The Chic Banner: Loves at the Moment #1

Like everyone, I go through cycles of different things I obsess over. One day I'll want to become a ballerina, another day I'll decide my life's calling is to live in the Amazon. My "passions" tend to change like the seasons. One can see why I struggled narrowing down the right majors for me. Anyway, I thought I'd share some of the things that strike my fancy right now, in the hopes of inspiring and enlightening you.

From My Life

1. My essential electronics. And my notebook.

I'm so twenty-first century it's become a hazard. There's no denying it any longer, I would go into severe withdrawal without my phone or laptop. In fact, the other day, I accidentally left my phone in my car for the whole, entire school day and spent the subsequent six hours hyperventilating and nervously twitching. I felt so lost.

2. Sweet nectar of the gods.

They started selling this heavenly concoction at my school this week. One day it just magically appeared on the shelves of our vending refrigerators, a true gift from the man upstairs. Like the bottle says, "hydrate and caffeinate." How I ever survived a full day of school without it will forever be a mystery. Discover for yourself at www.drinkcococafe.com.

3. My notebook, again.

4. Snow.

When I returned home from warm Puerto Rico, I broke out in hives and I'm 98% sure it's because I'm allergic to cold weather. So while I'm in love with this gorgeous, fluffy snow, I still detest the cold. I'm trying to think of it more as a blast of cleansing, pure air in order to cope.

iPhone quality

Aspirations For the Wider World

5. The Silk Road.

After reading about the 25th Anniversary World on Sale trips from Condé Nast Traveler, I realized that this wonderfully eccentric, meticulously preplanned adventure in Asia is my calling. The itinerary includes attending a "sunrise yoga class in Lhasa" and having a "traditional evening of Tibetan opera, folk singing, and sacred chants." Tastefully exotic to a tee. This is number one on my bucket list, that's for sure.

6. Surfing, and Kelia Moniz.

Kelia Moniz

Me.. I try to be like her, except I rock the baby waves

My first time riding the waves. wheeeeee

7. Condé Nast Traveller.

One of my best getaways at the moment. Suburbia is boring as always. Like I mentioned above, they have the coolest World on Sale adventures.

8. AP World History.

My favorite class ever, period. There's nothing more exciting than everything that has ever happened in the whole world since the first homo sapiens populated the earth.