Joy

Comes from within. xox

Drink up

This is just about the best cup i have ever seen. xox

Country side

I long for you. xox

Québec, la magnifique

Photo by me

I live in a beautiful place. We tend to think that the grass is always greener on the other side. And it's true that the world at large holds beauty and wonder and things that are exotic and foreign. But home is pretty darn good. One of the best trip I've ever taken was across my home of Quebec. I went to Gaspésie a region forged by the sea, the mountains and the wind. I traveled by car and just explored. I slept in a tent. It was wonderful. Tomorrow, I'm going on business to another region of Quebec I've never been: Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean. I'll only be staying there for a day but I'm excited to see the world-famous Fjord where in the summer you can whale-watch. If you've never explored your own backyard, i invite you to do it. It's worth it. xox

Past, present & future

This made me laugh. Today, we are polluted by bullshit "miracle" products that claim to make us svelte. We have every celebrities under the sun endorsing Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig and such. And back in the days, not so long ago, being plump was wonderful. It was the way to be. It was considered sexy. Now, it's a disease, something that we must get rid of. Why? If your plump and you feel good about yourself, that's wonderful. If you are naturally thin and you feel good about yourself, that's superb. Feeling good about yourself is what it's all about. I wonder what will be the beauty standard in the future. Part of me wishes for a resurgence of curves. Healthy curves. And appreciation. For all body types. xox

Today

Well shit

How unfortunate that this is not me. xox

"Tom: Anybody can make a big romantic gesture, all right? The question is: What happens after? Do you remember? Do you remember what you said to me that night? 
Laura: Yeah, I remember everything. 
Tom: So, what’d you say? 
Laura: I said it was the perfect night. 
Tom: You said it was the perfect night. 
Laura: So? 
Tom: So? How do I top that? 
Laura: We had so much fun. 
Tom: We had so much fun. 
Laura: So what’s the problem with that? 
Tom: The problem is, every time we had one of these amazing nights, I would wake up the next morning in a freaking panic. So why don’t we just spare each other a mundane life of crushing disappointment, and just do it with somebody else." The Romantics

Do you ever wonder what could have happened? What could have been? I tried not to indulge too often. But once in a while, i wonder...If i had made different choices, if i hadn't chicken out, if he hadn't chicken out, if he wasn't about to marry someone else...If he hadn't been scared of greatness, if I hadn't been scared, where would we be? Would we have had perfect nights? Perfect mornings? Would we have been as great together as my intuition tells me? I guess there is both beauty and pain in knowing you'll never know...in not having an answer. And maybe your fantasy is better that anything that could have been. Maybe. xox

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Sail Away

First image via Dust Jacket Attic

Need me the open sea. xox

April Blues

Please go away. Give me sun, give me May. xox

Dream wedding

Striped bridesmaids dress? I die.

want this nail polish so bad.

All photos via Kate Osborne Photography

 So last night i watched the indie movie The Romantics. If you don't know what that movie is, it's probably because all of 12 people across North America have seen it. It's too bad really, since there's a lot of great actors in it (Malin Akerman, Candice Bergen, Anna Paquin) but the story is awful and self-indulgent. But really what i got back from the movie -the story of a group of friends with an incestuous dating history - is that for many of my generation -late 20's - marriage seems to be, well, something to take very lightly. In essence, the plot follows privileged kids as two of them are about to get hitched - despite knowing that they don't truly love each other and that in fact, the groom as been cheated on the wife with her best friend for a decade. Another couple featured are married, despite the fact that they absolutely don't trust each other - and indeed they shouldn't. I know that the concept of adultery or cheating is as old as Christ -im talking to you Mary Magdalena - but it's seems rampant nowadays and to my dismay - a widly accepted affliction. Well, everyone cheats seems to be the message echoed by my generation. Now, i know that in this day and age, what with technology, job mixers and very faithful friends, it is undoubdebly somewhat easier to cheat on one's partner. Inevitably, flirting will occur, attraction may be born and nurtured but hey, should you go as far as to sex someone else in your partner's back? Furthermore, and here is the million dollar question, if you knew your partner was cheating on you, would you stay? Would you get married or would you stay married? Call me old-fashioned but i feel like people laugh in the face of the sanctity of marriage and more importantly of commitment. Cheating is glamorized - fuck you Don Drapper - and marriage is glamorized too. And so both go hand in hand. It's quite sad actually. Now, i don't know if i'll ever get married - ill have to find the groom first - but i do know that to me, it's a freaking big deal. Agreeing to be with someone, really be with someone, is huge and terrorizing and beautiful. Not something that you agree to like you would to, i don't know, going to the movies. And so, when it comes to marriage, to me, it's not the freaking ceremony and all the surrounding bullshit that counts. It's whats being done there, it's the willingness of two people to commit to each other, on the regular and at least for the next few years (forever seems like an awful long time, doesn't it?). When i saw the sweet wedding pictures of this couple above, i nearly fainted, overwhelmed with too much beauty. They pulled their wedding in 6 weeks. No pressure, no table chart, none of it. Just them, a pretty dress, friends, and each other. That sounds like how i would like to live forever. Too good. xox

Must

Top images via Aubrey Road

Get through the day. Might as well do it whilst looking at pretty things, dontcha think? xox

Vexed

 My mouth often gets the best of me. Certainly, it has the uncanny ability to get me in trouble. Ironically, it is also one of my best attribute, the ease with which I communicate. But in friendship, in love as in woe, my mouth has been at fault more than once. It has been the sword with which I have defeated many, have wounded others and have killed some. My tongue is pointy, and like a snake, the venom that comes out of it is lethal and poisonous. It poisons the mind, it hurts the feelings with its frankness –oft unsolicited- and it offends. This week-end I vexed a good friend of mine. I gave a very abrupt, unwanted opinion and I hurt him. Now, I value honesty above all else. And I said nothing that I’m ashamed of. But I need to learn to a) keep my opinions to myself and b) if I voice them, to phrase them in a less offensive way. I am quite tired of justifying everything that I do in relation with my past. I am a grown-ass woman and I am in charge of what I do, or don’t do. However, I am a firm believer that the past may explain how one’s mind works, how one’s understands and interprets. The way I speak, the reproaches I make –which are quite harsh- are a reflection of the way I was spoken to. All my life. It doesn’t make it ok. It doesn’t excuse what I do. But unconsciously, this is the way the words come out. Similarly, my friend’s reaction can probably be explained by something in his past.  I believe that people would be much more compassionate if they would take the time to understand a person’s motives. I was speaking out of love to this friend. Tough love but love, nonetheless. I hope he forgives me. If he doesn’t I can’t blame him. By being careless with his feelings and indulging in my need to put my two cents, I may have reopened deeper wounds. And compromised trust. Well, shit. Must keep my stupid mouth shut next time. And learn tact. Here's to improvement. xox

 

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Let us go

 

Back to the 50's! xox

Escape to the sea

All images via Dust Jacket Attic

One of the best editorials. Dream-inducing. Wish i was there. And you with me. xox

Secrets

Here's to the freakin week-end! Can't wait to take some time to blog a lil longer and appreciate my friends' company. xox

"here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
I carry your heart, I carry it in my heart" EE Cumings

Wanted

Fluidity. Bright and neutral colors. Toned legs. Oui, oui, oui. xox

Sometimes, you need to not care. Sometimes, you need time for yourself.
Sometimes, you need to realize that you can be your own best friend.
Sometimes, you need to rejoice in your circumstances.
Sometimes, you need to be angry/sad/enraged.
Sometimes, you need to be uninspired.
And sometimes, you need to turn your back on the negative. Tie your hair up and have a drink. Cheers to you.

Half

Image via Luella Loves

I used to be a glass half-empty kind of person. Now, i'm a glass half-full gal. xox

Great

Feel great. Today. There's no better time to start. Do. it. now. xox

Say hello

 

This is how I want to look like this summer. Now, of course, I'll never be this thin. Nor do I want to be. But I do want to wear flowy pieces. And colorful ones. And I want to be sunkissed. And carefree. Is that too much to ask? xox

P.S. I believe these images are from Rory Becca SS12. 

Tip of the day

Embrace thy hair. xox

Succulents

Random thought of the day: I love succulents. Possibly the only plant i could keep alive. Extra points when used as a table center. xox