Korean Pancakes

Like I NEED another food addiction.

Someone tipped me off to the little hole-in-the-wall Korean Pancake shop on the corner of Wellesley & Lorne St.

So far I've tried chicken&Cheese and Beef&cheese, they also have sweet ones and vege ones and ham ones. And all for $2.50!

They're so good...really just a big cheap greasy mess, but I have to say I am really quite partial to big greasy messes :/ :/


Umiya has serious competition!

The xx

Today is "Listen to Nothing But The xx Day."
In fairness, the last week has almost purely been "Listen to Nothing But The xx Day." I'm obsessed: Every single song is so beautiful. Liss and I are both feeling a lot of feelings for The xx at the moment and we particularly like Intro, Crystalise, Islands and Infinity. The songs love is made out of.
It's the soundtrack to all things lovely and special, and everybody should listen to it. This video to Crystalise is also rad:

Spring shadows

Our friend Chelsea has this very cool blog about our home town, called I Have Loved You So Long. We are rather parochial around here and really do love the East Coast.
Anyway, I love these photos she took of the shadows from the spring sun coming through her bedroom window. So lovely !

Dreams

I’m going to Fleetwood Mac! Tickets sold out within minutes but luckily I have a friend with super speed internet that snapped us up a couple just in the nick of time. Joy! My life is complete.

Top 5 all-time best ever reasons why Fleetwood Mac is going to rule:

1)Stevie Nicks is one of my heroes.
2)Rhiannon, Dreams, Sara, etc has been the soundtrack to my life.
3)I have never been to Taranaki before
4)Me & my chum are going to hire a campervan, which is both hilarious and awesome.
5)Imagine all the amazing op shop and trinket spots I will discover on the nine-hour journey to the naki?!

Need this:

I want this ring slash bracelet! Or one that is pretty much the same! Where can I find one? Or can somebody make one? Or somthing ? Lissy? Help !

Shamelessly sucked in by ads.

I don't know what it smells like, but I do know I want it anyway.

Nice wee reminder

The First

I love “first” days. Today is a perfect example – the first day of September, the first day of spring, my first day back at the gym and the first day of my “I’m totes sticking to it this time” health regime. What a day to start afresh! And what makes a “first” day even better is when it’s beautiful as today was; crisp and sunny outside, blossoms on the trees and those lovely good natured, nice-guy flowers daffodils and jonquils in every well-tended garden around town. Today is also random act of kindness day!
What was my point here? Oh, right – Noah and the Whale. Their latest album The First Days of Spring is so lovely. It has been on heavy rotation on my iPod the past few weeks and it seems even more appropriate to listen to it since it really is the first days of spring. It even sounds how spring would sound if it was music (?).
My random act of kindness for the day is posting this link which allows you to download the album. Sharing is caring <3

:)

- Port, I've recently been introduced to this by someone I now drink with on rather a regular basis and think it's safe to say I've developed a definite craving :/ it's all I want to drink now! (try drinking it in a caravan in a small sea-side town whilst playing drunk pictionary and it's a pretty cool Saturday night) :)

- Umiya Japanese takeaways in the atrium. Amaaaaazing. I have a problem/addiction

- This song always pleasantly surprising when you can like an artist/band for months and not get sick of them! :) <3 you Ellie

Fashion loves.

Cool kids stick together

Further benefits of being a fan of bands on facebook: Having a rare peak into the Alison Mosshart inner circle. She posted these behind the scenes photos from The Kills tour with The Horrors, (what a combo) providing insight into the fun times had when you're in a cool band. Like drinking at bars in Brooklyn with Alexa Chung and putting Noel Fielding into a merchandise box. Looks like a proper lark!

Muscats @ Millton

Everyone should come to this awesome party our friend Mon is having at her place! It's going to be so fun! In fact, why not come to gissy for the whole labour weekend and come to the Wine & Food festival on the Sunday too! The festival is also extremely fun, and if you don't believe me, just look at what a laugh we had last year: