Costa Rica Photo Diary

Heres for some serious over-due photos, from my extremely eye opening trip, mid march. 

Did you know, places out of North America are... sort of different? who woulda thought right..

Ha. Well i'm not actually that oblivious but really, it was pretty cool experiencing some rad things, foreign to what i'm used to.

All these photos were taken with my lomography (non-digital) fisheye camera.

I mean, yea Costa Rica is different but not in the sense everything is blurry and fisheye-d! bad joke? 

Well Enjoy! 

The Out-of-the-plane-window photos always seem to fascinate people way too easily.
i mean considering how simple they are to take, and how they always somehow turn out to look cool.
I'm a fan

Some cool Scenery taken in the car during one of my re-occuring extremely long car rides. 

Seems to represent a dessert... but its not.
I like how the trees are eerily perched up like that

I don't remember what i was trying to take a picture of here before the sun boldly interrupted.... hmmm

Manuel Antonio

Funny story, We booked a walk through the National Park, assuming we'd be trekking through a rain forest with monkeys swinging in the trees above us and frogs jumping at our feet.

you could imagine our shock when we arrived and were told this is not called the "rain forest" rather.. it was called the "humid forest" This flower was about the depths of my viewings.

well not actually, i did see some monkeys on a beach which is slightly unusual. For me at least. 

My camera chose to neglect the fact that the tree trunk was actually white.
Yea, i suppose you could say eucalyptus trees are pretty cool.

Just some bulls doing their day job. Nothing out of the ordinary here.

This is what palm oil is made from.. Costa Rica is profuse in this. 

A Distant view of the pool looking over the ocean.
the facilities themselves in this location were not my favourite but i dig the views. 

Out the hotel window

The next place we went to was called Arenal, but if you refer to it as heaven, i'd be able to put two and two together. 

It was a real rainforest experience. it'd rain hard for about 5 minutes then be completely sunny again, and i mean.. it'd rain so hard i'd think there was some sorta of apocalypse going on.

But it was pretty awesome, awesome enough for me to be able to disregard the facts i had an afro for about 5 days straight. 

The hotel i stayed in was filled with about 30 natural hot springs as well.. ahh so relaxing. 

Pretty (potted) Flowers that were way too picture worthy to leave out!

Just looking off the front porch of the villa.
Just Arenal Volcano behind some clouds...
all pretty normal stuff..

 Then we chose to risk our lives and zip line 660 Feet high. 

Yep i really was suspended by a rope.. this high up
Ha.. you should have seen my inability to form sentences.. or move.. after each run
But... like it was totally the furthest thing from scary.

Happy cat.. 

Ooooh mysterious

Honestly, mix a feline and a fisheye camera together and you get awesome.

Then this monkey clearly wasn't the model type because i got tail distance away
and believe it or not but it stuck its tail through the fence and swatted my right across the face.
... asshole

Another shot of Arenal volcano hiding behind heaps of clouds 

 There's something about Costa Ricans and rocking chairs... they put so many in every villa.
There were two on our porch.
So every morning i'd wake up, pour a satisfying cup of black coffee, get out a book and go on the porch to rock on a chair.. Looking out into rad scenery.. that did i mention was visible right on our porch?
resembling someone way too old, considering my actual age.. haha

Disregarding being jet lagged served me well, because every morning I'd wake up so well rested around 7am and be able to enjoy a few hours of starting at a volcano, before i actually had to do something productive. 

Really, do yourself a solid and go to Arenal, asap.

The Perfect Picture- Attachment Fix

My desktop is way too cluttered with pictures of things that are sort of amazing.

because of my weird attachment i feel like i need to do an arbitrary post, showing every-awesome-thing mindlessly sitting on my desktop, before they're moved into my 'stuff' folder and consigned to oblivion along with a billion other things. 

how nice. 

Proenza Schouler- Medium Canvas Printed Python
boring class + laptop = me creating the game "name that designer" that i obviously play against myself
you'd be surprised how many pictures you can find of rad strangers at Milan Fashion Week.

Karen Walker- Anytime Glasses
Adding to my fantasy collection of surreal looking glasses.
Thick enough rims, wouldn't you say? 

Pretty Ones Cape By: Finders Keepers- Nasty Gal
I'm not sure what it is, the fact the blue looks really nice underneath the beige.
The fact she looks like a beautiful box
or probably just because the word 'Cape' gets me every time
either way i like this whole shabang.

Twiggy Flare Jeans- One Teaspoon
Nasty Gal
Ya ya ... i dig this.
i'd be apprehensive to actually put them on but i like how with one look you warp back to a different time era.

Roma Knit Shorts- Nasty Gal
I like the whole Missoni pattern look to these shorts.
Definitely a brand i would love to own way too much of in a few years. Yea, thats a goal.
Like i mean... i wouldn't mind furnishing my home in it.. Sigh.

Tripe Forward Helix Piercing
pretty awesome piercing, all three are actually.
Hoping that on my birthday i can find courage to get it.
But to prevent an agonizingly painful birthday and fear of looking too metal, i only intend to get the middle one at the moment.
#6 here i come

Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash
Just an amazingly adorable picture that i'm thinking is very desktop- background- picture worthy.

Flowy and Lovely

I sorta feel like I’m dressed for a dream, throwing on a dainty, flowy dress that just blatantly hangs off your shoulders. Holidays always give a valid reason to over dress, just so you can walk down the stairs and eat in your usual dining room.

For my trip to Europe this summer I seriously intend to take advantage of the illusive dress code, my mind has fabricated.

Clearly it’s a potential danger allowing me to day dream so much. 

 These are some dresses currently hanging in my closet. Oh ya,  and visibly in my day dreams too. 

Alice + olivia- Cammie Trapeze Slip Dress
I dig this one, in regular lighting its really bright and really flowly.
Bascially all i ask for.

ByCORPUS -Textured Knit Midi Tank Dress
I bought this at Urban Outfitters.
Awesomely shapeless. 

Robert Rodriguez
if you were a mid-year reader, you'd know how much i obsessed over this dress.
"should i, or should i not wear it to semi?!" thankfully i saved it for the spring.
Because its, OH SO obscure that bright orange and pink aren't winter colors...

...and some i wouldn't mind having in my closet. 

Wood Wood - Printed Ontario Maxi Dress
You can find this online at Urban Outfitters
awesomely shapeless seems to be what i'm going for these days.

Alice + Olivia- Adele Maxi Tank Dress
Alice + Olivia just seems to be overdosing on great, this collection.

Fresh Air Dress- Nasty Gal
White and back-exposing is a power combination.

San Jose Dress-Blessed Are The Meek
Nasty Gal

Two Toned Maxi Dress- Shakuhachi
Its really no surprise there is the obvious dose of Shakuhachi in this post.
Actually the surprise is that there is only one... easy explanations
Trouble with the website, after physically and verbally abusing my computer for a good ten minutes and obtusely staring into that irritating spinning rainbow... i chose to let it be. 

Weekend Dress- Lovers+ Friends
Nasty Gal

So bright and beautiful. I am definitely denying what the weather network claims... 

Blog Alert!

I thought I'd get karma on my side by mentioning that Nasty Gal ingeniously just came out with a blog.

Its full of everything i have ever wondered since i started shopping on Nasty Gal.

I was overly exultant when i saw the post on how to get those "morning after" messy curls that the infamous model Kate Harrison always seems to effortlessly wear. Yea.. i thought they were her natural hair too.

Actually, as i write this my hair is twirled up into two, very attractive, princess Lea buns, in hope that with some sort of miracle, my hair will look like hers in 20 minutes. 

But you should definitely check out this blog for some seriously good advice.

http://blog.nastygal.com/

Spinning

Crosley AV room portable USB Turntable

So I have some very pleasant news to share, that after searching high an low calling every record store in Toronto I finally found the perfect record player! A Crosley suitcase-like leather box that is very retro and exactly what I had in mind! First i tried out the 2 newest to my collection.

Lana Del Rey- an artist who properly carries the ‘Pop’ genre, really, she is awesome I literally can’t get enough. I have more unpublished music of hers than not. The real, raw stuff is the best.

The xx- Such an easy listen with really great lyrics and beautiful voices. They’re like win win. My vinyl album had a song I hadn’t heard before called ‘Hot Like Fire’ which is now my favorite. I believe it’s a cover of an Aaliyah song.

And on top of all that awesomeness I found part of my dads old collection so I’m nearing 60 records now! Fair start, i'd say. It feels pretty great knowing I have the base of classic rock sitting in a box beside my bed.

I would have never guessed i'd love a hunk of plastic so much. Like when you put the needle down on the spinning record and the music starts playing its nothing like a laptop experience. The music seems so much more real.

Céline

Doing some browsing earlier today to get a sense of what’s what for spring , per usual, led me straight through the doors of Céline.

With only time to sift through the shoes, bags and glasses, on their own a knockout combination. Structured bags and cat-eyes at its finest.

The longed for glasses seem to evolve daily, before I can be decisive enough to get my hands on a pair.  Same for the shoes. The once very block like platformed shoes I once failed to get approval on have now altered to a slimmer platform, with more of a heel-type-thing but still creeper-like as ever.  Which of course my mom ended up buying this time around. I totally influenced that purchase….

When she showed them to me with such satisfaction, I made her try them on… and who would have ever guessed! They fit a lil snug… Ha. Ha. I wouldn’t be too surprised if those shoed ended up in my closet… and on my feet, a little bit more than originally planned. Whoever controls these size mishaps always seems to have my best interests in mind. Thanks! 

90MM Multiples Pump-black/sunflower suede

90MM Multiples Pump-black/flesh suede
These are the exact ones my mom bought
such a unique shoe

90MM Multiples Pump-black/dark red suede

90 MM multiples ankle strap pump in black/ lipstick red suede

90MM Multiples Pump-black/black suede

110 MM flared heel pump in black suede goatskin
I've seen a bottom-heavy heal like this before made by other designers, its a great look.
Very unusual but still simple.

i couldn't find any images of the sunglasses on the official website, but here are a few to get an idea. Love.

Two-Toned

Or a few toned, occasionally works too.

I left the amazing…and shop-less Costa Rica today and am back in Florida. 

Figured I need to catch up on…. Well… everything.

I’m liking the two-toned pieces. Mainly shirts (from what I've seen so far, but maybe skirts could be cool too).

If you wear too much you’re at the risk of looking like a block character (which is a fully figure of my imagination) but otherwise they’re good for spring! Colorful… oooh yea.

Nasty Gal- By: MINK PINK
Erika Shirt

Nasty Gal- Sugar High Blouse
Verging on the Block characters of my imagination, but not quite there.
I totally love this and all the colors, pastels mixed with a bright color.
Obviously this is a dream.

Nasty Gal- Neon Pop Shorts
The shorts are pretty awesome on their own, but if you get a flash of the fuchsia its even better.

Nasty Gal- Trimmed Pocket Blouse
i really like the two colors of this blouse together, although i could do without the metal like buttons.
I'd assume it appears differently in person. Benefit of the doubt..
All in all, great shirt. love peach for the spring. 

Nasty Gal- Lace Pocket Blouse
MMM! Pastel purple mixed with white, so peaceful looking.
Definitely not as bright as the other two-tones, but my closet is craving this shirt. seriously. 

Nasty Gal- Colorblock Racer Tank
Not as suitable for my general style, with the block of black against the hot pink, BUT i do like it in this case.