The new inspirational web series I'm in love with.

Route by Route is a new web series about two girls driving cross country, interviewing women living out their dream jobs, and discovering how they turned a passion into a career. Women who happen to kick ass at doing what they love for a living are KIND OF my favorite people, which is why I was super excited about this. The first episode gets up close and personal with Charity Thielen, the violinist for The Head and the Heart. UH, AWESOME.

The three videos you have to, HAVE TO, watch today.

Because watching little kids dance is the best. 

Jimmy Fallon is the greatest. And this "History of Theme Songs" performance with the cast of his new show "Guys With Kids" is .... I can't even.

Thank GOD the NFL has reached an agreement deal with the official refs. Football was becoming unbearable to watch. But for one last poke of fun at the replacement refs, please watch the parody of Flo Rida's "Whistle".  

Saturday Waffles

A Buffet Post, If You Will

Dating — 50 dating rules for smart girls who don't need dating rules. 

Technology — 25 gadgets for globetrotters. 

Jewelry — This designer turns the map of your neighborhood into a necklace. 

Art — 12 months of neon love. 

Interior Design — The sweet pad of Gap Director of Concept, Jane Herman.

Baking — Cheesecake in a jar. Yep, I said that. 

Video — "Happiness Happens: Let It, Don't 'Earn' It"

Pictures — 50 really cool random images for your inspiration.

Song — Na Palm vs. Pretty Lights "Understand Me Now (Remix)"

Photo via: Glitter Guide

A Buffet Post, If You Will

With a little something for everyone...

Cool Find — Diamond lights. No, look. 

I Want — This "Love You" print.

Culture Yourself — The shooting of the TIME 100 honorees.

Wedding — A hanging floral centerpiece.

Guy Fashion — How to layer your clothes in the winter. 

Song — Bei Major "Bout that Life". 

Beauty — Art deco inspired nails (and how to do them!)

Animal Cuteness — Toronto's Polar Bear Club ... and it's newborn. 

Baking Time — Dulce de Leche Banana Bars

How To: Layer Jewelry

A few pieces to get you started...

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Splitscreen: A Love Story

This video made its rounds on the internet last summer, but you should watch it if you haven't. Or watch it again, like me. This video by JW Griffiths was the winner of the Nokia Shorts Competition 2011 and was shot entirely on an N8 mobile phone. Prepare to have your heart strings tugged. 

5 Things I Found Today (The January 23rd Edition)

• Craft and DIY PORN. I'm sorry, there's just no other way to describe it. 

• This is the world's biggest treehouse. And it's in America. And I'm going. 

• Pictogram movie posters. Can you guess what films they are without looking?

• "Skillshare's mission is to flip the notion of traditional education on its head and democratize learning. They believe that anyone can be a teacher, and everyone has valuable knowledge and skills to share." (Swissmiss)

• The 10 funniest commercials of all time. 

Closet Confessions: Susie Bubble

My love for well done ads + my love for fashion = ultra-obsession with Bluefly Closet Confessions. This time Bluefly dug inside the closet—or suitcase, rather—of the mega fashion blogger Susie Bubble during New York Fashion Week. Her style is very eclectic (as she notes!). And how adorable is her accent?!

EVERYBODY Needs to See This - There Are Amazing People in This World

Earlier this week a group of bystanders, made up of college students, construction workers and other passerby's on their way to work, lifted a car off of a 21-year-old motorcyclist who was trapped underneath after an accident. This car could have started on fire at any second but these people, heroes truly, risked their own lives two save just one (the man miraculously lives). Talk about the most ultimate act of selflessness. For all the awful, terrifying, and disappointing news I see day in and day out, it was nice to see this kind of a story for a change. 

5 Things I Found Today (September 5th Edition)

• I am saving '25 Gadgets for Globetrotters' because I am convinced I will one day, indeed be, a globetrotter.

• Do you ever wonder what song people are listening to when you pass them? No? Just me? K. Well. I enjoyed this video, "Hey Random New Yorker Person, What Are You Listening To?"

• Ummm, these guys can bust a move like whoa. 

• MUST DOWNLOAD APP OF THE CENTURY. "If you're computer is stolen, Hidden shows you where it is and who has it. When you activate the tracking, Hidden will locate your laptop anywhere on the planet, collect photos of the thief and screen shots of the computer in use." How awkward for them. 

• You know you've been eating a s'more and have thought, "You know what this is missing? Beer." I present to you Beer Marshmallow S'mores. Yeah you read that right. You're welcome for solving life's most challenging issues. 

Photo via: Glitter Guide 

Three Minute Philosophies

I love when cartoons make me smart. 

I also feel with the beginning of school here, ew, I need to start the process of flipping my brain switch back on.

Now I secretly hope I'm at some event where someone brings up Kant's Catagorical Imperative and I can chime in, "OHHHHH yesss consequentialism, blah blah blabbity blahhhhh, [smart things] blahhh." 

....I think I said that with a British accent in my head. 

"Believe That Anything You Can Imagine, You Can Make Real."

(cc: Glitter Guide)

Awww I Wanna Have a Craft Party with MY Friends! (That's Me Whining)

These gorgeous and fun ladies..

... yep these ones right here, are the creative minds behind two of my favorite sites: Sitting in a Tree & Enjoy Events Co. What do they do? Why, they make pretty weddings possible. 

Anyhoo, these wonderfully feminine pics are from their "Kate Spade-esque" craft-party photo shoot where they brainstormed all things wedding, party, and girl. Let's have a moment of silence for the prettyness shall we?

"We think that where you live and how you decorate your home really gives us an idea of your overall style and who you are as a person." 

God I love being a girl. 

Prepping for the shoot. 

{all photos Edyta Szyszlo on 100 Layer Cake }

Closet-Envy Moment of the Day

I'm still not over how much I love these BlueFly Closet Confessions so you're stuck with another mother-of-all closets to drool over; this time coming from Real Housewife of Beverly Hills Kyle Richards. Enjoy. 

5 Things Worth Putting Off Whatever You're Doing (The August 7th Edition)

• First thought: holy HELL this is so cool! Where is this? Europe? Second thought: THIS IS IN MINNEAPOLIS?!?! Yes friends, this photograph was taken behind a frozen waterfall at Minnehaha Falls.

• A lot of folks compile "life lists". Whether they follow through with it? Mehhhh...hey I'm not here to judge. Here's how to create a life list you'll actually do. 

• While we're on the topic of bettering ourselves...here are 100 ways to uncomplicate your life:

• I've had a bit of a travel bug lately, so I was quite pleased to find my next netflix queue: 10 movies that inspire wanderlust:

• LOOK AT HIM! LOOK AT THE LITTLE GUY! This Northern Fur Seal was found starving and barely half alive. This video is him being released back into the wild. At time 0:03: "Hi." Look how happy he issssssss. I'm dying. I'm mush. 

5 Things Worth Putting Off Whatever You're Doing

• Have you hopped on the google+ train yet? If so, here's a list Huffington Post put together of the 35 Google+ users you need to follow. 

• K I may be the only one who finds this "worth putting off whatever I'm doing because I'm an intense baking nerd but, fun facts about Parisian pastries?! Hi that's awesome. 

• Saturday super-easy DIY project: Picture frame necklace holder. Aww that's just FUN. 

• Australian illustrator James Gulliver Hancock has been working since last August drawing every single building in New York (yeeeah. every. single. one.) That is over 336,000 structures and a helluva lotta talent and ambition. Wellllllll don't I just feel SUPER ACCOMPLISHED with my life. 

• 6 life lessons learned form playing Scrabble. 

5 Things Worth Putting Off Whatever You're Doing

• Something tells me I know a few boys who would purchase this: 

• Around the world in less than a minute. 

• Scale of 1-10. Hot guy alone, 10. Hot guy with a dog, 15. Thank god some people have no time on their hands and make tumblr's specifically dedicated to this fact. "Men And Their Dogs". 

• The best recipes for Cake in a Jar. This deliciousness is self-explanatory. 

• APPARENTLY this is a great website for guys. It's called The Awesomer, so that's quite the reputation to live up to. Guys, do not hate me if this website is lame. I am a girl so I have no idea what you get all hot and bothered over. 

5 Things I Found Today

New movie with Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Huuuuge crush on JGL. 

My new favorite print from fifiduvie's etsy shop. 

Five traits low-stress, happy work cultures have in common. 

15 toughest interview questions (and answers!)

The Brocial Network. Callin all the bros out on all things...bro.

4 Things I Found Today

• Guuuuuys (literally, guys), now you can get in on the DIY fun too. Man Made DIY is an entire website dedicated to "creativity and and the handmade life for the postmodern male". 

• Sad. "Too Hard To Keep" is a blog where people can upload photographs that are too difficult to keep in their lives. Beautiful, eerie and heartbreaking all in one. 

• Want. These milk bottle measuring cups from Anthropologie. 

• I'm so effing happy after watching this video. You know those things that are SO CUTE you almost just want to smother them to death? This is one of them. Oh. You don't know what that feels like? Yeah, yeah me neither...that'd be so weird..