High on Arrival

by

Mackenzie Phillip

(daughter of John Phillips from The Mamas and the Papas)

It's juicy memoir, to say the least.

Samantha

The inspiration...

Experimenting with holding iridescent gauzy fabric in front of the camera lens

The Route 66 shirt I bought for $1 at Lotus House in Miami

Nawlins

Crashed at India House, a hostel in New Orleans, on the trek back from Miami. Can't wait to stop there again in August on the way back to school, and when I go to Mardi Gras in 2012, I will definitely plan waaayyy in advance so I can snag a bed at this bohemian party pad.

Notice the high water mark on the fireplace from Hurricane Katrina

 Waiting for the trolley on Canal St. 

There's a stop literally within 200 ft. of India House. All it takes is $1.25 and a little patience, and the Canal St. trolley will take you within walking distance of any place you'd want to go in the French Quarter.

There's all kinds of murals scattered over the walls.

I crawled into bed in the dark so as to minimize disruption to my fellow anonymous roommates. This is the first thing I saw when I woke up in the morning.

After we got back from dinner and meandering in the French Quarter, we chilled out back while checking e-mails and returning phone calls. Linger there for more than a few minutes and before ya know it, you could be chatting with a second string British soccer player or listening to a Ph.D student explain how a relative accidentally decapitated himself with a chainsaw.

Headin' back to Dallas

I love love love Jeff Bridges. The Dude is a personal hero of mine, and JB is one of the few men in this world that can rock long hair.

How'd it get to be summer?

Calle Ocho/Viernes Culturales

Sailors get silly.

Humane Society of Greater Miami puppies came to campus to help relieve exam stress. 3 got adopted.

Win/win situation: Student-owned Wayfarer World got a big crowd to hawk its $10 customizable sunglasses to and Humane Society got 20% of the proceeds. Groovy.

How Barbaric

The necklace is so DIY-able...Beading Dreams, here I come. 

And there's really no such thing as having too many feathered headdresses 

Rawrr

To Do List:
- Get leopard Spirithood.
- Find someplace cold to visit so that I have an excuse to wear said Spirithood.

Finally got around to seeing Inglorious Basterds. Can't get over how stunning Diane Kruger and Melanie Laurent are.

Perfection

Ariel Tejera
Saw her paintings in a gallery on Calle Ocho during Viernes Culturales.
Her works have a feminine-infused Dalí-esque feel to them.
Am obsessed.