so, after months of procrastinating i am finally pulling the gun and starting my very own blog. this year has flown by and i just realized it is may and my new year resolution to finally start a design/lifestyle blog is still on the "to do list" for the new year. right there with "lose 15 pounds" and "start yoga". so here I go, diving into this sea of awe-inspiring world of the blog-sphere. there. done. this was not too hard and i suddenly feel totally unstoppable!!
a little about me:
i am a design graduate and working in this exciting and inspiring Chicago Interior design industry. I have a secret love affair with vintage markets and flea bazaars. I like to cook mostly vegetarian or pescatarian food and obsess over natural remedies for every ailment known to mankind. my favorite number is 8 (don't ask why). i grew up in lahore, pakistan and have lived in london, uk until I made my home here in chicago with my partner in crime, saad. i have a very special bond with the city of new orleans and secretly have a suitcase packed and ready to visit whenever possible, which happens every year in december. hiking, biking, early morning runs, lazy winter evenings reading, photography, street festivals, off the beaten path travels, vintage markets, drum circles, chicago bulls, ethiopian/korean/himalayan/vietnamese and somali food are some of the joys of my life.
i have learned a great many things from saad and one of those is making lists. well, okay- so i am not as good at it as he is. even though my lists are not as detailed, they do keep me in check. so for my very first post, here is a list of some of the things i will be sharing with you.
2. all recipes vegetarian/pescatarian and healthy that i might cook or find or see or hear off. along with natural "fixes" for everyday bubus.
3. all things Chicago, the never ending supply of energy and inspiration it supplies-even on a very very very cold day. (no i am not high and yes i do find love in the heaps of snow we get each year), the street and music festivals, jazz bands, divey music bars, exhibits, new shops, old shops and the ever evolving chicago food scene.
4. sharing the love of small moments. the quiet moments where you look away for a second and upon looking back you realize how lucky you are to be present at that very spot, at that very specific moment. this happened to me yesterday and it is pure bliss.
5. the joy of road trips and getting lost in america's hidden cities and towns.
3. all things Chicago, the never ending supply of energy and inspiration it supplies-even on a very very very cold day. (no i am not high and yes i do find love in the heaps of snow we get each year), the street and music festivals, jazz bands, divey music bars, exhibits, new shops, old shops and the ever evolving chicago food scene.
4. sharing the love of small moments. the quiet moments where you look away for a second and upon looking back you realize how lucky you are to be present at that very spot, at that very specific moment. this happened to me yesterday and it is pure bliss.
5. the joy of road trips and getting lost in america's hidden cities and towns.
6. "trying" to be a more conscious earth dweller. maybe it is because i am married to a guy who is in the business of renewable energy and supplies me with ample scares of where we, as a planet are heading, or maybe i am a person who has eyes and ears and a brain that has told me about how this planet needs us now more than any time before. so lets make this our number 1 (or two) priority so we can leave some oxygen and those leafy things called trees and that lovely thing called marine life for our future generations. no, i am not trying to be sarcastic. let's make our carbon foot print smaller. please.
7. trekking and hiking and panting all the way up to high high mountain peaks and the joys it brings (even though i am known to be unpleasant during those climbs, yes i might have cussed a couple of times in our last trip up the great machu pichu and 4 days is along time to hear me complain. kudus to saad. (I hadn't showered for 4 days and was missing the joys of modern day plumbing just a tiny bit. you get the picture) but i speak the truth when i say this. it is a joy like no other.
all this and hopefully so much more- basically, the rantings of an average lifeaholic. i hope to be posting tons of pictures of pretty spaces, pretty people and pretty things-with that a whole lot of unsolicited advice. hey, its my blog, so what can you do!
these pictures are a few from my chiberia 2014 collection.
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here is to a journey of inspiration, fascination and some amazing discoveries made along the way.
have a fabulous week!
xo
hm
xo
hm
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