Smile File-HELLO!

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Mental Floss did a fun list of literal translations for greetings in different languages. I kind of love how these little phrases reveal a bit about the cultures. Here are my faves quoted from Mental Floss’ list. 1. Victory to you! Gamarjoba! Language: Georgian Where it comes from: Georgia, a tiny nation in the South Caucasus, a region that over the last two thousand years has been invaded, conquered and subjugated dozens of times. 2. Have you eaten rice? 喂,… View Post

My Favorite Day at the Beach-FTF Blog Event

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For this month’s Full Time Fabulous Event, Kristy Eléna asked us to draw inspiration from the beach. I looooove the beach. The feel of sand under my feet the smell of salt water, the sound of the waves and the relaxed, slow paced attitude in the air makes me feel like I’m in another life. So I decided to share with you my favorite beach trip EVER for my beach inspiration task, which happened on my trip to Negril, Jamaica… View Post

What I Wore-Date Night with The Voice

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If you follow me on twitter you might have an idea that me and the BF’s favorite date night activity so far this summer has been staying in and watching NBC’s The Voice. This is what I wore to our last date night with The Voice. First we grabbed some dinner at our go-to Italian place in Queens, Pasta Lovers. This place doesn’t look like much but the food is delicious. I’m sorry, but I think my BF has one… View Post

Smile File-Where the Sky Meets the Earth

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So our planet is pretty amazing. While stumblin’ the other day I came across the Salar de Uyuni on Daily Random Facts and it really took my breath away. Salar De Uyuni in Bolivia is the world’s largest salt flat. This is what the Salar De Uyuni looks like typically. Already gorgeous, but during the rainy season in winter Salar De Uyuni turns into the world’s largest mirror blurring the distinction between sky and Earth. Can you believe this is… View Post

Smile File-What’s Your Doggelganger?

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I saw this site in New York Magazine’s Approval Matrix a couple weeks back and could NOT resist! Maybe the BEST marketing tool I’ve seen in a long while. The Pedigree Adoption Center in New Zealand created this fantastic site to raise awareness of the thousands of dogs that need a home. Super simple and fun site, promoting a fantastic cause. You can either upload a picture or take one, I just took one with my laptop. Then they do… View Post

Blog Love <3-The Blogsphere Is So Kind

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I was gifted with some blog awards a little while ago from some pretty special ladies. Adorable Blog Award from- Jean of Jean of All Trades One Lovely Blog Award from-Laura of Artfully Artista Sunshine Award from-Madison of Fashion Tales Blogger Luxury- Rocquelle of Consider Me Lovely I am so very very honored and flattered that I was chosen by each of these bloggers. I know these lovelies have very long blogrolls and the decision they made to choose me… View Post

Smile File-Oh These Words

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I came across a post on Dumb Little Man titled “Little Words with Absolutely Huge Meaning: Use Them,” and it got me thinking. I tend to be really careful with my words because I really think they are immensely powerful. The worst things and the kindest things that have been said to me I could recite to you verbatim. How about you? Here are the top 5 little phrases to use more quoted from Dumb Little Man’s post. Thank you… View Post

Smile File-When Things Come to Life

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I am constantly inspired by people being creative. This has GOT to be the most extraordinarily beautiful stage designs I’ve ever seen. Discovered on Storage Geek this image from the Bregenz Festival in Austria on The Telegraph. The Bergenz Festival is a performance art festival held during July and August in Bregenz and they have become very famous for the Seebühne (or floating stage). The image above is from the 1999 production of Verdi’s A Masked Ball. Here are some… View Post

IFB Links á la Mode

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I am always really grateful to be featured on IFB’s Links á la Mode. The amount of bloggers who contribute and the quality of the content always sets a really high bar, so every time I make it I squeal and gasp. Last week I kind of had TWO(!) posts that made it, which had me flipping out with joy. Thrilled and really, really flattered. Thank you always IFB– I heart you like mad, thank you Jessie from Denimology for… View Post

Smile File-Animal Joy

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Big book crush alert! I stumbled on a Q &A with Jonathan Peter Balcombe the author of The Exultant Ark: A Pictorial Tour of Animal Pleasure on Wired (article here) and was clicking away to find out more and more about this book. Above is an image from The Exultant Ark; beluga whales and dolphins have been seen blowing bubble rings in the water and swimming through them. Balcombe says that this has been mainly observed in captivity and provides… View Post

Fathers Day Finds at Miss Malaprop

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So Father’s day is nearing, friends. How that happened, I do NOT know! So it is no accident that my Shop for MORE feature this week has wonderful options for the daddies that make the world go round. Mallory Whitfield is the wonderful woman behind Miss Malaprop and I can not tell you how thrilled I am to feature her shop here. Long before I was blogging I was an avid blog reader and I have loved Mallory’s blog for… View Post
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Punch Lines-FTF Blog Event 6/8

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For the June Full Time Fabulous event Kristy Eléna asked us to be creative in interpreting Summer trends. Part of me feels so much is on trend right now; from lacy nudes to the brightest color-blocking to sharp minimalism or an easy bohemian style-all are pretty right on trend right now. I love a great many of these trends, so picking one was really difficult. But then I happened on this April Vogue piece: Punch Lines Gasp, hand to mouth,… View Post

Smile File-Junk Mail

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I love art made of unexpected material. Talk about upcyling! Sandhi Schimmel Gold makes these pop-art materpieces out of junk mail. Spotted on Flavorwire. I honestly can not believe the expressions Gold is able to coax out of paper. Amazing what people are able to see and do with really simple materials. I mean these scraps of paper were probably destined for the recycling bin! I can not imagine the vision you need to create these things. People are rad.… View Post