otis & frank: July 2011

summersummersummersummersummer!

It's sunny in London! Miraculous!

(note: image is of Rio, not London, by Michael McLaughlin)

via 1st dibs

shining through the dark veil of addiction.

(words stolen from my friend Joy)

if i can't have summer then i want this

breakfast

New England fish chowder for breakfast, made from this recipe.

for what it's worth

"For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again."

– F. Scott Fitzgerald

Dinner tonight

Dinner tonight in a rainy Paris with a very old friend, perfect.

Ugh.

I kinda need a present today. Wrapped like this. Doesn't really matter what's in it.

Via brown dress with white spots

this is how we hold our bags now

via brown dress with white dots

coffee

it's evening and i'm already looking forward to a perfect cup of coffee tomorrow morning...preferably awaiting me at my desk at 8.20 am. oh it's a slippery slope....

sparkles

Drooling over Elie Saab's Fall 2011 Couture Collection...

narrow stairs, again

Another narrow stair for my friend...(bit late though, sorry...)

Via Simplypi

movement

Via That Kind of Woman and The Sartorialist

Cinemagraphs

Ohhhh cool. Lots more here.

By Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg.

swoon

This curved ceiling makes me swoon.

Via That Kind of Woman (see below for my profession of love)

In some sort of strange pavlovian response, really amazing food photos food remind me of my friend Sonnen.

(I hope this comes across as a compliment, Sonn;)

Photos via That Kind of Woman, on whom I have a fierce girl/blogger crush.