Love, Love, Love.
I just got back to my overly-drafty-apartment in Manhattan after a lovely weekend at home playing guitar and going for walks in the snow. Upon sitting down at my desk I suddenly realized that I hadn’t blogged in a long while! The main reason for my lack of posts is because of school and work, as usual. Having time to explore and find hidden treasures in this city filled with commercialism and corporate this and that, is a true treat. Lately, due to my hectic schedule, I find myself only having time to discover new tunes.
I promised myself a while ago that even if I only had one band to share with you that I would post it. I love this blog and it’s really therapeutic to just sit here and rattle off why I like bands and restaurants and so on. About this time last year I was looking to express myself in a new way and I came up with this blog. I had no idea that it would change the way I look at the world. Now when I go on walks I never neglect to look in every store window, wondering what that new or old place has to show me. Every time my friends talk about new music, I never knock it until I try it; some have turned out to be my favorite bands. I suppose the message I’m getting at is to try something new, it just may turn out to be your favorite thing.
This post is going to be about Love
. It’s always the season to show the people you love just how much you do. These are some of the things that remind me of the people I love.
City And Colour
City and Colour is Dallas Green, guitarist and vocalist from the Canadian band Alexisonfire. I recently got his second album “Bring Me Your Love” which was released in 2008. It is a wonderful album filled with his personal stories about love and dealing with the world around him. This solo project is very different from the hardcore sounds of Alexisonfire. “Bring Me Your Love” is mostly acoustic, with some harmonica, banjo and piano. The first song I listened to off of the album was “The Girl”, a beautiful song about understanding and respecting what people do for love.
“I wish I could do better by you,
’cause that’s what you deserve
You sacrifice so much of your life
In order for this to work.
While I’m off chasing my own dreams
Sailing around the world
Please know that I’m yours to keep
My beautiful girl
When you cry a piece of my heart dies
Knowing that I may have been the cause
If you were to leave
Fulfill someone else’s dreams
I think I might totally be lost
You don’t ask for no diamond rings no delicate string of pearls
That’s why I wrote this song to sing
My beautiful girl”
City and Colour is one of my new favorite bands. Dallas Green’s voice is so soothing and calm, his lyrics are honest, and the music is the perfect backdrop for everything. Please listen, he will make you see love in a new and more poetic way.
http://www.cityandcolour.ca/
Cupcakes
What better way to show someone how much you love them than with 40 red velvet cupcakes with pink frosting in a formation of a heart? I’m usually one of the most festive people around but on Valentines Day I usually tone down my decorating habits. This holiday to me is not a day to shower a loved one with expected chocolates and roses. It is a holiday that gives us all an excuse to leave the rest of the world behind and only focus on that one special person in your life. I like Valentines Day. It may very well be over commercialized but the day isn’t about that stuff. We all get distracted on a normal basis and don’t have the time to make grand gestures of love, this holiday makes everyone slow down for a minute to love and be loved. So this Valentines Day don’t get caught up in the annoyance of the media forcing you to plan the perfect date or buy the perfect gift. A day spent with the person or people you love is what this holiday is truly for! If for some reason you have far too many valentines, bake everyone a red velvet cupcake…they always make me think of love
I’ll be spending this Valentines with a very special boy, I’m excited for whatever it is we decide to do… Maybe we’ll take a stroll in Strawberry Fields, go to an old bookstore, or make some dinner together
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If you are me, February 14th is a VERY important holiday because it is my Moms Birthday
so HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMA!
Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone, I hope it’s filled with lots of love!
-Kristin (The Traveling Pickle)
P.S. Little unknown fact about TheTravelingPickle! The ducks in the photo on my header were from a photo I took in central park last Valentines Day.





























