Saturday, July 31, 2010
Lazy Saturday
Another rainy afternoon in Saigon. The waitress at this cafe keeps refilling my cup with hot jasmine tea and bringing accompanying plates of fresh lime after she saw me squeeze one into my drink earlier. She is sweet and loves trying to speak English with me, but we did have some trouble understanding each other when she asked where I was from and the words "New York" sounded apparently like some form of jibberish the first 12 times I spoke them. Luckily, understanding was established and we are becoming fast friends in this great little cafe at which I may just have to become a regular (free Wifi!).
Friday, July 30, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Saigon, the lovely.
Hey, I am back on the world wide web again after a short fall off of the tracks. Upon entering our new digs located in Ho Chi Minh I reluctantly signed back into my email account and unsuccessfully tried to access my Facebook account (the site is blocked here in Vietnam) and then realized there was ONE thing that I was actually excited to start paying attention to again via the computer : my beloved blog.
I am just getting a taste of what Saigon has to offer and so far this place is a little slice of paradise. A small but explosive city with more than its fair share of adorable hole-in-the-wall French looking cafes where poets and writers still park themselves at corner tables to dish out their delicate prose over cups of black coffee while the afternoon rain drips lazily from awnings and the air smells of spring, as if out of some beautiful dream of Paris in the 60's. I tried a Vietnamese black coffee with milk today and actually enjoyed it! I try to drink coffee sparingly but I knew I'd have to indulge in the caffeine today just to get the curiosity for this traditional beverage out of my system. Only, now I can't stop thinking about it...
Tomorrow I will be exploring more and taking lots of photographs- just not sure if I can upload anything onto my computer until my hard drive stops ignoring my pleas for more space to magically appear.
Until next time,
J
Friday, July 23, 2010
Lissie
Every frame of this music video would be a great photograph, and I love Lissie. This song deserves multiple listens in one sitting.
I've been on a computer hiatus since arriving in Vietnam due to lack of Internet and desire to connect with the outside world, but I was doing a quick email roundup while in Ho Chi Minh today and came across this video.
Listen to her song "Wedding Bells", too - it's impossible not to love.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
My new favorite label?
I'm not sure if its the perfectly messy way the model wears her hair, the fit of the supple fabrics, the effortless fit of the crop tops, or the simple romantic shades of grey, pastel pink, inky black and nude, but I am absolutely drooling over all of Standard Finery's Spring 2010 collection.
Friday, July 16, 2010
craving PARIS.
This fashion spread makes me yearn for the most romantic city in the world (New York being the obvious second, Rome the third).
I would love to take a Paris trip in the Fall.
Oh, how a girl can dream...
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