bright side of the moon

Outfit details: Pink Floyd tee (Target?), F21 shorts, Steve Madden wedges

I was basically raised on Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam, Jethro Tull, and a surprising amount of opera, Broadway, and Enya. As a result I am a strange, confused person who has a bizarre, eclectic taste in music. That being said, while The Wall is my favorite Pink Floyd album, Dark Side of the Moon has a prettier cover. Also it's just about impossible to find a good shirt of The Wall cover.

Today was a very low key Sunday, and really all I did was go see X-Men First Class with the fam. By the way, it's a GREAT movie. So much eye candy too, haha! Go see it. The tee is a nice faded gray-green (yes, it actually does have a green tint inreallife) and since the prism artwork has some neon-esque colors, I thought it'd be fun to pair it with my new bright red shorts and turquoise wedges.

queen of hearts

 

 

Outfit details: BCBG sunglasses, Fossil necklace, Zara bag, H&M romper, Bronx flats (via Nordstrom)

More like the princess of hearts seeing as this is a romper, haha. (Though it really does look like a dress...I didn't realize until I tried it on!) I wanted something loose and flowy today, but didn't quite feel like wearing a dress. I woke up agonizingly early today at 8:30 am since my weekly work hours (up by 7 every day, alas) have altered my college-style sleeping schedule. However, I still managed to laze around in bed until 1:30, when my friend picked me up and we went to grab smoothies in place of lunch at our favorite little crepe cafe and then browsed around Barnes and Noble for the better part of an hour.

I am a self proclaimed, world recognized nerd. I've always adored reading and so Barnes and Noble to me is like a candy store to a kid. I bought a lot of books but I ended up finding a $25 gift card hidden in my wallet, so obviously the Universe approved of my purchases. In true nerd fashion, I'm quite excited to start reading what I picked up.

Now I'm rounding out the day, having just finished grocery shopping with the parents, with a movie after dinner. All in all a satisfying summer Saturday!

tiger tiger burning bright

Tiger Tiger. burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye.
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat.
What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp.
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile His work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?

Tiger Tiger burning bright,
In the forests of the night:
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

 

The Tiger
by William Blake

 

(I love this poem.)

On that note, here are some horribly crappy quality pictures of my outfit that does indeed include a tiger! It was raining when I had free time to take outfit shots, and now it's dark outside and my camera is dead. I still wanted to document this outfit because I quite like it, so I decided to take some pictures of it, regardless of quality, in bits and pieces. You'll see.

I'll probably re-wear this again and will take better pictures.  But, for my memory's sake, here goes:

 

 Outfit details: F21 top, Fossil necklace, New York & Company tank (underneath), Express shorts (few summers ago?), braided belt (Delia's), Pikolinos gladiator style sandals (Nordstrom)

Wore this to a dinner out at a bar-style restaurant with my friends. Casual, but a bit edgy, methinks; appropriate for a fun Friday evening. I usually wear this kind of cat-eye makeup when I go out, but today I tried a slightly different shape than my usual (not that you know my usual, I guess, so this is more for my sake) and I wanted to make sure I remembered what it looked like, haha.

brightly, flowy, colorfully

 I love summer evenings. The sunlight turns perfectly golden, softer than the harshness of summer daylight. The air is still a bit sticky but that's part of the appeal of this season, isn't it? All the bug noises, however, I could do without.

 

 

Outfit details: earrings from Nordstrom, F21 top, F21 skirt, BCBGMax sunglasses (TJ Maxx), Bronx flats (Nordstrom)

I love colorblocking. Possibly this stems from my love of stripes. Makes sense, huh? In any case, as soon as I found this rusty top I knew I was going to pair it with this skirt. I love when that happens. I switched out the flats for turquoise wedges (seen here and here) when we went out to dinner.

Also new discovery regarding my hair. When it looks gross down (which is more often than not, I'm sorry to say), I have found that taking my bangs (which are awfully long now) and twisting them, then pinning them back makes my face look much less bald when I put it up.

 

creamsicle

 

This skirt reminds me of an orange creamsicle with the white linen + orange stripes deal. As today was extremely hot and muggy, I reached for this flowy skirt and paired it with a simple v-neck tee. 

I unfortunately didn't have time to take closeups, but the necklace I'm wearing is one that's very special to me. My grandfather gave it to me two years ago when I was in India. It's two-sided, with a dark grey silver on one side and a silver-gold mix on the other.

 Outfit details: grey shirt (Target), F21 skirt, Steve Madden wedges, orange belt (from Nordstrom)

this cake is not a lie

  

Every so often, I'll get a sudden urge to cook. I'm absolutely awkward in the kitchen usually, so much that my mom kindly asks me to leave most every time I enter it while she's busy working her magic. But! I am not hopeless, because for some bizarre reason I'm halfway decent at baking. Nothing else (don't ask me to chop, mince, slice, caramelize, simmer...it will not end well) but baking. It started with chocolate chip cookies and now I've baked my first cake from scratch! This is an Earl Grey tea cake that is wonderfully moist and fluffy. 

    

Mmm. The chocolate-chip like dots = tea leaves!

 

I used this recipe, which I discovered via this awesome site. Now, the recipe called for rhubarb and cream cheese in the glaze, but apparently everyone and their grandmother in my town wanted to use rhubarb this week, as all the grocery stores were sold out. My mother informed me of the presence of some blueberries in the fridge so I used them instead. My cake doesn't have the light pink color now, but I do like the dark purple-red the blueberries gave it. I also dusted the top with cocoa powder (ooh, look at me, bein' all creative). Definitely a recipe I recommend you try! It's a perfect summery cake, and I can't wait to try this recipe with other kinds of teas and glazes. 

speckled

 

Outfit details: New York & Company tank, Fossil necklace, delia's belt, H&M skirt, Covington wedges

Ignoring the ick that is my hair today, I do like this outfit. I love skirts and tanktops in summer- the perfect light outfit combo in my opinion! Also, the blues and neutrals in this outfit let me wear my new bright lipstick (didn't show up too well in the picture, but oh well), appropriately called hot coral by Revlon. It's got awesome staying power and is my new fav shade.