catablogging

I have always been a fan of Ms. Watson but her spread in Vogue is to die for. Between the bright lipstick color, the slick-backed hair and the plethora of different clothing materials, Vogue did Watson right...

framed

I have been spending wayyy too much time lately trying to come up with DIY projects I can use to decorate/organize my room next year and these wooden frames filled with necklaces, pictures, etc. seem just the perfect task to undertake. Wish me luck...

LBB

Whether its holding your hair in place, tied on a garment, or placed perfectly on your shoes, the little black bow is the perfect accessory...

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crushhh

whether its playing Blair Waldorf or hanging out in pair of jeans, Leighton Meester shines. something tells me I will be following the career and style of this modern dame very closely...

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jump start

One of the most important lifestyle lessons I have learned thus far from interning is the importance of a good breakfast. While sometimes I do wake up early enough to prepare a well-thought out, delicious breakfast, other times the attraction between my head and the pillow is simply too strong. I therefore have come up with a list of three delicious and healthy breakfasts, varying from the early riser to the run-out-the-door-to-catch-my-train kind of mornings.

1. early riser:

spinach scrambled eggs

ingredients:

1 tabsp. extra virgin olive oil

2 cups of fresh or frozen spinach, defrosted and drained of any excess water

2 cloves of garlic minced (or 1 tbsp of pre-minced garlic)

1 cup of egg whites (or 3 eggs)

1/4 cup of light mozzarella or cheddar (add pepperjack for extra flavor)

instructions:

1. heat oil over medium flame in a small skillet. add garlic cook for 1 minute or until fragrant

2. stir in spinach cook for about 2 minutes, until spinach is heated thru and excess water has evaporated

3. season spinach with salt and pepper

4. add eggs and scramble till cooked

{love the burn blog}

2. pressed-the-snooze-button-once-but-since-have-time-for-a-legitimate-breakfast:

breakfast parfait

ingredients:

1 cups low-fat vanilla yogurt

1/4 cup low-fat granola without raisins (such as Kellogg's)

1/2 tablespoon slivered almonds, toasted

add in own amounts of: strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, fruit preserves & whatever else!

instructions:

combine all ingredients, varying the different levels so you can fill each bite with as much goodness as possible!

{cooking light}

3. run-out-the-door-to-catch-my-train:

egg mcmuffin

no preparation required but before you think I am crazy for suggesting mcdonalds as a delicious and healthy breakfast (trust me, I am usually vehemently opposed to eating at fast food restaurants), the egg mcmuffin is actually only 300 calories and has a good amount of lean protein from both the egg and the canadian bacon. if you want to reduce your calories further, just remove the top half of the muffin.

{real simple}

happy jump starting...

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catablogging

{images via Anthropologie}

Anthropologie has a new stellar June 2011 catalog that I could not help myself in copying over some of my favorite images. From flowy maxi dresses and skirts to perfect summer white blouses, I think this may just be my summer style guide...

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the word

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sunspiration

{images courtesy of my pinterest page}

There is nothing more chic than the perfect sunglasses combined with the perfect pout. I don't know if I will ever obtain the skillz of these ladies but they do serve well as a dose of inspiration...

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desk mess

I keep having visions of a perfectly cluttered wall right above my desk filled with pictures, postcards, quotes, etc. I am definitely a girl who can admit that I am not always the most clean and organized when it comes to my room but maybe, just maybe, if the mess were on my wall, it would not be on my desk...

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my arts desire

"re-enactments"

"when faith moves mountains"

"rehearsal I"

While I thoroughly enjoyed every floor and room of the MoMA yesterday, the exhibition which had the greatest effect on me was from the Belgian artist Francis Alys, whose exhibition is titled, "A Story of Deception." He uses allegorical and poetic methods in order to communicate his political and social messages. Check out these three clips/descriptions and I promise it will leave you with lots to think about and discuss...

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the big apple

this week I took the bus up to NYC to visit one of my best friends interning up there for the summer. there is this strange feeling about being in NYC that you don't get anywhere else: you are in the center of the universe and everything outside is irrelevant. here is to my new found love and hoping one day, I could call it home...

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book worm

The train ride to work every morning was becoming unbearable without something to read so last week I visited the local public library and stumbled on these two books by Steve Martin. They started as pages of words to fill the time but quickly became pages of words I couldn't put down....

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daisy dukes

My favorite new wardrobe addition are a pair of Levi daisy dukes but I needed some inspiration on what to pair them with. It may only be Tuesday but boy weekend, now I am ready for you...

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the word

yup...

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my arts desire

{all images via google}

I recently took a trip to the Philadelphia Art Museum to see the exhibition, Paris Through the Window: Marc Chagall and His Circle and fell in love with Chagall and his work. I could stare at these works all afternoon, and who knows, maybe I just might...

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