Flamenco Feels

Hello my loves. I am sitting outside at a coffee shop and the neighboring restaurant just started setting up for the dinner … which includes playing Louis Armstrong and creating the perfect Spring evening vibe. This week has been a strange one mentally. Simple things have felt hard and emotional. I feel a little off, and I let myself sink into it, thinking maybe that’s what I needed. But it only made me feel worse, so this week I am trying the alternate route and making a list everyday of to-dos. Shooting this amazing Badgley Mischka jumpsuit was one of the things I had to get done … the weather hasn’t cooperated so I shot indoors today and am happy with how they turned out, though I wish I could have taken some full body shots so you could see the amazing frill details down the legs.

What I really need is a dance class. I don’t really understand how gyms and salsa classes can be open, but none of the studios that have Afro-Brazilian/Haitian/Cuban classes are open. They are all still having online classes. My frustration is real. I’m kind of sick of the gym and it’s been harder to motivate myself to go. I need to dance, and that’s that. Maybe I should just start my long walk/podcast routine up again now that my toe is mostly healed.

I hope you’re all doing well. Here’s to getting out of ruts.

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Olá meus amores. Estou sentado do lado de fora em um café e o restaurante vizinho começou a preparar o jantar ... o que inclui tocar Louis Armstrong e criar a vibração perfeita de noite de primavera. Esta semana foi mentalmente estranha. Coisas simples parecem difíceis e emocionais. Eu me sinto um pouco desconcertada e me deixo afundar nisso, pensando que talvez seja disso que eu precisava. Mas isso só me fez sentir pior, então esta semana estou tentando o caminho alternativo e fazendo uma lista diária de tarefas. Fotografar este incrível macacão Badgley Mischka foi uma das coisas que eu tive que fazer ... o tempo não ajudou, então eu fiz isso dentro de casa hoje e estou feliz com o resultado final, embora eu gostaria de ter tirado algumas fotos de corpo inteiro para você podia ver os detalhes incríveis de babados descendo pelas pernas.

O que eu realmente preciso é de uma aula de dança. Eu realmente não entendo como academias e aulas de salsa podem ser abertas, mas nenhum dos estúdios que têm aulas de afro-brasileiros / haitianos / cubanos estão abertos. Todos eles ainda estão tendo aulas online. Minha frustração é real. Estou meio cansado da academia e tem sido mais difícil me motivar para ir. Eu preciso dançar e pronto. Talvez eu deva apenas começar minha longa caminhada / rotina de podcast novamente, agora que meu dedo do pé está quase curado.

Espero que todos estejam bem. Saudações para sair da rotina.

beijão

Mariamma

Navy Blues

Top - American Eagle | Jeans - Land’s End | Boots - Nine West | Jewelry - Vanessa Mooney

Hey hey! It was supposed to snow today … but as you can tell it was a very nice day! Today was a surprise day off from work for me which is always nice. I got these boots during a Black Friday sale a couple weeks ago. I’ve been wanting a pair of white boots for fall/winter and fell in love with these. I really like styling them with baggy jeans and I need some long skirts to wear them with as well. A nice, casual little outfit. I had a really nice weekend wandering around the city and going to a Sofar Sounds show. Sofar shows are so fun because the location and musical acts are a mystery until the day of the show. You never know what you’re signing up for but it makes it exciting! My favorite musician of the night was a girl from my hometown in Montana! It’s so rare meet Montanans out in the world, much less people from Missoula. She was so sweet and so so talented.

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Ei ei! Deveria nevar hoje ... mas como você pode ver, foi um dia muito agradável! Hoje foi um dia de folga surpresa para mim, o que é sempre bom. Eu comprei essas botas durante uma venda na Black Friday há algumas semanas. Eu estava querendo um par de botas brancas para o outono / inverno e me apaixonei por elas. Eu realmente gosto de estilá-los com jeans folgados e preciso de algumas saias longas para usá-los também. Uma bela roupa casual. Eu tive um ótimo final de semana andando pela cidade e indo a um show do Sofar Sounds. Os shows de sofar são tão divertidos porque a localização e os atos musicais são um mistério até o dia do show. Você nunca sabe o que está se inscrevendo, mas isso é empolgante! Meu músico favorito da noite era uma garota da minha cidade natal em Montana! É tão raro conhecer montanenses no mundo, muito menos pessoas de Missoula. Ela era tão legal e tão talentosa.

xoxo

Mariamma

Mustard

Good afternoon babes! I was supposed to have today off but I got a call right after yoga this morning that someone needs tonight covered. Luckily I didn't have any plans until later tonight so that works out pretty well. And now I get to postpone my free day, which I'm not mad at. The Grand Prix was in Long Beach this weekend which meant it was really busy at work and parking was almost impossible. I worked from 2-midnight on Saturday and then 8:30-4:30 Sunday so I was exhausted last night. Nothing too exciting to update you on.

cheers 

Mariamma

Streetscape

Velvet Top - Target | Jeans - Anine Bing | Booties - Circus by Sam Edelman | Necklace - Lulus.com

Hello! Happy Friday! I just got back home from the chiropractor. Anyone who knows me knows how much I crave my back cracked so the chiropractor is more of a treat than a chore. I sprained my neck a few days ago and it was still not feeling healed so I had an expert take a look. My whole neck has felt warm since I left the appointment ... maybe it got the blood flowing again! Anyways, tomorrow is the annual Women's March in DTLA and I am going with my friends Meg and Joeye. I didn't go last year and was a bit embarrassed about it so I requested the day off this year and made a plan to get myself there! With all the sexual harassment and assault cases that have been brought to light this past year, I feel that it's super important to show face and support other women! I'm bringing my old camera with me and am hoping for some great, inspiring photos to share here. Stay tuned. 

<3 

Mariamma

Fire & Ice

Ayyy bae bae. So much new! I moved into my own place this week and life is GOOD! I am living in downtown Long Beach, three blocks from work (a seven minute stroll), and three blocks from the beach! It has an amazing view and most my new coworkers live in the same hood too. I literally haven't driven and haven't needed to for the past three days. I can walk EVERYWHERE! I feel so so so grateful that this gypsy summer of mine is ending on such a high note. A space that is all mine and so fine. 

New life who dis?!

 It's Mariamma b*tches.