16 hayburn street, Glasgow

did u remember this wall before, Amy? :'(

RIHANNA

Had to share these photos of a Rihanna concert i went to in Glasgow a few weeks ago...my dear friend ANDREA popped over from DC to visit for a few weeks and the night my exams ended we celebrated with this concert at the SECC. Rihanna is an insane performer and everything - costumes, lighting, videos, set - was out of this world. As soon as the lights came up and she showed up on a platform in a light-up ballroom gown both of us were jumping up and down screaming like thirteen-year-old girls. Oh and if those of you outside the UK haven't heard of Pixie Lott, she opened for Rihanna in the UK part of the Last Girl on Earth tour and she's adorable! Look her up...both of them have amazing voices and this concert was definitely an experience, hope the photos will speak for themselves:

hope you all enjoy your sunday and happy father's day everyone!

-a

last day in london

HELLO from the u s of a where i just rediscovered two favorites: coffeehouse XM (!!) and TRADER JOES...ahhh it's good to be back in california. here are some last photos from London - the day we went to LIBERTY where i can't even afford the dust on the floor but at least they let me take photos, and then we walked around carnaby st for the afternoon soaking in the 'summer of love' events - free concerts in the street, free glass of wine at replay with an acoustic band, the amazing lomography store (note to self: develop holga film!), divine veggie lunch at BEATROOT in soho, a spin through beyond retro where serena bought the most beautiful jumpsuit in the land, and finally a tea in yumchaa (i love this place!) Oh, and then we ate fish & chips with Nicolas and didn't take time all too seriously and then missed our night bus back to Glasgow, then spent two hours panicking and finally had to pay a Megabus driver a small fortune to jump on the last (smelly) bus out. c'est la vie, 2 more hours to enjoy in London even if they were outside a coach station in the rain...

happy saturday everyone!

-a

LONDON day two

a perfect friday in london: afternoon walk through chelsea, fresh blueberries and window shopping, marks & spencer picnic by the water in hyde park, stalking the rollerbladers on our way to the tube, people watching and street art in brick lane, drinks outside in the sunset, sitting in a pizza restaurant for just long enough to take under-the-coat photos, screaming concert with side-cut-out bootyshorts and a fried plantain stall outside, listening to the kooks on the drive home from the station after catching the last train out...

and two weeks later...kisses from LA!

-a

once upon a time in london - DAY ONE

two weeks ago to the minute: we were stranded at an unlabeled bus station halfway out of Camden with a gang of Italian tourists and some underage punks eating McDonalds on the side of the road. and this was only the first of our 4 hour odyssey home...don't we miss London?? here are some favorites from the first day of our minivacation.

spitalfields:

 don't know his name but love his shirt, near brick lane:

ROUGH TRADE:

 

 

 graffiti artist at work:

us:

 

JAGUAR SHOES:

open mic night in camden:

 

 

 deserted mall after missing our bus, stratford, 4am:

and the icing on the cake...FOX ON THE SUBWAY. 5:30am

until next time. BESOS

-a