Breaking Bad

Last night one of my favorite television shows came to a end after only 5 seasons and 7 Emmys. I feel like I need to share this program with you in case you haven't ever watched it yet. Breaking Bad is a show on AMC and after 5 seasons, came to a dramatic close Sunday. For all of the Breaking Bad fans out there that may have not watched it yet, I'm not going to spoil the ending for you. But for all the other people out there I highly suggest going to watch it. You can stream all of the episodes on Netflix and there are all fabulous to watch. 

For all of you that know knowing about the show, it follows a 50 year old chemistry teacher as he is diagnosed with lung cancer and his family needs money to cover the bills and in the chance that he will die. To solve this problem he teams up with a old student of his and they start to cook high quality meth. After that things get super complicated.

You may not think as me as the type of person that would watch a crime/violent drama but I was so into this show it was almost sad. There are few shows were I actually really like and this was one of them, so go out and watch this show, you won't regret it.

My Imaginary Well-Dressed Toddler Daughter

If you haven't already heard of this hilarious Pintrest board, please check it out, you won't regret it. It was thought up by Tiffany Beveridge and she created the board on Pintrest, My Imaginary Well-Dressed Toddler Daughter. She created a fake child named "Quinoa" and the board now has over 75,000 followers. She finds different pictures of well-dressed children and puts them up on her board with different hilarious descriptions like the ones below.

"Though she tried to make it work with a double cardi, high bun and vintage skateboard, Quinoa was going to have to tell Gucci that she couldn't endorse their reinvention of the Mom jean"

"No amount of cheery strawberry desserts could distract Quinoa from the party's disturbing lack of bunting, photo booth props and mason jar beverages"

"Quinoa isn't afraid to drop to the floor in the middle of a miniature hat party to give an accurate insurance appraisal of your antique Persian rug"

But last week there was an announcement on the board...

Quinoa is getting a book! You heard that right, Quinoa, the well-dressed daughter pictures will now be transformed into a book and be sold on shelves next spring! I'm excited!

If you want to check out more of Quinoa follow the board on Pintrest:

My Imaginary Well-Dressed Toddler Daughter

While you're there go ahead and check out my Pintrest:

My Pintrest

One Week, Two Concerts

This past week I have been super busy, not only with academics but also with concerts. In the past 5 days I have been to two concerts. On Tuesday I went to The Grand Ole Opry because Hunter Hayes was one of the performers. I absolutely love Hunter Hayes and he was amazing as always. While I was there The Old Crow Medicine Show was being inducted into The Opry and they ended up singing one of my favorite songs, Wagon Wheel (a classic) and it was amazing.

Then again on Friday, I went to the Taylor Swift Red Tour Concert. She was great and very energetic while she preformed, classic Taylor Swift. But, one of her opening acts was Ed Sheeran a.k.a. my favorite artist. He was fabulous as always and it was a great concert but I woke up Saturday morning with no voice. Partly because I have a "going into fall" cold and partly because I was singing so much, guilty. If you didn't know at all of Taylor Swift's concerts she brings out a special guest and for my show she brought out Rascal Flatts, I don't know them to well but they sang well. 

All in all, this was a crazy week but also a amazing week. I saw some amazing people preform and everyone was amazing. Check out the pictures below. Some pictures are mine, but others are not.

Old Crow Medicine Show being inducted into the Opry

Hunter Hayes playing 'Wanted'

Taylor Swift playing with Ed Sheeran and with Rascal Flatts (her special guest for the evening)

*photos curiosity of Taylor Swift's Twitter  

xx.

Bill Cunningham New York

I recently watched the film Bill Cunningham New York and it was absolutely amazing. The documentary travels along with 84 year old photographer Bill Cunningham as he captures the people of New York whilst traveling on his bike daily with his film camera. He takes fashion photos for the New York Times and describes the latest fashion trends and he will do anything for the perfect shot. I also admire his work and his sense of simplicity and it was amazing to watch. He travels by bike and he lives in an apartment with no kitchen installed and a public restroom in the hallway because he feels that anything more is not important. He instead fills his entire apartment to the brim with files upon files of pictures and negatives going back decades in fashion and portraits. He is one of the most renowned photographers in the world,  yet doesn't need a fancy place to sleep or to be able to travel about. He even uses a $3 rain poncho that he repairs daily with duck tape. 

It is his view on life that will amaze you and show you a simpler side to life. If you haven't checked this film out I strongly recommend you do, you won't regret it.

xx.

Here is his most recent article published on September 22, 2013 

If you want to check out more of his work, check the New York Times Style Section:

New York Times Style

The Most Amazing Travel Videos

Mike Matas is one of the coolest photographer/ filmmaker/ designers out there. He has had many accomplishments in his lifetime, including helping design some of the artwork for the IPhone and IPad. In his spare time, he and his girlfriend travel around the world taking up to 4,000 photos each trip. He then puts them all into one video that results in a brilliant piece of film. These videos are absolutely amazing and you will find yourself staring at the screen for 4 minutes, taking in each photo as it passes in awe.
  Enjoy!

If you want to check out more of his work check him out on Vimeo:
http://vimeo.com/mikematas

Favorite Fall Collections

As we enter fall, I am beginning to add different pieces to my closet from fall collections. Some of my favorite brands have not disappointed me and they have brought me some fabulous new pieces. Here are some of my favorite fall collections: 

Madewell

Madewell has been one of my favorite brands this past year and they didn't disappoint with the new fall collection. I discovered the brand through a friend and now I love it. I have heard Madewell described as the love-child of J. Crew and Urban Outfitters and I absolutely love it.

 
 

Madewell Fall Collection

Jack Wills

If you don't know this small British company with the motto "Fabulously British", I highly recommend it. The make fabulous sweatpants and jumpers that are super soft and really adorable. I love their fall collection and will defiantly be picking up some of these pieces.

 
I love this sweater!

Jack Wills Fall Collection


What Fall Collections are you loving?

My Music Ep.1

Something that I want to do with this blog, is every once in a while show you some of my favorite music that I am listening to. I want to show them to you, so you all can enjoy the music that I currently love. Here are my top music choices for this week. 

Enjoy

Let Her Go- Passenger

I absolutely LOVE this song! A British Folk- Rock Singer that goes under the name "Passenger." This song has been my number one for the past couple of weeks and I can't get enough. 

I Hate- Passenger

Once again another Passenger song. Same artist, different feel. This is the only time this song was ever recorded and it was recorded live which I think adds a lot of character to the song and to his voice. It is a funny song that also has some good parts to it. Disclaimer:  This song drops the F-bomb a couple of times, so beware.

 

Sonnentaz (Sun Don't Shine) - Will Heard and Cara Delevingne

This song has been extremely popular recently because of model Cara Delevigne singing with Will Heard on this track. This is the acoustic version of the song, but the normal track doesn't involve Cara. I love both the acoustic version and the normal version of this song and I, like many others, love the mixture of Will Heard's and Cara Delevigne's voices.

 

Here is the Original Song

Can We Dance- The Vamps

The band The Vamps is like a Rock- Pop version of One Direction. They came out with this single while opening with McFly and I love it.

Big Black Car- Gregory Alan

This lovely mellow song is just one of those songs you can fall asleep to or sit on a porch listening to with a nice tea; that is why I absolutely love this chill song.

What music are you currently loving?