Sunday, January 8, 2012
Weekend Wrap-up
This weekend I...
1. Showed my apartment to potential renters. Fingers crossed that it will be rented before I leave for London on Sunday!
2. Went to see Young Adult with my friends M and J and ate some delicious movie theater popcorn. Great movie.
3. Experienced New York's No Pants Subway Ride 2012 -- people in winter jackets and no pants riding on the Subway and acting like it's normal.
4. Wandered around the East Village with Herbie and took some snaps.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
In Search of my "Invincible Summer"
Winter officially began on December 22nd but today was the first REALLY cold day in a while. It's the kind of day where no matter how high my heat is, my nose and my hands are still cold. I'm so ready to burrow under my quilt + down comforter and instruct my dog to act as a space heater for my feet. I'm not a fan of low temps but I do enjoy winter coziness. Perhaps I'll start tomorrow morning with a mug of hot chocolate...before I wrap myself in 100 layers.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Two Weeks from Today...
It is unbelievable to me that in two weeks from today, I will be in London for three weeks to work and apartment hunt. It's all coming so fast!
Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?
The song "Auld Lang Syne" begins with the rhetorical question whether it is right that old times be forgotten and is generally interpreted as a call to remember long-standing friendships. It is a song that we all hear every New Year's Eve but it couldn't mean more to me this year. As my February move nears, the pit in my stomach grows over the fact that I won't be able to see my friends for a while. I am going to miss them so much-- the closeness, the nights out, the stories, birthday parties, pizza nights, the laughs, the smiles, the shared ups, and the shared downs. I would never forget the "old times" and I hope they don't either. My top new year's resolution is to hold on to my long-standing friendships here and to make a great effort to stay in touch from across the pond. Here's to everlasting friendship.
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
A New Year's Eve from the Prohibition Era
Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a great time ringing in 2012. I celebrated by stepping back in time to the 1920s. My friends and I attended a Prohibition-themed event and had a great time wearing flapper dresses, headbands and pearls.
It was definitely a process finding an 1920s-esque dress and accessorizing it but it was also a lot of fun. I scoured the East Village with not much luck at first but then I went to Angela's Vintage Boutique and found the perfect dress-- a black silk dress beaded from head to toe with the perfect amount of flapper beaded fringe at the top and bottom of the dress. Although the dress is actually from the 1980s, it still had some 1920s elements to make it just right for this event. I picked up the antique-style jeweled headband from Anthropologie and I already had the two-strand pearl necklace with crystal vintage pendant from J.Crew. I added some red lipstick and Voilà!
It was definitely a process finding an 1920s-esque dress and accessorizing it but it was also a lot of fun. I scoured the East Village with not much luck at first but then I went to Angela's Vintage Boutique and found the perfect dress-- a black silk dress beaded from head to toe with the perfect amount of flapper beaded fringe at the top and bottom of the dress. Although the dress is actually from the 1980s, it still had some 1920s elements to make it just right for this event. I picked up the antique-style jeweled headband from Anthropologie and I already had the two-strand pearl necklace with crystal vintage pendant from J.Crew. I added some red lipstick and Voilà!
Necklace from J.Crew (no longer available), and
{A better look at the dress}
{My friend M who now counts the headband
as one of her new favorite accessories}
{Ringing in 2012}
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