Indulge a little. Have some french fries.

G-L-A-M-O-R-OUS

Hope you had a glamorous Monday, and if not... ;)

Vancouver 2010

In honour of the upcoming Winter Olympics in my favourite city in the entire world ... I have compiled a series of Vancouver/Canada/BC-loving cards to express not only my joy at their coming, but the entire city's!

These kinds of cards are everywhere, and being a die-hard fan of both Vancouver and the Olympics, I think it's marvelous. Vancouver is wonderful and everyone should know that--so what better way to spread the Vancouver-love than to send someone a card? So that's exactly what I did. :) The last one (which didn't scan very well because of the pin, sorry :S), is also from the Regional Assembly of Text, which I am definitely going to have to hit up sometime--soon!

A Very Belated Happy New Year

Very sorry for the inattentiveness... but I hope that everyone had a good start to 2010! I mean, I certainly did ...

...mostly because it began with a BANG in NYC! I seem to be there a lot these days, and let's be truthful... I love it. I really used to think that New York was only second best to London, but I am starting to realise they are not competing with one another--they are just beautifully, wonderfully different.

Especially when it comes to museums. I adore the British Museum, but the Met is undeniably incredible in its own right. Plus, they both have really good postcards, right?

Well ... there's a brief snippet of my hiatus in New York. I'll keep the cards coming, I promise--especially since there's another big, commercialised card holiday up and coming: Valentine's Day.

My Spiritual Home

I am sorry that of late I have not been spreading the card-love with the infrequency of my posts, but I have a very valid reason: I have been away for a week in England! My mother lives there, so going there (although this sounds very jaded) is nothing really new or special for me, but this time it was different. I brought a friend along, and we went traipsing across the English countryside--including a stop in Oxford. And so it was that I found my spiritual home, or at any rate, my spiritual college. I literally fell in love with the place, and it actually pains me that I don't go to college there. It's so wonderfully historic--J.R.R. Tolkien (I adore Lord of the Rings, this was huge for me) and C.S. Lewis both taught there, Lewis Carroll went to school at Christ Church College--I was drooling as we strolled around the streets, and especially being a history major, I became insanely jealous of everyone who went there. Not to mention that they have the cutest card shops (definitely check out Blackwell's Poster Shop if you go). Heaven, much?

I picked up this postcard. Very touristy, I know, but I still enjoy it--it gives you an idea of how gorgeous the place is. I sent it to a friend in Vermont because I know he would love it too--just the right balance of pretentiousness and history, and still small enough to be sweet and cozy. Also, the students' rooms are absolutely beautiful--some are old and some are new, but they are huge and gorgeous, with big windows and cute little chairs and some even have dining tables!?! Are you jealous yet?

These got from Alice's Shop in Oxford. The real Alice (Alice Liddell) lived in Oxford, she was the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church College! Isn't that so cool? The shop I bought these in is where she used to buy her barley sugar sweets over 140 years ago, but now it's just filled with Alice paraphernalia, which is cool too! ;) I think these are wonderful, and because I am selfish and can't bear to part with them, they now live on my wall with my vast collection of postcards and pictures! I hope this makes you want to go galavant off to Oxford--drop me a line if you do, I will definitely hide in your suitcase!

Wandering thoughts...

I think one of the sweetest things is to have someone send you a postcard--because it means they thought of you, even for a brief moment while they were off having marvelous fun. The messages are always so happy (who doesn't have an awesome time wandering about the globe??), the postage stamps are awesome, and the thought is sincere. So here's to postcards!

From Scripps College, California. Ok, so my friend wasn't on holiday when she sent this (she was at school), but I think it's a cute postcard. I mean, who doesn't want impeccably dressed men from the 50's standing outside their balconies (complete with vines and shuttered windows)? Sigh.
Marstrand, Sweden. Apparently the town is populated with cute blue-eyed, blonde men. I've never been to this particular town in Sweden, but I find this holds true throughout the country, so naturally I was a little bit jealous upon receiving this card. Must make a note to hit up Marstrand next time I'm parusing through Sweden.

Sadly, I don't remember what this place is called. But it is the very tip of England. And apparently it is 12000 miles (or kilometers? Who knows.) from Australia. So I suppose that is pretty cool. In general, England is a pretty cool place, with pretty cool postcards, so I always love getting them! But honestly, who really cares where it came from because what's better than looking your mail box and finding you've got something that travelled miles and miles to be with you?