Wordless Wednesday: 2 Years Ago..

My post-graduation European vacation had just begun. Now I sit at a desk in front of a computer everyday. Yay to growing up!



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Not-so-Wordless Wednesday: España

If you've been reading this blog in a reader for the past couple of days, visit the website and you'll see a lovely new blog theme! I took a simpler route in terms of page layout and designed a nice little logo of sorts (props for the awesome logo concept go to my boo, Colin). The header image used is actually one from my own collection (or maybe a friend's), because I didn't want to use a random image from Flickr without the photog's permission. [I wish there was at least one dude in it, though.] So this image is going to be the theme of my not-so-wordless Wednesday.

Here's the original version of the header image:

It's of my friends and I somewhere in Cordoba, Spain, during the Spring Break of our Sophomore year—the semester we studied abroad in London (Spring 2006). In front of us was a river that had a broken baby carriage washed ashore. To our left was a Jesus parade (it was Easter weekend). When I browse through the pictures from this trip, it appears as though we were having the time of our lives. But this is one of those situations where the scenes behind the pictures were oh-so-different.

We're eating breakfast at an outdoor table. CLICK! A gypsy was stealing my roommate's purse (and that was only one of two robberies, my wallet being the other—aghh, Spain you got us!).

Group shot on quaint Spanish street outside restaurant. CLICK! The verbal arguments about restaurant choice and splitting the bill ensue.

Shot of friends walking down the street. CLICK! Really it's more of a "storming off in anger" than a leisurely stroll.

Shockingly, we made it out alive, friendships intact, but it was touch and go there for a while. [And according to the pictures, we seemed to have read a lot. Like on the beach in Valencia. Or on the roof of our hostel. It probably just kept us from having to talk to one another.]

But isn't it funny that browsing photographs can sometimes be like looking at a memory through rose-colored glasses? I reminisce on that whole semester with a smile, and details about it are so completely engrained in my memory that when I returned to London after graduation in 2008, it was so familiar it seemed like I'd never left. But really, I'd probably never been more annoyed in my life. Oh well, c'est la vie. And that's what books are for.

Wordless Wednesday: Utah

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Wordless Wednesday: Crossing over

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Wordless Wednesday: Home sweet home

So I'm not really going to be Wordless. Instead I'll give an excuse for my absence, which is that I was enjoying the good ol' state of Tennessee. I promise I'll write a review soon—I have several things to review, including The Postmistress, an Israeli translated novel, and one about my glorious home state.

Until then...

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Wordless Wednesday: Magnolia

For all those coming to NYC for BEA, be sure to hit up Magnolia Bakery (the West Village original). Yes, it's touristy, but it's also a must. NOM NOM!



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Wordless Wednesday: Brooklyn

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Wordless Wednesday: Spring break 2004

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Wordless Wednesday: Because I just watched the Hannah Montana movie and now I miss home

Don't judge me.

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Wordless Wednesday: Spring in the air

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Wordless Wednesday: BEACH

All this week's posts are scheduled, and I am somewhere like this right now. HAHAAAAA, enjoy the cold!

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Wordless Wednesday: Forget Cassettes

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Wordless Wednesday: Praha

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Wordless Wednesday: There's a blizzard in NYC

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Wordless Wednesday: Snow in Philly

Normally I don't participate in these weekly things, but I think I'm going to start with Wordless Wednesdays. Photography's always been my other big hobby besides books, and I'm trying to get the most out of my Flickr Pro account!

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