for the trip

it's laugh out loud funny. well i guess it's funny more because it's true than anything else. 

yay for my friends! hahaha

what i know for sure

nothing makes you feel quite as small as the pacific ocean. to me it's the superior ocean (it's bluer, the west coast is chic, i don't know, it's kinda fab.) i stood at this cliff above the ocean on the beach of la jolla, california not too long ago, and it was, well, wonderful. and i'm not a big beach person. 

as i sit here, looking forlornly at my not so packed suitcases, preparing in 12 hours to board a flight to peace corps training to DC, i can't help but think of that moment and standing on the cliff. on the precipice of change, on the precipice of the ocean. 

what i know for sure is the column that oprah winfrey runs in her magazine. last week her show ended, and while i am sure the column and the magazine will continue, i decided to do a little guest appearance in her honor. (love her, ps)

what i know for sure is that life takes a village. sure, we all know that, yes, but sometimes it becomes super apparent. i could never have gotten here, ready to leave for mali, without a full entourage. friends, family, very nice SATO, peace corps, target, apple, REI employees...they all added a little somethin' somethin' to the process. it really makes me believe in the destiny of it all. we are all meant to do something, to be someone. some of you may not be going to the peace corps anytime soon, but by being here, you are part of my peace corps journey. and for that i am thankful. you are my village. 

throwing my hands up in the air

i've had a rough day. just one of those days where things just don't seem to be falling in the right places, which kinda stinks since i'm leaving for staging in DC tuesday. so in my happy place, i think i'll just move to disneyland and into minnie's house. i mean it's even landscaped!

plan B would be a good movie and ben and jerry's with my mom. 

we'll see which one wins out. ;)

in the meantime...just keep swimming, just keep swimming...

just another day at the beach

five. thinking. (la jolla)

r2m. posing a la barrie's photos. (la jolla)

me! by bobby. (la jolla)

in the pacific! (coronado)

savoy. i just kinda like it. (coronado)

the infamous hotel del coronado. 

don't you just love the stories photographs tell?

"just be a queen"

ok, so we all are aware that i love glee. really i'm obsessed. this season it has become my favorite show and it's season finale is tonight, just in time for me to see it before i go (i feel like i should write ryan murphy a personal thank you). 

this song is perfect. chris colfer is perfect. so the video is quickly becoming a favorite because not only does it make me think and have meaning, but it's something you can move around to. 

speaking of a purpose, have you checked this out yet? so inspiring. 

rock on glee. 

and what would your white shirt say?

of the artists, for the artists

isn't this beautiful? just transport me there please!

well, it seems like it has been a while since there was a little fashion on the blog, and so i thought i'd emerge from the fog of peace corps preparations and delve into this new collection anthropologie is featuring (make sure to watch the artist statements...so cool).

roots tank (my favorite ;)

butterfly tee

ahhh, lovely...

friendship is a large ship

two of my best friends made the trek out to california for beach week, and i dragged them to disneyland! hahah. so for one day we got to act that we are not college graduates, master degree students, and well real adults. i have to say, that for me, it was fabulous...

the rachels. on the tea cups.