Tuesday 7 August 2012

Tag: 99 Things

Take a peek at things I have or haven't done in my life..

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
2
7. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee


Malika Favre







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BANG!


For my heart's (and bank account!) sake, I might have to stop bumping into all these
awesome webshops..




MIA's Love Boat Summer Edition Bracelets

O man, now I really want these as well...

Check out MIA's Love Boat Summer Edition bracelets.




Oh, and I'll have the tattoo as well please.
Thanks!

nOir jewelry

I really think I need at least one of these rings and necklaces to survive.
Maybe even more than one, to be honest..









Is it to early for an early birthday present? (my bday is in November..)


Check out nOir jewelry for these and many many more beauties!


Tuesday 12 June 2012

The 39 Steps


Just booked my ticket to go and see Alfred Hitchcock's 'The 39 Steps' at the Criterion Theatre, tomorrow afternoon.

I Can Not Wait!

I'm a big fan of Hitchcock's films.
You should all watch North by Northwest, Vertigo, To catch a thief, ...


Rear Window is my absolute favorite!

I love the little dog in the basket, the dancer, the couple sleeping on the fire escape, the buildings, the costumes, the colours, Miss Lonelyheart and Lisa's little suitcase.


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The thirty-nine steps is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan which was turned into a film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935.

In 2006 the book/film was turned into a play for London's Tricycle Theatre and later moved to the Criterion. Where I will be one of the visitors tomorrow afternoon at 3.





Watch the trailer here




Monday 11 June 2012

50 Museums you hadn't heard of but should visit

You should all follow Handpicked London on Facebook.
The amount of things I have discovered through them, you can not believe!

This morning another amazing post popped up:

London 2012: 50 of the best unusual museums in London

Telegraph reporter John O'Ceallaigh composed a list of 50 quirky museums we have to visit.
There are a few absolute beauties I had never heard of before!

The Fan Museum in Greenwich



Pollocks Toy Museum in Fitzrovia



Sherlock Holmes Museum on Baker Street



Ragged School Museum in Mile End


 
Hunterian Museum in Holborn


Read the whole article here


I've got the whole week off and since the sun is nowhere to be seen I might hop on the tube and visit some of these places.
Will let you all know about my experiences!

     

     

Wednesday 16 May 2012

Monday 14 May 2012

Balenciaga


It has been a while since these came out but I just can't get them out of my head!
Does anybody know if and where I could still get these?
I have been looking around but can only find a very toned down version and thats not what I want.













 I want these over the top absolutely fabulous sky high architectural puppies!

*****

YSL-ovely



I just spotted my latest raison d'être, thanks to good old Yves.
Yves Saint Laurent knows what this girl wants!

Starbucks Adventures #five


Score!

Wednesday 9 May 2012


The wonderfully talented Vidal Sassoon, an inspiration to so many of us, passed away today..


I'm sure tomorrow will be a sad day at work in Sassoon's Covent Garden Salon.

<3 <3 <3

Wednesday 2 May 2012

Starbucks Adventures #four

Starbucks Adventures #three


Huh? Euhm? Ha?

Starbucks Adventures #two

Starbucks Adventures #one

So.
I've started doing this thing where I go into Starbucks and order a coffee. (Obvs)
A tall skinny latte extra hot take away, to be exact.
Then I tell the person my name and, fingers crossed, hope for the best.

Actually that's not true. I don't hope for the best. I hope for the craziest!

#waysstarbuckspeoplespellmyname
#one