My Own Kind of Hero

Have you ever taken one of those quizzes to see what literary character you are? You know the quiz, the ones that pop up on Facebook and then before you know it you're on your fourth quiz. You carefully manipulate your answers to *hopefully* get one of the good literary characters (we are all secretly …

How to Make Your Dorm Room Your Favorite Place on Campus

Let’s be honest, when we think of a college dorm I’m pretty sure most people automatically envision two things: white cinderblock walls and bright fluorescent lights. While that assumption tends to be a rather accurate description of your average college dorm, don’t deceive yourself into thinking that there is no possible way to brighten up …

She Wore Blue Velvet

It dawned on me that this semester is it. I mean yes, it is my last one at school but more tragically it is my last semester to dress trendy and quirky. This is tragic. After this it's all button down blouses, blazers, and pencil skirts. (Full Disclosure: it may not be like this. IT …

Feature Friday: Grace Meakem, the Queen of Class

I find it fitting that Grace is named "Grace" because looking at her style it's not hard to see that she's a modern Grace Kelly. When I still wasn't sure what a blazer was Grace was rocking them as a freshman in college. Grace's style can be described as polished, sophisticated, colorful, and of course, CLASSIC.  …

Palm Trees & a Warm Breeze

Actually, the rather corny title of this blog post is rather deceiving. Though there most certainly was an abundance of lush palms, there was quite the lack of a warm breeze. In fact, there was more of a bitter wind  than anything.  I, being the tourist that I am, assumed that it would stay above …

Feature Friday: Eryn Donellon and the Vintage Vibes

I first met Eryn freshman year and like a creep I remember she was wearing these funky pattern leggings; a mix of 1980's and outer space and she looked terrific. In that second I thought "this girl is cool. Anyone who can rock that is just a cool human." Eryn has one of the most …

Feature Friday: Clare Clifton and the Liberation Theory

Well, hi. My name is Clare. Ali & KC are the grandest friends ever, and they asked me to take part in the first series of “Feature Friday” on the blog. So here I am. Thanks for clicking, and thanks for being cool. Bear (or should I say Clare?) with me as I proceed to …

“Oh Jo, how could you? Your one beauty”

Spunky girls chop off their hair.  Going through my list of heroines a lot of them chop their lovely locks. Jo chops her hair for a noble reason losing her "one beauty" (hence the title of this post), but didn't we all think in our heads "whoa, you go Jo!" when she revealed her haircut? …

The Art of Conversation

Friends are quite marvelous; moreover, friends that fly out to visit you in Colorado are a special kind of marvelous. It is so rare that my college friends get to come to my house, so when they do, it's especially exciting. Another wonderful thing about friends like this is how easy they are to converse …

Hello, Goodbye

2 0 1 6  began as any year might; a year filled with promise and many unknowns. I was hopeful. I was excited. There were so many things I had hoped to achieve, so many new places to go, new friendships to be made, etc. It was a year of change - that much I knew …