A Spot You Should All Vacay: Post Ranch Inn- Big Sur, California.

I grew up with a father who had a crazy passion for trying all the "best restaurants" and always wanting to see what action was happening. When I was 13 this annoyed the shit out of me because all I wanted to be doing was talking on AIM or pretend to go see a movie with my friends. Now that I'm older, I absolutely love it. Being wined and dined by the parents is actually one of my favorite things to do, especially now that I'm in my 3rd year of college and majority of my meal consists of Amy's Organic frozen meals. I really started embracing trying all these new places around my junior year of high school and would take weekend trips to San Francisco and tried some amazing restaurants in the city such as Gary Dankos, Michael Mina, Bix, The Slanted Door, Foreign Cinema, etc. However, my all time favorite restaurant other than French Laundry in Napa Valley would have to be Sierra Mar Restaurant at Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur, California. Big Sur itself is a place everyone needs to experience. Post Ranch Inn is absolutely breath taking. So if you're ever near the northern coast of California, make a trip to Post Ranch Inn, I promise you it will be worth the extra buck.

What a live performance should look like: 40 Day Dream

I went on a little Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros binge this summer, then stopped listening to them for awhile. I just synced my ipod after a few months and came across their music again which reminded me of this unreal video I saw of them performing 40 Day Dream.  A little of their moves are a little out there, but they perform this song with such passion. They don't have any crazy lights or background dancers in slutty outfits gallivanting around the stage. They just let go and don't care..and kind of look like they did a little too much cocaine? But hey, I'd choose to see a performance like this any day over this Pitbull and Niki Minaji bull. This is just real, pure, passionate performing at its greatest.

Song Of The Day: Wonderin Why- Aer

Aer is a group that I feel will be taking off very shortly, because they certainly deserve to. With their laid back feel, their songs are appealing to almost everyone. I love their songs "Slow Down" and "Easy" but I recently came across "Wonderin' Why" and have it on repeat. It is a perfect song to help you chill out to with an afternoon filled with homework, or if you not as lucky with me and don't have several projects, a great beach jam.

Probably the cutest cover i've ever seen...

This amazing dad and his daughter do a cover to the song I don't think anyone can get tired of, Home by Edward and the Magnetic Zeros. Hope this brightens your day.

Song Of The Day: Young Folks- Peter Bjorn and John

Great song. Great music video.

This Is What I Live For...

I'm a little late on posting about how ACL turned out, but um wow..words really can't explain. We saw so many amazing artists, but of course Coldplay just rocked my world. A lot of artists can't pull off sounding great live, but they really took things to a different level. By far my favorite performance.

In The Zone

Any true music fan knows what I am talking about. When you're driving in your car or even doing just one of your daily monotonous tasks, and that song comes on. That certain song that just puts you in another zone and lets you feel a little at peace for a moment. This song is a bonus track on Mac Millers new cd called Best Day Ever. Enjoy.

" No complainin' when its rainin, I'll be in another zone. Move out my others home to a place I call my own."

GUY TIP # 3: Fugly Sunglasses.

This guy looks pretty serious. My question is did he pick these out at the store along with that choker around his neck and say to himself "Damn, I look good." Any of this yellow, blue, orange, or red tinted glasses shit with silver rims or whatever there doing now a days makes me seriously wonder. TO ALL MEN OUT THERE..If you want to be this guy here who probably goes by DarthVader69 on his internet dating website, sport the choker and the tinted glasses.

Well first of all I'm a huge ANTI Ed Hardy person. I don't know, I guess a dragon blowing fire and bejewels never have appealed to me. I know there is a population of people out there who like Ed Hardy, and hey, that's fine. We all grow up sometime. However, for those normal, sane people out there; Ed Hardy is no longer cool (if it ever was).

Ohhh the good ol white rimmed sunglasses. I've had far too many conversations with my friends about how much we despise these babies. You could be Robert Pattinson and if you pick up a pair of white sunglasses and put them on, done. It's not 1995 anymore.

Not sure I even have to explain this one...these glasses are the definition of fugly.

Kanye West, you look like an idiot.

My Bucket List

I started making this bucket list in high school and what reminded of it is that I'm going to Austin City Limits this weekend (a large music festival in Austin, Texas) and seeing Coldplay live. It feels great being able to check another something off my list. However cliche and corny my bucket list or a bucket list in general is (which many of mine are), I think everyone should have one. Here it is so far, I'll be adding to it.

 Scientist- Coldplay

Bucket List:

1) See Coldplay, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kings of Leon, Dave Matthews, Norah Jones, Adele, Mumford and Sons, Edward Sharp & the Magnetic Zeros, Jay Z, John Legend, Kid Cudi,  and Modest Mouse live.
2) Eat a plate of spaghetti in an outdoor cafe in Italy
3) Skydive
4) Speak Spanish fluent and travel around Spain
5) Go skinny dipping at midnight in the South of France.
6) Tell a random stranger on a train in Europe my life story, get off, and never see them again.
7) See the world.
8) Ride the Trans Siberian Express across Asia.
9) Drink beer at Oktoberfest in Munich
10) Shower in a waterfall
11) Teach someone to read in a foreign country
12) Write a book and get it published
13) Make a large impact across the world
14) New Years in New York City at Time Square
15) Drive across America from coast to coast
16) Sleep under the stars
17) Have my name on something
18) Donate a large amount of money
19) By my own house and spend time making it just how I want it
20) Road trip across California
21) Scuba dive in Australlia
22) Go to a rock concert
23) Survive in the wilderness for a few days with nothing except water
24) Be in or create a music video
25) Get an acting role
26) Winter in Hawaii, Spring in London, Summer in the Alps, Fall in New England
27) Make a movie
28) Be in the audience of a TV show
29) Ride a vespa through Europe
30) River raft through the Grand Canyon
31) Run a marathon
32) Write my parents a large check for all the money they've spent on me and college.
33) Horse back ride on the beach
34) Visit a real blues bar in Chicago


too be continued...

GUY TIP # 2: HAIR 101- Simplicity is Key.

Yes, this is real life. I knew this kid in high school. Kid had potential in the looks department, but then he started gelling his hair taller then kids I babysit. A Guido epidemic is sweeping our country, and I'm not OK with it. And do I even need to mention the pubic hair on his chin? Cool bro.

Ok, some girls like guys with long hair and the "shaggy look." But unless you're a model and look like Ashton Kutcher, i'd have to go with NO. I want a man, not a guy whose hair is as long as my mothers or looks a little to much like my Japanese foreign exchange student named Rica.

Well if the face he is making in this picture isn't creepy enough, the guy went a little to crazy with the hair gel. GEL RULES: If you use gel, a little goes a long way. The idea should be to make your hair look more presentable. If I can tell you have gel in your hair, you're wrong.

Famous soccer players are probably the only men on earth who can wear fohawks seriously and still get laid. Is that a necklace I see slipping out of his shirt? 

Warning: By following these tips women may become more attracted to you.

GUY TIP #1: NEVER WEAR MEWELRY (MAN JEWELRY)

So there is this pretty sketchy but one of the best taco stands I've ever had in my life near TCU campus called Salsa Limon. After a party my friends and I stopped there for "late night" and to devour some sort of greasy Mexican cuisine. I go up to the window to attempt to order my order of 2 steak tacos but was completely thrown off when this man opened up the window of his stand and had this HEINOUS necklace on. If wearing a necklace isn't gay enough, he had 2 of them on. A shark tooth and an ivory turtle..seriously? Of course I had to capture this catastrophe for the world to see.

This leads me to my first GUY TIP post to help out all those guys out there that are just a little naive with how to properly dress or act in society. So GUY TIP #1: Get rid of the fugly mewelry.

EXAMPLES:

Unless it is your wedding ring, rings on men are NEVER ok. A group of my friends and I were out and saw this very attractive guy. He offered us a drink and reached out his hand and had a giant pinky ring on, all the attraction we all had for him 5 seconds ago? Gone.

I already gave majority of my feelings about necklaces above when I was blinded by the Salsa Limon workers shark tooth, but since guys still haven't gotten the hint that wearing necklaces is not cool I figured i'd reiterate on it. Necklaces, gold chains, "bling", and ESPECIALLY puka shells are never ok. Just don't do it.

Once you pass the age of 16 and are no longer a camp counselor, the 20 different colored braided bracelets up your arm are no longer cool. Sorry.

For christ sakes, if David Beckam one of the most beautiful men I've ever seen looks gay with diamond studs, I promise you, you look even gayer. 

 

 

 

 

 

Warning: By following these tips woman may suddenly be attracted to you.

Refuse to Settle for a Life of Mediocrity

Our world is filled with people who just settle. Settle for their spouse, their job, their dreams. I have always been someone who refused to settle. I've seen too many of my friends be in relationships with guys where you literally would ask yourself "Why the hell is she with him?" I'd be there to give advice, they'd break up, get back together, he'd say something sweet, they'd get back together. A viscous cycle. Want to know why people do this? We're afraid. We're afraid of being alone, afraid of not "finding the one," and afraid of love. I know this because I've been that person for years now. I've experienced a very unhealthy relationship at a young age that completely altered my view for what I deserve in my life. That unhealthy relationship actually was one of the best things that could have happened to me. It opened my eyes to what I want in life and what I refused to ever have in my life again. I was recently in a very healthy relationship with someone who I considered more of my "best friend" then my boyfriend. We had a very normal relationship. He made me laugh and he made me happy. For once I experienced something that felt normal. Something I had to learn was that something may feel normal, but that doesn't mean it is right. I don't want to just have a "normal" relationship, I want to have an amazing relationship. After I broke up with him I just turned this song up and smiled, because a) I love this song and b) I just knew it was right.

 If more people could just get the guts to give up what feels "normal" in their life and shoot for something bigger, I think we all could experience a new happiness. I know I'll be sad when I see him with another girl, I'll miss his jokes and his laugh, but what is it that will help me move on? The knowledge that God has a plan for me in life and the right guy is out there for me. I'm only 20 years old and by no means will I ever need a man to define me or make me happy. It's time for me to be alone, enjoy my youth, and figure out "Jessica." And when "Mr.Right" comes along...I'll know.

When buying music was more than just iTunes.

I can remember when I was a teenager in high school and I was at my beach house in Santa Cruz, California for the weekend with some friends. We were in a book store and "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" by Leo Sayer came on over the radio. I wanted this song so bad. My dad had this vintage record player in our house with a bunch of old records like Earth, Wind and Fire and Doobie Brothers. My friends and I went on a hunt around downtown Santa Cruz to find Leo Sayers album. There is something about the thrill of going out and buying a record, I wish still existed. I am only 20 years old and a millennial experiencing this social media craze head on, however, if I could I would go back to the classics. When getting a record was an event, and you didn't just have to click "BUY" on iTunes or illegally download it off line and get viruses on your computer. I loved that my Dad had that record player growing up because it made me appreciate listening to music in a different way. Whenever I hear this Leo Sayer song, it instantly reminds me of just simple times, and well, makes me feel like dancing.

What happened to CLASSIC ?

These are the stars currently on television: 

This is what girls look like when they try to be them (they're faces were blocked for their own sake):

This new fad of bleaching the shit out of your hair until it will almost falls out, having skin so orange you look like an oompha loompa, getting meaningless tattoos all over the surface of your body (yes, that heart with vines going up your side will still be there when you're a mother and an old lady), and the whole "I don't give a f*** so I flip off the camera in pictures" attitude, baffles me. What makes girls think this is OK to do, let alone, ATTRACTIVE? What happened to classic beauty? This is the type of beauty we should look up to--not wannabee Barbie:

Grace Kelly

 

Scarlett Johnason

                                                                 Audrey Hepburn

                                                                 Keira Knightley

Sweet Summer Time

This is my last full day at my internship and then I start school in a few weeks....um, wait what? Although this summer didn't consist of going to the lake or beach everyday, laying out, and sleeping in until 2pm; I've learned the most I ever have. I may not be going back to school with a bronzed summer tan, but for once, that is OK to me. RAPP really is an amazing agency. I've met great people and learned so much not only about the advertising industry, but about myself. I am so excited for the future and what is to come.