To my own surprise, I have been eating remarkably well. There are enough options in Oxford to avoid having “bangers and mash” all of the time. Some meals I have had at various pubs and restaurants include fish and chips, summer squash soup, and french toast. I make sure to have plenty of leftovers so […]
I am at university in England for a month at St. Clare’s University! Located in Oxford, England, it is a charming city an hour and a half north of London. Even though I packed for cold, rainy England weather, the first day was nearly 75 degrees Fahrenheit… Before I arrived, I did take a few […]
Last weekend, the university hosted a trip the the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. There were two exhibits I wanted to see especially–“Figure/Fabric/Fantasy”: Selections from the Jean S. Frederic A Sharf Collection of Fashion Drawing and “Beauty as Duty”: Textiles and the Home Front in WWII Britain. Other exhibits at the MFA include “Silver, […]
The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris Written by Alicia Drake Drake exposes the lives of Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent, two designers who “shared the same stage, but a different destiny.” Both Lagerfeld and Saint Laurent were visionaries in the business,tried to […]