Costume?

Okay, I know. I know, I know, I know. Halloween isn't exactly around the corner. Honestly though, the best costumes are thought up ahead of time. So really, is a month early still too soon? I don't think so. I want to be prepared, damn it.

I've had this idea that an architecture themed costume might be a good idea. Being in studio this semester means that buildings are always tucked into any crevice of empty space left in my head. So naturally, I'm going to incorporate them into non-academic related things too.

The only problem here... how do you make a costume of a building? A box isn't exactly flattering. Although, I think these famous architects (wearing their own buildings) managed to pull it off.

Then again, they were old. They weren't 20 year old college girls going to a party. I don't want to be clumsily walking around with a huge cardboard structure on my head. This other picture I found of a girl donning a U.S. Capitol bra is more appealing, but still a little too risque for my own taste.

Another option is to go completely abstract and make a statement about architectural spatiality and the human form. These Oskar Schlemmer costumes I found are cool, but they might be a little too hard to explain at a party where a large portion of the people won't remember my name the next day, let alone the complex theory behind my weird costume.

Well, hopefully I'll figure out some happy medium by the big day.

Santa Fe

(On a whim) My boyfriend and I decided to meet up in Santa Fe for a long weekend. A while ago SWA had a birthday ticket sale, so we decided to meet somewhere semi-mid-country. He lives in Pennsylvania (where I'm from) and I'm in California, so we picked New Mexico. Not really sure what our logic was at the time.

Anyway, it was a pretty interesting place. Although the average age seemed to be somewhere near 45, we still had fun. We weren't exactly looking for some crazy party scene or anything like that. We just wanted a cool place to meet up and be with each other.


The atmosphere was so different. So much adobe, Indian art galleries, Mexican food, and cheap prices. Yeah, CHEAP. An all day bus pass (like, unlimited bus rides) was only 2 dollars. I also had to work on my architecture project while I was there, so we had to stop by an art supply store. In a place very Blick-esque I bought museum board (average price here for one sheet: $10) and it was only $2.50.


Maybe I understand the bus price, since Santa Fe isn't exactly set up for pedestrians. From our Hostel, the walk into downtown Santa Fe wasn't very nice. The sidewalk (when it even existed) usually had obstacles, like telephone poles or electrical boxes right in the middle of it. Sometimes we were the only people walking for miles. The only people who ever passed us were either homeless or crazy. Sometimes both. It's definitely a car kind of town.


Regardless, it was still great. Walking around and taking in the adobe, dried chilies, mountains, dream catchers, blah blah blah, it was all in a strange way romantic and exciting. The fact that our days ended when the sun went down didn't seem to bother us. We would just grab a bottle of wine on the lonely walk back and sit on the patio in front of our Hostel, talking about how strange Santa Fe was, but how for some reason we still really liked it.

Finals Finals Finals

Sophomore year is ending with a bang. I've never had so many finals. Four in a row, with two packed into one day. I'm going to make sure this never happens again. My brain has almost reached full capacity.



It's also hard to believe that I'm going to be a Junior in college. When did this happen? I feel like I just got here.

Mama's Royal Cafe

I'm hardly ever willing to walk 8 miles for breakfast. The only reason I did such a crazy thing was because of the destination, Mama's Royal Cafe (check it out). Buses and bicycles would have made it an easier voyage, but walking there wasn't so bad. College Avenue is pretty flat and the weather was accommodating.

I would go to Mama's all the time if I could. Everything tastes good and there's plenty to look at. The wooden booths are completely covered in the kind of graffiti that happens when the wood finish is a little too thick and easy to scratch off. There are pin up girls on the walls and old radios lining the ceiling. I was lusting after one of their coffee cups, mostly because of the cool logo printed onto the front.

I decided to have an omelette with avocado and feta cheese. They give you some homemade salsa no matter what you order, which is seriously THE BEST. It's almost worth it to go there and just eat the salsa. My only complaint about the place is that their prices aren't really college kid friendly. I'll just have to take my parents there.