Life:Styled

"1. Run away to Brooklyn. Rent an apartment with a claw footed bathtub. Commute to Manhattan during..."

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:33:27 -0500

“

1. Run away to Brooklyn. Rent an apartment with a claw footed bathtub. Commute to Manhattan during the week and put in hours at a menial publishing job. Drive home to New Jersey on weekends to swim in the pool and cry to your mother. Smoke Gauloises on the fire escape. Let yellowing issues of Rolling Stone and Vogue pile into a protective fortress around your bed. Listen to Cat Power. Fall asleep mostly naked beneath the duvet watching Sportscenter and drinking earl grey. Date a Yankees fan and kiss his hands on the 4 Train into the Bronx.

2. Run away to Barcelona. Eat milk chocolate magnum bars and drink cheap champagne. Burst into charming fits of laughter whenever you get embarrassed about butchering the Catalan language. Wear denim cutoffs, Dr. Pepper chapstick, and very little else. Go dancing at 3 a.m. Whiten your teeth. Tan your shoulders. Braid feathers into your hair. Perpetually wake up with sand caught in the thin cotton sheets of your tiny bed. Listen to the Rolling Stones and kiss all the longhaired boys you can get your hands on without ever having to apologize.

3. Run away to Los Angeles. Sublet a studio in Venice three blocks from the beach. Listen to top 40 radio. Go to Chateau Marmont and charge drinks you can’t afford to a long-dormant credit card. Sleep with a television actor who lives in the valley. Sleep with a musician who lives in Bel Air. Break things off with both of them when gas prices begin to rise. Find Gilda Radner’s star on the Walk Of Fame and swallow a sob when you see the filthy cement around her name is cracked. Walk through the Venice Canals until the sun sets and you forget your own name. Call your mother crying from the parking lot of a 24-hour Ralph’s supermarket. Tell her you want to come home.

4. Run away to Paris. Gaze at the pink and pistachio glow of macarons in the window on Boulevard Saint-Germain. Listen to Joni Mitchell. Meet an Argentinean man in the Latin Quarter for drinks. Melt into his accent and kiss him goodnight, but return to your apartment alone because his face doesn’t look enough like the man’s you are trying to forget. Get lost in the Richelieu Wing of the Louvre, admiring Napoleon’s fine red damask. Walk alone along the Seine in an old dress, ten-dollar shoes, and an Hermes scarf. Fumble with the locks on the fence overlooking the river. They all have lovers’ names etched into them and the girl who left the red heart-shaped lock has the same name as you.

5. Run away to Martha’s Vineyard. Write heartbroken stories during the day in front of a large fan that blows curls of humid hair across your tired face. Take a waitress job at The Black Dog at night and try hard not to drop too many trays. Learn to ride a moped. Pretend you’re a Kennedy. Listen to Carly Simon. Eat hand-churned ice cream out of waffle cones. Visit the flying horses and consider how many girls just like you have sat on the same horse clutching for the same brass ring. Get stoned and dance barefoot down the length of the eroded Jaws beach. Date a Red Sox fan. Yell at each other during baseball games, and then kiss and make up between tangled sheets.

”

- 5 Fantasy Exit Strategies « Thought Catalog (via roguemonster)

Anya Marina covers “Whatever You Like”. And I love...

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:49:20 -0500

Anya Marina covers “Whatever You Like”.

And I love it.

Girl knows how to WERK a camera. So...

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:24:39 -0500

Girl knows how to WERK a camera. So awesome.

oh-so-coco:

BEHIND-THE-SCENES: What more can I say about the August ELLE UK? I’ve talked about my cover, I’ve talked about the editorial… I’ve even mentioned the article I wrote about Cindy Crawford and Iman… but have I told you that James created the official behind the scenes video for Elleuk.com?

Gratitude

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:46:53 -0500

There is a great post over on Hello Gigglestoday about practicing daily gratitude. Something I think everyone needs reminding of every now and then. For instance, I’ve been feeling particularly err…ungratuitous? the past few day. The feeling that sets in when things get too comfortable. I was (and am) so ready for changes in my life.

But news this morning suddenly put everything into focus for me and I realized I have SO much to be grateful for.

So, I checked myself. Looked around and thanked all my lucky stars for all that I have. And then called my Mom.

Just to tell her I love her.

Gratitude. Pass it on.

Azzedine Alaïa Fall 2011 Couture // July 7

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:30:57 -0500

Azzedine Alaïa Fall 2011 Couture // July 7:

Breathtaking.

I wonder what they talked about… (via...

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:20:32 -0500

I wonder what they talked about…

(via awesomepeoplehangingouttogether)

This is EXACTLY what I want every bit of my apartment to look...

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:53:17 -0500

This is EXACTLY what I want every bit of my apartment to look like.

Scenes from my Saturday morning. Farmer’s Market goodies!

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:53:27 -0500

Scenes from my Saturday morning. Farmer’s Market goodies!

Michelle Obama's Dating Advice For Sasha And Malia(via @Jezebel)

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:36:15 -0500

Michelle Obama's Dating Advice For Sasha And Malia(via @Jezebel):

“Choose people who will lift you up. Find people that will make you better.”

Relevant.

Don’t be fooled…he’s vicious. (Taken with...

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:18:36 -0500

Don’t be fooled…he’s vicious. (Taken with instagram)

Do you think it’s too late for me to become a...

Mon, 30 May 2011 16:31:35 -0500

Do you think it’s too late for me to become a longboarders? Very cool.

thedailywhat:

Skate Video of the Day: The ladies of the Longboard Girls Crew scale the mountains near Madrid and carve their way back down.

Music: The Decemberists - “Rox In The Box”

[hypebeast.]

Great love song! veronicalovesarchie: never gonna give you up -...

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:38:15 -0600

Great love song!

veronicalovesarchie:

never gonna give you up - the black keys

because even though it may have the same title as a rick astley song, you shouldn’t hold that against it. this is a love song…

And also, Christian Dior’s Haute Couture S/S 11. Gorgeous.

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:10:51 -0600

And also, Christian Dior’s Haute Couture S/S 11.

Gorgeous.

Prada S/S 11 Ad Campaign Completely adorable.

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:07:44 -0600

Prada S/S 11 Ad Campaign

Completely adorable.

Too good not to reblog. WOW. (via texturism:freshandpretty)

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:11:26 -0600

Too good not to reblog. WOW.

(via texturism:freshandpretty)

SNOW

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:58:31 -0600

Dream husband. Also if he agrees to do it when we are both hungover.

tomywife:

I’ll go pick up the Chinese food.

Lara Stone & Mario Testino Vogue, January 2011 (via vogue)

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:06:52 -0600

Lara Stone & Mario Testino

Vogue, January 2011

(via vogue)

veronicalovesarchie: oh the smiths… carolineduke:here.

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:00:30 -0600

veronicalovesarchie:

oh the smiths…

carolineduke:here.

businessoffashion: Intel Visual Life - The Sartorialist

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:26:03 -0600

businessoffashion:

Intel Visual Life - The Sartorialist

Living and dying for this. Gorgeous. musesofdesign: Dream...

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:27:07 -0600

Living and dying for this. Gorgeous.

musesofdesign:

Dream Home : The Luxury Casa Son Vida 1 by tecARCHITECTURE & Marcel Wanders Studio | ChicTip.com - Interior Design Blog -Interior Design Ideas, Tips & Inspiration