Blue Belle

Claire

JP: What are you most looking forward to in the near future?

CB: Taking Intro to Fibers next quarter and learning all that fun kind of crafty stuff with my hands.

JP: Finish this sentence: Nobody appreciates me, but someday, I’ll even the score by…

CB: Being a baller at life.

JP: Name one piece of clothing you can’t live without?

CB: Right now I’m going to have to say my boots because I have an ingrown toenail.

JP: Which do you identify with most? Crazy, Sexy, or Cool?

CB: That’s not a fair question.

JP: Yeah it is. It’s the name of a TLC album. They were music legends.

CB: Well, let’s check this off. Not sexy. Not crazy anymore. Not cool—I don’t do anything. But, I guess I’m cool to ya’ll. I’ll go with cool. Cool within this house.

JP: What word always makes you laugh?

CB:The first word that popped into my mind is pickle. It makes me giggle.

JP: What is your favorite Pandora station?

CB: 90’s pop radio.

JP: Who do you identify with most? Kate, Pippa or Camilla?

CB: I’m gonna go with Pippa. She seems very friendly. Kate seems like a cool cat, but…

JP: What is on the top of your Christmas wish list?

CB: That’s a tough question. I haven’t really given it too much thought. (Shrugs Shoulders)

10 Things that make you terribly happy:

1. My dogs (actually, just zoe) because she loves me so much no matter what
2. Eating Oysters on Christmas Eve
3.  Living in one big house with all of my friends
4.  A good chai latte
5.  Fur on clothing
6. My grey round scarf
7. Delicious homemade food
8. Live music
9. The feeling of the wind of your face while skiing down a mountain in spring in Utah.
10. The couch in the kitchen

Rosebud

Olivia

JP: What are you most looking forward to in the near future?

OL: Going to New York Citaaaayyyyy!

JP: For your amazing Winter Internshiiiiiipppp!

JP: Finish this sentence. Nobody appreciates me, but someday, I’ll even the score by…

OL: By appreciating them even more.

JP: Name one piece of clothing you can’t live without?

OL: My red bomber jacket, that is currently out of my possession. And I don’t have a coat now.

JP: Which are you: Crazy, Sexy, Cool?

OL: Probably a little bit crazy.

JP: What word always makes you laugh?

OL: Bubbles

JP: What is your favorite Pandora station?

OL: 60’s, 70’s and 80’s hits.

JP: Who do you identify with most? Kate, Pippa or Camilla?

OL: The Grandma.

JP: What is on the top of your Christmas wish list?

OL: An Instax Camera.

10 things that make you terribly happy:

1. God
2. People
3. Fresh Flowers
4. A good hat
5. My $2 cat eye sunnies from Goodwill
6. Old photos
7. Bubbles
8. Pickles
9. Driving, windows down
10. Laughing so hard that I hiccup

Survey Says

Fun fact about me: I want to be James Lipton. I mean-- no. I still want to be me, but I just want to have James Lipton's job. Have you ever watched Inside the Actor's Studio? Dude knows EVERYTHING. "Mr. Scorsese, is it true that in third grade you were sent to the principals office for cutting a classmate's braids off?" "Ms. Streep, I heard that you can do the splits. Would you mind demonstrating?" "Denzel, why don't you share with the class your ability to levitate 8 feet in the air." HOW DOES HE FIND THIS STUFF OUT?! In case you are a newcomer to this little community of Bushkans, first, let me welcome you: Welcome. And second, let me just tell you that I am kind of obsessed with interviews. Blame it on my nosiness (I prefer to call it curiosity), but I just absolutely luuuuv hearing about people's lives. I love autobiographies, I love documentaries and I love asking way too many questions. Sorry. I just want to know you more!

So, when I ran out of roommates to interview, you all thought that I would finally have to get creative and actually think of something interesting to do on this blog. HA! You had no idea about the tricks I was about to pull out of my fashion forward sleeves. That's right, folks. Joke's on you. You see, I had a golden nugget of an idea at the beginning of the quarter when I did the ginormous post about our beautiful home that I have been keeping in the wings for the perfect opportunity to reveal (or I was just too lazy to actually do it).

I was taking pictures of everyone's closets when it hit me how each of us has such a distinct and personal style. And within that style, we are all equally awesome, but so amazingly different. So, I decided to take a page out of the Sartorialist handbook and do a small series on personal style. And why just have cool pictures when you can ask awesome questions at the same time!? On top of all of this, I just know that my riveting looks at Frances, Claire, Olivia and Spencer through their vinterviews* definitely left you guys wanting more and wondering when you were going to be able to get the chance to know all of them better. Well, rest easy, friends. Let me introduce you to, what I like to call the, "You Wanna-piece-ah-me? Roomie Questionnaires: 2011 Edition." Personal style pics combined with laugh out loud funny questions asked by yours truly resulted in a magical unicorn amazingness level of blog posts.  

And because I am learning to be a more of a "strategic blogger" (more on this later), I am going to cliffhanger this shiz and wait until tomorrow for the first installment. And I don't want to overwhelm you with reading. (Gotta keep em coming back.) Until then, I am leaving you with a teaser of what's to come. This is all you get. Someone's toes. But who's? That's one secret I'll never tell.

*Vinterview is a hybrid word that I just invented that is video and interview combined. Vinterview. Pass it on.

PS. If you love a good celebrity interview like me and have lots of spare time on your hands like me, check out a couple of my absolute favorite sources.
Red Band Trailer, 7 Minutes In Heaven, Blue Fly, and Between Two Ferns. They are golden.

Coat Season

I am obsessed with coats. I did not know this about myself until last year when I first lived in a place that actually required me having one. In California, everyone has two coats: One that is waterproof and hideous (for wet situations like going to the mountains) and one that is a little nicer, usually a neutral color and terribly boxy (for formal situations like weddings). And if you are ever shopping and find an adorable coat, you usually end up walking out of the store without it because it just isn't worth spending the money for something you'd wear once a year-- if you were lucky.

Well, Savannah has got me going a little coat crazy. It started last year when I bought the most colorful and comfortable plaid coat on sale from Free People (left). It felt so wrong to be buying something so warm and useless at the time, but all of my friends assured me that it would be worth it once winter rolled around. They were right. I wore it all. the. time. And I learned that you can be warm and still look cute! Who woulda thought?

This year, the coat contagion struck again while I was in Charlotte and I was forced convinced myself that I absolutely 100% needed to buy this bright pink adorableness. I have only worn it once so far, but every time I see it hanging up in my room, it makes me so ridiculously happy-- embarrassingly happy, in fact. When the temperature finally drops this year and Winter decides to show its face (if that ever happens), you can find me running around Savannah warm and happy. I'll be the one wearing the hot pink coat.

Odd Ball

The more I think about it, the more I realize how absolutely weird I am.

And the more I think about that, the more I am totally, 100% ok with it.

Heavy Rotation

Today is the Savannah City Half Marathon (and if you think the next line is going to reveal that I ran/ am running in it, you, sir, are sorely mistaken). All of the streets of the already congested and poorly planned city are clogged up the wazoo with over 25,000 runners. No matter. I was planning on working all day, anyway! I am about to set off to Eckburg (let's establish right now that Eckburg is the fashion building-- you will be hearing that name more and more so get familiar) to work on my final project for fashion tech, a blazer with lots and lots of pattern pieces that all look the same and can be very confusing. Can't wait.

I made this playlist to keep me company as I sew the day away. These are on the top of my list right now when it comes to background music. It's an odd mix, yes, but expertly crafted for what I like to call "Happy Longevity." Happy Longevity is the projected amount of time that I stay happy while working on a tedious project. Factors like the amount of music, food, and laughter I am exposed to while working all play a part in Happy Longevity and this playlist, along with some other songs that are way too embarrassing to include (gotta keep my rep in check) will increase my HL by tenfold.

Well, the jukis are calling and I must go, but until next time, may your hopes and dreams all come trueeee!!!!

I just, like, really need chocolate.

This morning I decided to take a brake from the craziness that was this week and just bake some good old chocolate chip cookies.

I have been so paranoid about gaining the freshman 15 (or sophomore 16, I guess?) since coming to college that I barely ever make gratuitous desserts like I am known to do from time to time at home. So far, I have avoided the extra poundage (Can I get a what what?!), but I guess sometimes you can take the girl out of the bakery, but you can't take the bakery out of the girl.

And let me just clarify something real quick-- Earlier, when I said "bake some good old chocolate chip cookies," I hope you all know that that really means "make some good old chocolate chip cookie dough and eat it all. By myself."

Ok. Good.