Friends + Facebook + The Future

I'm currently putting together a cover letter for an awesome internship in the field that I want to get into. Right now, it is day 4 (or more) of me trying to finish it. It takes more thinking when you are not currently a student and your previous work experience is unrelated. Though you have more freedom in the content and structure, that freedom also makes things a little bit more difficult.

When it comes to the future and what you want your life to be like, Facebook is an excellent tool. Of course, having friends who are doing well in their careers is a great motivator. Seeing what some of my friends are doing makes me want to already have my cover letter done. I, too, want to get going on my career. This internship will be the first step.

Random bits.

A few years ago I was reading Real Simple magazine. It's a home-related magazine about organizing and cleaning. Sometimes more. They always have cool tips in there. One that I remember was to freeze extra spaghetti sauce in ice cube trays so that you can keep it for longer. I thought that was one of the best ideas I've ever heard of. Today I made a soup using coconut milk. I haven't been cooking much and there's not a lot of recipes I know that use coconut milk. I know it will go bad after awhile if I just refrigerate it so I decided to put that idea to use. For space-saving purposes I then transferred them to a plastic container.

In the past couple of months, I have been going through some life changes. I'm still in transition from one phase to the next. As a result, it has also effected this blog. Which direction is this to go? Should I continue blogging? It's all questions I'm asking myself.

Clothes & Fashion

Being a petite person, shopping for clothes yields mixed results. Most retailers haven't caught on to the needs of petite women yet. Those who have are benefiting from it. Some pieces aren't that much trouble to adjust to like pants. If something fits but is too long I just have it hemmed. I started getting my pants altered in college. First it was jeans but then I started buying pants (slacks). I noticed that afterwards, the pants look a lot more crisp and expensive. Not too long ago I bought a pair of pants from Target and had those hemmed. With a pair of heels, the look is very polished.

Today while browsing the internet and reading an article about what is appropriate attire for an intern, I came across something called Alterations Needed. Turns out it is a personal fashion blog. The blogger is a petite woman like myself. Her blog is full of advice on how to alter clothes to fit (or what to ask for when you go to a tailor). I've already picked up some great tips. The one thing I learned is that getting your clothes (or your favorite and staple pieces) altered is key to your wardrobe and looking great in it.

Another tip I learned from that intern article, buy from thrift stores and have that altered. Could you imagine how much money you'd save from that?

Needless to say, I will be altering a few more of my pieces now and buying clothes, new and second-hand, to have altered.

Summer

Los Angeles Union Station

Summer is here. The weather in the past few days has been nice. Los Angeles usually gets hit with a heat wave during this time of year. When Summer arrived last month that's actually what we got.

I usually don't go into downtown that much and especially in the evening. My friend invited me to a free concert at Grand Performances (the venue is in the middle of a corporate plaza). Tonight's show was a tribute to Nina Simone. (It would have been her 80th birthday). Before we got there we took a detour to Union Station (the kids needed to use the restroom). I love Union Station. You feel like you're in a different time period. We then continued on our way to the venue. We got there half an hour before the show started so we ended up sitting at the top of the terrace. It was a nice casual atmosphere. Everyone brought food and drinks. Those who sat on the floor brought a blanket to sit on (the one thing we didn't think to bring. Not that it was necessary).

My friend brought her kids so we ended up leaving early--too many people and no room for them to run around. Still a great night. The weather was perfect, there was plenty of food, and the music was great, too.