so i'm off tomorrow on this grand 5 week trip that will take me, sadly away from blogging. I haven't really had a chance to do many scheduled posts, although there are a few editorial and poetry posts to carry you over into february. Perhaps, if i get close to internet or get the chance i will be able to do some quick picture posts, comment back on blogs and generally keep up with the blogsphere. although it means taking me away from my beloved blog, whom i love dearly, i am so incredibly excited for this trip! mostly because i get to have a break from my family (and them me) but also because it will be the first time i've been to some of these places on my very lonesome, which marks a big step for me. :)
So, first of all, because we all love snooping in each others cases:
- vintage checked skirt
- marni knitted burgundy skirt
- stella mccartney pencil skirt
- josh goot tie dye skirt.
- floor length skirt in emerald green silk chiffon
- loose white tee shirts
- oversized charcoal grey striped tee-shirt
- APC long sleeve stripey top
- vintage flower shirt
- vintage beaded cardigan (thin)
- military style double breasted coat in black
- black cacharel blazer
- thick burgundy cardigan from topshop
- doc martens (wooo! finally bought them)
- ballet flats
- strappy dries van noten -esque heels from sportsgirl haha
along with various tights, scarves, beanies, gloves and other winter accoutrements.
And here, painstakingly created and with various tips from Brigadeiro, my sister and many different guide books, is my checklist of things to do/see/eat and buy when overseas.
HONG KONG
because one half of my extended family all reside here, hong kong is generally taken charge of by my imposing but so lovely 'first aunt' who tells me where to eat, shop, look at art and other sight-seeing activities. Having been there so many times now there is not so much hundreds of monuments that need revisiting, but there are hundreds of shops. Whenever i am in hong kong i go to lane crawford, any of them will do, the harvey nichols store, times square and kowloon side for afternoon tea and the peninsula. People always ask me where to eat in hong kong, but i never know what the places are called, i just follow my aunt there and i eat when i'm told haha. it is lovely food though. i have heard it is very hard to get a good meal in hong kong, and i shall take their word for it.
LONDON/ENGLAND
1. Topshop.
2. Topshop.
3. Topshop.
4. Dover Street Market
5. Topshop.
because of the monstrous exchange rate between pounds and AU dollars it is murder to buy anything online from topshop. absolute murder. so whenever i am in england i stock up madly on topshop, h&m, zara and miss selfridge high street cheap and cheerful fare, mostly because the same kind of quality at similar prices is impossible in sydney, and also because the high street fashion is so abysmal in australia. the choices are supre (cheap and not cheerful, believe me) and sportsgirl/witchery (topshop/zara-esque and expensive), there really is no middle ground in terms of quality, style and pricing.
In London i am also excited to do/see/eat/shop
- Harvey Nichols
- the rose bakery in DSM, i've always wanted to go but never gotten the chance, apparently the food is divine
- Notting Hill and the Spitalfields markets, as suggested by Brigadeiro
- eating at Scotts, which is my godmother's birthday present to me, and is apparently the best in town for seafood (my favourite)
- Cambridge, which is where my godmother lives, and a town that i love with all my heart! beautiful architecture, friendly atmosphere, academia just spilling out onto the street... my type of place!
- seeing a musical in the west end, i'm not sure which one yet, as i've seen wicked, but i wouldn't mind seeing it again!
- walking through hyde park
- THE BRITISH MUSEUM! i want to live there! i could spend days and days and days there, just looking at everything. i love the section on assyria, mostly because my year 12 ancient history class are some of the only people in the world who are even remotely interested in assyria, so the section is never that crowded. i also love the room that houses all the jewels. they belong on people, my friend told me when we were there, not in cases. they are pretty though!
- the national gallery, the portrait gallery and the serpentine
- i also really want to go to the war cabinet rooms, which are apparently a must if you're interested in WWII... has anyone gone that can recommend them?
PARIS
- ambling mindlessly through the ile de la cite
- saint-schapelle, my favourite, the stained glass is incredible.
- colette, which i am so excited to see
- VERSAILLES! *sigh*
- the louvre, another place i could spend days in. winged victory, cliche i know, is my favourite statue, and i love just staring at it for a long time, and your eyes play tricks on you and it seems like her wings are moving.
- Laduree in the champs elysees
- and while i'm there: avenue montaigne, rue faubourg st-honore for all the lovely window shopping
- the flea markets at clignancourt
- Sacre Coeur (And thus, montmartre) because i went to a sacred heart school and i suppose ought to visit the old pile of bricks
- Bound Bar and the Dries Van Noten store in the Marais, on Brigadeiro's recommendation.
(does anyone know if nina ricci have a store in paris? i must go there if they do.)
hmmmm have i left anything out? ahahaa apparently where we are staying in the 7th arondissement there are loads and loads of incredible restaurants, says my mother. she stayed a street away from where we are last year and she said they had some of the best meals of their lives there, which is saying something.
NEW YORK
- mostly excited to see dear tess, my exchange student, who i've missed so much.
- also excited because she has promise me snow, some how or other, and i will be very annoyed if i don't get it. :)
- Barneys
- the Met (mmmmm), and barely 6 blocks from her school, how convenient!
- Madison Ave and 5th Ave for the department stores
- Brooklyn op-shopping, which i suppose they call thrifting!
- long subway rides
- sitting with tea and brownies in central park for hours on end just talking
- the frick.
Any other suggestions? What i would really like to know is the bars/clubs to go to in London and Paris. In New York i am still a minor i fear, and the girl i'm staying with is even younger than me. But in London and Paris i can't wait to see what's on offer. Anyone hip and fabulous and residing in either of those places, or in the know, care to help out?
much love.
will miss you all incredibly much! i will bring back virtual presents in the form of lots and lots and lots of pictures.
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