“Follow Your Passion” is a failure. So says Cal Newport, writer of “So Good They Can’t Ignore You” a book that was drawn to my attention today through my usual process of clicking Facebook links and seeing where they take me (Thanks Andrea for the link which led to this video!) I haven’t been able […]
I tend to be much more inspired by street style images and pics from style blogs than by magazine editorials and runway presentations. These are real people, out there wearing real clothes and in that, expressing themselves unashamedly to the world. And I say that even with all the talk the last couple fashion week […]
I need to wash my hair. It has started launching its familiar passive aggressive attacks that let me know it needs attention, such as falling out (don’t be alarmed we go through this all the time). I need to wash my hair in China. So I need to buy some shampoo (and conditioner etc.) In […]
When you’re in a new city and you don’t speak the language, little advances become huge successes. Today, my roommate and I successfully got our nails done in Shanghai and it seems like a TRIUMPH. My roommate Jennifer and I had been saying we needed to find somewhere to get our nails done for a […]
Sooo…we hadda do dis ting for school called Reflective Writing where we capture our thoughts and feelings about our experience and our future plans by keeping a journal or writing a blog. So I GUESS every so often I will shift gears from the Shanghai beauty tidbits to write something a lil more personal (ugh!) […]