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A Love Letter to Rainy Days
On stormy days, gentle moments, and the art of slowing down Hawaii is supposed to face a storm this weekend. Heavy rain and wind expected until Monday, the whole state under a flood watch. Normally, that would mean slick roads, traffic that feels personal, and the low-level anxiety that comes with driving in heavy rain. Continue reading
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The Devil Wears Prada Is Back, and She Called Me Darling
The trailer for The Devil Wears Prada 2 popped up unexpectedly, and just like that—I was transported. Not just to the movie. But to me. To fashion school, when I was learning how to speak in silhouettes and fabrics instead of full sentences. When deadlines were sacred, critique was sharp, and showing up unprepared simply Continue reading
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In Search of Sakura
We booked our next trip to Japan. I say that casually, like my heart didn’t immediately do that little flip it always does when Japan enters the conversation. Like I haven’t already started imagining quiet mornings, train windows, and the feeling of being exactly where I’m supposed to be. This time, though, we’re doing something Continue reading
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Apparently, I Give Alex Munday Energy
(And I’ll take that as a compliment.) Someone told me recently that I reminded them of Alex Munday. At first, I just smiled politely—because truthfully, I had forgotten who that was. I assumed it was flattering (the tone suggested it was), so I smiled anyway, said a sweet “Oh, thank you!”, filed it away, and Continue reading
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Taking the Scenic Route
I didn’t disappear. I just took the scenic route. Sometimes that looks like a quiet waterfall in the middle of a journey. A pause you didn’t plan for, but needed all the same time. These past few years for me, life happened. Quietly. Loudly. Beautifully. And somewhere between becoming and unbecoming, I needed to live Continue reading
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Thirty Nine: Celebrating Life and Future Adventures
Hello there, it’s me. I’m back : ) Yesterday I turned 39 years old. Yes, that would make it just one more year until I turn forty. Crazy, right? It was already 9 years ago when I made such a huge deal about turning 30, I wrote a post about aging and how to fight Continue reading
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Homecoming
30 years later Annie is back Hello again WordPress. I tend to come back here at the end or the beginning of a year. This happens after realizing that I haven’t written in a long, long time. And I mean it by loooong time. Time is going by too quick, it’s scary. Last week, I Continue reading
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Happy 25th Anniversary “Ever After”!
One of my favorite movies of all time, Ever After: A Cinderella Story, turns 25 years this year! I cannot believe it has been that long, as I watch it every year or so just to relive the marvelous story of Danielle de Barbarac (played by my favorite actress Drew Barrymore who by the way, Continue reading
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“Godmothered” – A bippity boppity fun and heartful film review
I absolutely love fairy tales….and princesses and true love’s kiss and happily ever afters. I’m never going to grow out of it, no matter how old I get. I believe that there is magic everywhere. Which brings me to talk about the newly released, and oh-so-wonderful, feel-good Disney film Godmothered starring Jillian Bell and Isla Continue reading
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Emily in Paris – Say Bonjour to Netflix Most Anticipated New Original Series
Oh my goodness , it has been eight months since my last post! 2020 has so far been a strange year filled with never-ending negativity and uncertainty. There is something that I am definitely certain about, though… Emily in Paris, starring the ravishing Lily Collins, streams on Netflix October 2nd and I CANNOT WAIT. The Continue reading
About Me
A thirty-something-year-old girl living in a beautiful rock in the middle of the Pacific. Welcome to my little island of happiness. Sweet confessions spoken through blahblahs in this crazy, but beautiful world of mines.
Love, Honey 