Today, I am un-loving...

... Friday traffic.

Actually, yesterday, I got caught in majorly heavy traffic! It took me a whole hour to traverse Julia Vargas Avenue to Megamall! It was craaazy! And to think, it wasn't even Friday. Or rush hour (when I passed). Or payday yet.

And the weird thing is that there didn't seem to be any reason for the traffic. The cause of the looong, crawling line to Megamall was not at all apparent because all the side roads and even the short stretch of Julia Vargas after San Miguel Avenue was quite clear. Did everyone just happen to want to congregate in Julia Vargas for an hour?!

Sigh... I really can't decide which is worse: heavy traffic without a cause or traffic with a reason.

Today, I am so not looking forward to... Friday traffic.

Photo from sparklesandpretending.

to cuff or not to cuff?

Am still on the fence on these thick metal cuffs. They do add stylish glamour.

But I can already imagine my husband singing the Wonder Woman theme song in the car all the way to our destination. 

Photos from heritage and everythingfab.

mall nostalgia

It's funny how these random photos remind me of the malls in the 80's.

SM (Makati or Cubao, can't quite remember) had a section at the center of the department store with European-looking benches, a lot of plastic greenery and red phone booths.

Unimart had Orange Julius (that frothy orange juice) and a Coney Island ice cream scooping station. I used to get either bubblegum or orange with chocolate fudge and rainbow sprinkles.

Alimall had this Italian restaurant, Trattoria Uno, which served freshly-baked bread and had people's signatures all over their white walls. This place I miss very, very much. The bread and their seafood marinara soup. Mmmmm!

Rustan's Makati always had fabulous window displays. I remember wanting to be a window-designer as a kid because the Rustan's windows always greeted me when I hopped off the old Love Bus.

Sigh. I wonder if I will remember the malls of today with the same fondness? I love that the malls of the 80's had these charming, memorable details.

What about you? What do you remember of the malls of the 80's?

Photos from i'mjustsaying, inspirationoohaah, and foodsection.

musically-declined

My mom made me take piano lessons when I was in gradeschool. I can rock a mean Chopsticks but that's as far as I could go since I majorly disliked piano practice.

In highschool, I remember regretting that I didn't stick to it because I found myself wishing I knew how to play an instrument. Wouldn't it be great to know how to play the guitar?

Then again, who says you need a guitar to play music?

Now if only you could get away with just attitude on Guitar Hero or Rockband.

Photos from sparklesandpretending, terrierandlobster and stopandpicture.

Queen time, not Filipino time

I wonder if my boss will buy this line when I'm late again on this Monday morning?

Photo from sparklesandpretending.

dear people at Chloe

I just wanted to ask about the pant length of your Resort 2012 collection. Was the model shorter than you expected? Or are the pants really meant to cascade to the ground?

Don't get me wrong. I love how Paris meets SoCal in this collection. I looove how classic elegance meets nonchalant ease. I am especially crushing on the short-sleeve top (or coat) layered on a longer-sleeved inner. Exactly that. Elegant yet relaxed. 

But I really cannot fathom the longer-than-floor-length pants... Perhaps it is just me and my discomfort with the dirty ground. On this side of the globe, you never know what your designer pants will be sweeping as you walk. Spit, stray-dog-poop remnants, pee (sadly, over here, it could be from either dog or man) or dirty canal water.

So if you could, dear people at Chloe, would you take it up just a couple of inches?

Photos from Vogue.

Today, I am un-loving...

Today, I am un-loving... that there are no more Foto-Me booths outside every mall entrance. Why are they relegated to just children's parties and weddings nowadays? Where are they during back-to-school season when your kids need I.D. pictures? Coz waiting 1 hour for photo-developing is just too long with malls so crowded during this time. Plus, you get 4 different-looking I.D. pics (albeit, 2 could have caught you blinking!) instead of committing to 12 copies of the same goofy smile.

Sigh. I never thought I'd actually miss Foto-Me booths...

Photo from sparklesandpretending.