on sunday my roommates and i hitched a ride with my sister and brother-in-law to go get our christmas on and cut down a tree. our destination was a tree farm located in the beautiful san juan capistrano. unfortunately it wasn't the rural, charming little tree farm we had pictured... it was located on the side of the freeway. enough said. however, we did find the perfect douglas fir. it makes our little home seem so much cozier and festive!
step {1} in the home makeover leading up to our christmas party i've entitled the holly jolly christmas bash- complete!
has anyone been watching pan-am? my roommate kiki and I have been tuning in religiously. watching them jet set to a different country every week makes me want to give up my ambitions and become a flight attendant... i've been able to suppress this rash and romantic notion within me, however last weeks episode mentioned zagreb. i couldn't help it... my ears perked up, and that jet setting urge within became a little bit stronger. then i talked to karen. the woman with the fabulous red coat. i did it... i let the allure of life as a pan-am stewardess get the better of me.
don't worry. there has been no two-weeks-notice given. i did, however, purchase a round-trip ticket. it's official... i'll be spending thanksgiving in croatia!
now on my desktop lies the picture of this utterly chic parisian woman with a deliciously layered ensemble on that i discovered on the sartorialist almost 2 years ago...
i went to see if he had any stylish packing insight for me posted of croatian woman, but i was disappointed... but not for long! i did a quick little search and discovered a blog entirely devoted to zagreb street style... introducing styletonezagreb! here's some of my favorite inspirations for my trip... just enough to transfer some of that pan-am stewardess stylish glamour onto myself.
it all started on a crisp fall day in October... boy had already met, fell in love with, and married girl. on this day the colors of fall were in full splendor. caribbean queen by billy ocean topped the pop charts.
dynasty was the top television show. the terminator had just opened and was dominating the box office. france was performing a nuclear test on muruora island, and washington state's rueben mayes was setting the college football record of 357 yards rushing.
the date was october 27, 1984. the place was san francisco, california. the name was jessica ann. baby makes 3, and boy and girl were now dad and mom forever.
fast forward to the year 2011. someone like you by adele tops the pop charts. this i'm fine with.
"reality" shows are now considered top viewed television for some reason... blah. i will, however, focus on the fact that it's the great pumpkin, charlie brown! airs. (a classic, in my opinion.) dominating the box offices are paranormal activity and footloose. (i am boycotting this one... the original is just fine with me, thank you very much!) i choose to see ides of march. the st. louis cardinals win the world series against the texas rangers. i miss last year when the giants won and we got to parade through the city...
the date is october 27, 2011. my 27th birthday. 27 on the 27th. the place is now los angeles, california. someone told me this is my golden year. one to be documented. well, here goes! are you along for the adventure?
