directions not once, but four or five times. Of course, I was unable to assist anyone because I only knew where I was going. And just barely. 

I touristed it up at the Museum of Natural History, the Met, the 9/11 Memorial, and (ever so briefly) Times Square. I lounged in Central Park and walked the Highline with expert tour guide, Davey. I went on an expedition for five panel hats that took me intimately through the Lower East Side (it was a massive success). 

And then CV and I ate. And drank. A lot. 

Highlights included a top notch dinner at St Anselm, a killer brunch at Cafe Mogador, and a feast at the basement vegetarian mecca Punjabi (I hope you weren't expecting a website for that one, you'll have to ask around). I also had a life-changing bagel experience at The Bagelsmith - they have cream "cheese" that is tofu stuffed with beautiful things like sundried tomatoes and fresh basil and it is the best imitation I have ever found. I was afraid they had made a mistake and I was eating dairy but NO. Just fantastic.

After a particularly harrowing whiskey-related alcohol poisoning experience, I have never been able to nurture a relationship with the stuff but Char No 4 has the potential to turn me around. Slowly. The cheapest top shelf was at Blue & Gold Tavern and the sassiest of the bar service was found at Extra Fancy and I had no complaints.

So that's what's up. 

Oh, and on the longer of the two flights that it took to get me home, I lucked out and the two other seats in my row were empty. I had all of the seats! I put up the arm rests, tucked my jacket behind me, and stretched the fuck out.

All photos are from my iPhone. 

late holiday

On Saturday, I am taking off for a week. Yes, it is the first week of classes but sometimes these things can't be helped. (Well, they could but it would be substantially more boring). 

I am going to stay with my gorgeous and brilliant amie, Carli, in her new apartment in Brooklyn. This will be my first time in New York and I am really excited and also super thankful to have a guide that has been living in Manhattan for the last year. 

I will try to remember to take a lot of photos. 

Have a beautiful week, babes. 

Photos from maffashion, miss moss, trop rouge, bows and studs x 2, and miss moss. 

summer thunderstorms

The Greater Vancouver Area was slammed by a brief yet wicked little thundershower last night. Lightening had a starring role in several of my dreams. I guess I am easily influenced by exterior stimuli. 

BUT IT IS AUGUST. And Vancouver. Basically, I am wondering, "what in the sweet heck is going on?"

This week has been particularly manic-depressive with mostly grey and drizzly days being abruptly punctuated by an hour or so of lovely sunshine. I am irrationally confident, however, that September will be better. Nicer. Warmer. 

With that in mind, I have a brand of bikinis to present to you. It is late in the season, yes, but what if next month is a stunner? And, if it is not, these are suits you could plan a holiday around. 

ANI bikinis is a US brand that believes in craftmanship. Yes, of bikinis. The swimwear is 100% designed and manufactured in Southern California. The designer and founder of ANI bikinis is Ani Breslin is a world-traveling surfer chick. These suits are not for the faint of heart and they are intentionally designed to be so. 

All photos from ANI bikinis.

wind

The title of this post is "wind" as in "wind down" or "wind up" and not as in "the wind". Sometimes the English language is frustrating in how the way in which words are spoken can be so important in order to communicate their intended meaning. Not to say that we are drifting toward newspeak circa George Orwell's 1984 but we could stand to have a few more words and a bit less doubling up. 

Since I am still on a student schedule, August is both a wind up and a wind down month. I am coming off a summer work contract and spending my days on beautiful, wild BC beaches with some very excellent reading material. The minute I relax though I begin to think about everything I have coming up and I start to mentally wind up for class, competitions, and the "real" world. It can be very hard to be present sometimes. I may need to get back into regular yoga... I hope you don't have this problem.

Have a super week, you little sugar peas.

Photos from fredag lordag sondag, frou frouu, maffashion, miss moss, bows and studs, and miss fashion liaison. 

oh, hi.

I was struggling as to how to play off my lengthy absence. Do I ignore it and act like neither of us noticed my significant gap in blog upkeep? Or do I own up, as per usual, in what I like to imagine is an endearing apologetic tone, and admit I have been a misbehaved blogger.

Since I am telling you this, I guess I am going with admitting I misbehaved. Bad blogger. 

If you are wondering what inspired my unplanned hiatus, I must tell you it was nothing life-altering. My summer has just been surprisingly busy. But I have seen and eaten and read a lot of things, and I am tired of being chastised for not updating so I AM BACK. 

Like always, you can also find me on Instagram and Twitter. 

Have a beautiful week. 

 

xx a. 

Photos from born to be wild x 2, miss moss, frou frouu x 2, tomboy style, and wolves and bucks.