Fort Fincastle

Day two in Nassau and we decide to take in a little history. Fort Fincastle is a small fort built in 1793 by Lord Dunmore (the Governor General of the Bahamas at that time) to defend the island. The Queen's Staircase are 66 steps carved out of limestone by slaves. It was insane thinking about that as I walked down them! Just imagine bending over in the unrelenting Bahamian heat, constructing stairs without modern tools. Kind of blows your mind. I love getting to know about history. I'm always curious about places and the stories they have to tell about people. Like this stone, the old trees, stories are hidden in them but they can never lie. They know what happened, they know the truth, but it's locked away in secrecy forever. Their depth is unfathomable. We as humans can only deduce what about history is the truth. Because we as humans are the only creatures who are able to lie. So we can never be sure.

Bay Street

~ A little glimpse of Bay Street 

Fly Girl

En route to the Bahamas! I have already settled in at the British Colonial Hilton in Nassau, but as always with travel things aren't up on time because of the wifi situation. I usually love being on planes but this time wasn't so great. From LAX we had a 4 hour delay and then an overnight layover in Philadelphia, and we stayed in Essington where we had a beautiful dinner on the river. The view was definitely not enough to make up for the heavily salted food and the six bug bites I left with, but we were back in the airport by five am ready to continue our adventure. Another short delay and we were over the ocean heading south for Nassau. I was so excited that strangely enough the three hour flight there seemed to last a lot longer than the 4 hours and 45 minutes to Philly. We landed at around 11 am and the sky was cloudy and the air smelled of a fresh shower. The horrible waiting was over and relaxation was in the air. More of our first day coming soon!

Choppy

So I recently cut off more than half of my hair. I have approximately more than a foot to donate but I haven't decided exactly where yet. It was something I have been wanting to do for a while. The length looks so good on the likes of Alexa Chung and Freja beha erichsen but once I discovered the blog Gary Pepper Vintage I fell in love. Nicole warne is basically my style idol and the cut won me over. I do the winged liner everyday and everything, but that actually started before I found her. The actual experience at the salon was utterly liberating. Everyone was so shocked that I would cut away my long tresses and they all screamed "no!"as my hairstylist, Kimberly, performed the deed. To be honest, I had to keep myself from giggling! I was so sure of my decision that I was laughing at everyone else who told me it wouldn't look good. Not in a mean way, just the kind of way in which it was a symbol of my own confidence. Confirmation from others or not, I was going to live for myself. I have hid behind the length for so long, truly believing that I wouldn't look pretty without it. But I understand more than ever that as long as I am pretty to myself no one can tell me different. Well they can but just smile at them and maybe kill them with a little kindness. When I can back to school, the reaction I got was overwhelming. People would stop me telling me that they loved it or it looked so good; I know the reason why might have to do with a little self assurance boost. So ladies, I hope you all decide to make your best accessory a glowing smile! 

Oasis

Well we all know who has been an utter sloth now that school has ended. Yours truly that's who. Anyway these pictures are from Memorial Day weekend when I was in Vegas. Memorial Day is around the time when everything feels like summer, and we spent the weekend like it was. We cooled off in the Marriott pool and gorged ourselves on Thai iced tea boba. The weekend was ridiculously gorgeous and it was great fun to pretend it was summer already. I will be posting a heck of a lot more often now that I have all the time in the world. I will be leaving for the Bahamas very shortly and expect some tropic takes up on the blog!