love game

"Sicilian women are more dangerous than a shot gun."

                                -The Godfather

fake it 'til you make it

play ball

{hometown favorites}

{petco park: downtown san diego}

{inaugural beerfest game: 30.april.2010}

bananas

never forget

i'm a natural

i'm trying

tap fish

duh.

retro hunk

{paul newman: still tops the charts}

says who?

{go big or go home:}

haters are my motivators

learning this

"we must be willing to let go of 

the life we have planned 

so as to have the life 

that is waiting for us."

move yourself...

{express EXCESS yourself}

jumpin on jocks

it's official

I am addicted to twitter.

@katie_quart

sunday snack

First Lady

"Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage and death."

{jackie.}

the bow tie: revamped

good weekend

{i am so blessed to have the most amazing, quality people in my life}

tax refund

{new loubi's courtesy of the US government...don't mind if i do}

damn i love this bitch

due monday: 8 page argumentative paper

{classy}

versus

{trashy}

either way...i just need to do the damn thaaang

sushi on the rock

I went to suhsi today with my lovely lady friends and the restaurant overlooked the ocean.. needless to say, it was a wonderful day. and to top it all off, it was all 5 minutes away from my house. xo.

i miss my best friend

{A & K}

{S & B}

new life

don't act surprised...

...when I stroll into lecture with this bad boy in my right hand... and I am not kidding. I live next door to starbucks.

recreating immediately

friday

{monsters of folk}

yummy in the tummy

{dinner?}

{yo gabba gabba}

happy birthday bff lucas

que sera, sera

Pardon me if I get emotional..
         but this song reminds me so much of my Nona, and it is so bittersweet. It is such a life motto, and really is the best advice she ever gave sang to me...

"Katadina Katadina my little ballerina, whatever will be will be..life is beautiful sometimes, and life is tough sometimes.. but the courageous shall survive... love you baby." 

                                                                               --- voicemail left by my Nona on March 30, 2006...

I miss her more and more every day. xo.xo.

{I remember clear as day sitting in the back of my grandparents lincoln with the AM stations playing}

{Nona, Cheetah Girl, Papa; 1991}

{loosely translated in French...just as it is life, it is also in death}

tea party

feeling the pain of midterms

remember this?

this was my favorite game when I was a small child on my parents' "macintosh" and it was legit as fuhhh

dgaf

as we head into midterms week this is all I will be sporting with my UCSD  only friend bff Jo, the infamous "bam bam" hairdo.

DIY diva

I found perfect nude lace tights a few months ago and decided to switch them up a little by wearing plain black tights underneath to really make the lace pattern pop. Apparently it was a hit because I had 3 comments of awe concerning them (one was a guy at costco and another was my coffee cart guy..yes both males).

mafiosa

I felt like a mix between my dad and Chuck Bass last night while I rocked dark wash jeans, a white oxford, white Italian leather loafers, and to top it off a wide gold pinky ring. I also sipped red wine with other Italians and was so very tempted to smoke a fat stogie.

{loafers from a small all Italian leather store on 7th Ave in NYC}

{left hand jewels}

{"That's Amore" -- Dean Martin}

you know that one song....

....that comes on and you are instantly transported to the times and places you were and the people you were with? WELL that happened to me today when I heard "Another Night" by the Real McCoy it brought me back to the cab seat of my dad's Ford Ranger as we rocked out while rolling through the car wash.  I loved this CD so much, and knew all the words and would even make up dances to it.
               (side bar: I once choreographed a dance to "You're the One that I Want" from Grease and performed it in front of my 2nd grade class with a boombox in the front of the room. I guess being in dance ages 3 to 16 was cool.)

Anyways, another song besides the aforementioned RMc was Meatloaf's "I Would Do Anything For Love." One could say I was a cultured kid.

{Another Night.. uhhh huuuuuu}

don't play the fool

like Kenny Rogers said.. "you gotta know when to hold 'em, and when to fold 'em... "

overcast

on a day like this i need coats like these: