Posts made in April, 2011

A little bit busy

Sorry for taking a bit of a blogging break without any notice. I won’t lie, I do tend to blog in spurts and will often go silent for a couple of weeks. Normally, it is because I am swamped with deadlines but this time I am happy to report that it is only partly due to deadlines. You see the main reason for my silence is that Gary and I went to Los Angeles last week. Pretty exciting isn’t it?! It was basically my first time in LA, not counting the time I went when I was 7 with the...

Sean’s birthday!

Last Saturday night was Sean’s birthday party and after some pre drinks and pub grub at Disgraceland, we headed for some Karaoke in a private room. I find we are starting to do this more often for birthday’s and it is always a blast. I do find it a bit intimidating sometimes though when we go with people who play in a band for a living. Luckily our friends encourage the good, the bad and the cheesy so it was a great night. Originally I had a completely different outfit planed...

Darkness and decorations

Mad Men via City Chic

When City Chic was having their massive sale last month I decided to try out the store and order a few items. I am always a bit worried when I buy from a new online shop because you just have no idea how their sizing runs, and what the quality will be like. So for under $100 I picked up this gorgeous polka dot cropped jacket, two pairs of capris and two pairs of shorts.  Not bad! I was pretty happy with everything I bought except for the pair of the high waisted jean shorts. They were sold...

Music Love: Frightened Rabbit

One of the bands that have recently captured my ears are Frightened Rabbit, a Scottish band that formed back in 2006. If you dig Mumford and Sons, you will probably appreciate their sound. The first video below is for “My Backwards Walk” which is the song that I became obsessed with causing me to track them down. When I figured out their name I came across “Swim Until You Can’t See Land” which also made me smile and chair dance. Two signs that it must be a good...