127 hours

saw 127 hours last night. it was incredible. we all know what happens, and thats not really a lot considering he was literally just stuck under a rock for 127 hours, but james franco is spectacular, and danny boyle proves once again that he's one of the best.

cringe?

this is the movie i interned on...the chicken shack burger place, well i smelt like grease after 12 hours shooting there. anyway, slightly cringing at the storyline and general cheeseball-ness of it, but will most probably go and see it anyway!

it does make me miss the slopes tho :-(

opinions please...

Boys of Milan & Paris FW2011 from Justin Wu on Vimeo.

duty free treat

i thought i would treat myself to a bit of estee lauder whilst 'not' sleeping on the red-eye from nyc to london. i hear its a bit legendary and am thinking that maybe i can reverse the damage i just did by laying in the costa-rican sun for a month!

surfs up?

i am lusting over this pad. i discovered this venice beach house on www.theselby.com. it belongs to eileen peters & mark wiesmayr. clearly theyre big on surfing, now how do i justify filling my garden with surfboards and flip-flops when i live in cloudy london??

dear karl,

please can i be your new muse? chanel couture spring 2011

theo altenberg

im in love with these incredible paintings. theo altenberg uses oil on cardboard to create these pieces of pure drama! i need to get my paintbrushes out again!!

raw bling!

love these rings by billy bride. so raw, so beautiful. i love a piece of jewellery thats original. no hatton garden for me thankyou very much! www.billybridejewelry.com

religion?

whilst visiting the many churches in granada, nicaragua, i noticed that the religious artworks were extremely different than that of european works. hispanic artwork in south and central america is vibrant, bright, sometimes neon. and i like it. im not really religious, but was tempted on more than one occasion to buy a virgin mary figurine, they were almost tacky and kitsch-like, but so wonderful!





this all really reminded me of baz luhrmans sets on romeo & juliet. the neon crosses, overload of candles, the statues in juliets room, and the artwork of the heart surrounded by flames. heres crediting his amazing team: production designer catherine martin and set decorator brigitte broch.

but 2010 did give me...

i dont care what anyone else says, but this song is my song of 2010. it makes me happy, and makes me want to dance on a table as soon as i hear it! press play, then repeat!

hola chica

30 days off from work. this means one thing. have passport = will travel. i jetted off to costa rica, and then whilst over there i headed to the border and checked out nicaragua aswell. now costa rica was a bit too touristy for my liking, and also a bit too popular with americans, (unfortunately apart from a couple guys these were all the doucheback kind of americans). but my main objective for this trip was to relax and to surf. and this is exactly what i did. i missed home though, especially with my family going through a sad yet beautiful final christmas with my aunt. but when i woke up at 4.30am on the 1st of january 2011 to watch the sunrise i felt happy and at peace that the year just past was over and the new year was hopefully a new beginning full of happier times. hopefully my pictures do these countries justice, central america is beautiful....enjoy!