the perfect pair of boots

I used to own the perfect pair of lace up booties by Rockport. I wore it for years. And yes, with my habit of shopping, it is quite a pleasant surprise to know that there are times when I will wear the same item repeatedly for a number of years. Unfortunately, the cobbled stones of Baltimore and cracked cement of Chicago wore the poor soles down and even the cobbler was sick of repairing my beautiful well worn pair of boots and they had to go. Its been 3 years and I’m still searching for the perfect pair. I own like 4-5 pairs of boots of varying lengths, but none can compare to my rockport boots. I’m still looking. Saw this pair here by LaCanadienne at amazon which is kinda cute but its close to $300…and then there is this other pair by “Everybody” which I think is rather adorable too but let’s face it…at over $200 there’s no way I’m goign to end up getting it   I’m still looking for the perfect pair so if you know of any that looks something like either of these two…let me know!!!

Happy Halloween…

zoo

I went to the zoo the other day. I believe it was their annual halloween event. Anyway, I had been meaning to go to the zoo since the summer but with the heat and humidity, the thought of being around lazy tired animals wasn’t as appealing. I figured the fall would be a good time to go since it would be cooler. Turns out the animals thought so too. Last Sat was a good day. The weather was beautiful, the sun was finally out and there were tons of little tykes running around in their costumes. Its just too bad that they were all running around so much that I did not manage to get a good picture at all. Thankfully, the animals were a lot more cooperative!

super model camel

walking in forest park

I was looking through some of the pictures I took the other day during an extraordinarily nice fall day.  I think its amazing what beautiful weather can do to lift someone’s spirits. I think the above is one of my favorites because of the variety of colors in the photo but I love the one below too simply because of the vibrancy of redness.

elizabeth moss

AMC Tv

I was looking through some promo pictures of Mad Men and I think this one is my favorite picture of all. I wonder if I’ll be able to recreate it somehow for my own?

fall colors

I went to the Park today. After a couple of long dreary cloudy days, the sun was finally out. So I decided to take a walk even though I was post-call. Not that it was that terrible of a night. After all, I did get some sleep. But still, it had been a long night. The Fall is here. There is no way to avoid it now. The crisp cool air. The oranges mixed in with the yellows. Gorgeous.

brightly colored ankle socks….

ankle socks on Barbie

So I was watching an episode of Ugly Betty last night (I actually stopped watching after the first season) and noticed that Ugly Betty was wearing the season’s latest trend of wearing brightly colored ankle socks with shoes/sandals. I’m still not quite sure how I feel about that trend. I mean, Urban Outfitter’s latest catalog makes that trend look really cool and understated and on the fashion runway, this Barbie look-a-like makes it look really pretty too (but wayyy too color coordinated). However, Ugly Betty as usual takes it to the extreme and paired bright yellow socks with green shoes. Granted, its Ugly Betty and she gets away with it because well, she’s the star of a comedy-drama show…but still! I’m not sure I’ll have enough guts to wear something like that (ok…maybe on Halloween?). What do you think?

picture from sugarscape.com

Beautiful print ads

I was flipping through my newest copy of Lucky Magazine and noticed the new Chanel ad.  My favorite had been Kiera Knightly but I have to admit that the new ads with Audrey Tautou is becoming a close second.  There’s another print with her back to a mirror which I find incredibly understated and extremely sexy. It makes me want to run out and buy myself a bottle of No. 5 myself! LOL. Unfortunately, I can’t afford something quite as expensive as Chanel No. 5 but I guess its a more affordable luxury than most other items. That said, I also don’t have the level of sophistication to carry something quite as beautifully sophisticated as Chanel No. 5! I have to admit though, if I ever lost enough weight, and through the miracle of make-up and touch-up manage to look as mysteriously beautiful as either Ms. Knightly or Ms. Tautou, I would love to have portraits of myself in those same poses…wearing the No. 5 of course!

Speaking of gorgeous ads, I really liked the Flora by Gucci ads too except for the big Flora by Gucci at the bottom of the ad. I think it spoils the whole ad. The model with her long billowing robes sand the bottle would have been enough. But adding those words just took the attention from the gorgeousness of the ad…

Love affair vs. An Affair to Remember

I never knew this but “An affair to remember” is a remake of “Love affair”. I can’t quite decide which one I like best. They both have their endearing features. And the dresses in both the movies are amazing. I wish I have the figure and the confidence to carry such looks off! But alas, we all know that is not going to be possible. Still, sometimes it is nice to dream.

I took a long walk to the art museum today. I found out that I did so terribly in the in-service exam that the program director wants to meet with me. This, in addition to the bad verbal report I received from the past couple of rotations, are simply adding to my dark mood. The little walk in the park helped a little.  But I am beginning to feel as if I will never be able to climb out of this dark deep hole that I find myself in. Its been one thing after the other and I am getting so worn down and I find it harder and harder to keep going. I am beginning to question if this is all worth it or if it is time for me to claim defeat.

red trucks blaring

Red Trucks blaring

Its my golden weekend. In the world of medicine, that means that I don’t have to work Sat OR Sun. *glee* Except I had a black weekend very recently and I’m thoroughly exhausted, both physically and emotionally. I went to the Taste of St. Louis with a few of my classmates but even that did little to cheer me up. It was fun but I left early because I really wasn’t ‘feeling it’. And then one of the girls tried to persuade me to go out last night but I was snuggled so warmly at home on the couch that I really did not want to leave. Besides, Funny Girl (staring Barbara Streisand and Omar Shariff) was on and I simply did not have the energy!

I promptly fell asleep of course anticipating a late late start to the morning and sleeping in as much as possible since I will be on call tomorrow. But alas! All my plans were dashed when at 5.15am the fire alarm went off. It took me quite  a while before I figured out it was the alarm. It wasn’t that I was still asleep…after all, I had awoken only a few minutes earlier to close the window (denial about the end of summer can take one only so far before the cold sinks in). But that loud blaring noise was somewhat dampened since all 3 of my doors were closed (yea, you read that right! I have 3 doors that lead into my room!!!). At first I thought it was the alarm clock which was somewhat of a rude shock since well the alarm normally wakes me up with some bach or mozart or hayden. Then I realised it was coming from the general direction of the two doors and the only thing I can think of that resides in that direction was the dsl modem. Erm, well, i didn’t set that thing up so I guess anything can happen?  Anyway, I picked it up and put it to my ear…nope. That wasn’t it. So I went out of my room and realised that the noise was coming from outside. Hmm…no smoke. Went back inside, grabbed a jacket and keys and went out. Went downstairs and realised there was no one there yet. Oh yeah..I live on the 2nd floor..makes sense that I will be the first one to be outside. Hmm…went back inside because I really needed to pee. oh yeah. Its a fire alarm, there could be a real fire but instead of running outside as if my life depended on it, I strolled inside to pee. sheesh.Well, on my way out, I grabbed my keys and waited outside until I saw my taxes in action.

By the time I went outside the 2nd time, there were more people there. Its surprising that people in this building actually know each other. I think I might have to start attending those board meetings or something. Or get a dog. Everyone came out with a 4 legged pet of some sort. The efficient ones just took their puppies for their morning toilet while waiting for the firemen to put out this non-existent fire.

Anyway, by the time we were given the ok by the firemen, it was about 6ish. I tried to go back to sleep with very little success and ended up watching Mad Love on TMC. gotta love old black and white movies!

What I have learned from this experience is that a) the fire alarm in the building is faulty b) I really need to find out where that old lady with the walking wheels lives because well, what if there really was a real fire?? c) Peter Lorre is really creepy in these old black and white movies!