links

just some links i want to keep track of...
if youre looking and this incredibly boring blog, then i guess you deserve to as well.

http://ethicalstyle.com/blog/

http://the-coveted.com/blog/

http://www.style.com/stylefile/

http://www.outsapop.com/

http://www.wgsn-edu.com/edu/edu-members/

http://katlynadair.tumblr.com/

http://www.threadbanger.com/

http://www.bleachblack.com/

http://www.inhabitat.com/

http://modish.typepad.com/

http://www.stylewillsaveus.com/

my boring summer

lazily written to kill time:

• MOVING TO RALEIGH!!! JULY 18th!!! CUTE apt on horne street behind the post office and global village! looking for all things cute to decorate it with.
• painted my room gilded pesto. like a pea green. found some amazing chairs that match, for 10 cents each of course- may or may not bring to neew apt.
• volunteering and interning at ArtQuest and Greenhill as well as greensboro ballet- kids camps. they are SO adorable. i even get to do a little bit of designing for greenhill! art camp for 3-4 yr olds next week.
• evening bike rides
• spray painting random objects
• beach in a week! then less than a week until moving day! i will probably be back and forth alot.
• M.I.A.
• Steven, please be careful.
• I was in a wreck last saturday. my mom was driving and crossed friendly but didnt see a car coming from the right. the car that hit my door was totaled. it was also being taken for a test drive. i am scratch free.
• its sad but i miss my boxed wine. they have boxed wine at target for much more than 23 krowns : (
• i want cowboy boots

this is boring.

lauren

MAD TV cracks me up

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4D0555EtAZ4


Can i have yo numba? you got a pretty ass name, girl.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cI-UYELOMmE&feature=related


i will CUT you. Sont interup, RUDE. SERERITY!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jZkdcYlOn5M

I MISS YOU

ALOT. I find myself looking at friends and random people i dont know who are at the prague institute right now and am very jelous.

THE BEST PLACES TO GO IN PRAGUE

Eat:
Bohemian Bagel(american-brunch)
Radost(vegetarian-brunch)
Slavia(by the river/across from the national theater)
Lemon Leaf(Thai)
Cafe Louvre(dinner/desert/hot chocolate)
Beas(Indian/vegetarian-lunch)
Clearhead
Klub Architect
Cafe chocolate- near penzion
Cream & Dream(ice cream)
outdoor place down dykova from penzion in the dogpark(pizza)

Go/do:
national theater(opera, play, ballet)
paddle boats
Kampa island/park
letna/metronome(skater/dog park)
Vysherad(view)
zoo

Shop:
H&M wenceslas sq. toward Muzeum
H&M wenceslas sq. to the left
Zara wenceslas sq. to the left
Mango wenceslas to the left
second hand store in merto/train station, Hlavni Nadrazi(red line)
Sasch- also in train station
fabric store near penzion- ask nina{designer scarves on the bolt
flea market @ Koblenova(yellow line)
Flora- mall/cinema @ flora
Albert-groceries
Tesco- groceries(walmart/target)
napoje- by the penzion(produce/convenience store)
market- by studio(produce/gifts)
Vintage- michalska
Andy's Laundromat

Party:
Radost(Namesti Miru)
Infiniti(flora)
Yusudu
Lucerna-80-90's night fri/sat
Nebe
Fat boys
Bukowski's- free sangria for girls on tuesdays @ 6
Peach pit- beverly hills themed bar- one block toward metro, several blocks left on the left

MILAN.BERGAMO.PRAGUE

MILAN!!!

yay! milan is amazing! the people are incredibly stylish- they are all about their designer names. and gorgeous. they are collectively the most beautiful people in the world.

so. we left for Milan lest tuesday at 4 am. once we arrived, we immeadiately went to the city center and saw the DUOMO! while exploring, marie, emily and i saw the opera house and signed up for extra tickets! it turned out to be quite a process. but we got them! for only 12,50 euro! we even went dress shopping and had a balcony photoshoot! we saw cyrano de bergiac. it was BEAUTIFUL. my first opera in the most amaxing opera house, granted our seats left much to be desired but it was the best experience.

during the course of our trip, we also went to an art museum, explored milan, went to the st. ambrogio church with ancient remains, an extravegant italian graveyard where we took an hour to wander the huge sculptures and paths on the most beautiful day.

thursday, we went to the Milan fashion fair- our professors got us hte hookup, students werent tecnically allowed until friday. we learned all about the trends, colors, innovations, etc for the spring/summer '09 season. they also had vintage clothing vendors where we went shopping! we got to meet the main trend designer/decider. he is a BIG deal- he and 5 or so other people basically decide the colors and trends for future seasons for textile industries to make fabric. he gave us the scoop on his favorite cities and designers to observe!

this was valentines day, so ofcourse, we all went out to dinner at a cute little italian restaurant on the canal. we had happy hour(a favorite of the italians), red and white wine, and lasagna. later, we finished the night at a psychadelic bar around the corner.

another highlight was walking down Via Del Spiga. the 5th avenue of milan. every big designer you can imagine all in one place. the windows were amazing and so were the clothes. i probably got a picture infront of every store. haha versace, balenciaga, prada, d & g, armani, burberry, loui vuitton, roberto cavalli, valentino just to name a few.

on friday, we traveled to Bergamo, a small town outside of Milan. there is a modern part and an old town section on te top of a hill, making for beautiful scenery on the outside and a tight maze of shops and paths.

i am officially addicted to pastries. we found a couple of shops that made pizza, sanwiches, and flaky pastries bought by the kilogram. thank goodness prague does not have a shop on every corner.

we spent most of saturday in bergamo's old town. our flight was at night so we got back late but i, for one was extremely happy to be back.

since we got back, we had a fieldtrip in our beekeeping class to the bee... farm? we took a train, a path and a boat to get to the middle of nowhere. we hung out with about 7 hives, saw the queens, extracted some honey, ate ALOT of honey. duh.

we got back just in time to make opera night at the institute. everyone in the program got dressed up to go see a czech opera resembling the little mermaid. this one was completely different from the italian one, but still beautiful. i feel like an opera expert now.

thats about it for now. that is a really long post so you are a true friend if you read it all

peace.

xoxo, lauren

AMSTERDAM

WOW. that sums it up nicely.
this very long weekend was very... educational.
we stayed at a hostel in a room of 22 people, us 3 girls... our locker was broken into last night, thankfully only a phone was in there!

we visited many top tourist destinations: the hostel was centrally located in the red light district, which if you diddnt know, is the prostitution area- prostitutes rent windows where they stand in skimpy outfits. the red light about the door represents prostitution.

we visited the van gogh museum- really big and we were too tired to appreciate it : (

we also went to he ann frank museum, which was really cool/depressing.

we took a several hour walking tour and learned about the history of amsterdam, apparently the thrid most diverse city int he world?

i gained an extra belly this weekend- we got to know a specific pastry shop, rene's, quite well-4 times in 3 days? amsterdam had some of the most delicious food, especially deserts i have ever seen! chocolate croissants, cinnamon rolls, muffins, truffles, fresh squeezed grapefruit juice, and those are just the highlights.

here are some helpful hints if you ever visit amsterdam:
tip #1: about half of the population owns a bike. they are very nice people, until they get on their bikes. if you hear a pleasant bicycle bell, DIVE!

tip #2: "coffeeshop" = weed. its not technically legal, but soft drugs are "decriminalized."

tip #3: space cake is another term for a special brownie. and does not kick in for several hours, according to metabolism.

tip #4: dont take pictures of the prostitutes.


tomorrow, we are once again leaving before dawn for MILAN where we should have plenty of time to shop, will be going to a fashion fair and the small town, Bergamo for sightseeing! im excited, but exuasted!