OXFORD

Thankful for incredible moments like these.

FALL TUNES

Some of the sounds I've been enjoying this fall. If you haven't checked out Gabrielle Aplin's new album, do! Also, Ryan Adams covered Taylor Swift's 1989 and it's one of the most amazing things I've ever heard. So if you haven't checked it out yet, you should probably get on that...

FASHION | WHITE FETISH

It's after Labor Day and I'm still obsessed with white (cause let's be honest, fashion rules are crap anyway). It's safe to say white quickly became a go to shade for me this summer, and the trend isn't fading anytime soon. Here are a few of my favorite looks.

LONDON

I’m on a humming bus, as it rumbles down the almost empty highway; the occasional headlights from opposing traffic reflect on the window as my eyes close and open between awake and sleep. It’s been a long day. The clock says 8:33pm, but my body tells me its 1:33am, because I’m still attune to the time in London. Besides the time, I feel this strange sense of connection to the city that I met for the first time this past week. It’s strange to finally arrive at a dream that has been in your heart for so long. I feel fulfilled in the sense of accomplishing goals and becoming more whole by seeing those goals in fruition, but there’s this odd restlessness too. I don’t think it’s a problem of overdramatizing the dream and being disappointed, but rather not knowing how the dream fits into the future, or if it should. I have always told people that I would live in the city, I love the city, its commotion, its diversity, etc. But I find myself getting overwhelmed by the city now, and that leaves me wondering where I fit. I feel like urban life is the young adult calling, in a sense, one I always wanted. There is opportunity and community and so much to do, but I’m not always sure it’s healthy for me. So I’m in an in-between place; a “which way, where do I belong” sort of situation. London has been overwhelming in a bad way as well as a good way. It’s been incredible. Turning 22 and feeling this culmination of emotions in my young life has added to it all. How can I feel such a diverse range of emotions in such a short amount of time? Is this growth; or merely just life? This up and down, turn around, back and forth is my relationship with life and London right now. And this is why it’s hard to know where I fit. Despite all of these emotions, I am so beyond thankful for this experience. It's beyond words.

goodbye London

something is full

and something is missing

but you were

a grand and magical adventure

and i miss you already