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Tag Archives: Yale Nostalgia

To quote its own alma mater: “How bright will seem, through mem’ry’s haze / Those happy, golden, bygone days!” These are my memories of college, through rose-colored glasses.

boyfriend, Dates, family, friends, frugality, home, sisters, wedding, yale

The Best Time to Plan Your Wedding is When You’re Single

Author Violet Date February 20, 2014
As a corollary to my benediction of the wedding binder, I’d like to rant...
Tagged branford nalgene, brideday friday, davenport college dining hall, elopement, engagement ring shopping, gerard manley hopkins, go to college to get more knowledge, go to jupiter to get more stupider, he fathers forth whose beauty is past change: praise Him, orange engagement ring, pied beauty, pierson college dining hallb, say yes to the dress marathon, scouting wedding venues online, tilt at windmills, wedding binder, wedding planner, weding homework, women planning weddings early, Yale Nostalgia | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, family, friends, frugality, home, Uncategorized, wedding, yale

Benediction of the Binder: Wedding Planning Requires Heavy Homework

Author Violet Date February 20, 2014
Each new day is another attempt to baby-step into the deepening quagmire that is...
Tagged brideday friday, burgeoning beast, daiso baby, davenport dining hall, don quixote, elopement, facetime, gerard manley hopkins, he fathers forth whose beauty is past change: praise Him, hong kong, jewelry display window, johnny come lately, lisbeth levine, may broadcast upfronts week, mckayla is not impressed, mckayla maroney, mindy weiss, network executive, pied beauty, quin woodward pu, read pilots, say yes to the dress marathon, the wedding book: the big book for your big day, the wedding planner & organizer, tilting at windmills, trackvision, trapper keeper, trim to fit, tvtracker, variety insight, watch screeners, wedding binder, wedding planner, wedding planning shaming, wedding quagmire, Yale Nostalgia | 1 Comment |
boyfriend, family, friends, frugality, home, Uncategorized, violet inviolate, wedding, yale

Had We But World Enough, and Time, This Slow Wedding Planning Were No Crime

Author Violet Date February 11, 2014
Mark it down in the daybook. February 11, 2014: The day I realized that...
Tagged bathroom photo shoot, calling vendors, charlotte york goldenblatt, crude manips, endless wedding planning, engaged gif, ever-strengthening ardor, fee brothers bitters, génoise, génoise cake, getting engaged, had we world enough and time this coyness lady were no crime, high gear, jean-luc picard gif, judging dog, lavish fete, living in sin, marry in haste repent at leisure, must invite column, my vegetable love should grow vaster than empires and more slow, nuptial nescience, organza, peonies, pinterest wedding ideas, roast asparagus season, roast vegetable, sex and the city, sochi bear opening ceremony gif, the falcon hollywood, the knot, to his coy mistress, wedding budget, wedding invite list, wedding planning spreadsheet, wedding planning stress, yale feb club, Yale Nostalgia, yale sign | 1 Comment |
friends

Tripping the Light Pelagic: Notes from a $17 Whale Watching Tour

Author Violet Date December 13, 2013
A few weeks back Lina had the creative idea that we should all take...
Tagged amazon local, captain cook monument, cetaceans, dead and gone, fingerwhales, hawaiian spinner dolphins, justin timberlake, kealakekua bay, marina del rey, nail art, snorkeling, t.i., tripping the light pelagic, whale watching, Yale Nostalgia | Leave a comment |
home, Invoking the Muse, moving, Orange Drive

What’s the Difference Between a Los Angeles Resident and a New Yorker?

Author Violet Date December 6, 2013
Since moving to Los Angeles after college, I’ve gone full method into the role...
Tagged alvy singer, annie hall, california girl, daily workout, diane keaton, frankenfoods, fresh citrus, hatchback gets laughed at, john updike, new york v. los angeles, nyc vs. la, ray-bans, skee lo i wish, snl the californians, tmz updates, woody allen, Yale Nostalgia | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, family, Invoking the Muse, sisters

Take Me Out to the … What Game? (Pt. 2 of 2)

Author Violet Date October 25, 2013
It’s been a while since our baseball-playing, scrotum-draining, “Taps”-bugling childhoods, but a truism endures:...
Tagged america's next top model, antm, australia, baseball, basketball, broncos, charles barkley, cher horowitz, chris paul, chuckle barkle, clippers, clueless, erin andrews, flacco, football, foster's beer, harvard yale, jay cutler, jennifer lawrence, manning, mlb, nata galkina, natasha galkina, nba, nfl, pi beta phi, ravens, sports, sportscenter, squash, take me out to the ballgame, taps, the game, vanderbilt, veterans, wake forest, yakov smirnoff, yale daily news, Yale Nostalgia, ydn, ΠΒΦ | Leave a comment |
San Francisco, Sickness, Travels, Uncategorized

Influenza … the San Francisco Treat!

Author Violet Date August 15, 2013
I was the first person ever to say ‘I need a vacation from this...
Tagged Adventures with Boyfriend, clutter, conscious effort, dry throat, first person, florence nightingale, herbal remedies, jack donaghy, jaunt, kaiser chiefs, ly, nin jiom, oldie, pac man, pei, provenance, pseudoephedrine, san francisco trip, shunner, singaporean, traditio, Travels, Yale Nostalgia | 2 Comments |
boyfriend, San Francisco, Travels, Uncategorized

Bond. Violet Bond.

Author Violet Date August 14, 2013
When I explore a city solo, I feel like James Bond. Everywhere Bond goes,...
Tagged adrenalin, Adventures with Boyfriend, athletic person, bleeding edge, bus drivers, comforter, costume jewelry, crick in the neck, empty stomach, flop sweat, gadgetry, halter top, muni bus, muscle soreness, reveille, robin williams, san francisco trip, skinny jeans, splashes, top flight, Travels, Yale Nostalgia, yanks | 1 Comment |
San Francisco, Travels, Uncategorized

How to Glom Onto a Business Trip in Style

Author Violet Date August 7, 2013
♫If you’re going to San Francisco♫ … I’ll be coming along too! Yesterday I...
Tagged Adventures with Boyfriend, big rig, car rides, coastal views, distinct advantage, downtown los angeles, egg timer, friday evening, hairpin, highway 1, ipecac, leisure trip, miley cyrus, night affairs, noxious fumes, penury, projectile, scenic route, short shift, standout, Travels, two weeks notice, work semi, Yale Nostalgia | 1 Comment |
Invoking the Muse, Uncategorized

Violet’s Reasons Why Blog

Author Violet Date August 2, 2013
Oh, life! The Robert Fagles-translated version of “The Iliad” famously begins with the word...
Tagged Adventures with Boyfriend, ashton kutcher, cantaloupe, cruel intentions, Hollywood Struggle, homer, inner winner outer doubter, nursing home, rage, the butterfly effect, the iliad, violet quiet, violet riot, writer, Yale Nostalgia | 1 Comment |
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