real talk.

This is a space made simply for pleasure, a space for me. A space, where I talk to those who are far away. It is not a place for stress. 
This has been a crazy week for me!
I flew in on a Monday, was jet lagged on a Tuesday, ran errands on a Wednesday, and went out on a Thursday...here we are on  Friday favorites...and I feel rushed.
 I want this blog to be good, ya know? Honest. Authentic. Genuine.
Not thrown together to meet deadlines-this is just a silly place for me. SO I am not doing a favorite list this Friday because it would be stupid. I will be back on track this coming week dear reader! Please don't give up on me! I have so many stories to tell you! Likeeee the cab driver tonight who talked to me about life, the amazing concert I saw, the people I met at said concert, the phone calls experienced this week...interested? 

so for tonight...Just two genuine favorites pal

1) all white manicure! they look beautiful if I do say so myself

2) taking off my make-up and putting on pajamas and climbing underneath clean sheets-IT'S BED TIME GIRL.

cheers to the weekend xo

I'm sorry

so I disappeared....
honestly I went to Memphis, and my days were much more full than I expected. I had no time or desire to sit down and write. I'm sorry for making a false promise! 
Are we still pals dear reader? I sure hope so.

 I have decided not to do an all time favorite list. It felt oddly...personal...like very personal. Instead, I'm going to tell you some stuff, and throw in a few favorites as I go along.

Let's begin with this song:

It has had such a profound impact on me-I don't even know how to put into words how much I love it.  It has the prettiest, most melancholy melody that has seeped deep into my brain. I hum it when I'm not playing it, and I've played it about 200x since I first heard it randomly in my car. Nothing is better than music in my car, with summer air blowing around, late in the evening. nothing.

I've been having a bit of a tough time with this new number in my life-twenty four. I'm trying to calm down, but I feel older this year. I'm trying to see all the beauty in this number. I moved across the country alone, I'm acting, I'm meeting beautiful, kind people daily, and the scars I do have-I'm pretty proud of. Still....it's a weird number. I know most of my friends my age feel a little lost right now so let's call it normal, shall we?

 

I had such good days this past week-I looked through old photo albums with Pops and Molly and Mom. I danced with Jeffrey and Jessica. I spent the day at Gigi's house. I took hugs from my brother that he didn't want to give.  I slept late with the cats, and gave the dogs my food scraps. I read-currently on Gone Girl-almost to the end. I saw some movies. I took a long walk around the neighborhood, and ate birthday cake.

Now I'm back in this little ole town-happy to be here...

greetings from the home land

 

After spending today in the sky, I made it to Mississippi! 

Let the birthday festivities begin

My favorite today is drinking tea with Mother dear after I landed. I have missed you like hell properly prepared, sweet iced tea.

My favorite band (other than the Beatles of course) is  Kings of Leon. This video is the best, and the song is fitting for today!

those summer nights

It's my birthday week y'all! 

 I turn 24 on the 25th-can you believe it?! I can't. 

Since this is a big week I will be posting a favorite or two every day! Friday will be a super special  edition "Friday Favorites" called...dun dun dun.... "Friday Favorites OF ALL TIME".

Turn down for what? 

To begin this week of favorites- I present to you a fantastic summer video-a song that makes me feel joyful-sung by someone beautiful the ONE...the ONLY...YONCE! Who I totally love like XO.

This album was released shortly before I made the big move-

I remember, I made a trip with Mother dear to apartment hunt in the city, and we had to take two flights. You should know, I get scared on airplanes... I watched this video about 50x on a very turbulent flight, and it is the only thing that distracted me! 

Also loving that New York is like the smallest town ever. Don't believe me? 

I bumped into a girl I used to work with in Memphis this afternoon, and neither knew the other was living here! How does that happen? HOW? I don't know, but it did.

Onward to birthday week!

cheers to Monday pals

friday favorites

Hey it's actually Friday! I'm looking forward to playing in the burg this weekend before my trip home! It's been a pretty lame, rainy week on my end-BUT-I did manage to find a few favorites....

UMMM Jenny Lewis has a new album for the first time in six years and I can't wait y'all

she put out a pretty amazing video with famous faces already...can we talk about that suit

next up
I made this alfredo-sauce -yummy and easy. They always have great ideas over here!


Lena Dunham Book Tour 
is making a Brooklyn stop! she is also doing a Union Square signing ! and all the girls shout with joy


"Suzie's carversation" is too funny

I wasn't able to go to Beyonce's show this week (SAD DOESN'T COVER IT)...I did know quite a few people who did and the reviews were amazing. The reviews are a favorite:

"I have decided she is everything I want to be" 
"She said forgiveness is the key to love"
"her dancing"
"they are SO crazy in love, drunk in love, madly in love, SO in love."
"and then I was cheering for her baby!"
"her body was amazing, she's the prettiest person I've ever seen."

Clean Sheets and Old movies are a favorite this week and... well every week.

I watched Elizabethtown for the first time in ages- that script can not be beat! 
I love: "I'm impossible to forget, but I'm hard to remember" and "I just want fries and cheese and a coca cola"and "it's not often I invite good looking men into my bedroom"

 I then saw Breakfast at Tiffany's for the one millionth time and it never gets old-only gets better. That movie is everything...everything. 

 


I must mention again "Looking for Alaska" by John Green!
I really loved it, and it is one of the only books I've read that portrays the south accurately.

cheers to Friday 

Happy Weekending xo





 

a little happy

I saw this years ago, and I still feel it is perfection. It is the sweetest movie I've ever seen-set to one of my favorite songs-good clothes-perfect day-old plantation-yeah it's just simply the best.



http://vimeo.com/7657327

words on a wednesday

I finished "Looking for Alaska" late last night, and I highly recommend you read it!
so many beautiful words-

these were my favorite: "But the not-knowing would not keep me from caring, and I would always love Alaska Young, my crooked neighbor, with all my crooked heart."

as I type this the sky outside my window is hot pink

now two of the greatest photo bombs ever :