"The thunder of the drums dictates the rhythm of the falls"

Very close to turning these into breakfast, lunch and dinner throughout all of summer. And a side order of cupcakes just for the hell of it.

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Summer vacation. No, no, wait, I need to hear that again. Summer. Vacation. Yup, that's the sound of a choir of angels singing and dancing in circles around my head. After what's been a too long of a school year, summer is here and I am ready to enjoy it to the max.

Which means I give myself a couple of weeks before I'm bored out of my skull and trolling Medscape.com or begging doctors to please, oh please let me lurk around hospital corridors and shadow them like the clingy little creature that I am.

But so far everything is all double rainbows all the way. I've been sleeping like a sloth, finally tackled my To Read bookcase and marathoning tv shows and movies while eating abnormal amounts of junkfood. If there's a Heaven, this is it. (Us med students are too easy to please.)

I also marathoned Harry Potter and I am getting so excited about Deathly Hallows Pt 2. If I had a wizarding hat and a wand I would be wearing those all day while bouncing up and down going oh boy, oh boy, oh boy but I am trying to act all mature. Mature-ish. That's it, until I get to the cinema, then it is buh-bye to maturity cause I've been waiting for this moment even since I were a kid. Woop woop!

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One amazing part of having all this free time all of the sudden: I get to meet up with amazing people. And I do mean the sweet and funny Alice. We met up twice and the first time we spent a ridiculous amount of hours talking about our love for Supernatural, Matt Bomer in suits, british tv shows and, really, just tv shows in general.

Don't you just love it when you can just click with someone? :-)

Improvised photoshoots in the middle of one of the busiest city squares are always much more fun when it's all for blogger bonding, don't you think?

Wearing: Zara blazer and pants, H&M bow tee, Nine West heels, Musette bag.

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And I'm taking this opportunity to thank Alice for letting me tag along to the way too enjoyable for words Starbucks coffee date with her, Denisa, Anca, Stella and Mina who is currently back in Romania for her own summer break.

I can't even describe how wonderful it was to be sitting at the same table with all those lovely, witty and extremely chic ladies ♥

I am such a fangirl, I know. This was me trying to surreptitiously take photos of Mina and Denisa.

Denisa, Stella and Anca looking fabulous.

It was so hot that day that even my short and backless dress made it insufferable to stay out in the sun. Apparently Romania's seasons are Gloomy & Rainy and Scortching & Sunny, with a few moments of Normal stuck in between.

Alice and Stella.


Anca and yours truly.


Alice always has the best accessories, hands down.

But of course it can't be a blogger meet up without a shoe fest so awesome it will have a fashionista drop dead from too much awesome.

Thank you Alice for this wonderful photo ♥

Wearing: Zara dress & heels, vintage bracelet.












My summer vacation is turning out to be better than I expected.

(I do miss my scrubs though. Just a little. The iced lattes and good books will have to fill that hole, I think.)

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Song of the Day: Woodkid - Iron

"Hey little prince, you've lost control."

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Sometimes week days blend into each other and that's the perfect time to get oneself out of bed, put on some high heels and a little blush and head for the hills. Whereas by hills I mean the Absolutely Fabulous Fashion & Vintage Fair, of course. And I bet that browsing rows upon rows of beautifully crafted accessories and magazine-perfect clothes will lift even the grumpiest-grump's spirits.

Because, really, what else is a girl to do when even the wordy wide web is doing nothing but buzzing with boring things? Super Bowl, Superb Owl, whatever. Call me when Germany's football team is ready to be ogled at again ;)

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Some bits and pieces of importance.

Spiked headband that goes well with my new Trent Reznor soundtracked state of mind. Made by the talented Alice from Dulapul Bunicii.

Because The Mother usually gets it wrong when buying jewelry. But sometimes she just nails it perfectly and then I think my family is not as sartorially challenged as I think it is.

Ioana from Fashezine charmed us with her pretty hair bow and her amazing shoes. Did I mention she's also one of the sweetest girls I've ever met?

I think the debate should finally end and we should all agree that red is the best hair color. Not that I am biased or anything.

There was me with my silly excited smile, Anaivilo from WonderFashion who looked spectacular in leather pants and who is too sweet for words, Alice with one great outfit and so much talent to boot and the too phenomenal for words Ioana. I also spotted Ana from High Street Cardigansrunning around in the most lust-worthy boots and tights.

So yeah, I'm a tiny blogger fangirl. But can you really blame me?

♥

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Song of the Day: Robyn - RobotBoy

"Numberless names with the force of the ninth wave"

I decided to dye my hair red out of two very important reasons: a) I had always wanted to be a green-eyed, freckled red-head and the hair was the easiest way to get closer to that dream without painful (and alien) surgical procedures and b) I had a sort of quarter life crisis.

I can still remember the look of shock on everyone's face when I ended up with this this bright red carrot-top-on-crack hair. I think I tried every sort of red out there since then (my poor hairdresser hates me already) but I am still not sick of being an - albeit false - redhead and I can't picture my hair back to it's what I fell now to be dull chocolate brown.

Unless I have another existential crisis as that usually leads to my hair being sacrificed on the altar of change and craziness.


I love redheads. And because I'm the kind of person that makes up lists in her head about all her favorite things, I could not pass up a chance to present to you my favorite of the bunch.

My Top 11 (I cheated a little) Favorite Redheads:
(in no particular order)

1. Florence Welch (Singer; Florence & The Machine)

Not only is she an energetic entertainer she also has a voice that will rock your world. The pale skin and the fiery locks combined with a majestic presence on stage makes her one of my favorite singers of the moment. She also makes these fantastic, whimsical videos that you need to watch over and over again.

2. Conan O'Brien (Late Night with Conan O'Brien)

In case you were wondering, I was always on Team Coco. Enough said.

3. Amy Adams (Actress; Enchanted, Doubt)

She's adorable! She played a real-life Cinderella, all wide eyed and innocent and then so effortlessly managed to convey the austere nun in one of my favorite dramas, Doubt, where she also never wavered in front of the force that is Meryl Streep. She's cute with an edge and gives redheads a very good name.

4. Christina Hendricks (Actress; Mad Men)

The term girl crush is an understatement. When she walks on scene in an episode of Mad Men you literally can't take your eyes off her and you suddenly understand why all the men at Sterling-Cooper would kiss her perfectly polished shoes in a heartbeat. This girl looks like a modern age Grecian goddess and I see why the boys at Esquire have such a colossal crush on her. I mean, don't you?

5. Felicia Day (Actress; Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, The Guild)

Pretty girl who rocks Dungeons and Dragons? Who makes Neil Patrick Harris swoon? Who can look gorgeous and geek out at the same time? And who's incredibly sweet and down to Earth? Felicia Day is every teenage nerd's dream girl. She is cute as a button and can still kick your ass at comic book trivia. If you haven't seen The Guild yet, you should. Or at least their nerdtastic music video. Did I mention she's the writer and producer too?

6. Deborah Ann Woll (Actress; True Blood)

I love True Blood. It's cheesy, it's over-the-top and veers off into tacky territory every episode but man, I love it. But I love it not because of the script but because it has some of the funnest characters out there and I wouldn't mind if they killed everyone else and it just ended up The Eric, Laffayette and Jessica show.
She plays the wide-eyed innocent vampire trying to sort things out and she does it with more poise than most female characters in that ridiculous show. She is also the cutest thing ever, does a great Bill impersonation and her and Pam are hilarious.

7. Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Actor; Modern Family)

Are you watching Modern Family? Great, isn't it one of the best comedy shows out there? Oh, you're not? Thehttp://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=729636068970379043&postID=3790076220712506254n what are you doing here? Leave this blog, lock yourself in your room and don't leave until you've watched all 2 season of the incredibly funny and witty sitcom!
JTF plays one half of the most charming gay couple on television, Mitchell and Cameron. He is a theater alumni and one very funny guy, the perfect mix of talent and charisma and wit. He and Eric Stonestreet do make the most adorable daddy duos ever.

8. Rachel Hurd-Wood (Actress; Peter Pan, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer)

This girl is looks like a freaking faery! Peter Pan flew her to Wonderland and Ben Wishaw followed her across the map (in a ridiculous stalker-like sort of way, but still!) and I can see why. I'm sad she hasn't been doing any work lately because I thing she's enthralling on screen.

9. Kate Walsh (Actress; Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice)

Grey's Anatomy more-or-less went downhill for me when my favorite fierce female doctor, Addison Sheppard aka Kate Walsh, left the show. She brought much needed spice to the show and I think she is a delightfully captivating woman, spunky and sarcastic and funny. She also rocks a salmon pink pair of scrubs like no one's business!

10. Simon Pegg (Actor; Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Star Trek)

My personal king of comedy. He's such a hilarious guy and he took cop movies and zombie movies to a whole new level, much more clever and playful. He's also a huge geek and his tweets are always, always amusing.

11. Karen Gillan (Actress; Doctor Who)

Okay, okay, I loved the David Tennant/Donna Noble season of Doctor Who the most and I was so weary of starting out the new season with the new Doctor but it was love at first viewing. Firstly, because Matt Smith is a great Doctor, clever yet crazy and playful like a baby schizophrenic giraffe; and secondly because Karen Gillan is not only ridiculously pretty but with enough cleverness and just playful enough to keep up with him. The red hair and freckles just made me like her even more. Come on new season of Doctor Who!


Okay, so I cheated on this a little bit and I'm going to be cheating some more only because there are so many talented carrot top people out there that it is impossible to choose!

Honorable mentions:
(a.k.a. the I Liked You More When You Turned to the Red Side list)

12. Scarlett Johansson (Actress; Iron Man 2)

I always thought Miss Scarlett was a beautiful girl but I personally thought the red hair she sported during the Iron Man movie turned her into this kick-ass vixen. The black leather bodysuit and high-kicks might have had something to do with this too, but I stand by my belief that the new color put her on a whole new level. Tony Stark would agree.

13. Nicole Kidman (Actress; Moulin Rouge)

I'll just let you know now that I think this woman looks like she's been carved out of marble is is splendid actress. I was so dsappointed when she went blond forever considering my biggest crush on her started when she was setting the stage on fire in Moulin Rouge. Still hoping she'll turn back to her roots (pun intended) in the near future.

source: photos from Tumblr, collages made by me.

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Well, this turned out longer than I expected. Hope you enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed doing writing this and I leave you to stare at the photos and enjoy the view :)

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Song of the Day: Klaxons - Echoes