Rompers, Roommates, and Making Fun of Hipsters (aka. Rebecca’s weekly love list!)

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Things that made me smile this week…

* Making Polyvore collages…seriously fun and addictive!

* Enjoying the gloriously sunny three day weekend…it was divine.

* Power shopping with my baby sister, and when I say power, I’m not messing around. We speed-walked (word?) through Montgomery Mall for over four hours on Saturday (Side note: met a former competitive speed walker at a bar recently and learned that speed walking is apparently an Olympic sport not getting the respect it deserves, who knew?!).

* Watching New Moon with my boyfriend (he got major brownie points!) and being so disturbed by anti feminist messages that I stayed up late last night reading articles on the subject. I particularly liked this one by Ms. Magazine. I feel somewhat perplexed now. Can I adore the Twilight series (and the whole vampire genre, for that matter)and still call myself a feminist? Thoughts?

* Drooling over the Clos-ette website. I am making a vow that my closet will one day look like one of these (aspirational organizers: proceed with caution. If Container Store is cocaine, Clos-ette is crack. I’m just saying.

* Lusting over this Tory Burch bangle bracelet. Tres magnifique!

* Finally succumbing to the romper trend with this little floral number. Perfect for a cool yet flirty summer BBQ look!

* Apartment hunting! After a year of living at home with my mom, I’ve decided to fly the nest and get a big girl apartment of my very own (Note: If you know of anyone fabulous looking for roommates in DC holler at me!)

* Making fun of hipsters. Tee hee.

* Strolling past lovely lavender-hued Hydrangeas on my way to work.

* Feeling very lucky I have a job I enjoy. Anyone currently job searching, I feel for you. Remember, it’s always good to laugh!

What made your week fabulous?

Summer Shopping Inspiration!

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Just created my first Polyvore collage!! It’s basically my take on Summer 2011 fashion. Check it out…

Jason wu dress
$2,695 – net-a-porter.com

Christian Louboutin platform heels
$845 – shopsavannahs.com

Zara shoes
$100 – zara.com

Wet Seal gladiator shoes
$30 – wetseal.com

Mulberry leather handbag
675 GBP – my-wardrobe.com

Anya Hindmarch glitter handbag
$395 – editnewyork.com

Marc by marc jacobs jewelry
$58 – couture.zappos.com

ALDO wooden bracelet
$15 – aldoshoes.com

Earring
rarefashion.co.uk

Illesteva round sunglass
$230 – lagarconne.com

Fresh Mangos, Johnny Depp, and Three Day Weekends! (aka my weekly love list)

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A random assortment of things that made me smile this week…

*The upcoming three day weekend, yay for Memorial Day!

*Boating in Annapolis last Saturday

*Karl Lagerfeld’s twitter profile

*The Bloomingdale’s lingerie department…and shoe department…and basically the entire store!

*Eating deliciously fresh mangoes

*Outdoor movies! Check out this comprehensive list for DC summer 2011 (such a fun summer date idea)!

*Discovering Ed Westwick’s thoughts on tattoos, “they’re addictive. Get one. You’ll never look back. Live fast, die young. Be a good looking corpse. Leave a good-looking tattoo.”(as seen in City Brewed) Amen!

*Reading Marie Claire (I’m always very pleasantly surprised by the quality of the editorial content!)

*Eating a deliciously bad hot dog at the Nats v Orioles game on Sunday

*Lusting over Johnny Depp in the new Pirates of The Caribbean movie (the man can pull off eyeliner. enough said.)

*Listening to Adele’s Rolling in The Deep on repeat

*Bikini Shopping

*Spending quality time with my little sister 🙂

What did you love this week?

Feeling artsy? A Collection of Inspirational Quotations on Creativity

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Inspirational quotations about art and creativity…

“Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity & awareness, the more original and creative our time will become.”
-John O’Donohue

“Art washes from the soul the dust of every day life.”
-Pablo Picasso

“I am my own work of art. I am my own experiment.”
-Madonna

Nothing is Original – Cool Quote

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“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable, originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery-celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Goddard said: “It’s not where you take things from, it’s where you take them to’.”
-Jim Jarmusch

Food for Thought

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A brief collection of cool quotes about food…

“Forget love, I’d rather fall in chocolate.”
-Unknown

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
-Virginia Woolf

“Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.”
-Voltaire

“Desserts are like mistresses. They are bad for you. So if you are having one,
you might as well have two.”
– Chef Alain Ducasse

“The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in it’s evocation of innocence and delight.”
– MFK Fisher

“Leave the gun. Take the cannolis.”
– Clemenza, in The Godfather

Amen. Wishing you all a weekend of deliciousness!

Pretty Sushi, Strawberry Mountains and Chandeliers (aka my weekly love list)

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Here’s a little roundup of last week’s fabulousness…


Digging in to amazing sushi (just looking at this makes me hungry)! If you are ever in Nashville you MUST visit Sushi Yobi and sample their Whiskey on The Rocks Roll like I did last week, it is the prettiest yummiest sushi experience you will ever have!


Devouring this MOUNTAIN of strawberries at my sister’s graduation party was absolutely heavenly…as was the Champagne that accompanied it!


Reuniting with my mom and sister always makes me smile 🙂


Visiting the beautiful DC Botanical Gardens was lovely, highly recommend!


Rooftop bars + cool chandeliers = bliss! I absolutely can’t get enough of The W Hotel in DC or the antler chandeliers they have hanging from the wall…how cool are these?!


Last but not least, I love slipping on your hot new summer heels for the first time…and then having everyone make fun of you as you walk back to your car barefoot, aforementioned torture devices slung over one shoulder…on a dirty city sidewalk…I truly am a hippie in high heels!

What did you love this week?