This might be a bit longer
than a usual LAZY SATURDAY post, but I figured it’s all going to be about fun,
cutesy things, how bad can it be, right?
I love reading posts
and videos about people’s current favorites, whether it’s about makeup, a book
they can’t put down or yummy burger from a new joint. It’s always fun and
encourages me to try new things.
So in a new way for
you to get to know me and my interests these are six of the things I’ve been
loving during the month of March.
Folks, this might get
girly. You’ve been warned.
1. Her
The Oscars do to me
what the Super Bowl does to the rest of the world. I count down the days,
snacks (specifically brownies) are mandatory and may God have mercy on your
soul if you ask me to change the channel.
I do my best to watch
all the nominations before the big event and my winner this year was Spike Jonze’s
Her. This was not at all what
I expected it to be but I quickly fell head over heels for this story. It’s
funny, touching and an accurate critique of our generation’s need for
technology and living in the digital era. The movie is complex and interesting
from the get go, but what really tangled me in was the chemistry between
Joaquin Phoenix’s character with his OS, Samantha played by Scarlet Johansson.
I do hope you give
this movie a shot. The dialogue is rich and meaningful and I think many people
can relate to it past the perspective of our future attached to our phones and
technology. Deep down, it’s a love story.
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I saw this DIY idea
of painting the moon on a wall of your house or room and immediately thought
‘I’m going to do that’. I’m going through a whole
decorate-and-change-everything phase at the moment and A Beautiful Mess is my favorite website for daily
inspiration on lifestyle, photography and décor (not to mention exquisite
recipes).
My bed faces a blank
wall so I think I would like to wake up facing the moon… or something like
that. It sounded better in my head. I might do that sometime soon but instead
of gold, I’ll try it with silver paint.
3. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
Okay, calm down. It’s
not like this is the very first time I’ve heard this album. But to my shame, I
did hear it from beginning to end only about a year ago.
I know many Pink
Floyd songs but I’ve never really ‘heard’ them. I decided it was to study this
immortal band and there was no better way to start than with their best-selling
album (and bestselling albums in history), The Dark Side of the Moon.
It is impossible to
describe The Dark Side of the Moon in one paragraph. Hell, it’s impossible to
describe it one long post. This is more of a drink in hand, one hour long
conversation type of thing. The best way I can summarize it is by mentioning
the immense sense of satisfaction I felt from listening to such a wholesome,
detailed album that, by far, surpasses all the sugary garbage made nowadays.
People just don’t make music like they used to in the 60’s and 70’s.
The album is pure
genius, from beginning to end. It makes you feel things, every song has a
unique mood yet you can’t imagine listening to it in any other order than the
one they chose. It’s brilliant and so ahead of its time. If I had to pick one favorite
song, it would be Us and Them.
Or Brain Damage. Okay, I can’t. I must stop geeking so hard
about Pink Floyd now.
I read The Giver for the first time as
a reading assignment in tenth grade and I loved it. Just recently, I realized
there were more than two books to the series and I had to give them a try once
again. And once again, I loved it!
The Giver takes place
in a utopian society in which everyone’s role in the community is decided at a
young age. Jonas, a twelve year old boy, is nervous about the ceremony in which
he’ll find out his fate but discovers soon enough he will have the most honorable job of them all. He will be the Receiver of memories and with such
memories he will know the ominous truth and past of his community.
While people love all
kinds of recent teenage trilogies like Twilight, meh, and Hunger Games, so so,
I found The Giver to be so interesting and much closer to what our ‘dystopian’
future could be like. It’s entertaining but also a real thinker as to where the
human race is headed.
The four books are
not exactly sequels. They tell the stories of different characters living in
this fictional world and eventually it all ties together. I hope you give it a
read before the movie comes out later this year. That way you can say ‘Oh yeah,
I knew about this way before it went
mainstream. Let your inner hipster shine for a bit.
5. Lady Grey Tea
I love tea. More
importantly, I love tea time. It’s different to a coffee break. Tea time is not
a pause from work hours to reenergize. It is relaxation with scones.
I am more of a loner
tea drinker, not by choice, but recently my friend popped by for a chat and we
made tea. She came by again the week after with a new tea for me to try.
Because I don’t enjoy Earl Grey, she brought me Twinning’s Lady Grey which has a
more citrus note than the Earl. It was lovely! It is much more delicate and
fragrant than the black tea I’m used to and I love the lemony touch. I take it
with a splash of milk and some brown sugar.
My friend now pops by
every week for tea and a chat. We feel really fancy. We are obsessed with
planning a proper tea party, with scones and sandwiches and French music.
I told you this was
going to get girly.
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6. Kakslauttanen
Artic Resort
Since this is a travel and tourism blog, I have to
add a place or country as well in these segments.
I have never seen the
Northern Lights but they’re an important one on my bucket list. However, I
never imagined I could ever be able to see them like this!
This has to be one of
the most romantic ideas I have ever heard of in my life (and I am a
romanticaholic). Kakslauttanen Resort
offers log cabins and snow igloos as accommodations as well but the glass
igloos are my top choice. Just picturing curling up in bed with hot cocoa while
watching the green and blue streaks of lights of the Aurora Borealis makes me
want to start saving up right now.
The only downside of
it is that it’s really more of a romantic getaway idea or a honeymoon
destination. None of those are in my recent plans. Oh well… someday.
I hope you enjoyed
this ‘Favorites’ post and getting to know all my current obsessions with books,
movies, music and travel sites. Let me know what a few of
your favorite things are (I tried very hard not to quote Sound of Music
throughout this post).
Have a great weekend!
M xx
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