PeSuit and Tie

  it was a feast-full of a week my friends, and sib and i treated ourselves frequently with eating out, as did boyfriend and i. while i enjoy cooking every so often, i admit i have no desire to, and will always rather eat out. i understand the health and economic benefits of cooking at home, but i'll never say to no to tacos at barrio , ramen at ichiraku , udon noodles at asian feastery, or all you can eat sushi at  kintaro . same goes for breakfast - i'll indulge in the low-key diner vibes of manhattan deli  or go for the continental buffet after church at concord family restaurant .  a very cat-oriented week it was too. on our late-night walk, we had a shadow follow us, a cat kind enough to let us pet it a million times. we also participated in a kitten kanuudle  fundraiser with amazing raffles (neither of us won). sib and i don't own a cat due to allergies, but maybe someday we'd say yes to adopting, maybe, just maybe... sib and i were the youngest attendees ...

  the start of the school year literally wiped away the heat of summer, so suddenly. summer arrives loudly, brightly and feels obnoxious sometimes. but it leaves and never gives you notice. truthfully, we still have a whole month of technical summer time, but this week i admit i'm liking the feeling of fall.  fall is my favorite season, but i feel so guilty at the beginning of it (or at the end of summer), because here in ohio we only get a sliver of true summer. or perhaps i was spoiled by my youth in dalmatia, where we had mostly summer and painful heat. boyfriend let me borrow his macbook, so it's been a bit easier instead of bouncing between library work hours, my own schedule, and sib's laptop with no storage. thank you boyfriend! on monday i dyed my hair back to copper, and had a proper therapy sesh with bestie morg, my hair stylist and wonderful friend. did i accidentally dye away the last blonde remnants of summer as well? oops.  friday i had an end of summer team...

  i come to you with another recap of my week, and a list of my fits. i've got boxes of leftovers this week - i was very international with my food and dinner choices. i made a korean bbq bowl with rice, then went to get mexican at a local restaurant, following day enjoyed an all-american cleveland wrap and a long island, then enjoyed mediterranean mezze, belgian waffles, and a chinese buffet.  one day boyfriend brought a huge pile of clothes he wanted to try on and "model" for me, which i thoroughly enjoyed, but now this pile is still in my room. bestie victoria and i went to the museum of art on saturday. she wanted to try out her newest gadget, a vintage camera with black and white film. i was interested in the fine print fair happening this weekend. after tinkering with the camera for a few minutes, we were ready for this adventure. i genuinely thought i could find some affordable prints for the house, but i was brought back to reality once i saw the 4 digit prices on...

  books of the week i completed my reading of medium raw.  my takeaway? the all american hamburger died some time ago. what would anthony bourdain think about the millennial burger joint meme circulating?  i want to try a tasting menu one day in this lifetime, as well as to visit a michelin rated restaurant.  my new read is unmask alice  by rick emerson . i read the book go ask alice  when i was in 4th grade, and it left a mark on my impressionable preteen brain. this book, however, uncovers the truth and backstory on how this controversial book/diary was actually a total scam, and how it boosted the drug panic and satanic panic (as the "anonymous author" also wrote a similar diary about a teenage satanist). i am so excited to dive into this investigative piece. 15 years later, let's uncover the truth about alice. 

  music of the week i discovered the app  airbuds  recently. it reminds me of the time spotify had the social feature where you can see what friends are listening to in real time. not sure if this is weird, but i like seeing what others listen to. i'm always itching to discover new music, and who best to find inspiration from than from your friends? it's cute and simple. 

  music of the week record store day was on saturday and i was eager to get a hold of more vinyls for my collection. while i was at the thrift earlier in the week, i discovered a ton of old jugoton  vinyls, which is a famous record company of the yugo days. most of these were just opera and orchestra hits, but still, i am never able to fly back home out fear of warping vinyls so i'll take what i can get here. i lucked out at record den and got an lcd soundsystem   vinyl called x ray eyez  including the original mix and a trash can dub. getting sleazy this week... some discoveries of the week are bands from cro like žen  and chui . žen was caught in a controversy for simply being a lesbian shoegaze band, that was supposed to perform at a children's cultural festival in the home of ivana brlić-mažuranić - the most famous children's author in croatian history. we've heard this story over and over, of parents supposedly freaking out about what ideology is a que...