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. :)

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!

Artist: First Aid Kit

Album: Drunken Trees {October, 2009}

Song: Our Own Pretty Ways

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!

My First Stop Motion Video!

Song: Autumn Hill by Jon Hopkins

It's really quite hard to draw a picture one little line at a time. My trees usually look much better. But I love the video. It's not perfect, but hey, neither am I.

It took about 530 photos to make this. Hopefully this is the start to  more awesome stop motion productions from me. I can't wait to see what I can accomplish.

My lovely sister has already asked me to make a stop motion video for her company Aroo Studio. I can't wait. I already have a story concept and can see it in my head. Good things always happen when I envision them first. I'm so excited about this.