ANITA GOA

it’s february - i’ve found love

i love chanting and repeating mantras. by repeating what you believe in over and over again it will manifest. it’s happened to me with a lot of things i’ve wanted in my life. i kept repeating [Hérmes] “Birkin bag” until one day i got it. the experience ended up being more hate than love, but what can you do, sometimes that happens …  you can read about it here, if you want http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-2635/Yoga-Teacher-Hermes-Birkin-Bag-A-Union.html

and although the Hérmes Birkin bag was such a Guru for me, i know that neither love nor happiness is in a handbag, i just find myself in the same situation again: having a long distance affair in my mind, now with Bottega Venetta handbags. every now and then i find myself surfing over to the Bottega Venetta site, like this evening. i get there and my mind drifts, my heart beat increases and i’m so into ‘it’ ….. then my eyes catch the price tag and i snap back into reality. i remember that i have yet to pay for the cost of a new website and that private school tuition is almost due again. LOL.

but am i not allowed to dream? withdraw from reality once in a while? wonder what the word ‘abundance’ really means? and stay in contact with my superficial self? i would say so.

Repeating Birkin bag was a whole lot easier than repeating: “Nero Intreccio Vivo Cervo Bag” - but hey! i’m always in for a challenge and you never know; the universe might just surprise me again.

“Nero Intreccio Vivo Cervo” will you be mine? i love you (but in brown :-)  

http://www.bottegaveneta.com/default/shop-products/Womens/designer-handbags/top-handle-and-satchels/nero-intreccio-vivo-cervo-bag_804652593.html#!{“products”:{“288388VV540”:{“size”:”U”,”color”:”1006”}}}

today i discovered a lot of great things in SoHo, among them Alexander Girard - a cool print on a cool girl’s handbag at Hampton Chutney - of course i asked where it was from - generously she answered, and waited while i wrote it down in my iphone notes. LOL, that’s me! just researched where i could “look” (wink, wink) at the bags; i came across this, and other prints by Alexander Girard. i’ve seen this, and many other prints before. i just did not know who it was. i love it when i discover something old as feeling new. well, timeless i should say :-) 

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theatlantic:

This Is What You Eat in a Year (Including 42 Pounds of Corn Syrup)

Do you eat this?

(via npr)

good night moon. you were huge, but cool and calm this time around. xo. zzzz.

happy happy happy to be in school :-)

Lars: Who’s that on the picture, Mamma? Me: it’s my favorite Guru, Krishnamacharya. Lars: oh … Krishna Apple sauce

the new Levi’s ads remind me of the old Nike ads. i love them!

oh no, the coconut kefir yogurt is over! it was/is out of this world. whole foods tomorrow for more thai coconuts. the cleaver is waiting to be used again (and my husband is still alive :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dCFcEdnGqg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

My little Guru Lars reminds: Happy Birthday Ganesh!! Ganesh is the remover of obstacles, but really; the obstacle(s) is inside you. Ganesh will assist you, but start by removing the obstacle yourself. How? A good place to start is getting out of your own way :-)

out after Irene, Lars insisted on bringing his ambulance. maybe he is preparing for another storm? :-)