Posting from Portland!

I braved the Portland showers to go adventuring in the Pearl District of Portland, Oregon with an intrepid group of Gonzaga University Choir members.  The mission: eat sushi, explore Powell's Bookstore, and experience the zaney and delectable wares of Voodoo Doughnuts. Despite losing our way several times in the drizzly mire, we accomplished all of the above!

Powell's Bookstore is a many-floored, many-roomed labyrinth.  How cool is it to actually be able to lose yourself in isles and corners and crannies full of books? I bought a copy of "The Once and Future King."  I hope the sentimental pull of purchasing it in Portland will induce me to read it over Christmas Break.  

Off we went to Voodoo Doughnuts, a little shop hawking some of the weirdest and wackiest creations I've seen lately (Just realized I keep talking about doughnuts in my posts...oh well, I'm a fattie).  Come on, a doughnut with marshmallow frosting and Berry Cap'n Crunch?  Almost gross, but still delicious!  I invested in the "Dirty Old Bastard" (ironically one of the more appropriately-dubbed doughnuts): chocolate frosting, Oreos, and peanut butter.  Oh: the maple doughnut with BACON on the top of it (pictured), yes, that exists.  Did I try a bite of one?  Why, yes, I did.

Cheers to globetrotters everywhere!

MiTunes 3

Happy Friday one and all!  It is a beautiful afternoon here in Spokane, made much, much more wonderful by the fact that my dear mother is visiting for Fall Family Weekend here at GU!  We are off to soak up some autumnal ambiance sipping apple cider and munching on pumpkin donuts at Greenbluff.   I hope this music gets you through whatever you have going on before the weekend begins. 

“Sweet Disposition” by Temper Trap

Slammin’

If you have the time, listen to these slam poets perform some seriously righteous rhymes. The Old Testament prophets would be so proud.  I think Jeremiah and Isaiah understand the “angsty monologue for a cause” better than anyone.  Pardon these expletives.  I said they were slammers, not saints.   

Hopelessly Lazy but Not Altogether Hopeless

I have very little concern for my personal fashion identity.  Blame it on my Catholic school upbringing clad in uniforms, my four years at an all-girls Jesuit high school, or the fact that my boyfriend tells me I look beautiful even if I am in a pair of athletic shorts and a ratty t-shirt….I just put very little effort into my outfits and general appearance.  Do I look like the Crypt Keeper?  No, that’s just gross.  Do I look like Zooey Deschanel? I’ll keep dreaming.

Of course, none of this means I can’t dream.  So, here’s a little look at what I would wear…if I actually cared!

1. Hair/Sweater:  Of course, a classic and oh-so-boho braid.  Classy, but not over-the-top.  And yes, it turns out I CAN be considered stylish without relinquishing my love of comfy, over-sized sweaters.

2. Vest:  How can a Colorado girl pass up sheepskin and suede?  I love this because the fit is chic, but the fabrics are understated.

  3. Boots: I have a weakness for awesome booties and Indian-print fabric.  The fact that these shoes include both makes them categorically irresistible. 

4. Pack:  Well…. it turns out I have a lot of weaknesses for something I claim to care nothing about.  Canvas bags (especially the leather-accented backpack) cannot be beat.  This bag makes me want to trek off into the Swiss Alps with a pair of those tennis racket-looking snowshoes.

 5. Accessories:  Turquoise is my favorite kind of jewelry.  I love the earthy, indi look of these earrings and ring.

 

So there you have it!  The most beautiful outfit in the world.  It shows a little promise that I at least THINK up pretty combos.  If anyone feels like financing my endeavors and acting as my personal stylist, I’m open for applications! Until then:

Yours Fondly,

 Frumpy

Saturday Morning

I woke up under my fleece blanket to the finger-stiffening briskness and foggy-damp of a fall morning in Spokane. 

My favorites- Alexi Murdoch, Mumford & Sons, the “Once” soundtrack, Ben Harper, and Yeasayer (for a little flavor)- played as I read a long email from my honey.  He’s abroad, leaving India today and headed for Malaysia, but still finds time to answer every question in my emails and devise new ways to make me the happiest girlfriend in the world.  He’s a special man.

I pulled on my favorite grannie sweater (so they’re calling the fashion these days) and celebrated the autumn day with a cinnamon latte and pumpkin bread at good ol’ Starbucks.

Oh, then I returned and gave the blog a facial.  Isn’t she pretty now?

Really, what else is there to do on a Saturday morning other than browse the Internet for awesome pictures, listen to the best music, hide from the mist  in slippers, and miss someone in a way that only you and he understand? 

Enjoy the only day God gave you that will ever be today.

MiTunes 2

Due to my choice to watch far too many episodes of “Firefly” this weekend, I am now headed off to a day in the locked-away turrets of Foley Library.  However, before I go, I’ll leave you with this song: seeing as I will be bereft of any sounds save pencil scratchings and keyboard clickings, at least someone should be enjoying it.  This is from “Last of the Mohicans,” and is quite possibly the most heavenly music ever created.  Enjoy!

What a Girl Wants

Well, if you are of the mind that girls my age should not be focused on weddings and obsessing over high school boyfriends and “Men of Their Dreams,” but instead should be enjoying the dating scene, independence, and the urbane lifestyle of the young professional female, I apologize.

Because this is a post about weddings.  Wedding dresses to be exact, and yes, when I’m perusing the many sites peddling petticoats and pearlescent pictures of perfection…I do have someone in mind waiting at the end of the isle.  Call me naive, call my priorities skewed, all of the above may be true.

But that doesn’t really matter, does it? :)

So, without further ado, here’s the top picks from an afternoon spent researching…just not philosophy!

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