The Stud

For my high-school graduation my grandmother gave me a pair of diamond studs.  It’s now seven years later and I still wear them everyday. This past week I realized I hadn’t taken the earrings off in over five days.  After coming to this realization, I was scared they had molded to my ear.  Not to […]

Tough Chick

This is as close to punk rocker as I’m ever going to get… can this really even be considered punk? Whatever, it’s all black. Not much to say about this outfit except last summer I wanted inexpensive leather shorts and I found them, there’s really nothing I can’t find muahaha.  Three Dots shirt, Blank shorts, […]

Unexpected

Another set of photos taken with a tripod and remote…. you can even see the remote in some of the photographs… DUN DUN DUN. Does that ruin the illusion for you now? It really shouldn’t because I only use the remote once in a blue moon (and by that, I mean when the BF’s not […]

All the Light We Cannot See

World War 2 fiction and I are reunited once again in the form of the novel, All the Light We Cannot See. This book was an interesting read because you get to see the war from two points of view – through the eyes of a young German soldier and, ironically, through those of a […]

2013

Favorite Outfits Favorite Restaurants  Oishii, Sunday 12.1, Four Seasons, The Smith, California Grill Favorite Blog  www.cheetahisthenewblack.com Favorite Vacation The Parks (Part 1), Aunt Gaby Favorite Weekly Inspiration Favorite Gaby’s Book Club Cutting for Stone, Divergent, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore Favorite View from Above  The View From Above: Babycation Style  2013 held some of the worst […]

Put a Bow on It

Blouse: Equipment, Necklace: Forever 21, Sweater: J. Crew, Jeans: Old Navy, Bag: Proenza Schouler, Shoes: Zara “Second to the right, and then straight on till morning”. -Code Name Verity Photographs taken by the BF.

Hop Shing

In honor of Mother’s Day I wanted to post about my mom’s favorite food – Chinese. Every year for Mother’s Day my mom requests soup dumplings from Joe’s Shanghai. We had a delicious dinner from there tonight but I think next year I may petition to have more traditional Chinese food, such as the fare […]

Doin' the Polka

Today’s post is a long one… so let me warn you in advance. We’re back in Europa, for our last day in Berlin! We had quite the trip in Germany and the last day we tried to hit up all the spots we were dying to go to but hadn’t seen yet. We continued our […]