January 2012
4 posts
Somewhat of a Reflection
The last 10 days of Londontown were a blur. I remember walking around South Kensington wondering when it would all sink in that I would be leaving this city and even on the plane ride home, it still hadn’t hit me.
If anything, the past ten days made me even more aware of how fortunate I was to be able to have this wonderful, life-changing experience.
I’ve talked a lot in this blog...
The City of Love and Lights
This blog is SO late and there are no excuses! But, now that I’m home sweet home and in my comfy bed, I guess I have all the time in the world to write about great Paris was.
I guess the word ‘great’ would be a drastic understatement, because Paris was absolutely breathtaking. I’ve seen countless TV shows and films with Paris settings and it has always looked beautiful on...
December 2011
1 post
11 days left? I can’t comprehend this.
Yes. You heard it: 11. Days. Left. I’m beginning to slowly wrap my head around this fact and as the days go by its FREAKING me out.
As my friends and fam know back home, I am SO excited to see them. However now I’m realizing there is so much that I still want to do! Museums, Pubs, just aimlessly walking around London…there’s a lot to accomplish in two weeks time!
Needless to say I won’t be...
November 2011
6 posts
Sheerluxe Blogs
Here are the blog entries from Sheerluxe, I’m having so much fun writing them!!
http://www.sheerluxe.com/blogs/2011/12/a-great-source-of-vitamin-c.aspx
A Great Source of Vitamin C
http://www.sheerluxe.com/blogs/2011/12/death-by-chocolate-recipe.aspx
Grandma’s Death by Chocolate Recipe
http://www.sheerluxe.com/blogs/2011/12/jcrew-to-the-rescue.aspx
J Crew to the Rescue
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SHEERLUXE-update
I am LOVING my internship at Sheerluxe. It’s the perfect job and I’m so happy FIE placed me here. For those who haven’t read my previous blog, Sheerluxe is an online publisher that is devoted to online shopping. It’s essentially the one-stop-shop for consumers who want quality products. They have a directory of over 1500 retailers ranging from boutiques to luxurious...
The Emerald Isle
Over the weekend, my friends and I took a very short but very sweet trip to Cork, Ireland. Ever since deciding to study abroad, Ireland has been my top destination to travel to so I’m glad that I got to experience a small amount of my homeland. (Apparently both sides of my family were from Cork, what are the chances?)
Anyways, Brenna Colleen and I started our journey at 4 AM Saturday...
Firenze Adventures!
I know this post is extremely overdue, but with my first week of my SheerLuxe internship, I barely got anytime to write!
Anyways, ITALIA was amazing. I would say it was one of the best trips I have ever taken. We had absolutely perfect weather all 4 four days we were there and we really got to experience everything that Florence had to offer. I honestly don’t even know where to start!
We...
October 2011
10 posts
CHELSEA Football Club
I chose the Sporting London class because of my curiosity of British sport and my love of the Olympic Games. I can say that with the ending of this class last week, I have become somewhat of an expert on both topics.
In this class, we learned so much from our teacher Helen Curtis. Essentially she is the encyclopedia on all things Olympic. She played Water-Polo and swam growing up and actually...
One of the Best Decisions I've Made in London...
was joining the Imperial Swim Club. I’ve only had 5 practices with the team but I am absolutely LOVING it. The practices are hard and the pool is in meters, not yards like at home but I don’t care. Just having a chance to be on an actual team and getting to swim like I used to in high school is worth it all.
Everyone on the team is so nice and welcoming. I’ve met a bunch of...
Imperial Swim Club! →
I cannot tell you how excited I am to begin swimming again on a regular basis. I miss swimming so much and was so disappointed to find that Marist didn’t have a swim club when I was freshman. Now, I get to work out, meet new people and maybe even compete!? This is unreal. I hope my mom remembers to bring all my swim stuff!
Words cannot describe.
p.s take a look at the club’s website...
SHEERLUXE →
If you click on the blog post title above, you’ll get a glimpse of my first INTERNSHIP! I got an email a few days ago saying that I will be a communications intern at Sheerluxe, an online fashion magazine! Basically, this is the most perfect internship I could ask for. In the past couple years I have begun to seriously consider working at a magazine like Glamour. I feel like this internship...
September 2011
17 posts
Fashion Weekend!
Below are a bunch of pictures of my very first catwalk experience!
It was so much fun! We were in the second row on the end so we could see the models at the end of the catwalk pose. The show consisted of 5 designers works with 3 of them being trunk shows from designers at the event. We saw the stylist of the show as well as the host who’s actually the host from Next Top Model in Britain...
Some Stones and Baths
On Saturday, we traveled to Stonehenge and Bath for a FIE day trip. We took a coach bus about 2.5 hours out of London and the countryside was absolutely gorgeous! I got so used to the city life that I forgot about farms, green grass and cows. It made me miss Suffield so much!
The first stop was stonehenge to visit the ancient rock formations that NOBODY can understand. It is believed that they...
SCOTLAND and other things
Last weekend Jenn, Devon, Colleen and I traveled North to Edinburgh, Scotland! It was SO beautiful. It was such a cute little area with AMAZING breakfast cafes (with the best hot chocolate I have ever tasted) and the cutest shops, boutiques and tourist shops.
The town of Edinburgh also has several castles that we checked out. The first one was Hollyrood castle where the Queen stays on her...
Day 15
Over the past couple of days, the girls and I have been getting out and exploring London a lot more. I have been running almost every day in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens and they are absolutely gorgeous, even in the rain. There is SO much green and so many paths to choose from to run. What I love most about the parks is the Kensington Palace, the gardens and all the monuments! They are all so...
Day 13
I haven’t blogged that much recently, so I’ll just try to wrap the highlights of the past couple days!
As I said last week, the girls and were going to Fashion’s Night Out!For those who don’t know what this is, Fashion’s Night Out is basically a huge party in all the stores right before Fashion Week (which is happening right now). The stores display their newest...
Day 5-8
I can’t believe I have been living in London for a whole week so far! I’ve been so busy with classes, events and exploring that I haven’t had time to post!
On Monday, I started my first day of classes. I’m taking British Life and Cultures, Media in Britain and Sporting London. After having each class at least once so far, I can say that Sporting London is my favorite...
Day 4
As you can see from below, the girls and I have been quite busy the past 24 hours! After our amazing enchilada dinner with the MN boys we got ready to go to a pub. We met more people from MN and went out with them in a huge group which actually benefited us in the long run last night.
We decided to go to Russel Square last night which was much farther then we had ever been on the tube. Ryan said...
Day 3
Hey everyone! Welcome to my little London diary! I’m so glad that I can finally start this blog after these crazy first 3 days we’ve had here!
I’m studying abroad this semester with three of my best friends and a bunch of great people from Marist College. The process started for all of us back in December of 2010 so it’s pretty safe to say that we are ECSTATIC that the wait is finally over....
