Dear Poor Neglected Blog,

Where do I start?!

Well let me start off by saying I've missed you so! I was kept apart from you by the busy first semester of college, and other things. Oh blog, could you ever forgive me?! I never meant for it to come to this. I thought about you often. I thought about you when I would see a fabulous pair of shoes that I wanted to write about, but alas, I had no time.

I'm hoping this year / this semester I will have more time with you. I'm hoping for more shoes, more fashion, more classiness, more sassiness. We'll see how that goes! ;]

Just an update, last time I talked to you I was moving to Philadelphia for school. I spent the rest of my summer by the pool lifeguarding.

Just a Few Highlights

-Birthday at Crown and Crumpet
see it here!

-Spring Break in New York
see it here!
-Asia SF celebrationAsia SF is a delicious Asian Fusion place full of transgendered and transexual waitresses and performers. I went here with a bunch of my friends for a friends birthday and it was such a fun experience! The "gender illusionists" are awesome and fun! Its overall a fun experience to be had by all. I sure had a blast!
-Outside Lands Concert

Probably the most amazing concert I've been to! It was in August in Golden Gate Park, SF, and I went with my sister. We saw, Social Distortion, Al Green, Slightly Stoopid, Empire of the Sun, Chromeo, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Mayer Hawthorne, Amos Lee, The Temper Trap and Phoenix- The last two were my favorite sets! The lead singer of Phoenix is pictured above! ahhh. I was so glad I went. and it was such a fabulous, peaceful day on the Polo Field!

-Move to Pennsylvania & Nova NationCan you guess which wine glass is mine? (hint: its the second one!) New friends, new city, new school!

-The torture ends and my SF Giants won the World Series!!!

okay, so it REALLY sucked having to be on the opposite coast as my team was playing through and winning the series, and while my family was going to the games. But what can ya do? I was just so happy!

-Sex and the City The Complete Edition came into my life... and caused an addiction.
okay, so I've always been a big SATC fan, and I even liked SATC2, despite the critics and complaints. But when I got the SATC Complete Edition with all six seasons and both movies, my obsession was upped.... A LOT. I've officially watched all six seasons more than twice, and the movies, countless times. It's quite pathetic. What can I say, I got "Carrie-d" away. Ha. But seriously, the little white boxed set is my new bible.


How was YOUR 2010?!
I'm dying to hear!

I wish you all a happy New Year!!!!

stay classy,
madeleine

weekends are for the warriors.

well said, duly noted.

this weekend was quite fantastic, if I may say so. So as you may or may not know, I have been working my ass of in planning my school's winter formal. The theme this year was cirque du soleil. So the week preparing for the formal was absolute hell for me. To be quite honest I wasn't quite sure it was all going to come together. I spent Thursday night at school decorating until 12:30am, so Friday morning was terrible. I even spent Friday until 4pm decorating so I had just enough time to come home, take a nap, take a shower, get ready and go! But it all turned out fabulously! and better than I expected! The juggler/stilt walker was amazing, and the aerialist we hired was ridiculous! I was ecstatic it came together!

the entrance into the gym

the aerialist!the juggler/stilt walker

my outfit

Anyways, after the dance was over, me and a couple of friends took a limo to San Francisco where we spent the rest of the night/morning. Needless to say, it was a fabulous night from what I remember. My Saturday morning consisted of recuperating and recovering, and then spending time with my mother who finally came home from London after a week! Unfortunately she's leaving again on Tuesday for New York, but that's a shorter trip. Speaking of New York, I'm off to the East Coast in less than 2 weeks! I'm quite excitedd! Well, I'm exhausted from the weekend so I'm headed to bed. Cheers to you January! May February be Fabulous!

listening to headdress - amazing baby


stay classy,

crown&&crumpet

It's official. Crown & Crumpet Tea Salon is my new favorite place. I have a feeling afternoon tea there is going to become a habit.

my mother and me :]

Today I had my tea party for my birthday! Ohhh it was absolutely adorable! The tea was fabulous! We had a Peach Crumpet, Mint Cream, Piccolo and Lychee Oolong. My faves were Peach and Lychee...mmmm. So not only was the tea fabulous, so were the crumpets, scones, cupcakes, and finger sandwiches... another mmmm!!! I was literally in heaven. It was fabulous!!! They even gave us each adorable little goodie bags, and I even got a handmade crown! So cute!

Overall it was just a fabulous day! =] After tea time we visited the little shop downstairs, I bought a cutesy hot pink gnome keychain, and two little adorable notepads! The city was great to us today, no rain when we were there, and not too crowded either.

Well lovelies, I am exhausted from eating myself to death this morning at Crown&Crumpet, as well as screaming my lungs out/cheering/raging at my school's big basketball game... the catfight. Its called the catfight because the competing teams are two all girls schools, and our mascots are the TIGER and the panther. Fabulous game! My ears are still ringing!

stay classy,



currently reading: brave new world : aldous huxley

delightful day.

Today was such an exciting day. I started the day off booking/planning my 18th birthday get together. I booked reservations for a tea party at Crown & Crumpet, in Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco! I am beyond excited! To be quite honest I haven't heard of the place, and have never seen it when I've been by Ghirardelli. However after visiting their website, I instantaneously fell in love! If you are interested in the tea room scene etc, even remotely, I urge you to check out this website (this means you, CafeFashionista! if you havent already, that is) Its absolutely adorable.
See for yourself, the decor is just so ridiculously adorable it makes me want to cry!
absolutely too cute to boot, right? ohhh I can't wait to rant and rave about it when I actually visit Crown & Crumpet for my tea party January 16th! Oh joy!

Enough about my soon-to-be tea party. After excitingly planning my event for my birthday the fam bam and I went out to go see Sherlock Homes, a movie I really wanted to see! I knew it got good reviews, but I cannot say how fabulous I thought this movie was. Fabulous, well written script, great casting (alright so I'm a Robert Downey Jr. fan, so I may be a little bit biased), so witty, so captivating, so aesthetically pleasing, soooo fabulous. 5 stars! 2 thumbs up! Sherlock Homes was an amazing movie. We were walking out of the theater and the man next to me said to his wife "I would give it two and a half stars, maybe", I'm almost positive he had to be crazy.

After my movie I went home, worked on my last college essay which was actually quite fun to write! It was for George Washington University, and as a propsoed Journalism major I had to write an article about myself, as if I had interviewed myself... I will have to post what I have, after I finish editing and all else. After working on this essay for a few hours, a few friends met at my house and we went downtown Palo Alto for dinner at Buca diBeppo. I ate enough to last me about a year, indefinitely. It was a fabulous night for friends, food, and laughter.

Upon arriving back home, I downloaded the January 2010 Blalock's Indie Playlist, and came across perhaps the most delightful song I have heard in awhile. Granted, it's a bit like a revenge at an ex-lover song, but its just so cheery and fun when you actually listen to it!

bad day : darwin deez
i hope that the last the page of your 800 page novel is missing
and i hope that it rains if you leave the window down on your red mustang
cause everyday ought to be a bad day for you
and if you drop your keys i hope there's a sewer somewhere very nearby
i hope that your team lost;
and if you're out of clean sheets i hope your new girl takes off and it's clear why
cause everyday ought to be a bad day for you
and i would like to be your girlfriend so i could dump you
and i would like to be your garbage man so i would never have to pick up your trash again
maybe you should wonder why your apartment is always so empty
well i hope you get locked out of that apartment and have to call jenny
cause everyday ought to be a bad day for you
but i'm sorry if it ever is

listen to the song and tell me it doesn't make you want to smile and dance.

delightful day. hope your sunday was as pleasant as mine.

stay classy,