There was probably everything you’d imagine at the Cosmopolitan Blog Awards: champagne on arrival, pretty girls in pretty dresses, fancy cupcakes and of course, cosmopolitan cocktails. Once I entered the room in the Oxo Tower, I didn’t know where to look. Remington joined and kindly groomed guests’ hair (I slightly regretted doing mine beforehand), Two … Continue reading
If you’ve been anywhere on this blog before, you’ll know I’m a bit obsessed with taking photos. I always have been; photos to me ingrain not only a moment and image in my mind, but a feeling. At university and while I lived in Australia, my walls were covered with photos of scenery, friends, family … Continue reading
I’ve entered my fair share of competitions, and I have an even fairer share of selfies – as it seems with the rest of the world! So, combine these and what do you get? A great competition from Cosmos Holidays called #SelfieStories – basically, upload a selfie (let’s face it, we all probably have a … Continue reading
I’m not making it up, I promise. Ok, I admit, until I go to Boston/Cape Cod in LESS THAN THREE WEEKS, I don’t have an entirety of actual destinations to write about. But reverse culture shock is a topic that I’ve wanted to talk about for a while, because until I was hit by a … Continue reading
For a few months now I haven’t had much going on travel-wise. We can blame that on running out of money and graduating from university – and the exhaustion of trying to find a job that comes with it, of course. BUT… there are plans coming together that I’m very excited to do and write … Continue reading
Happy Anniversary! I hope you’re all watching the London Anniversary Games this weekend! It’s a year on to the day of the Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics. Guess what? I was there. Being lucky enough to go to the Opening Ceremony is something I can’t describe. But I will, because this is a … Continue reading
I’ve decided I’m making a comeback with this blog. And I mean business (but in that fun, not intensely serious kind of way). A lot has happened in the past year. I started this blog to talk about my semester abroad in Melbourne, Australia – well, obviously I’m not there anymore, but it was the … Continue reading
I stupidly agreed to write a haiku for my friend Alia when my mentions of Allie in this blog were becoming all the more frequent. I’m telling you now, these are no masterpieces. Once I realised how difficult it was to get everything you wanted in the limits of a haiku, I saw the opportunity … Continue reading
Kirst over the World 