May 30, 2012
Oh man, 6am flights are the WORST (especially when you don’t go to bed until midnight… I should know better by now, but I don’t). (Taken with instagram)

Oh man, 6am flights are the WORST (especially when you don’t go to bed until midnight… I should know better by now, but I don’t). (Taken with instagram)

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May 29, 2012
Victory of the Weekend: Basil, Rosemary & Pineapple Mint: 3 potted herbs on the windowsill. In theory for awhile and now finally in place… Ok, so sure I still need to buy some soil and get them really situated in there but they have survived my opposite-of-green-thumb for 3 whole days now and I have already cooked with them twice, now that is really something! Plants via Union Square Farmer’s Market. Chalkboard planters via Crate & Barrel (on sale!)

Victory of the Weekend:

Basil, Rosemary & Pineapple Mint: 3 potted herbs on the windowsill. In theory for awhile and now finally in place… Ok, so sure I still need to buy some soil and get them really situated in there but they have survived my opposite-of-green-thumb for 3 whole days now and I have already cooked with them twice, now that is really something!

Plants via Union Square Farmer’s Market. Chalkboard planters via Crate & Barrel (on sale!)

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I think you should know about Lemlem

When my mom was in town recently, she generously picked me up this amazing scarf at Steven Alan (right). Two days later I was so in love, I bought the one above (left) for my sister for graduation. They’re just the absolute best light-weight, neon, giant, summer scarves a girl could want. 

Not only is Lemlem a brand with great product though - handmade in Ethiopia - it’s got a pretty cool purpose behind it too. Don’t you just love when that happens? 

“Supermodel / actress and former World Health Organisation’s Goodwill Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Liya Kebede discovered that traditional weavers in her native country of Ethiopia were losing their jobs due to a decline in local demand for their goods and wanted to do something about it. Recognizing the beauty, quality and historic significance of their work, Liya started Lemlem in 2007 as a way to inspire economic independence in her native country and to preserve the art of weaving

Today, Lemlem, which means to flourish or bloom in Amharic, is thriving. Thank you to those who support this handcrafted collection of women’s and children’s clothing, while helping preserve an ancient art form.”

Some supermodel / actress / philanthropists just have it all… (le sigh ;) 

Shop at: lemlem | J.CREW | Saks | and other local spots…

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getting to the beach by train

This NY Magazine article is a bit old, but has some great ideas for getting out of town this summer, for those of us without a summer-share or a car. Enjoy! 

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May 28, 2012
Memorial Day at the beach. A hop (cab), skip (train) and a jump (ferry) away from the city on Fire Island. Just what the doctor ordered. (Taken with Instagram at Ocean Beach)

Memorial Day at the beach. A hop (cab), skip (train) and a jump (ferry) away from the city on Fire Island. Just what the doctor ordered. (Taken with Instagram at Ocean Beach)

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May 25, 2012
Two coronas at the bar downstairs. Let the long weekend begin! (Taken with instagram)

Two coronas at the bar downstairs. Let the long weekend begin! (Taken with instagram)

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“ Hang with the right people. This is a collaborative world now. If you hang with smart people you get smarter. Hang with good people you get gooder. And plan to raise kids….It’s the best advance degree you can get.

Carol Bartz, graduation keynote at University of Wisconsin, Madison

[via:Notice Things]

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Good morning and happy almost-Memorial-Day-weekend!

Good morning and happy almost-Memorial-Day-weekend!

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on the corner of Bleeker and Charles

Tuesday night. 11pm. West Village. Post-dinner, pre-crash. You can hear the strings singing from a clear block away. David has a soft spot for classical musicians so I dig into my bag for the dollars that are there. Hesitate on the corner and he asks ‘would you like to hear a love song?’ and the answer is always yes. It is an original after all. Him in his back-swung cap, loose fitting, pleated black suit, wild hair that flays at the edges, curling under his newsboy cap, seated on a metal case. His bow swings aside and he plucks the strings of the cello he’s supporting and starts to sing aloud.

Suddenly it’s so personal right there on the street. Just us strangers. David’s arm around me. And I’m dying to live here. And I do live here. And suddenly I am supremely, irrepressibly, impossibly happy at the intersection of street musicians and patrons and passers-by. In this place we now call home.

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May 24, 2012

a weekend in the capitol

This past weekend I took a (trying) bus trip down to D.C. (but how else can you get out of town for $20 these days?) to see these two. It was so very worth it. 

I met Kelly and Julie Ann my Freshman year of college - JA the first day even. In this world, they’re some of my very favorites. They’re both in grad school now in D.C. getting ready to save the world. 

With the semester over though, this weekend was for walking the waterfront in Georgetown…

Renting bikes ($2 a half hour!) and riding around the monuments (so ridiculously fun)…

Pouring prosecco for afternoon talks on the patio…

Backyard college reunions at Sarah’s house…

Mornings picking peaches at Eastern Market and cooking dinner together that night…

And adult milkshakes at Ted’s Bulletin…

Time with good friends, it’s just SO refreshing. This summer JA’s headed to Mozambique while Kelly heads to Costa Rica. I’m equal parts proud and jealous of the two of them. And counting the days till they get back in August. After Kelly’s stint in the Peace Corps in Ukraine, and Julie Ann’s years living in Spain and Bolivia, a summer away is nothing. It’s just so nice living on the same continent, let alone the same coast. This my friends, is living well. 

[P.S. Lin & G we missed you!]

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May 23, 2012
You probably need these shoes too… I picked up these wedges a few weeks ago and have barely worn anything else since. Obsessed. I’m terrible about walking more than a few blocks around the city in heels, but these guys I can wear all over, all day. Fair warning, I wasn’t impressed with how my pair was holding up after a month of use, but they’re so comfortable and versatile I couldn’t let them go. So I took them back in today for an exchange only to find they were marked down to $99! Refund on the difference and J.CREW made my day.  Palma Leather Platform Wedges | J.CREW | $99 [Edit: Thanks for the tip serendipityandtoday - a similar version is available @ Payless for just $19.99. Sandals all around, I say!]

You probably need these shoes too…

I picked up these wedges a few weeks ago and have barely worn anything else since. Obsessed. I’m terrible about walking more than a few blocks around the city in heels, but these guys I can wear all over, all day.

Fair warning, I wasn’t impressed with how my pair was holding up after a month of use, but they’re so comfortable and versatile I couldn’t let them go. So I took them back in today for an exchange only to find they were marked down to $99! Refund on the difference and J.CREW made my day. 

Palma Leather Platform Wedges | J.CREW | $99

[Edit: Thanks for the tip serendipityandtoday - a similar version is available @ Payless for just $19.99. Sandals all around, I say!]

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If you’re ever in search of dinner in West Village may I suggest this place? Spent the evening there last night with David and his cousin Lisa. The great thing about being in a city like New York is people are all ways passing through. But order the Little Beach cocktail there, as we did, and you’ll feel like you’re on an island a million miles away (Taken with Instagram at Jeffrey’s Grocery)

If you’re ever in search of dinner in West Village may I suggest this place? Spent the evening there last night with David and his cousin Lisa. The great thing about being in a city like New York is people are all ways passing through. But order the Little Beach cocktail there, as we did, and you’ll feel like you’re on an island a million miles away (Taken with Instagram at Jeffrey’s Grocery)

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May 19, 2012
Getting to see some of my very favorite college girlfriends this weekend in DC! (Taken with instagram)

Getting to see some of my very favorite college girlfriends this weekend in DC! (Taken with instagram)

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View of the Standard from the STK rooftop, gone a little abstract. Followed by cocktails at Gin Bathtub and early morning dancing at Nolita House. It was an epic, thank god we live here kind of night.

View of the Standard from the STK rooftop, gone a little abstract. Followed by cocktails at Gin Bathtub and early morning dancing at Nolita House. It was an epic, thank god we live here kind of night.

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May 17, 2012
m0dernart: Forever Bicycles Ai Weiwei 2003

m0dernart:

Forever Bicycles

Ai Weiwei

2003

(via npr)

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