LOITERING FASHIONABLY FT BIKE MAN

DIY Ripped Jeans

Casually Chilllin in the parking lot

Cross Body Bag // Forever21

Shirt & Cardigan // Fashion District

Sandals// Forever21

Casio retro gold watch // American Apparel 

Its MAY and we're out on vacation so what the heck do we do while everybody is still in school. Hang out in parking lots of course. seriously though, the top floor of the parking lot is so much fun to film in. We have a glorious sunset and in the distance you can actually see the LA skyline. However, there is a Security Guard on a Bike who hates when people have fun on the top floor of the parking lot. Apparently we were "loitering" uh excuse me, no sir we are trying to film a time lapse. Psssh. Loitering. WTF??????? Never thought we'd be loiterers. But he did tell us that the floors below are totally available for loitering LOL So guess where we went, that's right the floor below. WE'RE SO BAD.

Anyways, Carolina took a few photos, I am mostly wearing clothes I bought in LA's fashion district. Expect a post about that soon or video comment down below which would be more entertaining.
xx
-Alex

THIS IS US

We'd like to introduce our very first YouTube channel trailer! This has been in the works for a couple of months now but was officially finished earlier today. It's basically a mixture of our old videos, some new videos and some never officially released video. It , hopefully, highlights what our channel is going to consist of (i.e vlogs, fashion, mini adventure). Our favorite part is honestly our logo. Anna Joy did an amazing job and we are obsessed with it. You can spot it at least 3 times in one single webpage...we have to make sure our logo becomes recognizable.

You can watch it below. We'd love some feedback!

HOW TO NOT MAKE A STENCIL

Hello amigos!
While Alex was away on vacation in Mexico I had some time to reminisce about all the videos we've made. I came across the one below, I made it for my art class last semester where I had to teach the class how to do "something". I could be about anything. I think my "teaching" was a complete disaster but this video is, for some reason, one of my favorites. I think it really captures the essence of  our friendship and our overall attitude. We like to try new things, we don't take things too seriously, and we like staying creative. The video is kind of a fail because we realize there are a lot of things we could've improved or done in a smarter way but regardless it was really fun to make!

Maybe in the future we'll film more of these...just for laughs.

EDIT: I'd like to point out our new lovely banner! It was made by our super amazing and talented friend Anna Joy. Make sure to check her out!

Carolina x

A QUICK ESCAPE

@ The Greenhouse

   I've been attending school in Long Beach for almost a year now and have lived near it for about 10 years and not until recently have I truly explored it. My friend Belle en Rouge and I have share a 3 hour break between class so we've been leaving campus and exploring Long Beach together. So far our exploring has consisted of trying the coffee at different cafe's walking into the surrounding stores/buildings, and finding cool spots for impromptu photoshoots. With all the stress we have at school it's been nice to get away for a couple of hours and have some fun!

 The first place we went to was The Greenhouse located in the East Village Arts District. The building used to be a hotel that'd lodge naval soldiers! Now it's cut off to two stories and it's a pretty small space but it's comfortable and friendly! I got a (vanilla?) iced latte and it was great! If you go make sure to sit on the second story, it gives you a great view of the busy street!


 

@ James Republic

This is the "Grass Fed Burger" from James Repuplic's Brunch menu. The burger was very simple (no fries included :( ). It had two  meat patties, cheese and onions. oh, and two pickles on the side. It was a very delicious burger but I felt it was overpriced. I guess I should have  seen that coming considering it was attached to hotel, those restaurants are a little more on the expensive side. Other than that it was a great experience! The place itself has a very trendy feel and interior.

pictured above is a happy Carolina bc coffee

Next, we tried Portfolio Coffeehouse where the ambiance is very comfortable and not to mention the iced lattes are only $2.95! I really enjoyed this place because there was plenty of space to sit inside and even outside, the staff were also very friendly.  This place is actually located in Retro Row aka 4th street. It's called Retro Row because it's full of cute stores full of vintage clothes, furniture and miscellaneous. My favorite stores there are Imonni  and Goldie's on 4th I'd like to mention that all of these stores are owned by locals which make them even more cool. The last coffee shop we went to was Steelhead Coffee Company. It's by far my favorite coffee spot. It had it's grand opening on Saturday so we decided it'd be nice to try it out. I tried an iced latte with caramel (obvs) and it was sooooo amazing. It wasn't too sweet or bitter...it was honestly just perfect. The place was very pleasing to the eye as well! There was cute succulents on the table as decor and had a map of the world formed by pennies om the wall! The staff were also very friendly which I always feel is an important detail of any establishment
.

@ MAKE Collectives

MAKE Collectives is a store on 1st street that sells new and vintage clothes + miscellaneous. This place has quality items such as adorable notebooks, leather key chains, and sunglasses. I think I'm going back for all of those things. It also had a range of records and I've heard that on Friday's they're only a dollar! Not sure if it's true or not but the store is still worth a visit!

 This place is actually hosting a photography meet up on Saturday. (more info here) Us and Belle en Rouge are going to be there! It would be really cool  if you guys came along as well!

Let me know if you do!

Carolina

FIVE DAYS

   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
ATTENTION: THERE ARE ONLY 5 DAYS WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH  UNTIL SPRING
BREAK. 5  D A Y S.

It's going to be stressful week full of impatience, groaning and eye rolling. I made a playlist of the tracks I've been listening to lately. These are just my favorites (maybe soon I'll make a longer one ?) I'm going to have them on replay all week in hopes of feeling a tad bit excited!

Another reason to feel excited (and a little stressed) is because on Wednesday Alex and I are going to a concert! We are going to see Palma Violets play for the second time! We will have plenty of pictures and video (hopefully) to make a post about it!

Anyway, I wish you the best if, like us, you're trying to make it out alive for spring break.

WE CAN DO THIS *arm muscle emoji*

Carolina x

YOUTH

  These are some photos of a random drive we took! I also played around with a new app called PosterLabs. That's where I made the first picture on this post! I think it's really fun to use and a lot more stylish than other collage apps I've used.

In other news, there are a lot of drafts in queue for these coming weeks! And also spring break is in two weeks so there will be new videos!! I'm very excited for all that's coming.

Carolina x

REMINDERS

   This quote reminded me that it's important to do what makes me happy and to do it now (instead of later). Most of January and all of February I was bored .Just plain out bored with everything. Don't get me wrong, I love school but it's the only thing I've been concentrating on this year. I don't want to keep being bored but I literally don't have time to focus on anything else. Alex and I actually went three whole weekends without being mischievous together because we were too tired. LIKE WHAT EVEN?

It's important to stay focused on my future but I don't want to completely ignore the present. I've decided that I refuse to drag on through the days until I get to my career/lifestyle goals. A balance between the present and the future is what I need. In hopes of obtaining that balance here are a few things I'm going to keep in mind this month.

 1. NO SETTLING. Not even for coffee. Tea. lemonade. Whatever it is. It has to be a good drink. Life sucks too much to have a bad drink in hand This goes for food as well. Don't eat anything that isn't satisfying to you. That's a lost opportunity to eat/drink something that makes you happy and I honestly don't have time for that.

2. GOOD ATTITUDE. Staying creative is something difficult to do. Especially with my negative attitude. So GOODBYE bad attitude HELLO good attitude. It probably won't be, like, the best attitude at first but ya know baby steps. It's the effort that counts, right?

3. ORGANIZATION IS IMPORTANT. I need to write every thing down. Seriously, I've reset my Apple ID like 12 times because I can't remember the damn password. I've also forgotten some decent ideas that could have become great ideas for the blog, insert sad emoji, which I regret the most.

Thanks for reading!

Carolina x



*WATER COLOR ILLUSTRATION  BY AJ FLORESCA