For those unfamiliar with it, Oxnard is a quiet beach town in California. I think it’s located in Sonoma County (or at least a county with a lot of wineries). There may not be a lot to do there, but it’s so relaxing and the beaches are absolutely majestic. (Not to mention there was basically … Continue reading
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Summer Vacation 2013 Part 1: Beverly Hills
This summer, I went on a road trip from Southern California to Northern California! We stopped by Beverly Hills first. It’s fancy and all, but I found it to be a dichotomous city. One side is super classy, and then there are some ghetto buildings complete with graffiti right across the street. Really, … Continue reading
APRIL / Quartier Latin
I recently bought a cheap whiteboard from Daiso with the intention of doing a “Draw My Life” video as a sort of starting point in my mission to infiltrate Youtube. So far it’s been pretty unsuccessful (haven’t even started) but I didn’t want to leave it blank so I decided to make it my monthly … Continue reading
Poisson d’Avril
A quick post in honor of April 1st, because this is the only kind of history that I’ll actually remember for the rest of my life. April 1st in French is called “Poisson d’avril“, literally meaning april fish. According to my French professor, April Fools originated due to the calendar change. In France, the king … Continue reading
A Bicycle Built for Two
She was dying. Every shallow, wheezing breath she took could be her last, and he knew it. They all knew it. So he asked for the impossible: in her final days, for them to be reunited one last time. They were on two different ends of the same hospital, each in identical, lonely rooms, confined … Continue reading
Pasadena
Pasadena is a paradox. There, you find the old, battered buildings housing the likes of J.Crew, Zara, Armani Exchange, and Madewell, located across a musty pawn shop. There, you find the beautiful walking past the disfigured. There, you find the elite with their designer bags swaggering past the black man in a qipao playing trumpet. … Continue reading
Thrift Tips :: Sweaters & Delicates
Right, so…whether you’ve bought new or secondhand clothes, you’re going to run into a spot of trouble if they can’t be washed in the washing machine without (a) shrinking (b) getting damaged. And we’re not going to want to handwash them either, because we’re freaking lazy pigs and we like taking the easy way out. … Continue reading
Part I :: Lookbook :: Me Before You
Louisa Clark, the protagonist of Me Before You, is in a lot of ways similar and dissimilar to myself and is a completely hilarious and relatable character. She is spirited, witty, and daring (at least in the terms of fashion as an advocate of sometimes-questionable vintage clothing and opaque bumblebee tights), yet she often shows … Continue reading
LP :: Vol. I :: It’s Coming
I am currently working on a project that I dubbed {Literary Photobooks} for a lack of a better term. In a nutshell, Literary Photobooks combine my passion for photography, reading, writing, music, and fashion into one giant project. Instead of a simple book review, I plan on creating an entire color palette/photobook based on the book … Continue reading
She Willed Me Her Brain
Mrs. C and I became friends when she willed me her brain. In fact that’s probably the fondest memory I have of our hour-and-a-half relationship, though of course her promise was in jest. The first time I saw Mrs. C, her doors were wide open. It was strange for most hospital rooms, but my question … Continue reading
Day Trip :: Chocolate
It’s been a while since I’ve gone to Balboa, but I recently went for a day trip over the holidays, specifically for something I’ve been waiting for practically all year: The Chocolate Exhibit. Located in the San Diego Natural History Museum (the Nat), the Chocolate exhibit delves deep into the history of chocolate, describing aspects of the … Continue reading
OOTD :: Bipolar Weather Transitioning
WOAH NOT A BAD PICTURE OF ME HUH? Yeah. I tried really, really hard. During the winter/spring transition, it’s always really tough to pick out an outfit to wear to school because it’s freezing in the morning but steaming hot by lunchtime. It’s even worse now, when for some reason we seemed to skip spring … Continue reading
Thrift Tips :: Shoes
Hello everyone! Here’s a quick thrift tip for anyone with used or frankly, odious footwear. It’s gross to have to clean the insides of your shoes out with Clorox wipes and furthermore, the water might damage the soles. My mom told me a great tip that both cleans and eliminates unpleasant smells from your shoes. … Continue reading
Ghibli Museum, Mitaka
It’s upsetting when children’s films (and other forms of media) are automatically shelved onto the “Immature” shelf when they could stand perfectly well against movies meant for adults. Of course, there are many movies and TV shows that are far too silly to anyone older than ten, but the same can be applied to “adult” … Continue reading
Erica with a Sea 