The CHRIST-tastic list my of favorite christmas flicks!

Being back on the east coast makes the holidays seem more like the holidays. I'm not walking around westwood in a short sleeved shirt and flip flops. Instead I am bundled to the max in sweaters, scarves, hats and whatever else I can get my hands on when I leave the house. Living in LA, it was hard to really get in the holiday spirit. For some reason this year I find myself already keeping the christmas station on in the car (a thing I have hated for years) and totally singing along. To get more festive I have decided to list my favorite Christmas movies of all time!

Love Actually
Mega awesome cast and cute love stories during the holidays in London, need I say more. Ohai Colin Firth!


National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Total family tradition to watch this around the holidays. Definitely gets the most laughs and who doesn't love Randy Quaid?


Forrest Gump
I must have seen this for the first time around Christmas because for some reason I always get the urge to watch it this time of year.

It's A Wonderful Life
Hard to believe I have only seen this one time and it was um er right around this time last year. oops.

Little Women
My favorite movie when I was a teenager. Who didn't want Teddy (yum Christian Bale) living next door to them?

Elf
Probably the most recent quote worthy Christmas flick. Will Ferrell wearing yellow tights anyone?

Home Alone
Macaulay Culkin before "The Good Son"

Die Hard
No you didn't read that wrong. I said it Die Hard. My favorite action movie that promotes the holiday spirit!

A Nightmare Before Christmas
Kind of like two Holidays in one plus some singing!!

Mickey's Christmas Carol
I have seen mostly all of the twists on A Christmas Carol but this is by far my favorite.

Babes in Toyland
The Drew Barrymore-Keanu Reeves one. I haven't seen the original.

Scrooged
Billy Murray is one of the many loves of my life.

A Christmas Story
Nothing like 24 hours of air time to remind you that it is indeed Christmas.


*None of these are in any kind of order.

Happiness is discovering new photography

I'm never very good at describing art and what it says to me, but these photos are very inspiring. The way the photographer plays with the light and how it reflects off of certain areas is calming to me. I haven't really loved many photographers other than Guy Bourdin and Mapplethorpe but I found a new one (Lina Scheynius) and I enjoy her.


These are some of my favorites...















http://www.linascheynius.com/
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and my absolute favorite
http://www.guybourdin.org/

New York amongst other things

I'm very super excited to be going to NYC this Saturday. It's been too long. Over 3 years I'm guessing. I think I'll be completely lost there but that's probably my favorite thing about it. I would so go into F.A.O. Schwartz and make a muppet for KTK that resembles her and Kermit combined but I imagine that store to be completely packed as it always is.

In other news I am finally getting back in shape. I have had the motivation for a while but no money to join a gym. It feels great to finally be active and productive. How funny is it that you dread the gym so much but then somehow you become addicited to it?

I had a dream a couple weeks ago about a boy I have never met, we fell in love but I could never make out his face. Do you ever wonder if people are dreaming about you that you have never met? Or if you dream about someone from your past, maybe they are dreaming of you at the exact same time. I like to believe that is true.

unspoken loves

Peppermint hot chocolate

morning leaves

city slickers

empty ashtrays

dad's oversized dress shirts

missbehave

raspy voices

twilight

cherry blossoms

banana bread

southern charm

black and white polaroids

roof decks

sushi sundays