Seattle Photos

This is the last of the Seattle pictures :) Just random ones from the trip that I didn't post with my outfits because those posts were already picture heavy enough. They are arranged generally in chronological order, which was: from the road, on top of the Space Needle, Inside EMP (Experience Music Project), Olympic Sculpture Park, Pikes Place Market & then outside of the awards ceremony at the film festival.














I'm still sort of playing catch-up. Because I've been procrastinating bad. I went thrifting with Sarah today and had mild success. I promised thrifting pictures a week ago and failed at that, but they will come :) I don't know what's with me. I'm just utterly unmotivated--I think I'm just yearning for summer to be here. Especially since everyone on semester schedules are done (I'm on quarters).

Sorry for being so horrible with commenting back. My terms just now starting to get a bit busy.

All photos were taken by either me or Robert. Except the ones with both me and Robert in them. In those cases, it was a friend and Robert's dad. In case you cared at all.

Hope you all have a lovely week :)

Dinner Party. Or Film Festival.

I'm sorry I sound like a broken record! It's been Robert Robert Robert these past few posts. But he's sort of a big deal to me. So if that bugs you, just don't read anything. And just look at the nice pictures :)




My last outfit post from Seattle. When I heard that Robert and I were going up to Seattle for a film festival, I got excited just because of the idea of dressing up. Because seriously! I haven't been to a wedding or any other sort of thing that would require nice pretty clothes in a long, long time. And prom was forever ago!

Robert put up with me on Skype while I browsed through pages and pages of dresses--I basically ignored him and did that thing where you give one word answers. So just to be nice, so he would feel involved in some way, I sent him the Modcloth link and told him to tell me which dresses he thought I would like. I've got to admit though, I completely underestimated him, because he totally found this one. And I probably never would have clicked to it and saw the BACK if he hadn't linked me.



Because the back, my friends, is what made me fall in love with the rest of the dress. The color was nice, the collar was nice, but the cut out back made it perfect.




Surprise! Another picture heavy post. It's hard to pare down when Robert takes so many good pictures. Plus, I love this dress, so I want to show it off. I styled it really simply and with soft neutrals--because it doesn't need adornments. Felt sort of like a housewife getting ready for a dinner party at times, but I think that was because of the heels and the matchy-matchy nature of the outfit.



These are the sorts of faces I make while Robert tests exposure:




dress: Modcloth
cardigan: ? from high school
nude tights: Gap
heels: thrifted
purse/clutch: thrifted
headband: F21

Seattle, day 2

I absolutely adore this set of pictures. I also loved wearing this outfit (it was breezy and casual, plus the shoes made me feel like a ballerina) and I loved this day too, so that helps. On Sunday, Robert and I rented the complimentary bikes from our hotel and rode along Seattle Waterfront through the Olympic Sculpture Park and then to Pike's Place Market.

I would definitely suggest visiting the sculpture park if you end up in Seattle somehow (I'll be posting pictures later). You get views of the water, the city and the railroad tracks. Plus, there are all of these silly, quirky little sculptures and installations. This glass wall was one of them. It cast this just gorgeous light all over the path and was perfect for my outfit photos, since a lot of the same colors were in my skirt.




Since we went biking, I wore these little lacy pajama shorts under my skirt. I did have to wear nude tights, but I didn't want to be flashing people either way.

blouse: thrifted
skirt: H&M
flats: Urban Outfitters
nude tights: Gap
bag: thrifted



Robert even played along and let me take some pictures of him. I meant to give him his own outfit post, but I suck at using the lens on his camera and most of them aren't focused right. Silly me.



He left back for school yesterday morning. We were best friends through the latter half of high school, confessed the night we graduated and then the summer after graduation, he left for school. This was the last time I'll have to say goodbye to him. For a while at least. Because he's done in seven weeks. Then, I'll be roadtrippin' down to SoCal with his parents for his graduation, and then he's coming back. Crazy, right? It's been three years of long-distance.

It's a bit surreal, really. I can still remember that first time he left I cried and cried. We stood on my porch for an hour and a half, pretending to be normal, dragging out the time until he'd really have to go. Since then, it's gotten a lot easier to say goodbye but it's remarkable how it still hurts a little even though we've done it countless times now. So I'm a little sad today--especially while looking at these pictures, since this weekend was so perfect and carefree.

Seattle, day 1

I'm back in the blogging world! :) Though I wasn't gone for long, going somewhere different for the weekend and removing myself entirely from my normal life makes it seem like I've been gone a long time. I meant to touch my homework... but I didn't. Should've seen that one coming. Now I'll be playing catch-up for the next two days. Oh well, it was perfectly worth it :)



We left early(ish) Saturday morning and basically just drove the 3.5 hours from Portland to Seattle without stopping. I don't know about you guys, but I love sitting in the passenger seat criss-cross apple sauce. It's more comfortable for me than sitting like a normal adult person. I just kicked off my shoes and this skirt was perfect for keeping my legs just warm enough.





We got to Seattle and the weather was just gorgeous, as you can tell. A bit nippy when the wind blew, but the sun was shining. And then, surprise! We figured out the film festival was taking place in Seattle Center and I got to see Frank Gehry's EMP (Experience Music Project). I'll discuss that a bit later when I post up my Seattle recap post.

Seattle Center is touristy and a bit over the top. But I loved this series of neat, rusting, paint chip lookin' steel panel things. They're right next to EMP--I'm not sure if they're Gehry's work, or were some later installation by an artist/sculptor.





I had a really good weekend but sort of wish Robert and I had been able to make it to more film screenings. It was hard to balance what we had actually gone there to do and exploring Seattle. But there will be other times :)

AH! I've got to play catch-up school wise. But also blog wise. I have at least 3 more posts out of this Seattle weekend (2 outfits, one recap/photo post). Plus, I need to check out all your blogs. Robert took these lovely photos. He's getting way way better, I think. These ones aren't dark and moody like his others. Hehe.



blouse: thrifted
midi skirt: thrifted
belt: thrifted
shoes: thrifted
purse: Coach hand me down, from Robert's mom