Japanese Nail Art

I'm loving all things Japanese lately, including Japanese Nail Art:



Hello Kitty



Bows!  My favourite!



Cupcakes and Candy





Now, I don't know if I have the gumption to pull off a full set of these nails- but I appreciate those girls who do! Maybe just one bow on my ring finger...hmmm....

Valentine's Day

When I was little, my Father would walk up to the local grocery store and always buy my brother and I heart shaped boxes of chocolate on Valentine’s Day. He would “surprise” us every year- they would be sitting at our breakfast spots, so we would get them right in the morning on February 14^th. I loved those boxes. They weren’t like the ones nowadays with cartoon characters selling cheap chocolate. These ones had waxy pink roses on them with white lace trimmings around the edge of the red heart shaped box. They were so pretty and I loved opening the cover and seeing all the intricately decorated chocolates sitting perfectly in their little brown paper cups. That’s the thing about my dad, he loved to celebrate the good things in life.


So for me, Valentine’s Day isn’t about spending it with your boyfriend or girlfriend, it’s about letting people know that you love them and appreciate their presence in your life. It should not be a day where half the population feels left out or relegated to the lonely hearts club. Resentment should not loom like a late day shadow on this day. Tell someone in your life what they mean to you, create your own tradition, just like my Dad did…

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Say What You Have To Say

Love is a very complex and controversial subject. But at the end of the day; when you are laying on your death bed, isn’t it all that matters? Being surrounded by love- the love of your family and friends and being comforted by the things you love….your books, photographs and trinkets.

Not to mention, it’s the world’s most sought after commodity. Forget diamonds, platinum and gold…if you can give people the love they long for, you would literally rule the world.

As Anais Nin once proclaimed:
Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish it's source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishing.

Tell your friends and family you love them whenever you can. Tell them with gusto and wild abandon and don’t ever be ashamed to say it out loud and often. You won’t regret it.

I love Adele!

If you have never heard Adele's music before, you must go to iTunes and download "Rolling in the Deep" immediately. Anger +  Melancholy=  PERFECTION! Trust me, you will love it!

Check out some of the lyrics:

Finally I can see you crystal clear
Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your shit bare.
See how I'll leave, with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do.

There's a fire starting in my heart,
Reaching a fever pitch
And it's bringing me out of the dark.

The scars of your love, remind me of us.
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless

Now come on girls, you know you love it...! The album is entitled "21" and is out in North America on February 22, 2011.