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Monthly Archives: October 2014

boyfriend, friends, Invoking the Muse, San Francisco, Travels, Uncategorized

Mo’ Money, Muir Problems: Back to Big Sur and the Redwoods

Author Violet Date October 31, 2014
In a reprise of a similar trip from last year, this past weekend Deepak...
Tagged 17-mile drive, and it brought into his mind the turbid ebb and flow of human misery, aurorae borealis, bien sûr, big sur, bioluminescent marine life, bird poop in the ocean, california conservationist, central coast, crayon signs by children, don't threaten me with a good time, dover beach, foamy crests, game of thrones wedding, healthy hearth, i am a being of violet fire, indian spirituality, john muir, matthew arnold, monterey peninsula, mr. probz waves robin schulz, mry airport, nature photography, no beach access, ocean cliffs, ocean gif, outdated conde nast magazines, pacific ocean waterfall, pebble beach, redwood national forest, sea otters, seals, sean parker's redwood wedding, sierra nevadas, Sophocles long ago heard it on the Ægæan, this land is your land, time-lapse fireplace, uber driver to airport | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, family, friends, frugality, home, Invoking the Muse, sisters, the struggle, Uncategorized

People Who Tell You to Stop Writing Are Monsters — So Defy Them!

Author Violet Date October 24, 2014
I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they’re...
Tagged 2009 amelia, amelia earhart, amelia movie, andrew marvell, campbell's soup leggings, campbell's soup warhol, delayed wedding, drugstore halloween display, famous for 15 minutes, following your dreams, hilary swank, how to make it as a writer advice, hungover babble, keep writing till they close the lid, long-term goals, lookin' at my gucci it's about that time, marshall mcluhan, mitch hedberg, national honor society brunch, newspaper jumble, nylon soup, playing cards, playing hearts, quit your day job, rigor mortis, schoolly d, sharp elbows, terrible but well-meaning advice, to his coy mistress, what happens to a dream deferred?, writers on writing, zorro pumpkin | Leave a comment |
baking, boyfriend, cooking, family, friends, frugality, home, Invoking the Muse, Orange Drive, recipes, sisters, the struggle, Uncategorized

Oh My Gourd, Becky! Pumpkin Spice Is NOT The Enemy.

Author Violet Date October 15, 2014
Fall is here! This is my second fall of Violet on Orange. So let...
Tagged carve a gourd, chinese parents, cooler ranch doritos, critical chrissy, daily show alums, donald faison gif, jebediah atkinson, john oliver, john oliver rant, jon stewart, keeping it real, last week tonight, look at her glut, lupita nyong'o, mean girls burn book, meryl streep, midnight madness, murray in clueless, music snobs, nurse jackie dvd, oh my gourd becky, peeps, peeps cocktail, pollyanna, pumpkin granola, pumpkin o's, pumpkin pecan oatmeal, pumpkin pie mochi ice cream, pumpkin spice backlash, pumpkin spice latte, pumpkin spice sea salt caramels, rabbit food, sondheim, statler and waldorf, taran killam, theater review, tiger parenting, tonsure, trader joe's pumpkin products, wannabe eugene ionesco, word nerds, yale cabaret, yale daily news, yale school of drama | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, family, fitness, friends, frugality, Hollywood, Invoking the Muse, the struggle, Uncategorized, wedding

Wedding Venue Review #1 Part 2: “Factitious” Carondelet House

Author Violet Date October 10, 2014
I just described how I found out about The Carondelet House in Westlake, Los...
Tagged #carondelet, 1928 italian villa los angeles, adam levine, animals maroon 5, beachy waves are the devil's handiwork, betes noires, capri il faro beach, carondelet house, elements of style, exposed brick, factitious, fireplace wedding venue, hangry, hardwood floors, high beam ceilings, home liberated community, italianate architecture, lanvin alber elbaz party, meat hooks, oil paintings, one hour photo movie, orange drive, pinterest-bait, robin williams, rococo furnishings, social media presence, tree trunks, uniqueness, vase shaped like head, westlake los angeles, writing your own vows wedding, yelp-approved | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, family, friends, frugality, Hollywood, home, Invoking the Muse, Uncategorized, wedding

Wedding Site Review #1 Part 1: Yelp-Approved Carondelet House

Author Violet Date October 10, 2014
Paging through my endless trove of this year’s photos, I noticed I had quite...
Tagged adam levine workout plan, augusta georgia, bridal cliche, carondelet house, carrion luggage, discarded heroin needles, estrus tabby timbre, exposed brick, hangry, high intensity interval training, italian villa los angeles, los angeles wedding venues, maroon 5 animals, mendicants of downtown los angeles, one hour photo, patron saint of stagnant wedding planning, robin williams, seo bot, tresla catering, wedding review shills, wedding venue search, wedding wire reviews, west lake, westlake village | 1 Comment |
boyfriend, family, friends, home, Invoking the Muse, sisters, the struggle, Uncategorized, yale

Grammar Faux Pas Worse Than The Word Crimes in Weird Al’s “Word Crimes”

Author Violet Date October 4, 2014
In the criminal justice system*, grammatical errors are considered especially heinous. *By “criminal justice...
Tagged ariana grande, break free, chai tea, chaise longue, chaise lounge, cool as balls, criminal justice system, culture junkies, espresso, expresso, freshman 15, freshmanitis, get your i's checked, grammar faux pas, grammar peccadillos, hot as balls, joan osborne, katy perry, keri hilson, law & order, offensive autocorrect, one of us, personal transporter, segue, segway, senioritis, seniorosis, song scansion, subjunctive mood, the way i are, timbaland, unconditionally, weird al yankovic, word crimes | Leave a comment |
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Fiancée All on His Mouth Like Liquor: Yes, I Plan to Stay Engaged Forever

Author Violet Date October 3, 2014
The other day, Deepak introduced me to someone as his fiancée. The person we...
Tagged amazing race team, army one helicopter, Beyoncé, big book of wedding planning, ca, calamigos ranch malibu, centerpieces wedding table, chiavari chair charge, chris brown forever wedding viral video, congratulations on your engagement, engaged whatevers, fiancee all on his mouth like liquor, floating train of marabou, hairtop of trump, kate middleton 2011 wedding dress, kim kardashian flower wall, known rihanna-beater, merry-go-round, mindy weiss, nixon presidential library, prince george, speed of light slows down in sodium atoms, the butter end cakery, trump toupee, wedding cake samples, who wore it best, who wore it better, world leaders room nixon library, wrigley's doublemint gum song, yonce, yonce all on his mouth like liquor, yorba linda, zhou enlai | Leave a comment |
Hollywood, Invoking the Muse, the struggle, Uncategorized

Network Fall TV Ads: My Hits & Misses

Author Violet Date October 1, 2014
Every year when the pumpkin spice lattes and the premature Xmas decorations come out,...
Tagged alligator cowboy boots they just put on sale, ariana grande's asymmetrical dimple, ariana grande's bad side, bad judge photoshopped ad, BAD JUDGE School of Inexplicably Untamed Auburn Locks, bad typography, ben feldman, casey wilson david caspe, claire's 10 for $5 sale, color me mine font, cristela, delicious duality, dexter magazine cover ads, dexter showtime, early christmas decoration, endometrial typhoons, ethnic twinsies, everyone will be obscured by a flame-hued ingénue for 15 minutes, fall tv network premiere week, garnier olia hair color, george clooney beard, george clooney political aspirations, george clooney wedding, gracepoint, gummy bracelets, happy endings abc, john cho, judge mathis, judge reinhold, karen gillan, kate walsh, kotex commercial analogies, liz phair, maggie q ethnicity, marry me nbc, nbc bad judge, needs to be thrown in the fire, polyester bride, print ads, pronoun-antecedent disagreement, pumpkin spice latte, right hand ring, roth or traditional ira, selfie abc, splash page, stalker cbs, starbucks, the blacklist, the blacklist magazine cover ads, the icing 10 for $5 sale, tv billboard, tv premiere season | Leave a comment |
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