Save The Last Dance For Me

Admidst the awkward twenty year old uni groups, and the Sixty year old DJ who should be in bed, my best friend takes my hand and leads me onto the floor and even though it's old eighties music and the floor is sticky like marmalade and the disco balls spin around the room... for a minute I'm Ginger Rogers, and he's Fred Astaire, and our smiles glisten all the way to our eyes and we giggle because we feel like we're in on some secret that they're not.

And everyone's staring because he's 6"foot with a shaved head and a gangster attitude and I'm 5"4 nothing wearing a cocktail dress and black boots and my short black bob cut makes me look ostentatious.

We know we're out of place but we're not misfits. We're not misfits, because we have each other.

And we fit because it's effortless. Unconditional. And like all good music, our friendship only gets better with time.

Easter Part One

All images under copyright - David Rowlands Photography.

There were only three things that made her really happy in life.
Strawberry milkshakes, kindness and being politically incorrect.

The feel of real fur gliding over her soft shoulders and the tickle of her hair against the nape of her neck,
made her feel, even if just for a second...that she was loved.

xo

Melbourne, Goodbyes & Pikachu Onesies

I know. It's embarrassing how long I've been MIA for.
A whole two months.

In these two months, so much has happened. I managed to get really ill and had to defer college for a semester so I decided I needed to escape my little, old town and fly off to Melbourne for a week, just to breathe in a different kind of air.

Melbourne for the record...is beautiful.
Revisiting the city again after a whole two years filled with me lost nostalgia.

It's bristling with these massive apartment blocks and skyscrapers and highways that never seem to end.
The city is stunningly busy and walking around is like stepping into a catalogue for the Aussie version of the upper east side.

Everyone is super friendly and super busy and super designer and everywhere you go, the atmosphere is filled with this busy enthusiasm and passion for...LIFE!

I had so much fun and learned so much about myself in the short time I was there, living with loved ones, staying up too late, exploring the city and driving down dark freeways at night, the wind caught in my hair, the music up loud, the memories etched in the stars.

Most importantly, I learned that, even in a city as busy as Melbourne, anywhere can be the loneliest place in the world if you have no one.

 It was really hard saying goodbye.

And on that note, I'll leave ya'll with the last photo I took before I left, inspired by a few too many Johnny Walkers and someone who will always hold a special place in my heart... ;)

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue.

Below are a few sneek peeks of my dress and some of the highlights from our dear friends, Peggy and Peri's wedding ceremony.
It was very Greek, very white and very classically beautiful.
Opa!

Ebony & Ivory Inspired Shoot

These are a few sneek peeks from a photoshoot I did with the gorgeous Kiki, a month back.
We were shrouded in all sorts of materials and lingerie and shot under studio lighting.

New Year

Rhi and I welcomed in 2014 with cold fountains, hot cinnamon donuts, the feel of wet grass saturating our dresses and the loud, familiar bang of fireworks.

Every year brings with it remnants of the past and the exciting possibility of something new.
This year, I shed regrets from the years before and welcomed in something beautiful.
No expectations, no regrets, just the happy, cathartic feeling of letting go...

Happy 2014!

Love...or something like it.

Love.  What does it even mean anymore? Nothing.
 Sex? Just another commodity.
Relationships? Irreplaceable.
Commitment? Temporary.


We live in a materialist world where almost everything can be bought. We strive for our careers, our success, but do we ever strive to find someone we can be completely real with? Someone who isn't replaceable. We get caught up in the glamour of games, unattainable people, fabricated flings, lust, desire, temporary euphoria. We're afraid to let our concepts go. Afraid of being hurt. Afraid of being...human.

Can you remember your first kiss?  your first love affair? your first relationship? the first time someone made you feel genuinely alive with happiness? What's changed?


Our ability to love is what distinguishes us from anything else in this vast universe.  Our ability to see a whole world encapsulated in someone else's smile. Our ability to bond and care and nurture. Our ability to feel and express emotions, so complex, they cannot be described. Our ability to hold another person and be happy to live out the rest of your lives together.

The moment we stop remembering to fall in love, is the time when living becomes simply existing.


XOXO

Let's Make Memories.

Today was  beautiful. I woke up and made scrambled eggs and coffee and finished off the day with steak in mushroom sauce. Mum and I spent a good 3 hours just recapping the past and walking along the shore together. It was that sort of warm breeze pre-spring vibe, reminscent of Lana Del Rey's 'Summertime Sadness' songs. 

I'm not sure choosing to wear all black was such a good idea, but when the day takes a spontaneous turn, sometimes your wardrobe choice doesn't follow! ;)

xx
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Today Was Beautiful and May Never Come Again.

Whenever I go down the bay, I always have to go into my favourite lolly store. Even if my eyes only briefly gaze over the iced worms, chocolate almonds or lolly bananas. Today I chose salted pistachios and croissants over rainbow jellybeans.

It's almost a week till spring and I'm already counting down to the days when I can wear bikinis and boyfriend shirts and smell the seawater on my skin and the sun in my hair.

In His Favourite Sun dress.

What do ya'll think of this very Grecian white sun dress I found in Dotti?

'She' for lack of a better word seems a little too long for my petit, 5"4 frame but I fell in love with this dress all the same. It was so soft, silky, feminine and...white!

Behind The Scenes.

End Result © Marjorie Rose.

Today was so much fun.  In biting cold wind, I shot a beautiful sequence of editorial photos with Marjorie and model, Eddie. We moved around quite a lot on location and walking back through town carrying a mini suitcase in stilettos and a strapless dress caused a little too much attention. I ended the evening with coffee, seaweed salad and pizza. Not all in that order. ;)

Monday-itis? I don't think so.

Monday in a nutshell. Colouring,  crimping, curling and straightening hair and then home from college to a terribly fattening but delicious dinner at Nandos with my best mate.

Time to get some much needed Zzzzs for tomorrow's photoshoot...
Pictures to be posted soon.

Did anyone suffer Monday-itis?

xoxo

Today.

 

Day offs mean three things for me.

• Chicken and ricotta salad in town.
• Shopping.
• Driving with mates. 

Lately.

It's nice to be back! And even nicer to have a day off to recap on everything that's happened thus far.  Holidays are over so I'm back to spending more time at the salon than I am at home! Add work, cocktails, friends and writing to the mix and I haven't had time to upgrade my blog.

But this Cocoa Bean is officially back :)