Books, books, books... and other stuff

There has been so much talk about books and libraries today. I talked about it with a co-worker, and then there has been several entries about it online (The Glamorous Librarian, Elegant Musings and UnderbaraClara have all written something about books or libraries). After reading so much about it, I've been dreaming of summer. Not because of the warm weather, but because I can read all the books I want to read. Hopefully I will get the chance to visit the wonderfull library in my hometown. It is long overdue! I used to go once every week with my sister and my granfather when I was young, and I really miss it. There is something special with a library. Even though I love the fact that you now can order everything you want for a small price, I still miss the old days when you borrowed as much as you could (and want) and managed to read through entire sections. Libraries were (and still are) magical!

Since I can't read any other books than schoolbooks at the moment, I ordered some coffeetable books online (I will show them to you in another entry)


(picture found on weheartit)


And I just want to say thank you to Leanne Elizbeth Manning at Ramble On for giving me a blogaward. According to the award I will have to write 7 facts about myself and to pass it on to 7 other blogs. I'm terrible at writing facts about myself so I will simply scip that (sorry!), and since there are so many lovely blogs out there, I want to pass it on to every blog I follow. Click on my profile and then you can see the entire list. There are so many amazing blogs on that list, so I recommend you to take a look. Other than that I would like to say hello and thank you to my new followers. So sweet of you to follow!

Just want to wish you a good weekend with a song:



I'm going out for a music quiz and some beers!

Food choice

When I moved from my mum and dad I was very excited to try and not eat the same food everyday. I come from a family were we only had one kind of dish for each weekday (almost at least). When I moved, I tried to make different dishes, but then I stoped trying and started to eat the same over and over again. So I was thinking: I want to try different recipes (or at least more than just a few dishes). I spend most of my time at school and reading, so I don't want to spend alot of time making food. Still I want to try when I have the time, and to eat more fruit and vegetables.

Today I toasted a ciabatta with cheese and ham, and made a salad with peppers, carrot, spring onion and rucola salad + a banana and orange smootie


Do you have some good recipes, or some food blogs you can recommend?

Oscar nominations

The nominations are finally here, and I have to say that there were very few surpises. I will make this years list of my predictions and favorites when I've finished watching all the movies nominated, but I got a few left. So here is a list of all the movies nominated this year (the number stands for how many nominations the movies recieved this year):


Movies I've seen:
Blue Valentine (1)
Inception (8)
Black Swan (5)
The Kids are All Right (4)
Winter's Bone (4)
Dogtooth (1)
Social Network (8)
The Fighter (7)
The Town (1)
Rabbit Hole (1)
127 Hours (6)
Alice in Wonderland (3)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt 1 (2)
Salt (1)

Movies I would like to see:
The King's Speech (12)
True Grit (10)
Biutiful (2)
Toy Story 3 (5)
Animal Kingdom (1)
How to Train Your Dragon (2)
The Illusionist (1)
I Am Love (1)
The Tempest (1)
Incendies (1)
Outside the Law (1)
In a better world (1)
Barney's Version (1)
The Way Back (1)
Another Year (1)
Hereafter (1)

Movies I don't want to see:
(because they are nominated for minor awards or I can't be bothered)
The Wolfman (1)
Unstoppable (1)
Tron: Legacy (1)
Iron Man 2 (1)
Country Strong (1)
Tangled (1)

Documentaries and shorts
(I will see if I got the time and I can get a hold on them)
Exit Throught the Gift Shop (1)
Gasland (1)
Inside Job (1)
Restrepo (1)
Waste Land
Killing in the Name (1)
Poster Girl (1)
Strangers No More (1)
Sun Come Up (1)
The Warriors of Qiugang (1)
Day & Night (1)
The Gruffalo (1)
Let's Pollute (1)
The Lost Thing (1)
Madagascar, a Journey Diary (1)
The Confession (1)
The Crush (1)
God of Love (1)
Na Wewe (1)
Wish 143 (1)

Retro inspired catwalk #6

Christian Dior
(Spring 2011 Couture)
Paris Haute Couture weekend has started, and John Galliano is one of the few who understands that often less is not more: more is more. The style is in many ways retro: 40s tailored skirts, 50s silhouette with full skirts, cinched waists, hats, and 40s/50s hairstyles, but on the other hand the silhouette is so over the top that it sometimes give me that baroque feeling. If you mix in the masks as well, it feels like a glamorous masquerade ball. On top of that you have this kind of futeristic makeup look going on. Galliano makes this bold mix look both sexy, flirtatious and elegant.

Pictures are taken from style.com, and I would recommend you to take a look at the complete collection and the wondefull detail shots.

Models:
Yulia Kharlaponova, Olga Sherer, Nimue Smit, Melissa Tammerijn, Maria Kashleva, Magdelena Frackowiak, Lindsey Wixson, Lee Hye Jung, Laura Blokhina, Karolina Kurkova, Julia Saner, Juju Ivanyuk, Jac, Georgina Stojiikovic, Frida Gustavsson, Daphne Groeneveld, Caroline Brasch Nielsen, Carolin Loosen, Angela Lindvall, Alin Baikova, Agnete Hergelund, Karlie Kloss

Retro inspired editorials #6

The Chic and the Cars by Sofia Sanchez & Mauro Mongiello
for Vogue Gioiello
(october 2009)
I just love this colorful fashion editorial with its mix of bright colors and pastels. Giovanna Battaglia is the stylist of the shoot and boldly mixes a 50s style with a more edgy and modern look. Take a look at the pictures in full scale for a more pleasant view.
(Pictures are once again taken from Fashion Gone Rogue)

Golden Globe fashion

First of all I have to say: yawn! The fashion on this years Golden Globe was far from exciting. I'm so tired of strapless and asymetrical dresses, and there were very few who had the entire "package". My two favorites has to be January Jones (the dress had some elements I didn't like, but it actually looked fantastic on her, and her hair and makeup was gorgeous) and Jayma Mays (she had the whole package and a look which I loved). Here are some pictures of the two and some pictures of some other looks I liked (even though most of them lacked that little extra), and lets just hope that the fashion of the Oscars is abit more exciting!

Jayma Mays in Alberta Feretti

January Jones in Atelier Versace

Leighton Meester in Burberry

Scarlett Johansson in Elie Saab

Sarah Hyland in Max Azria Atelier

Sandra Bullock in Jenny Packham

Michael Douglas in Canali and Catherine Zeta-Jones in Monique Lhuillier

Jo Andres in Nanette Lepore and Steve Buscemi in Agnès B

Jeremy Renner in Prada

Emma Stone in Calvin Klein Collection

Dianna Agron in J Mendel

Brad Pitt in Versace and Angelina Jolie in Atelier Versace


pictures from style.com