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El Calafate

Geez! I'm being super lazy when it comes to blogging, I know that I've said that I'll post photos from my vacations a while back. Sorry about that. I've started a new job recently so I'm still adjusting to my new schedule.

So I went to a town called El Calafate, located south of Argentina. You can read more about it here or check the town's official site (although I don't think it's in English...). The most important attraction to visit there is the Perito Moreno Glacier (more info here) and I highly recommend it for everyone, it's amazing! You don't believe me? Check the photos!

 Walking over Perito Moreno Glacier

 Upsala Glacier

 A tiny beach @El Calafate

 Spegazzini Glacier

 Me being goofy

 Admiring the view

I hope that you've enjoyed the photos, if you ever come to Argentina, you MUST go to El Calafate as well. ;)

I'm back

I've just realized that I left this poor blog unattended. I went on my vacations and forgot to tell you about it... I hope that you understand, there was a lot going on. But the important thing is that I'm back and that I had a wonderful time. I'll share some photos with you soon. ;)

Mad Men Barbie & Ken

Thanks for the lovely comments on my last post, I feel much better now. If you read my blog regularly, you'll know by now that I'm a huge Mad Men fan. So when I saw this I had to tell you about it. There's a special version of Barbie and Ken, styled as some of the Mad Men characters (want!).

Anxiety and panic attacks

I haven't been felling well lately. That's the main reason why I stopped posting on the blog. My last post was about felling happy and celebrating a new phase on my life, but my mind sabotaged me. I'm not confortable talking about bad things here, because that's not why I've created a blog. It's important to me to share happy thoughts and nice things, as well as the blogs I read try to do. So why ruin the blogosphere with something that isn't nice?

But then I read this post and everything changed. I'm not alone in this. And I'm sure that many of you out there suffer the same. Anxiety. Such a tiny word for a huge ghost. Since last year I've been suffering anxiety and panic attacks. Feeling trapped in a horrible job, feeling awful in the subway, wanting to get away and just run away. I did therapy and overcome it, but then after a while it all appeared again. And that's when I've decided to finally quit.

February 28th was my last day and since then, I've had my ups and downs. Having all this free time in my hands was suddenly too scary. I'll go back to therapy of course, since there must be something more deep that provokes my anxiety. But I guess that admiting that I need help is the first step (ha, this sounds like I should go to AA or something :P). I also think that talking about it makes the ghost go away. So there it is, I've said it and I feel better already. And for everyone that feels the same out there, you're not alone. It might be scary, but like my yoga teacher told me last week "No one dies of panic attacks". This thing wont beat me, for sure, it'll only make me stronger.

The first day of the rest of my life

It's a cliche phrase, but that's how I felt on March 1st. Due to an awesome event, I'm beggining a new phase in my life and I hope that it'll be a super cool one, better than the past few months. I don't want to get too personal and rant about bad things, it's not the idea of this post or the blog in general. I just want to share happiness and good wishes and nice things. So, I'm trying to live the days to come at its fullest and just enjoy.

I'll share more on this later, in the meantime, a goodbye to Jane Russell.

LCD Soundsystem rocks!

I went to a concert on Wednesday, the most fun concert I went to in a while, to watch LCD Soundsystem. From the beggining to the end, my best friend, my boyfriend and I couldn't do anything but dance, dance, dance! We left feeling super happy and lucky, since we were some of the last people to see them live, since they're separating soon. They'll give their final show April 2nd at Madison Square Garden and that's it for them. The show was awesome, they played all their hits and I'll share this cool song to dance during the weekend. Enjoy!

Goodreads + World Book Capital

I've recently discovered Goodreads and as a reader I find it a very interesting site. You can keep count of the books that you've read, the ones that you want to read and share with your friends your opinions on them and also get recommendations. I might be getting to know this site a little late, but I'm loving it so far and I check it at least once a day. If you like, you can friend me there. ;)

In other news that get to me late, I've JUST found out that Buenos Aires is the World Book Capital for 2011. I can only blame the city's goverment for this... it's a completely underestimated fact! But this doesn't come as a suprise, I'm not ashamed to say that I think that the city goverment sucks. The most important things to be taken care of such as education and health are forgotten... don't even ask me were all of our money goes. I'm tired of politicians stealing our money. I'm not about to make this entry a political entry, it's not what this blog is about. I'd just like to be proud of having my city as the World Book Capital and knowing that the goverment is doing something about it.

Anyway, in the spirit of booklovin' I'll end the post recommending you a book of one of my favorite writers. The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami.

Telling what this book is about is a little hard, because, like all of Murakami's books, there are a lot of paralel stories and characters to follow. So I'll just say that it's a book that changed my life and that I felt sorry it was over when I finished it.

Have a great weekend!

I want to be a Mad Men gal

I've said it already, I loooooove Mad Men! And lately I'm in love with vintage clothing, I'd kill to own a 1960's dress!  And guess what? I've found an amazing Etsy shop tu fullfill my needs! Daisy and Stella is now officially bookmarked, here are some of my favorites.

Mandy's Giveaway

Miss Mandy over at Chocolate Creamcake has one of my favorite blogs and since last week is hosting a super giveaway. I think that you should take a chance to know about her and her blog, it's swell!