see: an education

"all that poetry, and all those songs
about something that lasts no time at all..." - jenny

love: a single man

what a beautiful film.
i loved every single thing about it:
the aesthetic, the soundtrack, the mise en scene, the era,
the way the camera zoomed and focused on the smallest details,
the dialogue, the dark, subtle humour,
the romance, the catharsis, the tragedy, the narration...
and of course
christopher isherwood, tom ford, matthew goode,
and the man who put flesh and blood and unparalleled charm to austen and fielding's mr. darcy...
colin firth.

and yes, if you must know,
i did cry...

see: yellow submarine

how very, very cool is this!?
for those people who love tea as much as i do,
this is perhaps one of the coolest things i have seen.

all i can hear in my head right now is:
'we all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, yellow submarine...'

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found here

see: deep blues, violets, and sparks of gold

i love sunday suppers
as it inspires many of us to take dinners and table settings
to a whole new level!
brilliant people - artists, renowned chefs, stylists, photographers, etc -
all come together and participate in this 'class-cookin-dining experience'.
anyway, i really really love the winter dinner series.
i love the richness of the colour palette, and yes,
i love, love, love the terrariums that were
incorporated in this setting!






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images from sunday-suppers.blogspot.com
and are the work of photographer/stylist Karen Mordechai

see: blush + snow

sometimes i daydream
of paris or prague
in the winter
and somehow i picture everything
in a shade of
the warmest white,
the palest grey,
and the pinked cheeks of girls who live
in these cities where magic exists in the everyday...








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images from studio violet
and the society ink

see: winter blues

see: leave (a short)

Leave Me from Daros Films on Vimeo.

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all of us have
once-upon-a-time's
as if our lives were a book.
and sometimes it is hard
not to want to flip back
to old pages
just to make sure
that everything up to where you are now
is where you are supposed to be
and that everything before
is just as it was and will remain unchanged
no matter how many times
you go back
the story remains the same:
once upon a time you were 19
and it was July
and you believed in meant-to-be's...

see: dace

how inspiring is this canadian label/designer?

DACE Spring 2010 from Arcade Original on Vimeo.

(here is a little secret:
well, not so much anymore...
i keep thinking about going to art/design school.
i would love to go to parsons...
but there's this nagging, practical, superego side of me that
thinks pursuing something like this is almost indulgent.
or that i am not talented enough.
perhaps i should feel more than think...
sigh.)

see: where the wild things are...

and let the wild rumpus start! :)

see: the appeal of teal

i still have to tell you about my birthday weekend.
but for now... how about some teal?








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images via ffffound, apartment therapy,
plum pretty sugar, & snippet&ink

see: pale blue

over the weekend
i bought this pretty blue dress
from bcbg
(and i also had a lot of greek food and beer
at the taste of the danforth festival here in toronto):



... and something about wearing it
makes me imagine that
i own a summer home in the maldives
with an interior as crisp and beautiful as this:



... but really and truly,
i am more than happy that in reality:



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images via bcbg, le love image
& this is glamorous

see: polaroid love

lovely collages by this artist
(via flickr).

see: rome

here are some photos i took
once upon a time
when i was in the eternal city
of talking hands
where everyone seemed to be:
in love or infatuated
and skinny from eating too much
and happy from the fantastic wine
and July's song sang itself...

see: forgotten things

still life photography by burcu avsar

see: hazy blues, sheer taupe, and faded yellows

are colours shared by
this charming victorian apartment in chicago
and burberry prorsum.
(not to mention, the gloomy summer we have been having here in toronto.
i take comfort in the fact that even blue-gray skies
have a story to tell and the ability to inspire).