Purple Majestic Mountain

Casual Doodles

True Life: I'm An Intern

St. Kitts

Fat Bottomed Girls You Make The Rockin' World Go Round

Had a nice luxurious weekend in the Hamptons, with the highlight being the delicious lunch I prepared on Saturday, (scallops wrapped in prosciutto, soy-glazed salmon, lemon zest chicken, a fresh summer salad with the most delectable yellow and orange cherry tomatoes from the farmers market, and violet eggplant galore!) with the low point seeing "Dinner With Schmucks" - which I would not recommend to my worst enemy.

On Friday I went exploring with Lola and have some great finds to share! We stopped in at Liquiteria on LES, a unique restaurant that specializes in liquid meals and juices. They do have a small selection of solid foods and vegan desserts, but I would really recommend trying out one of their pre-made pressed juices. I tried "Royal Flush", a combination of pineapple, pear, aloe, ginger, & Liver, Kidney, Lymph detox. Lola had the "Grasshopper", a combination of apple, pear, pineapple, wheatgrass, & mint. They were so delicious and I need to go back ASAP and try something new!

We also stopped by Baked by Melissa in Soho and bought one-inch mini cupcakes from a tiny window in the middle of the street. Anyone who knows me would probably assume that the Mint Chocolate Chip flavor is my poison of choice.

We stopped for coffee at an outdoor cafe in Little Italy and then walked our way over to BabyCakes, the famous Vegan bakery. We split a zesty lemon vanilla cupcake made with spelt, I took a bite and then died and went to heaven. It was SO good and their chocolate chip cookie sandwiches with vanilla frosting looked like a dream.

Fine, Fresh, Fierce

Messiba!

Had THE most wonderful time in Israel. I'm missing the land and the people tremendously and cannot wait to return. This will remain such a special trip for me and it already has a unique spot in my heart.

Get Rando

Rando Tuesdays at Gallery Bar:

Fight On Goddess

I'm taking a finals break to pack up some of my belongings and really am sad to take down the magnetic poetry from the fridge. I really love the phrases and poems that have accumulated over the past year from my lovely friends. Here are some of my favorites:

never make tonight my only vow

besides feel life here with us

joy is the thing to like

smile for it is the beauty we have come to know

fascinate

kiss

taste

touch

please

caress

charm

love

hold

respect

embrace

me

curl in his arms

i ache in his skin

enjoy the fever

i believed one morning he'd be sound asleep in my bed

All That Glitters Is Not Gold

Wow, 37 pages more to write. Folk Festival was this weekend, but mainly my highlights included throwback nostalgic music and glitter.

All that's getting me through my final painful days of finals is listening to my lazy summer playlist. I listen as I write and countdown the days until I'm back on the hot streets of the most wonderful city in the world .

Lazy Summer Playlist

1) July Flame-Laura Veirs

2) Black River Kill-Blitzen Trapper

3) Deadbeat Summer-Neon Indian

4) Irene-Caribou

5) Dragon Song-Karl Blau

6) Sometimes-My Bloody Valentine

7) David-The Radio Dept.

8) The Book of Right-On-Joanna Newsom

9) Time Could Bend-Grass Widow

10) The Strangers-St. Vincent

11) We Own The Sky-M83

12) Twilight Galaxy-Metric

13) Service Bell-Feist & Grizzly Bear

14) Kid Klimax-Atlas Sound

15) Intro-The xx

16) Slow Jabroni-Surfer Blood

17) The Lonleiness of a Tower Crane Driver-Elbow

18) Jezebel-Iron & Wine

19) Agoraphobia-Deerhunter

20) Blueberry Pancakes-Fink

Download these tracks and enjoy the summer air for those lucky folks who are free

Very Superstitious

Last night I fell asleep watching The Apartment. It came out in 1960 and stars Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine. I really enjoyed it's old school charm and would highly recommend it. Jack Lemmon lends his apartment to his superiors at his company so they can have affairs because he thinks he's going to get a promotion at work. Lemmon ends up falling in love with one of the mistresses and the rest is history.

This Saturday night Stevie Wonder was here to celebrate the opening of a new Jazz building at the Oberlin Conservatory. He performed with the Oberlin Jazz Ensemble and it truly was amazing. He seemed like a very nice guy and was genuinely touched by musicians playing his music and the dedication of the building. I think a highlight from that night was when Wonder was giving a speech and was thanking God and said "I don't know if he" pause "or she" ... The crowd went wild when he included the "or she" and I laughed because only at Oberlin.

Kid Klimax

I was really looking forward to seeing Atlas Sound this Thursday, especially because their show at the The Bell House in Brooklyn was sold out this past February. However, Cox was touring in Europe and his flight was cancelled due to the millions of tons of ash from a volcano in Iceland that resulted in 63,000 European flights being cancelled. Thank you Eyjafjallajokull volcano!

sigh