A Beautiful French Film...

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

~Charlemagne


I think I've neglected to mention this before but when I'm not modeling and globetrotting and doing, you know, glamorous stuff (can you hear the sarcasm?), I do something else.


I teach English to international students at a language school.  I work one-on-one as a personal tutor to mostly students in their twenties-- people hailing from China, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey, Colombia...


It's a W.O.N.D.E.R.F.U.L experience.  You know that bumper sticker that says, "I touch the future; I teach."?  Well, that's how I feel.  Everyday I get to work with some of the best and brightest young people from these countries.  And, I get to (help) teach them a language-- English-- which can only serve to further them along.  It's an awesome feeling.

I discovered this stylish little French film-- an advertisement for EF Language Schools- via this blog.  I LOVE it (especially because I studied abroad in Paris and ADORED.EVERY.SECOND).  The video sums up everything that is wonderful about learning a new language.

A Day Late and A Dollar Short

Fred and (not) Ginger in Holiday Inn

H A P P Y V A L E N T I N E'S D A Y

I always say "Better late than never." I hope you had a lovely day!

We Interrupt This Regularly Scheduled Program to Bring You...

I haven't posted in two weeks, and I break my blogging fast by sharing this:

via here

Why did I post this?  Because it's so near and dear to my heart.  My favorite response on the chart is, "If they don't like your hairy legs, they're not really your friends."  I think I have used this very thing as a friendship test.

Ballet Flats

Olivier Theyskens' Theory

I desperately need new flats.  My standby for years were a pair of M.I.A flats that I replaced twice.  I'd just order a new pair of those except that the last pair that I got must have been made in a different factory since the leather was different (cheaper with none of the buttery softness that I had come to love in the previous pairs).


The ballet flats above are velvet (I seem to be on a kick!) and lovely.  They're part of Olivier Theysken's new collection for Theory.  They also come in black and in blue but at $325 are out of my budget.