{Music Monday} Oh Daughter

Oh Daughter is comprised of London singer, Elena Tonra. Her melancholic sweetness was essential in my London playlists, especially "Run," and I'm so happy that she has released a few more songs. My favorite is currently "Medicine." Perfection. It reminds me of the changing seasons, warms beds, and mulled drinks :-)

Daughter - 'Medicine' (Taken from 'The Wild Youth' EP) by ohDaughter

Daughter - 'Home' (Taken from 'The Wild Youth' EP) by ohDaughter

Daughter - Love (taken from 'The Wild Youth EP') by ohDaughter

Daughter - Run (demo) by ohDaughter

{Wednesday Inspiration}

A good week so far! Rahia and I took advantage of the $1 Coffee Bean deal yesterday and I got to sample the red velvet hot chocolate which was much more reminiscent of a marshmallow as well as the English toffee latte, which kept up until the wee hours of the night. Tonight, Aviva and I are planning a nice long study sesh with my personal goal being finishing my crim law outline. The rest of the week is looking much calmer than originally planned, but dinner with Rahia on Friday and an ortho appt on Saturday. Cool times guys, when the highlight of my weekend is picking out new colored rubber bands for my braces. Anyway, listen to the song below... Isn't it vaguely similar to Bon Iver's For Emma? Just a little? Lovesit. My favorite blogs, including SFgirlbybay and Cup of Jo, have been posting some amazing things lately, so check them out (a little sample is below :-) )
Hope everyone is having a great week!
xoxo

1. A favorite group and a new favorite song:

Of Monsters & Men-Lakehouse by Inepthenchman

2. Can someone teach me to dance like this?


3. Amazing - salon shots by Danish photographer Signe Vilstrup via Pretty Zoo




4. Wildflower ice cubes - a darling idea via Cup of Jo.


5. The Japanese home of Hitoshi Uchida as featured on the selby via SFgirlbybay

6. Los Angeles Conservancy hosts walking tours of Los Angeles. I want to go on the historic downtown one - who's coming with me?

Friday Afternoon at The Getty

Carrie and I checked out the photo exhibit at the Getty after my class on Friday. Amazing, as was the view. Also, how adorbz is Car?

{Music Monday} Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials

After an amazing weekend, including Bikram, vegan food, new Toms, pie tasting, microbrews, and thrifting with Nat, we woke up before dawn to get Carrie to LA. I've been at the library since 6:30am getting ready for the week and it's looking like a busy one :-)

Aviva is a godsend and is bringing me coffee, then we have a lunchtime speaker event:

"Laurel Kaufer is an attorney, mediator and arbitrator in Los Angeles, California. A UCLA and Loyola Law Alum (‘86), she has worked on resolving everything from construction and real estate to commercial disputes. One of Kaufer's most recent endeavors, (and the main topic of the meeting on Monday,) is Prison of Peace, a program through which she works with women serving life in a Maximum Security prison, teaching them communication and mediation skills in order to reduce the levels of violence in prison."

Then class time and dinner with our profs! Hopefully, I'll get back in time for a yoga class with Becky. :-)

Other plans this week include catching you all up on our weekend in LA/Fullerton as well as dinner with Rahia, finishing my crim outline, and catching up via email with my jetsetting amigos...

And of course I need a soundtrack for all of that, which is Florence + the Machine's Ceremonials. The best I could find in the sampling of the album on Soundcloud - the woman can do no wrong. Love her.

Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials by uidnewmediaberlin

Desert Shots from Halloween Weekend

A few more shots from our riverbed walk earlier this week:

{Inspiration Wednesdays}

1. In an effort to be more productive, I was tweeting and then found this site, 99 percent, which "is not about ideas, it's about making ideas happen." A lot of good info. Really into it. They have articles on motivation, organization, self-marketing, etc.

2. New food blog: Roost: A Simple Life. Gorg photography and recipes. I'm going to make the RIESLING POACHED PEAR TART WITH CHAI SPICED CUSTARD & ALMOND CRUST this weekend. Yum.

3. My obsession with puppies continues. Found via Cup of Jo, this app sends you puppy photos three times a day. OMG. My blood pressure just went down.

4. via East Side Bride come Pen & Ink drawings from Sylvia Plath. Amazing.

5. The new Madewell collection from Alexa Chung. I wish I made money. Photos for Lanalou.

6. Pinterest style inspiration:

Source: rainbowsalt.tumblr.com via Amadea on Pinterest

Source: dailycupofcouture.blogspot.com via Amber on Pinterest

Source: inspirafashion.blogspot.com via Amber on Pinterest

Source: sueswink.tumblr.com via Amber on Pinterest

Puppiez

I'm obsessed. Sorry 'bout it. This weekend, my dad, brother and I took a "hike" with Jupiter and Jasper through the riverbed by Spring Valley Lake, but I was wearing flip-flops and those steep inclines to get down to the trail gave me heart palpitations. But it was so worth it for the photo ops with my munchkins.