5.7.2007 & 5.9.2007

5.7.2007

this look could rightly be called "dirty-windblown-high-street-paris-sightseeing-style-a -la-tricia". my hair was one with the wind.
i'm getting pretty bored with this uniform of mine (it's popular world over!) but it's comfortable for traveling through europe (amsterdam, paris...and starting tomorrow antwerp). i predict changes upon my return to SF. it's time for a shift...i feel changes coming on to my aesthetic. been wearing this stuff for years, before it sort of went uber-mass, and now i'm sort of getting sick of it.
(eta: maybe i was getting sick of it b/c it was all i had in the suitcase, in retrospect! but change is good and i'm going to push for it very hard now that i've returned...i feel like my personal style needs more tweaking, more pushing, more experimentalism.)
p.s. i'm in the courtyard of the louvre museum in paris.
-red scarf: UO -black jacket: UO -purple zebra stripe v-neck tee: H&M -black tank: AA -black jeans: UO -black boots: salvation army -gray bag: ananas -black vintage dangling earrings: salvation army -labrodorite cocktail ring: NY adorned (NYC tattoo/jewelry shop)

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5.9.2007

in antwerp, belgium.
again, i can't say it enough: everything i own is filthy! ugh! so glad to be going back to the states...if for no other reason than being able to wash my clothes! :P
-black scarf: vintage -black twill jacket: UO -white long sleeve tee: AA -white and fluorescent orange striped tank: H&M -gray jeans: old navy -black boots: thrifted -gray leather bag: ananas

halfway back from halfway around the world

i'm back from vacation! well, mostly. i'm exhausted and out of sorts from the flights and time changes and actually, being back is sort of surreal! i said i might blog and such while gone, but frankly, having fun far away from home in major european destinations (amsterdam, paris, and antwerp) generally took precedence over net surfing, and by extension, blogging.

i checked in here and there when possible, but mostly left my laptop in the closed position.

frankly, i enjoyed my weeks away from it all (real life and the net alike)!

had a wonderful time, ate lots of food, drank copious amounts of beer, walked around like crazy, occasionally pondered a possible move overseas, and did a lot of soul searching about what i want to do with my life from here on out.

thanks again to everybody who made suggestions several weeks back about places to check out in amsterdam, paris, and antwerp! i made good use of your suggestions, but also just wandered about and tried to absorb the local atmosphere and go where our whims took us (us being me and the husband, pete). good times were had.

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some snaps from my holiday...

leiden, NL:

amsterdam, NL:

paris, FR:

antwerp, BE:

more photos and commentary here, at my flickr page.

wardrobe_remix(ers) o' the week

whew! it's thursday!
i'm running around like a chicken with her head cut off, preparing the house for our leave of it, and running last minute errands before my trip. so much to do! don't want to forget anything!
because of that, i *almost* forgot to do my weekly wardrobe_remix((ers) o' the week post! but thankfully did not!
i'm going to try and do these posts and blog some when i'm overseas, but it just all depends on how much fun i'm having! haha.
anyway! on with the show!

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this week i feel like it's all about contrasts: crazy prints, stripes, colors that clash or pop against one another in a terrific, dynamic way, or even pieces one might not expect to work together that work together beautifully.

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Mendoza. B:
loveloveloveus:
lovers unite!:
nemrešpobjećodnedjelje:
just jenny (aka frecklewonder aka my haute homegirl, who helps to moderate wardrobe_remix!):
the coveted (who also has a great fashion blog by the same name, here! check it!):

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remember: you can click on the photo of any of these terrific wardrobe_remix(ers) to learn more about their photo or outfit, and explore their flickr photostream. all of the photos are owned by the awesome people who are depicted in them, of course!
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this week over at wardrobe_remix we're discussing things such as girls vs boys, or why aren't there more boys posting to wardrobe_remix or showing off their style on the net? (great question, btw!) and what do you consider to be the [wardrobe essentials] that everyone should have in their closet? join the community to in turn join in on the discussions!
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