This means..minimal choices of outfits, accessories, shoes….and SHARED INTERNET!!! ughhhhhh…so I might be MIA for a while…gonna try in the meantime at nights to make a video remix of updates…

As soon as I can I am going to do EPIC BLOG UPDATES which will include:

-more on how to ride the TAGADA

-deets on the opening of Fish and Chips, Twice Please

-Lady GAGA concert

-London travels, Paris travels

-Lessons Learned..part 2

In the meantime…I will leave you all with some TOTALLY awesome pics that my friend Karina took of me! One day we were just messing around in the sun…I decided it would be good to dress retro cause i LOVVVVEEEE retro…don’t get me wrong..i’m no model, but it’s still fun to gallavant & play around :P She gets to practice different techniques and I get some cool pics to cherish <3

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! so much fun! Thanks Karina! Now if I wanna go into plus size modelling i have a portfolio!! bahahahahahahah

SEE THAT PURSE?!? IT IS THE PURSE OF DREAMS! I bought it at David and Goliath in London..it brings me joy and makes me smile…THE SPEAKERS ARE REAL…AND you can hook up any device to it…(ipod, phone, cd player, tape deck…WHATEVER) and it plays music! it makes me giggle every time I use it!!! NOW I HAVE MY OWN SOUNDTRACK!!! heheheheheeheheheh it was like omg that purse is soo cute…then it was ARE THOSE REAL? “yes and you can hook up your ipod!!” SOLD! I’ll take pink sequins <3

watch out Ottawa for musical GALAVANTING cause you know it will happen. Who needs television when you LIVE the CARAVISION….now with portable soundtrack!! weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

more updates later…

p.s. notice the 90s inspired lady gaga shirt.. got it at the concert in london!!

I LOVE HER I LOVE HER I LOVE HER….alejandro xx

In a nutshell.

January – New Years Downtown, Italy, repetiveness, beige interns, some cool people

February - complete greyness. All of Vienna goes AWOL. This is why there is ball season, to keep peope from being completely depressed during the death that is Winter in Vienna. This year I went to the IAEA ball again but with a few friends, most exciting part was getting ready cause my friend Hannes came and did mine & Luana’s hair & make up. The actual IAEA ball wasn’t THAT amazing since I went last year..the novelty has worn off.

same dress...bigger eyelashes!!

on the dancefloor

gotta hit up that hotdog bar!

March - end of internship & my 25 birthday. It was really nice the whole office threw me a little surprise going away breakfast in the meeting room…I said my little goodbyes and got to share lady Gaga videos with all my co-workers. I think it all makes sense to them now!!

My BDAY – well what can I say I don’t remember much. So it was a good night! A few friends from Italy and from last summer UN internship came to visit and we tried to relive the magic moments we had last summer in TITANIC (our favourite trashy nightclub)! but all failed miserably because none of us made it further than 3 am!! pfffffff WE MUST BE GETTING OLD!

<3!

TEQUILLA!

great friends!

oh p.s.! and on the ACTUAL day of my bday I went for a quick drink to this pub called Four Bells which is where LADY GAGA got drunk when she was here….here is what she left behind..

<3 her!

<3 her!

April - so far has included transitioning to being a FULL TIME TOURIST OF DREAMS! Lets see… my couchsurfing friend Emma Bell - london based fashion designer & consultant moved back to Vienna to put on an exhibit called Fish and Chips Twice Please?! which I will be lucky enough to help make some props for! She also will be teaching me how to sew! We went on an excursion to a fabric store which is a story in itself.

Easter in Salzberg & Munich. Saw some pretty castles & where Mozart was born!

Me & Mozart

Munich City Centre

Munich Residenz - the former royal palace of the Bavarian monarchs

Munich Residenz - a pretty roof in one of the rooms

Modern Art Museum = a waste of a few hours!

Royal Palace of Herrenchiemsee (no pictures allowed inside) = definite beauty

the Irish Ball was on the weekend which has had its dramas all in itself. First there was the constant stress of organizing people to go, then I got the date wrong, then we had a dropout, and I couldn’t find a replacement in time cause the replacement backed out! and THEN there was a drama finding an outfit & shoes last minute & I  HATE shopping for things under pressure…all & all the ball was alright.

IRISH Ball lessons learned: all you can drink whiskey & beer = trouble.

at the table

typical bathroom shot!

Theres a quick update!! Next i’m planing a trip to Paris & London when my friend Chrissy comes to visit me! I’m planning on some other trips too, Budapest & HOPEFULLY Berlin! Other than that will just be bumming around Vienna for the summer helping Emma, applying for jobs back home, and being a fulltime tourist of dreams <3

xxox love

Love all of you out there!

BRB in the springtime…with more exciting adventures…until then

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p.s. Jersey Shore is delightfully trashy.i’m hooked. GTL, it’s a situation…fist pumppp!

if hatin’ is your occupation – i’ve got a full time job for you. ♥

1) 2009 was the “year of Cara” coined last NYE. This NYE I decided amongst a great discussion with one my close friend’s Ben. That if 2009 was the “year of Cara” then 2010 resolution should be “be more like Cara” i.e. don’t appologize for being weird, quirky or different, stand by who I am and be proud!

2) Be more understandable and Open – this means of people who may seem annoying or boring or retarded at first. Have a more open mind and try to get to know others more before judging them

3) Be patient & Grateful

….I keep my resolutions to 3 because it is more realistic to focus on few then try to scatter the attention to a whole list!!

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p.s. NYE was amazing this year!

It was filled with family, great music at first. I went to see Die Fledermaus a famous and traditional operetta to watch on NYE in Vienna. For a sample of the Overture, click here.  You may recognize the music. After this I had a nice dinner with parents.

The second part was filled with great friends, awesome company, and lots of laughs (with a little alcohol on the side). I was off to my bff’s Luana’s to make a party. What a great time to be amongst good people and have drinks! We counted down to midnight in the city centre where there is a yearly street party! Stay Tuned for Pics either here or on fb!

Street party means: outside bars, great food, different stages with music, fireworks wherever you want and WALZING at midnight. We certainly hit all this up! I didn’t have fireworks to set off, but sacrificed my discostick into the crowd at midnight as a symbolic gesture for the new year! I can make a new one for 2010!

Everyone got a little scattered before midnight, but it was so nice that we all reconvened at a little corner pub for some drinks….it was laughs until 4 am. I had to take momentary naps at the table.

You know you’re done drinking when you order Prikleland over and over (sparkling water). and when you are able to talk, joke, and dance on the spot, but handling phone calls and directions are out of the question! Good thing I was with people who took my calls otherwise all the crowd would have not rejoined for a lovely strawberry shot!

ALL THE BEST IN 2010.

Lots of love to all my loved one’s back at home in Canada <3 <3 <3 You are well missed!

Stay posted for some NYE pics…..Would upload tonight however….am going to ROME tomorrow for more adventures!

XOXO

At first, I thought it to be very minimal. The colour scheme is white and blue, but a clean hospital type white. My first reaction was: “It’s like a limbo between heaven and hell. Like a waiting room for the recently dead where you decide whether you will go up or down.” 

There is an elevator in it, with blue lights….I call it “the elevator to heaven” 

elevator to heaven

and again..

Anyways I find the building so peculiar, but I like it at the same time. The more and more I went into it, the more I liked it. But I think I’ve experienced it seen something like it before. oh wait yes…. 

You know the M building? ok fine.
You know lady Gaga? BAD ROMANCE! 

So Christmas Eve the day came when most of the UN was on holiday yet we had to work. My fellow intern friend and I took full advantage and took some lady gaga inspired pictures. 

Ahhhhhh the M building reminiscent of a minimalist 1990s art exhibit but with huge moden reference to the lady gaga bad romance video! 

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Lady Gaga vs. the M Building 

M building

lady gaga

M Building

Bad Romance

M Building

bad romance

M bulding

lady gaga

ok maybe you have to have an abstract mind to see the connection. But One reminds me of the other….M bulding reminds me of Lady Gaga Bad Romance, And Bad Romance the M Building…. 

MORE BAD ROMANCE STILLS: 

With this video in mind….My intern collegue and I took to the M building with our free time and took some GAGA inspired pics….here are some stills we came up with…

elevator to heaven?

clocks

gaga claw @ front desk

stairway to heavennn

girls vs. boys

stairs.

looking down

ahhhhh the M building! gets me every time!!!

Watch the Bad Romance Video by Clicking Here!

we're ready!

While decorating we looked through all the decorations my parents kept from christmas past…..there were some new ones from this year, and from each year…ahhhhh yes christmas is all about “junk” but beautiful junk. Here are our favourite ornaments that best represents Christmas in the 1970s…   

mushroom ornaments

 The tree turned out pretty….so did the rest of the apartment:   

Christmas Tree 2009

 At least this year my decorations didn’t get removed and put into the back. Unlike last year where my stupid roommate and her mom took the decorations off the tree I bought – I shall never forget the rudeness!! pffffffffff this year the tree was untainted.   

and what better way to celebrate then to make reference to LADY GAGA by doing the gaga pose    

Gaga!

ga ga!

 The only place you’ll wanna be is underneath my Christmas tree…..lets falalalalaaa lalalaa 
and then it happened. Christmas came!!!! and went sooooooo quickly!

The aftermath: SANTA CAME!!! even to Vienna! yeeeeee  xmas!

Vienna Christmas 2009

my whole family was really happy to see all the presents, but my Cat Chanel showed the most enthusiasm as she hid within the presents….what a character that Chanel the lion cat!  

Chanel hearts Christmas!

and another Christmas has come to an end..there was presents, and family, and TURKEY, and relaxing and TURKEY leftovers and of course a little partying on the side, because you can’t leave DANCING out of a vacation. Now I am back at work until New Years which will be the next big celebration! My last new years in Vienna.   

Then off to Rome for an Italian adventure <3 I hope everyone is having a great holiday season!!!   

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]]> http://caravision.com/2009/12/25/merry-christmas/feed/ 0 caravision 13SnowmanMerryChristmas http://caravision.com/2009/11/17/caravision-seeing-gaga-vision/ http://caravision.com/2009/11/17/caravision-seeing-gaga-vision/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:29:47 +0000 caravision http://caravision.com/?p=971 ]]> Thanks to my friend Emma who made the dress, I had something very flamboyant to wear as I channeled my inner GAGA! I think the most fun about the costume was crafting a discostick and the hype up to Halloween.

dress compliments of emma bell fashion: www.emma-bell.com

Unfortunately, I was just toooooo Gagaraffic for the stuck up party we went to, no one could handle the spunk, the sparkles, disco stick, or funk!

In fact, if you stuck a rock where the sun don’t shine for 90% of the party attendees, you would get a whole lotta diamonds – tight asses.

ANYWAYS – preparty glitter times got a little outta control so much we had a purple glitter spillage explosion on the floor of Emma’s apt.

glitter glitter everywhere!!

Wasted glitter? hellllllll no! why waste glitter? we hairsprayed my dress so it would stick then i attempted to roll in it, just in case I was glittery enough!

as emma quotes “you can never have too much glitter!!!” cause you know I taste just like “glitter mixed with rock n roll”

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Halloween made me miss my crazy group of Canadian friends! Here it’s not so much a big deal. Carnevale (in February) is bigger here – like a week long crazy fiesta with full fledged costumes!!! So now I definitely know what i’ll be wearing this year for it !! Can’t wait to channel my inner Gaga again!!

 

 

 

 

]]> http://caravision.com/2009/11/17/caravision-seeing-gaga-vision/feed/ 0 caravision 14435_168090482543_501982543_2896414_622220_n n121508192_2395 http://caravision.com/2009/11/17/a-very-cara-halloween/ http://caravision.com/2009/11/17/a-very-cara-halloween/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:18:08 +0000 caravision http://caravision.com/?p=954 ]]> So its been a while since my last post, and well since the weather is getting grey over here in Vienna, so is the life. HOWEVER – still managed to russle up some great Halloween spirit with close friends <3

It all started with the search for pumpins at Nasche Markt:

yay pumpkins!

scary halloween faces

 This was followed by sturm drinking….

What is Sturm? A young wine, tastes kind of like grapejuice. Whatever you do, DO NOT DRINK A LITRE in one sitting, it gives you a stomach ache like the kind you get when you eat too many grapes the night before….

Anyways, after purchasing 3 litres of sturm in the mark and our pumpkings, we all gathered at a friend’s house for Halloween PUMPKING CARVING!

Halloween was still a week away, HOWEVER we wanted to get in the spirit a little early by dressing silly, having a few drinks, laughing, and working on halloween crossword puzzles.

the pumpkin preparation began…

getting those pumpkins ready!

getting those pumpkins ready!

Someone asked me (knowing I am a HUGE crazed lady gaga fan, and that’s what I was going for halloween) are you going to make a lady gaga pumpkin too? It was a joke question, until I was like UMMM YES – that’s genius!

So here is the draft pumpkin:

halloween gaga

I vant to be vlady vagaga!

heee heee notice the 3 bottles of sturm behind the computer And after the pumpkins were done, we toasted our in season sturm and took pictures of our glory!

gagalanturns!

and again....with our faces lit up

gagaaaa!

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Emma Attack promotional Video:

London Fashion Week:

I love the perfomance artist who opens the show!!! It’s soooo cool!

This weekend I am planning on collaborating with her to make a voxpop video remix, I will interview people or do a segment of something silly and we are going to make a proper youtube video out of it! REMIX STYLE!

stay tunnnnned!

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