A big thank you to Honey Suckle Chic for nominating me for the Beautiful Blogger Award!! It’s a complete honor to even be nominated! The blogger community is so wonderful and I am so happy to be a part of it.

For the “Beautiful Blogger” award you need to:
– Thank the person who nominated you and link to their blog.
– Copy the award and paste it to your blog.
– Tell us 7 interesting facts about yourself.
– Pass this award on to 7 fantastic bloggers you have discovered.
– Contact your nominations and let them know they’ve won.

Here are 7 interesting facts about me:

1. I used to be a ballerina. I danced for 14 years starting at San Francisco Ballet School and later going to the National Ballet School of Canada. My plan was to dance professionally upon graduating from high school, but during a partnering class I was dropped and dislocated my knee and fractured my tailbone. I was told that I would never be the dancer that I could have been, so I decided to stop dancing and focus on my other interests. I will always miss ballet, but I am as happy as ever doing what I am now. Good things happen in mysterious ways!
   

   Me as Clara in San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker

2. I am obsessed with the Discovery Channel and National Geographic. In another life I will be or was a scientist or archaeologist. When shark week comes around, I become glued to my couch. And, it’s no new news that I’m obsessed with the show LIFE (here). I find nature and all of its wonderful creatures FASCINATING. The only creatures that I could do without are snakes. Blech.
3. Banana peels are a good luck charm for me. If I see one or two or ten on the street, it usually means that something good is coming my way. I realize that this is totally absurd to most people, but most people haven’t slipped on a banana peel…TWICE. Yes ladies and gentleman, I am not a cartoon and I have, in fact, slipped two times on a banana peel.
4. My first concert ever was the Bill Graham Memorial: Laughter, Love, and Music. I was six years old and sat on my Dad’s shoulders holding a smiley faced balloon eating fried chicken. I saw Jerry Garcia play with the Grateful Dead, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Kris Kristofferson, and many more. I have a feeling that it is this incredible first experience that gave me my concert/music festival obsession.
5. I have dressed up for Halloween every.single.year. of my life. My first costume was a lamb, and last year I was a fox. I usually start planning my costume months in advance, not because I end up with a something as intricate as say, Heidi Klum’s Hindu Goddess Kali, but because I can hardly contain my excitement.
6. I have two older brothers and I love them to pieces. Even though we all live in separate cities (San Francisco, Boston, New York), I am extremely close to both of them and cannot imagine my life without them. Not only are they my brothers, they are my best friends.
7. While I don’t think I could ever name one band as my favorite, here are a few that I cannot live without: Broken Social Scene, The Cure, Radiohead, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young.
   

   Kevin Drew and Feist in Philadelphia circa 2005

   Now for the best part! Here are my nominations!!

Francheska from Fashion Canvas

Lolita Blog

Ginnybranch from My Favorite Color is Shiny

Ringo, have a banana!

Heart in a Cage

Dominique from Le Français Parisien

Alice from Alice in Wardrobe Wonderland