Where's Blair?

I heart Gossip Girl. But where's my favorite girl?





Video from CWTV.com.

Voices are instruments too

A capella.  Awesome.





Video from YouTube - NBC Channel.

The Mighty Pen...

... has to be Sharpie.  A sweet TV ad from the pen brand.

Video from YouTube - SharpieUS's Channel.

Lucky moi!

I was one of the lucky few to have been given the chance to experience the currently invitation-only website of Mr. Fabulous himself, Colin Cowie -- Colin Cowie Weddings.  

LUCKY YOU!
Congratulations! Colin Cowie has just launched a new website called Colin Cowie Weddings. The site is currently invitation-only, and you've been invited to be among a select group to test our new site.
Here's what you'll experience once you register on site: A personalized MyCollection section to store and share ideas for everything related to your wedding — from engagement to honeymoon. An Inspire Me! section filled with party ideas, fashion trends, endless inspiration slideshows, and more... Direct access to Colin Cowie himself in our Confidentially, Colin section. Bring Colin your burning questions in Ask Colin, and read all about his thoughts on wedding etiquette, decor, food and more. As a special invited guest, direct access to personal customer service and support provided by (text removed) To register for the site, click here
Welcome to our exclusive, new wedding community. We're happy to have you here.
	THANKS! The Colin Cowie Weddings

Everything was lovely, lovely, lovely -- the art, the photographs, the words, the details.  Romantic. Elegant. Personal. Just the way any girl dreams her wedding would be.


A taste of Colin Cowie Weddings:

Eagerly awaiting the public launch.

My perfect LBD

They say every girl should have a little black dress in their closet.  I may have more than one black dress in my arsenal, but I have never had what I would consider my go-to LBD -- one that is simple but versatile.  Until yesterday.  I finally found my perfect LBD at Forever 21... Well, until the next one!

The Little Black Dress

Sporty casual with a red Rue21 jacket and a long chain necklace with birdcage pendant

Simple chic with a belt by Cole Vintage, gold elephant cocktail ring, and snakeskin clutch

Pretty in a white cardigan and pink necklace

Dinner date-ready with a statement neckpiece and snakeskin clutch

Winter white cardigan, black tights, and a white and gold-studded belt

Camel coat and black tights

Paisley-printed sheer top and a clutch

Dark olive green cowl-neck sleeveless knit top and a Y necklace.

Styling and photography by Anji Panganiban.

Little Miss Library

Since graduating from university, I don't recall ever once going back to the library.  In my experience in the Philippines, the library is used mainly to conduct serious research (meaning, the information cannot be found online or the data has to come from a very reliable source), usually of the historical sort.  It wasn't a place people tended to visit for fun.

So when my husband took me to the Washington Township Public Library, I was shocked to find that it was actually, well, cool.

There was a whole wall of DVDs (regular and Blu-Ray), a room for children's books that doubled as a reading/play area, numerous displays of magazines, and rows and rows of books from teen fiction to adult fiction to cookbooks to design books to textbooks to graphic novels and so much more.  There were comfy sofas, tables, quiet nooks, computers, and wi-fi.  And their books and movies are as updated as they can get.  It's like going to Barnes & Noble (or Fully Booked), except you get to take home and read the book (or see the movie) for free! (Technically, it's paid for by taxes, but you know what I mean).

Thanks to the library, I can read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Before Ever After (Thanks for the rave, L!) before deciding if it's worthy of a spot in our little book nook.

However, I could not resist going to my current favorite place in the world and purchasing the one novel that I had long been waiting for -- it was love at first sight, and I had to have it.  Plus, I had a coupon for it -- thus, true love!

Images from Barnes & Noble.

Plastic in the wild

The prettiest plastic grows in the deepest part of the woods.

Images from Melissa Shoes.