• Been addicted to fishtail braids and had always wanted to make them on my own. I found a video tutorial from Refinery 29′s Hot Summer Hairstyles to Beat the Heat.  Will have to give it a go one of these days.
• I’ve never seen so many gorgeous men like the ones exiting the Dolce & Gabbana show!
• Dressing up for work has always been casual for me.  I try and dress it up with a jacket or some high heels whenever the need arises. Refinery29 definitely gave me more ideas and gives me more reason to upgrade my wardrobe.
• Tavi calls out on Seventeen Magazine.  She raised a very good point on how the magazine tries to discourage young girls from doing drugs by implying that they will look fat and, therefore, ugly.
• Don’t think I’d have survived moving to a new city without friends. Even though they’re new, you can kind of feel who would be the ones to stick around.  The New York Times talked about Friendship in an Age of Economics and Harvard Business Review tells us Why Friends Matter at Work and in Life
• I think I waited too long before catching Toy Story 3.  Now all the 3D shows are gone and I have yet to see it.  In any case, here’s Five Ways Pixar Makes Better Decisions.

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And it could also be that I’m addicted to B.L.O.G.S.  Haha, ain’t I clever.

Anyway, I use NewsFire for all the feeds I subscribe to and I cannot believe how unruly my list has been growing.  I like to put them in groups and somehow, or most of the time, the blogs that I am in love with couldn’t be classified into just one category.  However, there are blogs that are more inclined into, say fashion, and it seems like my fashion list continues to grow: from model blogs to photographers, from personal stylists to socialites, from artists to designers.

I’ve been meaning to write about Igor + Andre as it’s been in my “Blog This” folder in Google Bookmarks for like forever.  More than anything, that blog is a collection of Danny Roberts’ creative genius.  His works are just amazing and he’s only 23!

Like most of us here, he has some blogger favorites too.  Although, unlike most of us, he can actually make portraits of them, gorgeous ones to boot.  I chose some of his work and posted them below, most of whom I follow closely.  You can view the rest of his work in his blogger portraits here.

Have fun clicking them links!

It’s only offered for a limited time – from 2nd Nov 10am CT to 3rd Nov 10am CT.

Do check out their catalogue and post pictures of you wearing them so I can live vicariously through your shopping activities.  As you know, I blew my budget when I bought those shoes.

But if you ask me, here are my top picks.  Yep, still very much in the Halloween spirit. Pure coincidence. Really.

P.S. If you use the links in this post to purchase, I might earn enough cred to get myself a shirt. Now go and shop to your heart’s content.

Actually, I’m only talking about the third shoe in this series as the first two are reasonably priced–if not dirt cheap, even.  However, I don’t think this will be a bad thing considering that they’re the most comfortable pair ever.  Yes, probably even more comfy than my Chucks, which is why I couldn’t resist buying them despite a hefty price tag (almost 267% more than the price of the other two combined).

Oh fudge, these shoes are love!

P.S. I foresee a cut on my dining budget for the next two weeks. Guess that also means hermit mode is still on for November. Also, if you look closely, I have jean marks on my leg. Haha.

the weekend shirt

This weekend has been very relaxing because I’ve decided to be a hermit and just stay indoors and watch movies.  I revisited Batman Begins and will be revisiting The Dark Knight in the morning.  Nolan is an awesome director/storyteller.  Actually, now that I think about it, I watched another of Nolan’s films, Memento, the week before.

Anyway, some happy tunes before the weekend comes to a close. Avoir un bon dimanche les garçons et les filles!

[Audio clip: view full post to listen]Je Ne Te Connais Pas by Prototypes