Brunch at Audrey's

Bodhi Coffee

August 10, 2016

After a productive morning at Menagerie Coffee with Victoria, we took a midday break and walked over to Bodhi Coffee for Productivity Part 2. Bodhi Coffee has two locations, but we went to the one at Head House Square, simply because it was closer to where we were, but Head House Square turned out to be a pretty cool place too. It’s a historic district, and right at the center of it is what used to be a fire house. I returned to Head House Square on a separate occasion with ZL, so I got to see the square in the evening too. With Rita’s custard in our hands, we walked through the fire house, accompanied by lights dancing under the archway and a horse-drawn carriage clopping along the street.

Italy – 32/52 :)

August 8, 2016

Just popping by to say that I’m giving myself a break from writing this week’s Happy List (and potentially even next week’s too, but it’ll be made up with individual posts from four cities!). The days have been full, and there have been too many happy moments here in Rome, Florence, and Venice. I can’t wait for more of them, and this week they’ll be made in Berlin! Meanwhile, you can keep up with my travels on Snapchat and Instagram ♡

books

The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko by Scott Stambach

August 5, 2016

– I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review. –

To be published by St. Martin’s Press on 09 Aug 2016
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The Fault In Our Stars meets One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Seventeen-year-old Ivan Isaenko is a life-long resident of the Mazyr Hospital for Gravely Ill Children in Belarus. For the most part, every day is exactly the same for Ivan, which is why he turns everything into a game, manipulating people and events around him for his own amusement.

Until Polina arrives. She steals his books. She challenges his routine. The nurses like her.

She is exquisite. Soon, he cannot help being drawn to her and the two forge a romance that is tenuous and beautiful and everything they never dared dream of. Before, he survived by being utterly detached from things and people. Now, Ivan wants something more: Ivan wants Polina to live.

cafes

Menagerie Coffee

August 3, 2016

There are some productivity and self-care tips I feel like I’m always hearing over and over again, so much so that they’ve become white noise. Even the word “self-care” itself makes me think, “here we go again…” Don’t get me wrong, I do think it’s really really important and I get it, but that’s just the thing; I get it, I really do. This is not new information. I want to hear something new. And yet, even though I know this, how often do I actually implement what I know? I only do what’s convenient for me or convenient for what I want. For example, I like the tip of changing my study environment as a productivity habit, and my favourite way to do this is by visiting different cafes.

Coffee, sleepover, movies – 31/52 :)

August 1, 2016

My last day of work was on Friday, and now I have just under two weeks to vacation in four cities with my family! By the time you’re reading this, I’ll be in Rome until the 3rd, Florence until the 5th, Venice until the 7th, and Berlin until the 12th. I already have blog posts scheduled until the end of August (which will more than cover the time I’m away in Europe) excluding my weekly Happy Lists, so the blog won’t go quiet, but I’m not sure how often I’ll be at my computer to keep up with my Bloglovin’ feed, reply to your lovely comments, and check out your awesome blogs. Tbh, I don’t want to be at my computer too often these next two weeks, and when I do find downtime, I’ll probably be submerging myself in a book (or that’s what I tell myself I’ll do anyway). But you can find me live on Snapchat and I’ll try to keep my Instagram up to date as well!

Ahh I’m so excited and anxious about the trip! I don’t think I’ll settle down until I meet up with my family in Europe, and then my anxiety about traveling alone will finally subside. I’m drafting this post “so far” in advance (I’m writing this on a Wednesday to publish on Monday) because I can’t think about anything but travel plans from Thursday onward, so that accounts for the lost second half of the week undocumented on the blog!

books

Do Geese Get Goose Bumps? by The Bathroom Readers’ Institute

July 29, 2016

– I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review. –

To be published by Printers Row Publishing Group on 13 Sept 2016
Goodreads | Amazon

Find the answers to hundreds of life’s most perplexing questions in this entertaining collection from the editors at Portable Press (the team behind the best-selling, award-winning Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader line). Do Geese Get Goose Bumps is 224 pages of simple explanations for complex topics—everything from “Why is air transparent?” to “Why do late-night commercials always offer to throw in a second, identical product ‘at no extra cost’?” Clearly written and thoroughly researched, this book will shed new light on science, history, politics, sports, animals, food, pop culture, and more. Some sample questions:

Can an elephant cry crocodile tears? Why do clouds float? Why is abbreviation such a long word? What’s in a hot dog? Why does Hawaii have interstate highways? What did they call a photographic memory before the invention of photography? Why does Superman wear his underwear on the outside? Why do dogs come when you call them, but cats ignore you? What’s a male ballerina called?

And much, much more!

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