November 9, 2010

California Trip: Top 10

If you didn't know, I am originally from California {Bay Area}. I moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana  exactly 1 year ago. This year,  I am going back home for an extended visit for the holidays. I leave on Monday, the 15th and I am so excited, I can hardly stand it. And I NEVER get excited. I can't wait to hug everyone, and I'm not that big on hugs either.

This is what I am really looking forward to doing during my stay:

1. Staying in Santa Barbara with my big sis, Sarah, brother in-law, Adrian, and meeting their new baby,  my first nephew, Deus.

2. Eating TONS of sushi at Sushi King in Alameda.

3. Helping prepare Thanksgiving dinner with my Mom. <3

4. Family get-togethers. My family is so crazy, in an awesome sort of way.

5. THE BEACH!

Clockwise from top left: Deus, Alyssa & David {my lil brother & his awesome GF}, Mom Jessica David Adrian & Sarah, Aunt Patricia & Grandma, Jessica & Elaine, Mom & Myself

6. Hanging out with Jessica {my other big sis} and Elaine. And ALL their doggies!

7. Exploring different parts of San Francisco that I have not been to and should. {I lived 30 min away for 27 years, sheesh!} Like the Seward Street Slides in the Castro. And shopping in the Haight.

8. Playing Rock Band 3 with Brian.

9. IN'N'OUT! 

10. And last but not least, the people I will be spending all my time with.

Clockwise from top left: Haight Ashbury in S.F., Double Double from In'n'Out, Super Dynamite Roll, Unagi Roll {both from Sushi King, Seward Street Slides in S.F.

Stay tuned for posts about my trip and the crazy things I get to see, do, experience, etc...

What would you do on a trip to California?
 Let me know, maybe I'll do that too. :)

November 8, 2010

Nylon Magazine


I just got my first issue of Nylon in the mail. 

Yay!

I ordered it because I love their blog so much. I have been finding some awesome bands on that site. I hope I enjoy the magazine just as much.

MyTunes...

Just wanted to share what I've been listening to lately. {Besides the bands I just posted on this weeks Music Monday} New stuff, old stuff, all kinds of stuff.

Florence + the Machine: Girl With One Eye
Lungs {2009}


The Like: Wishing He Was Dead
Release Me {2010}


La Roux: Bulletproof
La Roux {2009}

    Damien Rice: 9 Crimes
    9 {2006}

      Miike Snow: Animal
      Miike Snow {2009}



      Animal Collective: My Girls
      Merriweather Post Pavilion {2009}



      Nine Inch Nails: Discipline
      The Slip {2008}



      Gym Class Heroes: Cupid's Chokehold
      As Cruel As School Childern {2006}



      She & Him: Why Do You Let Me Stay Here
      Volume One {2008}



      Passion Pit: Manners {entire album}
      {2010}


      This song: Little Secrets

      What have you been listening to lately?


      Music Monday Madness!!!

      Once again I have slacked off on my blogging. What can I say? I'm cool like that. Here are a few bands I have discovered during my absence:

      Summer Camp from the UK...
      My new favorite band. LOVE them!

      Artist: Summer Camp
      Album: Young EP {November 9, 2010}
      Song: Round the Moon

      The scene from this video are from the Swedish movie Love Story aka A Swedish Love Story from 1970. If you can find it to rent, I would recommend it. I loved it. It is my new favorite movie. It is definitely an off-beat, mostly visual film, if you're into that. Here's a preview from when they released the movie in theaters in France back in 2008.
                                 


      First Aid Kit from Sweden... 

      Ages 17 & 20, WOW!


      Album: Drunken Trees {October, 2009}


















      The Raveonettes from Denmark...


      Artist: The Raveonettes
      Album: 50 Years of Dr. Martens {Oct. 2010}
      Song: I Wanna Be Adored {Cover of  Stone Roses c. 1989}



















      This video is so rad!