Thursday, February 18, 2010

How refreshing!






Sometimes I wonder how all the fashionistas attend the s/s fashion shows in what looks like one layer of clothing when it is obviously winter in ny/paris/london. Well it seems that mother nature has had her sweet revenge this NY fashion week.* Shin deep snow in the lead up to fashion week and cold weather has seen editors, stylists, bloggers, and celebs stack on the layers. Warm winter dressing never looked so good. As the pictures above show, piling on the layers can be fun and can work!  

Pics: style.com; style.com; modelsoffduty.com

*Please excuse the undertones (or overtones depending on how you read it) of schadenfreude. I am bitter and twisted. 

Bright Star & Keats


A 24 hour thoroughly stressful and unenjoyable trip from venezia to melbourne was sweetened not only by the 4 valium tablets i took for my severe fear of flying, but also by being able to watch Bright Star. When those slightly annoying airline intros that come after the all important safety instructions were finished, I hastily turned my in-flight entertainment device onto a film which I had been eager to see since it's release in Australia in December. Jane Campion's movie surrounds the love affair between romantic poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and the strong-willed Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish). It is a beautifully shot film with amazing costumes and sets. I am a sucker for costume dramas hence my devotion to period films, not to mention BBC dramas!

My sister and I were lucky enough to visit the Keats museum when we were recently in Rome. Despite consisting of only four small rooms (the rooms in which Keats lived for the five or so weeks before he died), it is packed full of information on Keats' life, upbringing and family, as well as information on his contemporaries, Byron and Shelley. After taking in all this information, we relaxed in the main room where the poetry of Keats, Shelley, and Byron is on hand to read. Ideal for a cold and dreary afternoon in Roma!  

If you haven't seen Bright Star already, go and see it! Ditto if you find yourself at the Spanish Steps with a spare couple of hours!

Picture: www.brightstar-movie.com

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

One of those day...

You know those days where your hair doesn't sit right? 

Or where you are still waking up at 3 am craving a 3 course Italian meal due to a severe case of jetlag?

Or where your alarm doesn't go off and you wake up 30 minutes after you're shift started?* 

Or where your sister steals your salvatores even though you are trying to keep them looking nice and you specifically asked her NOT to wear them?  

We all have those days right??? Well, these days are making me mental and it seems that one or three bombay and tonics on ice at 2 pm is the only thing that will make you feel better. 

Today is just one of those days...


*Does not tend to happen to the unemployed like me. 

 

I'M BACK

So I have decided to give this blogging thing another shot. I even have my own camera now. It isn't anything flash and I'm still working out how to us it properly. My return may or may not last, who knows? I like to keep you all guessing!

I have just returned from a two month European jaunt, full of frolics in the snow (complete with frozen toes), new friends, and unexpected gunshot wounds. All the lot of the Aussie backpacker I assume. 

As every traveller experiences, being home is difficult. I'm bored, tired (due to lack of sleep) and unemployed. This has meant that I am actually looking forward to going back to uni in two weeks time, probably the first time I have ever said this. 

Anywoo, just wanted to write a quick note to say "I'm back" and "stay tuned".

Love from the other side of the blogosphere!