Fun Friday...and the winner!

In Shade, Aura's boyfriend Logan is the frontman in the band The Keeley Brothers so I thought it would only be fitting to end off the week with some music!

Additional music links to share:

iTunes iMix (WARNING: clicking on link opens iTunes on your computer)

SHADE music page on Jeri's website, which includes a bonus playlist (Logan's St. Patrick's day mix!)

If you are curious, here's the playlist:
"Time to Pretend," MGMT
"Streams of Whiskey," (written by the Pogues, but performed by The Dead Rabbits on the iTunes mix and the Bloody Irish Boys on my website playlist)
"Dammit," Blink-182,
"Devil's Dance Floor," Flogging Molly
"Lust," The Raveonettes
"The Rip," Portishead
"Sleeping with Ghosts," Placebo
"Houses," Great Northern
"If I Ever Leave This World Alive," Flogging Molly
"Chasing Cars," Snow Patrol
"I Lost Lenore," The Nevermores
"St. Valentine's Day Massacre," Cocktail Slippers
"Love Song," The Cure
"Infinity," The XX
"I Will Possess Your Heart," Death Cab for Cutie
"The Bells Of Dublin/Christmas Eve," The Chieftains
"The Parting Glass," (traditional, performed by The Pogues on the iTunes mix and Ozark Four on my website playlist)
"This Is How I Disappear," My Chemical Romance
"Til Kingdom Come," Coldplay


I hope you enjoyed the week of Shade! A big thanks to Jeri for her time & support in making this happen. *throw confetti*

And the winner is.....

SANDY!!!!!!

Please check you email Sandy, you have until Sunday to claim your prize :)

WISH - A Virtual Backpacking Tour

Every once and a while, a book takes place in your home town or one that you live near. It's kind of cool when that happens because you can relate to the sights and sounds. Most of the time, though, we have to rely on images or our imagination to visualize what's going on throughout a story. I've created here a virtual backpacking tour of the people, places and things you'll find within WISH by Alexandra Bullen.

As we start our day, we head out with backpack in hand and head to the corner store to pick up maps. We'll need one for cable car routes as well as for the landmarks of the city. And we're off...

The Locale:

WISH takes place in San Francisco and if you're anything like me it's on the list of places to visit. Here's why:

With place like the Golden Gate Bridge, The Haight, The Presidio and Alcatraz, this won't be a dull day. Of course, it wouldn't be complete without a ride on the famous cable cars!

The Fashion:

The story really begins to take root when Olivia takes her sister's vintage Pucci dress to have it repaired. That's when things get interesting...

So since we don't have our own dress, we head out looking for awesome boutiques. If available, we could leave the backpack behind and hop in a limo, cause the "magical" dresses we're looking for have high end prices tags! Feast your eyes on these:

It wouldn't be right if we didn't include a few Pucci's for your viewing pleasure:

The Music:

After a full day of site-seeing and shopping, we hit a cafe featuring live music. We grab a chai latte and our favourite organic snack, sit back and prepare for auditory relaxation. In fact, there's a band featured in the book that gets compared to some of the hottest bands around right now, so for your listening/viewing pleasure, check this out:

We hope you enjoyed your tour!