itās been two years and i think about this bar often. an absolute must visit- itās like 4 stories and has dozens of unique rooms, 10/10 would recommend spending a night there
really cool themed bar, think they only just opened months ago and i got a yelp ad for it when i was in town. the owner was behind the bar and she was the nicest person ever. the attention to details of this place is insane, from glasswares to decors to the fact that every drink on the menu has some kind of homemade ingredient in it the whole bar at some point bonded over saltburn / jacob elordi / barry keoghan the night i was there so all 10-ish of us ended up sitting and chatting together and the people working joined us as wellāiām getting specific but i have a feeling this isnāt a standalone event!!
omg you havenāt seen that film? you havenāt heard that music? you havenāt read that book? THATāS NORMAL!!!! i feel like there is so much social pressure to consume whatever media makes you niche and unique and cultured and iām OVER IT. itās normal to have not seen every cool movie or show on the planet or heard every album to ever exist. consuming media is something that should be enjoyable and happen gradually over time, not something you force to meet arbitrary cool person standards. iām so done with feel a social obligation to consume certain things. iāll get to it when i get to it! let me have my taste, im okay with not knowing everything!
sometimes i get frustrated when iām at a low point in drive, inspiration, or general productivity, but phasesā highs, lows, and in betweensā are an inevitable feature of life. wouldnāt it be mundane if things were perfect all the time, if we didnāt have something to strive for. there are phases where i listen to music nonstop, phases when iām into podcasts. phases when i work out and cook for myself, and phases when i eat out every day. phases when i want to go out every night and phases where i just want to be alone. a life lived cyclically is not a life i want to live, and i think at a point we need to allow ourselves to be in the off phases in order to succeed in the great ones. iām trying to be better to not beat myself up when iām not at my very best, because how can we be expected to maintain perfection in a world of constant change. āonly a dark cocoon before i get my gorgeous wings and fly away, only a phaseā - joni mitchell
i made this collage (like real magazine cutout situation) on new yearās day and it will be my lock screen for the year. a nice mix of things i like and goals/visions for the future, and i think it looks niceāŗ(although itās too big so i canāt fit the whole image in the lock screen)