Autumn Playlist

Listen. Love. Repeat. Hope you like this autumn playlist as much as I like the changing leaves.

Ingrid Does it Again

Ingrid just released her next video for her latest song ‘Blood Brothers’ today! The concept is “We’re all the same under a different name–We’re all blood brothers.” Can she get any better?

Cafe Central

No city is quite as luxurious as Vienna (except maybe Paris). The shopping, the opera, the Habsburgs, and last, but certainly not least, the coffee. Vienna still embraces the original function of...

il sole

Reminiscing about the Italian sun. blazer-zara : tank top-bebe : belt-lucky : jeans-express : flats-market in paris According to that handy dandy book in my hand this foot is really important. And...

on repeat

Dear Florence & Lana, I can’t seem to get enough of either one of you today. You two make the LSAT a little more bearable. Thanks for that.

Domesticated

After having travelled the world and snagged the boy back I figured it was about time I learned a little bit about domestication. Cooking, cleaning, & craftiness aren’t exactly my cup of tea, but...

Take me to my dreams

Staircase III by Do Ho Suh While visiting London I made sure to pencil in over half a day for the Tate Modern. This intriguing installation piece is only one of many many thought-provoking...

Tulpenmanie

a.k.a. Tulip Mania This phenomenon has taken over in my house. Gotta love spring & a good macro lens. Gosh, I miss the Netherlands. Photos from Amsterdam coming soon.

Day One: Mussels in Brussels

For the new few weeks I am going to share several highlights from my epic tour around Europe with all of you lovely readers. To begin I made a quick stop in Brussels and I must say it is quite an...

Around the World in 32 Days

Sorry for being m.i.a. the past month I have been traveling around the world. I went from Oxford ➝ London ➝ Brussels ➝ Amsterdam ➝ Prague ➝ Vienna ➝ Salzburg ➝ Venice ➝ Florence ➝ Rome ➝ Barcelona...

Never Say Goodbye

Warning: This is about to get all up in my head & my thoughts. Tonight I had to begin the long process of saying goodbye to everyone here in Oxford. My European adventure starts Wednesday and,...

Wednesday Words of Widsom

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First Place Wins the Race

I GOT A FIRST In other words, I got an A, but it feels like a super A because it’s Oxford and it was in EU Law and all of the extra hard work unbelievably paid off in that one little word ‘first.’...

Wednesday Words of Wisdom

In the past sixty hours I have written three Oxford essays totaling 7,500 words or 26 pages double-spaced. And survived. Phew. via

Some Days

Some days you wake up only to find you have a headache from writing two essays the day before and you were supposed to wake up two hours ago to start writing another 3000 worder that’s due at...

The Tale of Jack Lewis and Baroness Biscuit

Tonight I had the pleasure of attending an intimate lecture here in Oxford featuring Lawrence Harwood, C.S. Lewis’ godson. Just today I had my first tutorial on C.S. Lewis and this was a great way...

The Oscar Goes To

Confession: All I wanted to do for the last few hours of my birthday was curl up on the couch with a bottle of wine, some french cheese & crackers, & watch the Oscars. My friends & I had a little...

The Big Day

I just can’t get enough

café + macaroons Thanks to The Missing Bean I am maintaining quite a happy level of caffeination. Lots of work to finish before my birthday weekend.

Eye Spy

with my little eyes the London Eye, Big Ben & the rest of lovely London. We had a pretty perfect ending to our perfect day in London. After walking all over London in the cold & English mist, we...

Wednesday Words of Wisdom

I’m gonna build a mountain from a little hill. I’m gonna build a mountain, least I hope I will. I’m gonna build a mountain, I’m gonna build it high. I don’t know how I’m gonna do it, only know I’m...

A Chilly Stroll to Trafalgar Square

After leaving the V&A we were off to check out the Covent Garden. Friends of mine had recommended it & so we were just passing through on our way to London’s infamous Trafalgar Square. I foolishly...

The V&A

After breakfast we popped into the Victoria & Albert Museum. Fun Facts about the V&A: It’s the world’s largest museum of decorative arts. This means it houses all kinds of things like ceramics,...

Le petit-déjeuner in London

So I have quite a few photos from London (and by quite a few I mean several hundred). I’ve decided instead of overloading one post with all of them I am going to give little snippets of my weekend...

sugar, sugar

ah–honey honey. you are my candy girl. So other than learning all about international legal treaties and reading pages upon pages of case law– all of which would probably bore most of you–I have...

Champagne & Cotton Candy: A Black-Tie Affair

Last weekend we had a little piece of Paris right here in Oxford. The Oxford Union, Oxford’s most infamous debating society — founded in 1823– held their biannual ball. This term’s ball was Moulin...

Wednesday Words of Wisdom

This week’s words are inspired by the amazing video below and my recent trip to Alice’s Shop here in Oxford [photos coming soon] via

Guest Post: A Peek Through My Spectacles

Hello! This is Anna from Spectacles, and while Jacquie is off having a fabulous time in London, she asked me to do a little guest post for you. I’ve been back in this country for approximately 50...

London Calling

I’m off to London for the weekend to see the sights and reunite with my American loves. + = a very excited me :) I’ll be back Monday with photo overload. Cheers.

Fancy a Photo–New College

This is my college. It was founded in 1379. I know it’s hard to believe students still use these buildings for sleeping & studying–including me! And if that isn’t impressive enough for you–do you...