Catching My Attention

Shoes are great. Boots are great.

I admittedly do not have a "thing" for bags and purses.

Jewelry is always thrilling.

BUT FOR ME,

for some reason,

...lingerie...

It gets me racing.

I love it all, from sheer delicate fabrics,

to thick chunky embroidery,

and barely-there wispy lace.

My lingerie collection is going to take a really long time to catalogue. 

It's been present everywhere I look,

like my eyes are just SEEKING this stuff out!

So here, my lovely and dear friends, are some of the things I've been stumbling across.

BUT

I am going to have to limit the pictures to a theme. WHY?

Because there is too much ground to cover in the realm of intimate wear and I must choose.

Here we go!

(and of course we must play a song to set the tone)

Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore

 

I found this leather corset in Zurich. YUM.

"Sweety" boots by LaRare, Paris

Shoes by Jimmy Choo (I think?)

And yesterday I found this dress from Bordelle. 

And THIS and THIS and THIS!

My heart stopped for a moment. 

Like, wow...

After looking at all that lingerie, I think I'm going to go to my room and take a nap. Yeah. A nap...

...for 10 minutes.... 

*shifty eyes*

*andy runs upstairs*

*and eats some chocolate*

Cabin Fever

Dreaming of Heat.

I can't wait to get outside without winter boots and heavy clothes.

This post, a departure from the illuminated grey in the sky.

Fixers - Iron Deer Dream (Chad Valley Remix)

Tribal Mash Up - photo from Teen Vogue

Balmain S/S 2009

D&G 

Monica and I in Venice Beach enjoying strawberry shortcake ice cream bars!

Running around on the beach.

A silly hat store. My kind of place.

Jewelry from J. Crew 

Pencil Crayon Jewelry by Maria Cristina Bellucci

The Amazon panther print bathing suit by We Are Handsome

Dress from "The Brightness Dawn" 2009 collection by designer Setareh Mohtarez.

Alexander McQueen S/S 2008

Mural art by Chase in Venice Beach.

GOOD MORNING!

Wanna see how I am in the morning?

Watch the following clip:

Me, sleeping, cozy and warm... Don't wanna get up.

And then I'M AWAKE and it's time to go!

So many things to do!

Climbing trees!

Cartwheels!

Catching butterflies!

Wheee!!!

RAAAAR!!!

ALL DAY PHOTOSHOOT

I am exhausted and have nothing remarkable to say.

SO

I will entertain you with THIS:

The Nebula Has Ears

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it

-Paulo Coehlo-

{picture of a star forming region near the Tarantula Nebula}

SHOE BOMB

The process has begun!

Every piece in my wardrobe collection is getting it's photo taken, then uploaded into a database.

It will be a great help when I'm planning for photo shoots, 

and the database will be mobile so I can take it with me when I shop.

Here is a small section of the shoe explosion, which in total consisted of 78 pairs of shoes.

And here they are, like ducks in a row, sorted by colour and type.

I didn't think I had that many shoes.

Next, bags and jewellry!

And then the lingerie collection 

which is so massive that it will probably take two days to shoot.

Back to work!

I hope everyone is having an incredible day!

Busy Today

{image found here}

Dancing Stars

We don't stop playing because we grow old.

We grow old because we stop playing.

- George Bernard Shaw -

JUBILANCE

Crazy.

It seems like this is my anthem for every weekend so far.

Bjork - Big Time Sensuality (Exculsive Original Remix)

Protect Our Winters

So today I am going skiing, which is stupendously awesome.

The forecast says "RAIN" but I think we can wish it away if we try hard enough.

Either that, or we have to wear our umbrella hats as we slide down the slopes.

This brings me to my next post which was sent to me from my friend Mike.

He is a snowboarder extraordinaire.

When he sent it to me it read POW which I took to mean Power Of Words

it applies but POW actually stands for Protect Our Winters:

Back in the Swing

My internet is fixed.

My IPhone has arrived.
The lights of heaven have shone down on me and the angels sang.

And although I'm super happy, I also approach this situation with a little apprehension.

You see, I have to catch up on about 3 weeks (or more) of e-mails and messages!!

Looks like I have a lot of coffee to brew!

First things first. Something beautiful and inspiring:

This is a quote by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, an American author and poet. 

It is from a flag stone in Jack Kerouak Alley in San Francisco.

 {photo found via Le Love}

Valentine's Day just passed.
I hope everyone had an awesome Valentine's Day weekend!

{photo by Vasko Photography, model + make-up + hair ME!!}

My Valentine's weekend was awesome!


Starting with the Overexxxposed show on Saturday night:

{photo by AJ Lam, black and white photo of ME by Ward}

Sunday, one of the most relaxing days ever...

Historical documentaries, warm slippers, mugs of tea, the tasty chip crumbs at the bottom of the bag, and basically sleeping in and bumming around...

This PBS documentary about the Medici family from Florence was interesting, but really slow moving.
Here it is if you want to watch it too!



Monday: poutine, beer, and cards night, home-made blueberry pies and food fights!
The poutine at Cadillac Lounge is HUGE!

Here's the pie I made. I didn't use a recipe so I can't tell you how I made it,
BUT
there is an AMAZING recipe for the other pie I made near the bottom of this post.

Blueberries for Vasko's face.

 This is Cyrus and Boom Boom.

Cyrus wanted to be Boom Boom's friend, so as a test of his friendship he has to perform 3 tasks.

The first task was to get Sima to say "My favorite dinosaur is a Lickalottapuss".

The second task was to draw a face on Vasko's deep fried fish with ketchup.

That's ketchup mastery if I do say so myself!

And the third task was to do a sexy photo shoot with Peter.

Cyrus and Boom Boom.
Such good friends!

Tuesday, flowers and food at Marben!
Shown below (for all the ravenous foodies out there) is
Taylor's Squash Soup with chantilly cream, croutons, and sage oil
and
Zander's Sage and Brown Butter Gnocchi with squash coulis, brussel sprouts, and shallot rings

Not shown are the oysters and the Beef Cheek Ravioli.

There was also a little something called "Devastating Chocolate Fudge Pie"
which tastes heavenly with Vanilla Ice Cream and Dulce De Leche
(recipe below)

"Devastating Chocolate Fudge Pie" 

To make one 9-inch pie:

1 unbaked pie shell, made from 1/2 lb. short-crust dough

3 oz unsweetened baking chocolate

8 tbsp butter

4 eggs

3 tbsp light corn syrup

1 + 1/2 cups sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla extract

In the top of a double boiler over boiling water, heat the chocolate and butter, stirring until melted and blended; allow the mixture to cool slightly. Beat the eggs; blend in the corn syrup, sugar, salt, and vanilla extract. Add the chocolate mixture; blend well. Pour the mixture into the pie shell. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 400' F for five minutes. Reduce the temperature to 350' F and continue baking for 30 minutes, or until the pie is almost, but not quite, firm when shaken.  

**Close to the end, I decorated the top of the pie with roasted almonds and marshmallows. Next time, more almonds! They were amazing!**

See what I mean?

AWESOME!!!