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Around the apartment.

christmas

I realize I've got a lot of catching up to do on here, but for now, Merry Christmas.
Our tree includes a souvenir from Australia - more on that soon - and sometimes Oliver the cat who has been attempting but luckily failing to knock all the ornaments off the tree.

mountains

If it were up to me, summers would be endless,

but it's September now and the nights are getting cold, the mornings foggy. 

Fall is for climbing mountains and not stopping until you get to the top.

weekends with friends

Spring weekends spent with friends are the best. 

Riding our bikes to the nearest lake, only 30 minutes from where we live. 

Sharing a cool bottle of radler, laughing so loud the birds around us start to imitate us.

Later picking up a bunch of peonies from a street vendor, 

a nice contrast against the dark kitchen wall. 

may

Photos of me by D.

In trees, behind trees, 

was where I spent the first of May.

Of course I would wear a lace dress to do that. Who wouldn't?

I also booked a flight to Melbourne, Australia

to attend the wedding of two wonderful friends of mine

(and escape winter here, which is a nice side effect).

monday funday

Easter weekend:

seeing family & friends,

wandering around the city for a bit,

playing some old school Nintendo,

watching Twin Peaks.

And a new Yeah Yeah Yeahs song.

dark

I'm so tired.

golden

Golden hour light, sometime last week.

Winter is like a long illness that's difficult to shake off,

suddenly the fever returns for no apparent reason...

I'm planning a trip to Melbourne (the one in Australia, which seems logical, but I found out about the existence of a city by the same name in the U.S. when one day browsing for flights I discovered plane tickets were about 500 euros cheaper than the day before - well, the excitement faded as soon as I corrected the typo I'd made in a hurry).  

Also planning a slightly more affordable trip to Vienna this weekend,

because I miss it,

because I've been sick (again!),

and because I just need to get out of here for a little while.

the good things

Amazing window light and coffee at Café Meier - good Sunday combination.

Also pictured: Diptyque Feu de Bois - the whole house smells amazingly like chimney fire.

Thinking about Woody Allen's New York 

and the Great Ocean Road in Australia /

so happy to be alive & traveling whenever I can /

can't wait to smell the ocean again... smell of complete freedom

(sometimes knowing I am free to go,

in theory at least,

makes me want to stay)

COS

COS!  

1. Textured knit snood,

2. Cotton pleat neck top (sold out),

3. Spiral ring, 

+ (4. can't get over these shoes)



My thoughts are always somewhere else...
I want to write but I can't

I was on a train for hours and wrote a novel in my head

february

Winter is dragging on and on and on.

To fit the mood or to combat it (one can never be sure, really), I have

listened to Pearl Jam, Sandwell District, Burial and Photek,

watched The Virgin Suicides, Into The Abyss and

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress,

and a good amount of 30 Rock, 

read Joan Didion's The Last Thing He Wanted and 

Miranda July's utterly incredible No One Belongs Here More Than You.

"I want to go to there",

imagine me and almost any place in this world 

that isn't here (and cold and grey).