the rain in spain

...won't be a problem because I'll be in LONDON and PARIS in matter of DAYS (with Miles)!

xo,

sarah

[photo cred: fffound]

whirlwind weekend

Hello, lovies!

My posts might be few and far between these next few weeks thanks to this past activity-(and beignet)-packed weekend in New Orleans and the next couple weeks Miles and I will be spending in Europe!

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Some sites I've stumbled upon and MUST be shared:

1. textsfromlastnight.com:

an example of a typical daily post -

(805): Dude. I just woke up without a shirt or bra on. Apparently I fell asleep with a quesadilla in my mouth. I can feel my liver hating me."

Love it.

2. passiveaggressivenotes.com:

warning - when I found this site, I spent the next 2 hours reading through posts.

aaaaaaddictive.

example? -

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Happppppy Tuesday!

xo,

sarah

ink envy

My tattoo craving was seeeriously fed by this photo I found on flickr this afternoon:


C'est magnifique!


If I love Paris as much as I think I will this summer (eeee the trip is only a few weeks away!) and if I happen to grow some balls (ahem, some courage), I might have to steal (ahem, borrow) this idea.

Love it.


What do you think?



xo,
sarah



[photo cred]

travel treasures

Current must-haves:


Sweep Clean cloths -- perfect for swiping off airport grime.

S tote -- S for Sarah, o'course!

OPI polish in My Private Jet -- Appropriate name, and the color is a gorgeous deep grey alternative to black.

Steve Madden booties -- because chic comfort is a must!

I.
Can't.
Wait!



xo,
sarah

keep on, carry on

Help!

I need feedback!






Miles and I are headed to London and Paris for two weeks in May.
I saw this bag online at UO and fell in love.
Would it be (too) crazy for me to try to cram two weeks-worth of clothes, shoes, etc. into it?
It's 16 inches in length and relatively deep.

I've been to Cuba twice, where the bag weight limit is 20 pounds, so I'm a seasoned light packer.

Thoughts, suggestions?
(PLEASE?)

[plus, I can always put my "extra" stuff in Miles' bag!]



xo,
sarah

keira knightly: wanderlust

vogue. september 2008.

berlin + art scene + drool-worthy fashion + k.k.













thakoon, balenciaga, prada, lanvin, ysl, louis vutton, michael kors, chanel, marni, dior...
yes yes yes!

she looks gorgeous...and somewhat like finola hughes in few shots.


xx,
sarah


[the entire editorial is here.]

help, please?

fall [ha! more like summer: the sequel here in t-town] is just beginning, but miles and i are trying to get the planning underway for our two-week trip to europe next may.

paris is an absolute, hands-down, no compromising city i want to visit, so i need some suggestions on cheap hotels/hostels, please! i pretty much have the "activities" taken care of, price-wise, etc. so far, some top cheap contenders are the modern hotel, the hotel orient, and a few of the many citea hotels. please, please, please offer your advice! what we need is a room:

1. that can fit 2 people in it, durkaDUR.
2. that is relatively clean. no creepy-crawlies in the sheets, please.
3. somewhat close to points of interest in paris or at least in a location close to the metro.
4. that is CHEAP. [we are poor. art history major + jazz studies major + lack of giant salaries = lack of money]. the highest i'd like to go is maybe, maybe $130 per night.

or maybe you know some good park benches?

*note: the whole french-english thing isn't a big deal. i've taken five years of french so having a hotel with a mcdonald's inside of it [do they do that?] isn't really necessary. you get the picture.


miles is interested in finding a good jazz festival to go to. the websites i've found are a bid hazy on the details...but one that seemed like it would fit in our time range was the international jazz-sur-vie festival. any info on that would be helpful! and if you know of any other music festivals, etc. that take place in paris or france for that matter at the beginning of may i would love to hear about them!


the cannes film festival will take place while we're in europe (more towards the tail end of our trip), so we're hoping to do that...


we hope to hit up a couple other cities [low budget means cutting out some locations] like copenhagen, london, amsterdam, madrid, and possibly rome or florence.



please, please, please let me know if you have any information on traveling to europe [paris, copenhagen, etc.] whether it's about hostels, where the best croissants are, must-see shops, train travel, or anything else you might have to offer! There's only so much answers.yahoo.com i can take.



happy weekend!



xx,
sarah

cfw

it's that time...copenhagen fashion week!
fall/winter 08 looks i love:

1. day birger et mikkelsen:
i love, love, LOVE the knee highs.
look out, aa. someone might be making a bulk order soon.



2. eksempel:
gorgeous hair. gorgeous smokey eyes.
and i love the dark tightz/hose/whatever you want to call them.

hand over those boots, missy!


3. noanoa:
cozy and chic? i'll take it.
aye aye, sir!

i'm absolutely drooling.

who are your faves at cfw?


xx,
sarah

[photos by sacha maric]

lucy, i'm home

droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool.

this is the horta house in brussels.
it's basically and art nouveau gorgeousnessexplosion.:











too bad i won't be headed there til next summer.

...i wonder if they'll notice if i start living out of one of the closets?



xx,
sarah