PeSuit and Tie

  the start of the week goes in a haze of last minute cleaning and packing, and stress-calling boyfriend, confusing each other with our check in for the flight. add on time zone incompatible face times with sib, leaving her up until late at night, and myself facetiming the sun away.  yet the thrill of flying awaits me once again, as i take boyfriend - and you guys - into the fall world of my childhood. my diet for the next 2 and half weeks week 1 was filled with jet lagged mornings, shopping trips and last minute olive oil process. we went hiking in a local national park paklenica , where our aunt competed with us (yeah, my stamina is at an all time low - i'm in hedonist mode). we treated ourselves with a fish dinner and bottle of wine friday night.  new yorker h&m new yorker our haul consisted of two bomber jackets (red leather for me and a nylon blue for sib), and sib got some walking shoes from h&m.  i went through our childhood closets, uncovering so...

  blogging from my childhood bedroom, of course i get a pang of nostalgia. little one direction lyrics strewn across the walls in our rooms, so tiny our parents wouldn't notice, smudges of tape stains on our doors where 5sos and 1d posters once hung, and other memorabilia of sweet teenage hood.  besides myself reminiscing hard - the internet too, does an amazing job of reminding me of silly things the internet once was.  here's some words that could associate what inspired me  this week: polyvore , imagine , one direction, weheartit ok i'll spoil it for you. this week i wanted to talk about the old app  polyvore , a fashion moodboard app that held many of us teen and young adult women in a fashion chokehold. it was used as a styling tool, inspiring us or helping us document what to wear. i used it to log my outfits like i do on merazine  or indyx  now. it was also a tool that made the one direction fandom so multidimensional. side note here: one direct...

  books of the week this week i have been slowly reading the period brain. when with family, i do get distracted with a million other things to do, but i am enjoying educating myself on the mysteries of womanhood. movies of the week i've been watching some interesting movies on our local tv. parents don't believe in cable, so we are at mercy of the gods of local niche blockbusters.  boyfriend and i watched the croatian  film šal ša  - a zombie apocalypse comedy about people on a small island, infected by mystery tomatoes. nationalistic songs save the day. we watched hit man  starring glen powell and adria arjona. glen powell's hair pissed my off so much. but the film was tense with an interesting ending. it's loosely based on a true story (with some obvious hollywood tropes).  late friday night, boyfriend and i stayed up, sort of watching this strange movie with a great cast but severely depressing plot: powder blue . starring ray liotta, patrick swayze (hi...

sib was dropped off to the airport end of this week, for her "vacay" to start. don't be alarmed, by vacay, we mean harvesting the olives our parents own. meanwhile, i have a few days of prepping and packing. i shared with you my packing list, months ago - was it vermont or pittsburgh trips? well, here i am to share my essential packing list for this month's big trip.  somewhere on the indyx realm on substack, i read that 12 items can be enough for a two week trip, they used as an example, to europe. of course i was up for the challenge. i love a good no-fuss packing list. and i am grateful to have a semi-wardrobe back in croatia (and a love for shopping, am i right?). still, i haven't been in the homeland during fall, since my senior year of high school. through the years my fall/winter wardrobe diminished, due to the oversaturated summer trips and necessity for summer wardrobe space in my parents' tiny apartment.  let's get onto what's in my suitcase....