Blogging From A to Z April - Day 7 - Gossip Girl

So we've been through a whole entire week! Only 19 days left, and today's letter is G which is for... 

Gossip Girl has been my obsession over the past few months and some how I've watched every season and episode in that time! So there are 6 seasons in total, each having around 22 to 25 episodes in. Apart from season 6 because its only half way through the season.   

So for those of you who don't know what Gossip Girl is well let me explain... Gossip girl is an American television show based on the novels. The series begins with the return of Upper East Side "it girl", Serena van der Woodsen, from a mysterious stay at a boarding school in Cornwall, Connecticut. Blair Waldorf, whom creators describe as the queen at the center of their chess game, is a longtime friend and occasional rival of Serena's, and the queen bee of Constance Billard School's social scene. The story also follows Chuck Bass, the bad boy of the Upper East Side; "golden boy" Nate Archibald, Chuck's best friend and Blair's boyfriend for many years. However, their relationship had been rocky ever since Serena left for boarding school. Other characters of the turbulent Manhattan scene, Dan Humphrey, Dan's best friend Vanessa Abrams, and Dan's sister, Jenny Humphrey. (From wiki ;D) 

So how did I get into Gossip Girl?? Well first of all I read one of their books called 'You Know You Love Me'. I got this book from my school library as I had the read a book for English and do a review on it. I loved loved loved this book, but unfortunately couldn't do a review on it because of the unnecessary 50 shades of grey type pages! Which was a shame. But none the less I was hooked, so I found a website on line where you can watch every season for free! It was a miracle :3 

My favourite character is Chuck Bass who is played by Ed Westwick :DD I'm not sure why he is my favourite character but he has a certain flair about him, which makes him extremely attractive! First of all he is the bad boy out of the group (which may be why I like him :P) He is described as -  Lazy and vain, Chuck's only interests are sex and money, and he is frequently chided by his father for lacking ambition and performing poorly in school. Following flings with numerous females, his only serious relationship comes near the end of the series, when he begins dating Blair Waldorf.

Throughout the seasons I began to feel sympathy for him. Chuck had a tough up bringing, not having a mother because she died while giving birth to him, and his dad always blamed him for his mothers death. But Chuck has such good friend who help him through it all :) 

Why love Chuck Bass?? Well my answer, just look at him :3 Chucks style is the best with his iconic scarf which he wears everywhere and that cheeky smile he only shows of once in a while ;) Ohhh and not to forget the best part his voice ahhhhh kasjdgfjhvejhcfq ehehe if you can't tell I love it :DDD

To round up this rather long post, if you have never seen Gossip Girl you defentaly should check it out here for free! This website is the best and you can watch a tone of other TV shows for free too, and now I've also gotten kinda hooked on Pretty Little Liars! Whooops :P 

Website link - http://www.cucirca.com/

I'll leave you guys with this ;D 

Blogging From A to Z April - Day 6 - France

So F is for France :D

France is my second favourite country in the entire world, and yet I've only been there once! I went on the 6th December 2011, it was a trip to Paris with my school for the people who chose French as an option and the food tech people. Not sure why they came with us?? But oh well :P

I went with my two best buddies Harry and Bobby. I had the best time everrrrr, we got to visit so many places in just three days. Some including the a factory where they make chocolate, and a trip to The Louvre Museum and saw the Mona Lisa. This picture was obviously taken in 2011 so we were 14 years old and I had a bob, oh those days ;) Yeh excuse the hair it was kinda windy, although Bobby's hair looks pretty epic (one on the left) These two peeps made the trip 10x better!!

Im kinda coming off the topic here ahah :P So France is a whole other world to what it's like at home, a place were French women have perfectly clear skin and the streets are clean :O 

 

      

The places in France make it what it is mainly the Eiffel Tower, its an iconic piece of iron which is found on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Which is named  after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. I managed, while on my school trip, to have the chance to go up the Eiffel Tower... and even got to go all the way up to the top too!!! Look at my amazing photography of the Eiffel Tower ;) and actually that day it was extremely sunny considering it was December!! 

Next is the River Seine. I hate boats!! and guess what we went on a boat trip :( But overall it was the most stunning river I had ever seen, it has so much history behind it. This fact isn't really the best but i thought that it was quite interesting... The river was a popular site for suicides and the disposal of bodies of murder victims. In the late 1700s and early 1800s over the space of six years 306 bodies were retrieved, the highest number in one day being 16. They were kept in the morgue for many years, and some were never identified. In 2007, 55 bodies were retrieved from its waters; in February 2008, the body of supermodel Katoucha Niane was found there. Ooooo errrrr creepy stuff :DDD

Not only is it a fantastic place but its one of the fashion capitals of the world. Many fashion designers have come from Paris and moved to Paris from all over the place. Many include Jean Paul Gaultier, Christian Dior, Christian Louboutin, Paco Rabanne and lets not forget the best of them all Coco Chanel. 

So that was a kinda long blog post for today, and leaned more over to be about Paris rather than France ahah oh well what can you do :P 

One day I hope to go back to Paris with my friends and maybe even live there 

This is me and my school outside the Notre Dame Cathedral, im the small one in the red coat at the front on the right :D

Thank you for reading today's post, and feel free to comment your blog down below if your doing the A to Z challenge because i would to read yours :)

             

Blogging From A to Z April - Day 4 - Dolce&Gabbana

D is for.....

So just like Betsey Johnson, Dolce&Gabbana are in my top 5 favourite designers of all time.

The company was started by two Italian designers called Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. They both met in Milano in 1980 and worked for the same fashion house. In 1982 they grew together and became “Dolce & Gabbana”.

Their designs are so amazing and unique which makes me crave to one day wear a dress deigned by them :3 What makes me fall in love with their designs even more is their couture lines :OO Dolce & Gabbana launched their first couture line in July, 2012, and their first couture show was held in Taormina, Sicily. Which for me was an amazing show, which I would have loved to be in the front row for :( 

 They first began to designing underwear and swimming costumes. Which then lead to men's wear, perfume, women's wear, accessories and all sorts. They've really done it all :3 

Oooo errrrr look at those men ;D ahah So now im gonna show you my favourite designs and pieces over the past few years from Dolce&Gabbana :D .....

Last thing I would like to leave you with is one of my favourite runways they've done, which was a quite resent one too...

Thanks for reading and ill see you next time for the letter E....

Blogging From A to Z April - Day 3 - Cheese

C is for Cheese!! :DDD

Now i bet you all think really Emma really!? Cheese?? Why??

Well I have you know cheese is my favourite food of all time, I could basically live of the stuff :P Its been my fav food ever since I was little and bet it still will be when im old and wrinkly! The reason I love it so much is mainly cause it tastes sooooo good :D and you can get it in so many different kinds and flavors. 

I don't really have much else to say about cheese apart from I LOVE it... oh wait I've already said that! :) So heres some cheesy facts about cheese...

Fact 1:
Greece have the highest cheese consumption in the world per capita, averaging 27.3 kilograms per person.

Fact 2:
Remains of cheese has been found in Egyptian tombs over 4000 years old.

Fact 3:
A farm in Sweden makes moose cheese.

Fact 4:
Cheddar is the best-selling cheese in the United States.

Fact 5:
Cheese develops the optimal flavour and texture when served at room temperature.

Fact 6:
It takes around 10 litres of milk to make 1 kilogram of hard cheese.

Fact 7:
The United States is the top producer of cheese in the world

Fact 8:
Pizza Hut uses about 140 million kilograms of cheese per year.

Fact 9:
Some cheeses are stored for one year or longer before they are ready to eat.

Fact 10:

Some ancient Roman houses had a special kitchen, called a careale, just for making cheese.

So I hope you enjoyed reading today's Blogging From A to Z April, and leave a comment of your fav food begin with C :DDD

Emma

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Cheese facts from - http://www.10-facts-about.com/Cheese/id/44

Blogging From A to Z April - Day 1 - All Time Low

A is for All Time Low!!! So for my first installment of 'Blogging From A to Z April' there was only, and is only one thing that comes into mind when you say the letter A. Which is All Time Low :DDD

Now I know some of you are think what the hell is it?? Or more so who are they?? If you don't know how are you living!!?? All Time Low are my FAVOUIRTE band of all time :) 

I started listening to ATL (All time low) way back in 2008 and I was 11 years old. I was just getting into the pop punk type music and they were the ones who influenced me to the type of music I listen to today. 

The first song that I listened to was 'Dear Maria, Count Me In' now this is still one of my favourite songs they've ever done and im so glad that youtube recommended it to me :3 The first CD I brought by ATL was 'So Wrong, It's Right' which was released in 2008, and it was their second studio album. 

If you haven't noticed all ready I am completely obsessed with ALT and will forever be :D I own all of their CD's, 2 t-shirts a wrist band and not to mention a rather large poster which hangs over my bed :3 

First is my favorite person in the band, but i do love all of them :DD If you don't know this is Alex Gaskarth. I think I love him the most because of his personality, and just look at him... he's so so so so cute :3 

Alex is the lead sing in the band and occasionally plays the guitar. He was born in Essex, England but moved to Maryland when he was age 7 where he met Jack who talked him into starting a band.

         Next is Jake Barakat who can I say is rather sexay ;) he is the lead guitarist in the band and also sings. Jack was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and was the one who got the band together, so if he wasn't here today there wouldn't be any ATL :( but he is so yayayayay :DDDD

So for the dummer :) whoop Rian Dawson is the most hansome one in the group and i would love to marry him!! He's so sweet and in ATL's newest music video 'Somewhere In Neverland' he's started to grow his hair back :O omg :3 

And last but certainly not least is Zack Merrick ;D wow ummm... how to put this... he's the henchest in the group. Zack is the bassist and back up vocals for the band, and likes to perform without his top on.. yum!                                                                    

So that was the first post of Blogging From A to Z April and I hope you enjoyed reading it because I had a blast typing all about my favourite band. You guys now know a bit more about me and hopefully in future posts will know more :D                    

 Feel free to leave a comment down below of your your favouirte band, people, product or anything that begins with A because I would love to know more about you!! 

Emma

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Blogging From A to Z April

So to let you know I am taking part in the blogging from a to z April  Im going to keep it mostly fashion, beauty, music and food related because these are things im most interested in :DD now let me explain...                                              (info from the website linked below) 

       In April you then have 26 days--one day for each letter of the alphabet.  When April 1st lands on a Sunday you begin on that day which will be the only Sunday you would post during that month's challenge. 

Using this premise, you would start beginning April First with a topic themed on something with the letter A, then on April second another topic with the letter B as the theme, and so on until you finish on April thirtieth with the theme based on the letter Z.  It doesn't even have to be a word--it can be a proper noun, the letter used as a symbol, or the letter itself. 

To find out more and to join me in this challenge as well as 1000's more sign up to this challenge click this link - http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/