Endless pleasure...

Love this video. This band is superb live. Cannot wait to see them again.

Artist: Tesseract (with new vocalist Elliot Coleman)

Song: "Eden 2.0"

Instaholiday...

My holiday Instagrams... 

Happy Holidays. 

Take hold of your life...

"Take hold of your own life. See that the whole existence is celebrating. These trees are not serious, these birds are not serious. The rivers and the oceans are wild, and everywhere there is fun, everywhere there is joy and delight. Watch existence, listen to the existence and become a part of it." -Osho

The December Blues...

Cape May, NJ

Dreary December days in Northeast Pennsylvania really make me wish I were at the beach again and feeling the warm sand in between my toes. 

I miss summer.

I miss my old apartment in Philly. 

I miss the life I used to have.

Only thing to do is make a new life up here. Make the best of what I got, right?

Everyone's Guide To The Internet

My older brother had this gem in his "vintage" magazine stash. 

Circa 1995

Let the sun beat down upon my face...

I've been listening to Led Zeppelin quite a lot lately. Hence, the following lyrics..

     "Oh, let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream,
         I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been,
           To sit with elders of the gentle race this world has seldom seen,
             They talk of days for which they sit and wait, and all will be revealed.

       Talk and song from tongues of lilting grace, whose sounds caress my ear,
         But not a word I heard could I relate, the story was quite clear.

       Oh, I been flying... Mama, there ain't no denyin'
         I've been flying, ain't no denyin', no denyin'

       All I see turns to brown, as the sun burns the ground,
          And my eyes fill with sand, as I scan this wasted land,
             Trying to find, trying to find where I've been.

       Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace, like thoughts inside a dream,
          Heed the path that led me to that place, yellow desert stream,
             My Shangri-La beneath the summer moon, I will return again,
                Sure as the dust that floats high in June, when movin' through Kashmir.

       Oh, father of the four winds, fill my sails, across the sea of years,
          With no provision but an open face, along the straits of fear.

       When I'm on, when I'm on my way,
       When I see, when I see the way, you stay...
       When I'm down,
       Well I'm down, so down...
       Oh my baby, let me take you there.

       Let me take you there. Let me take you there."

               Led Zeppelin
               Song: "Kashmir"
               Album: Physical Graffiti

There's an app for that...

Here are more of my favorites from the Decim8 photo editing/mashing app. 

In response...

Dear Nucky Thompson,
      Did you really have to do what you did last night on Boardwalk Empire? I am distraught over your decision. I don't know what else to say.
          Insincerely,
                Me

Modern Art Nouveau...

Beautiful works of art by Melissa Murillo, aka Meyoko. 

Instant inspiration.

"Better get your drink on, get it from the kitchen, because after midnight, we startin' Prohibition!"

If you like Boardwalk Empire, you need to watch this. 

We are the dreamers of dreams...

"We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;--
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems."
-Arthur O'Shaughnessy, 1874

iPhone Love...

App Addiction #458469365: Decim8

Love the random, but very cool photo edits.

The mate to my soul...

This might be corny/cliche/stupid/whatever.. But this man is the light of my life. 

I may be a dreamer, but I'm not the only one...

"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world." -Oscar Wilde

Fading daylight...

My favorite time of day is when the daylight starts to fade. Mother Nature presents some of her best works of art... The colors, the clouds, the silhouettes of everything... Pure beauty.

Getting my spark back...

I've been sitting down with my old friend Photoshop lately after many months of neglect. My inspiration fire seemed to have burnt out for a while after my mother passed away in February. I've been coming around, and thankfully, so has my creativity, and these inspiration boards are just the beginning of a new chapter in my life. Hope you enjoy!

Do not let the hero in your soul perish...

"Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you deserved can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it's yours." -Ayn Rand

Summer's colors...

Sunset behind my apartment building. 

Music soothes my soul...

Listen to Karnivool. They are wonderful. This song is so beautiful to begin with, but the acoustic version is very soothing. Enjoy! 

My inner child...

Super 8

I finally saw Super 8 this week with my handsome other half. I felt transported right back to the simpler days where all of my money was spent on candy and not on car payments. 

Nature girl...

Some favorite photographs from a little nature walk this past week at Smedley Park near Media, PA.

Underneath I-476. 

Perfectly clear reflection from the stream.

We found a robin's egg, already hatched, on the ground.

The wonders beyond...

M64: The Sleeping Beauty Galaxy

Yesterday's "Astronomy Picture of the Day" courtesy of NASA. The universe and the pure vastness of undiscovered space out there completely blows my mind... 

Today's dream...

Live by a beach, if not directly on a beach.

Wildwood, NJ

My love affair with music...

Band: Battles
Album: "Gloss Drop"
From the moment I hit play, I was immediately put in a good mood, feeling as if I was at a carnival with the cheery melodies produced in this album. 




And check out my absolute favorite tune from their first album, "Atlas," below. Guaranteed to make your foot tap to the beat.

Some of the beautiful things in life...

Two lonely daffodils in the middle of the woods.

The view outside my childhood home

Philadelphia, PA. My first city love.

The world from a different perspective.

I'm a sunset chaser.

Sunrise near Canada border.

Protest the Hero, Trocadero, Philadelphia. Live tunes > iTunes.

Where my life and what inspires me intersect...

Living, loving and dreaming my days away on this floating rock in space. Quick introduction.. I'm Allison, this is my blahg. My interests are vast and grow exponentially every day-- fashion (foremost), art, music, sewing, architecture, vintage, film, design, collecting, DIY, science, technology... Well, you get the picture. Enjoy the world from my perspective. 

Him... <3

B.S. Fashion Merchandising from Philadelphia University. Hire me, please. 

Philadelphia, PA <3