The Poppy Tattoo

Top - Monki (similar here), shorts - American Apparel (similar here), shoes - Topshop (similar here)

I'm particularly excited to share these photos because of a certain addition to my left arm. This shirt isn't most ideal for showing off a new tattoo, but I went out to New Hope with my mom and didn't want any sun to hit it. If you're ever in the Bucks County/Philadelphia area, New Hope is worth a visit... it's a quaint town with an assortment of shops stocking crafts, clothing, art, jewelry, smoking accessories, etc. There's also a ton of restaurants - we ate at a vegan place called Sprig and Vine. After seeing the size of the sandwiches served (mammoth) we decided to split a portobello panini and grilled broccoli. Despite my longtime love of broccoli and recent interest in grilled veggies, I never thought to grill it. It was so tender and flavorful. Added to my mental list of food to make, definitely.



The rest of my week has been rather dull - a few shifts at work, endlessly perusing online sales (I'm looking at you, Net-A-Porter), making and eating scones to cheer myself up from relationship issues, sleeping too much... perhaps next week, er, this week, I'll actually do something exciting.

xox Catherine

Summer Adventures

Top - H&M (similar here), jeans - Asos, cuff - antique, purse - Lulu's (similar here), shoes - We Who See

I wore this on Friday to start a weekend full of rather spontaneous adventures. I went to dinner with my friend Lauren at a farm-to-table restaurant called Harvest, which is quite good. I ordered a veggie burger and Chinese stir fry, both delicious and filling. After we finished, we met up with some of her friends and my sister, and we were on our way to a magical playground with a wooden castle I've been to a few times before.



We made plans to go on another adventure sometime in the near future, so to my surprise, I was woken up by Lauren telling me we were going to Saint Pete's Village. It's a little historical town out in Chester County by French Creek State Park, and our main purpose of visiting was to climb the rocks along the creek. It was terrifying, but very fun. After a long day of walking, we returned to my house where we ate dinner and contemplated heading into the city for tattoos. We ended up staying here and listening to old music we used to like in middle school, which was pretty fun.

She wanted to get a tattoo Sunday morning, so I told her I would accompany her. I had the slight inclination to finally get my first tattoo - something I've been pondering for months? years? - so I brought in a few sketches to the shop (Body Graphics in Philly) and did it. I now have a beautiful poppy located on the underside of my left upper arm. I'm very pleased with how it turned out! I posted a few photos on Tumblr/Twitter, but once it's healed a little I'll be sure to post better ones. And given its location, it's sure to make appearances in my regular photos...

How's that for an adventurous weekend?

xox Catherine

I can't resist...

I can't resist any spread that has a California setting, especially when it's still cold here and probably getting warm out there. I think I'm going to visit some schools there if I ever have the opportunity, I know everyone disses the whole LA thing but I can't tolerate cold. But luckily it's a mild 55 degrees today, and it's supposed to be nicer tomorrow!

Just one of the photos from the Go West spread in Nylon March 09:

Looook at those leggings! Amazing.

And I'm listening to No Doubt right now. I've been meaning to download some of their songs for an unknown reason for the past week or so, and I finally got to it.

Oh, and I think I want a tattoo inspired by this eventually:


And, for my last "oh, and": I finally finished sewing this skirt that I've been meaning to work on for the past month, but the sides got all screwed up somehow. So I have to fix that little bit before I wear it.