I made you a mixtape. Perhaps like Carina, I’ll make this a regular thing.
Most of these songs are about cities— New York and Los Angeles, specifically. Some are just songs I like listening to while walking at night and some, songs I love but haven’t listened to in a while. I wanted whimsical yet upbeat and songs that make me feel giddy.
My iPod’s poppy-happy “In the city” playlist:
1. Nolita Fairytale – Vanessa Carlton
2. Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3. Everywhere – Michelle Branch
4. Hey Jealousy – Gin Blossoms
5. Black and Gold – Katy Perry (Sam Sparro cover)
6. Seasons of Love – Rent OST
7. Downtown – Petula Clark
8. Generation – Emerson Hart
9. First Train Home – Imogen Heap
10. Santa Monica – Savage Garden
11. The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel
12. London Rain (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do) – Heather Nova
13. Better in Manhattan – Casey Dienel
14. More Than This – 10000 Maniacs
15. When The Stars Go Blue – Ryan Adams
16. Big Yellow Taxi (feat. Vanessa Carlton) – Counting Crows
17. Nowhere and Everywhere – Michelle Lewis
18. The Camper Velourium I: Faint of Hearts – Coheed and Cambria
19. Sunken-Eyed Girl – Mike Doughty
20. Wish I Stayed – Ellie Goulding
21. Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered – Silje Nergaard
Aaaand some photos:
Eh, I meant to draw mouse ears on this photo and call it “country mouse” but I forgot and I’m too lazy to do it now. Anyway, I wanted to wear this today but the dress’s fabric was too hot. I got really sweaty (you’d think I just had a go and worked out on refurbished fitness equipment) just taking photos out in my balcony. So I changed into this:
The pink shirt is really, really thin. I bought it as a beach cover-up but I find it very comfortable for sweltering city weather.
Claudia Schiffer photographed by Erwin Wurm for Vogue Deutsch (November 2009):
Erwin Wurm is an Australian artist. Since the late 1980s he has developed an ongoing series of “One Minute Sculptures,†in which he poses himself or his models in unexpected relationships with everyday objects close at hand, prompting the viewer to question the very definition of sculpture.
Hi, I'm Helga Weber and welcome to my personal site. I'm 25 and in the process of learning how to make adventurous life choices. I dislike old people but I love grandma clothes. My goal in life is to build a ball pit right next to my bed. Currently searching for the perfect house coat. My lover is the greatest. 
I like your mixtape cos Michelle Branch, Vanessa Carlton & Katy Perry are included. :) and you look cute in the dress!
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i’ll listen to your mixtape. thanks! :)
love the dress and the casual wear. ang kyotkyot mo talaga.
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the wurm editorial. i ?
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February 2nd, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Kumain ako ng pandesal.
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Loving the mixed tape…. also, that dress you’re wearing in the first photo is so LOVELY! i looove it! and the belt to go along with it. i’m trying to find a dress similar so i can feel like a girl when i want to be… haha. you are darling, as always ;-)
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Will go listen to your mixtape, thanks for sharing :)
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YOu listen to the boxer on the way home? :) yayyyy
also. Katy Perry’s Black and Gold Cover wins! :)
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I LOVE THAT DRESS.
I think you should do the mixtape thing more often! (I love that you love Vanessa Carlton, too. LOLZ. “Heroes and Thieves” is my favorite.)
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i got the wrong URL tsuri ^_^x
wanted to drop by cos am gonna look for your playlist. I’m looking something new to listen. thanks for sharing and i like your whole outfit the one with jeans ~_^x
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wait.. you listen to coheed and cambria? wow!
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Haha I expected Santa Monica there. The busy streets so undemanding!
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that dress is nice, too bad you said the fabric makes you sweat.
btw, care to link exchange? got here through your plurk page.
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Fuck yeah Sta Monica!
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Hope you can post a new mixtape, Helga :)
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