April 24, 2013

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December 29, 2012

 First Snow

 The snow

began here

this morning and all day

continued, its white

rhetoric everywhere

calling us back to why, how,

whence such beauty and what

the meaning, such

an oracular fever! flowing

past windows, an energy it seemed

would never ebb, never settle

less than lovely! and only now,

deep into night,

it has finally ended.

The silence

is immense,

and the heavens still hold

a million candles; nowhere

the familiar things:

stars, the moon,

the darkness we expect

and nightly turn from.  Trees

glitter like castles

of ribbons, the broad fields

smolder with light, a passing

creekbed lies

heaped with shining hills;

and though the questions

that have assailed us all day

remain—not a single

answer has been found—

walking out now

into the silence and the light

under the trees,

and through the fields,

feels like one.

- Mary Oliver

Spent  a  lovely little bit of time in the snow today with my little brother...The snow was magic. 

Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

December 18, 2012

I've been pretty busy these last few days...counting down to Christmas, enjoying the most wonderful time of the year, and also making 252 of these:

Can't have too much cake!

December 11, 2012

Love this.

Happy Christmas (in just 13 days)!

December 4, 2012

Christmastime in NYC…

Just a few pictures from my walk through the Columbus Circle holiday market and down 5^th Avenue tonight…

December 2, 2012

HAPPY DECEMBER!

A few of my recent favorite finds…

1. Gnomes are awesome, so I was thrilled to find these earbuds at Old Navy on Black Friday! You can also get them HERE. 

2. One of the families I babysit for brought me some Crack Pie from Momofuku Milk Bar a few weeks ago…I haven’t been the same since. SO GOOD (and SO bad).

3. LOVE this horse print scarf from GAP!  

4. Saw this gorgeous star clip by Rodarte on Pinterest recently…and you can make your own with this DIY video by Refinery29!

5. Today is Day One 2013 planner by Orange Circle Studio. I found mine at Target, but you can also buy them HERE. Full of tiny bits of inspiration, lovely, whimsical pictures, and plenty of planning/list-making space!

November 26, 2012

Thankful...

November 18, 2012

With Thanksgiving only a few days away, it was only fitting that today’s list be one full of thanks. In thinking about all that I have, I realized that, while it is a blessing to own or have access to so many wonderful material items, often the things you can’t physically hold or see are what make your life rich and meaningful and full of joy. And so, here is my (shortened) list of things I can’t see or feel, but that make my life more amazing and fill me with much gratitude in this season of thanksgiving:

1. Dreams

2. The sound of music (literally, not the movie, although the movie is good, too…)

3. Memory

4. The feeling of accomplishment

5. The smell of Christmas trees

6. Waking up every morning knowing that I can start all over

7. Waking up every morning knowing that anything could happen

8. Laughter

9. The smell in the air right before snow arrives, and the quiet that falls over everything afterward

10. That feeling of connectedness between strangers when you both experience something together

November 17, 2012

37 more days...

 I'm a little behind on my decorating this year, but my room is slowly filling up with holiday cheer. I'm usually a white-lights-only girl, but lately I can't seem to stay away from the colorful ones...Also, I just learned how to blur lights with my new fancy camera. It's pretty exciting, and so you'll probably start seeing a whole lot of these shots. I always wondered how people made lighting look so magical, and NOW I KNOW!!

November 5, 2012

My dad introduced me to John Blase’s blog/poetry last week and I now have a copy of his poem “Winter” taped in among all my lists above my desk for a constant reminder of the season, of what I love, and of everything magnificent…

Winter

The gold is almost gone.

All that hangs on the

aspens are amber,

trembling caution-lights

signaling the color to

come – the white, the bleak,

the wintertide.

Years ago a magnificent girl

at the Clinique counter

told me ‘your skin is winter.’

At fifteen I burned to believe

anything magnificent.

I still do.

So while I endure other seasons

I am forever antsy,

waiting on days that match me,

rows of ivory keys flattened or raised

by the play of ebony that

helps to make the season bright.

-John Blase

November 4, 2012

Apparently Facebook did a survey about the top candy for Halloween and it was LAME. Either they got things a little mixed up, or people don’t know what they’re missing…

(gumballs & a sprinkle cupcake from Dylan’s Candy Bar, 

one of the best candy shops in NYC)

So, here is my list of top 7-ish candies of all time:

7. Candy Buttons. Fun AND flavorful.

6. Candy Corn. I like to eat them one color at a time. Plus, after Halloween you can get bags of them for like 47 cents.

5. Rock Candy. I mostly just think rock candy is beautiful and really prefer to look at big bunches of it rather than eat it. Though when I do, it is delicious.

4. Rainbow Sprinkles. I’m not sure if these are “technically” candy, but they look like candy, and they taste amazing like candy, so I’m counting them.

3 ¾ , 3 ½ , 3, 2 ½ . Snickers, Butterfinger, Twix, M&Ms. Especially frozen and/or mixed into a Dairy Queen Blizzard.

2. Ferrero Rocher. It’s embarrassing how quickly I can eat one of those giant Christmas edition boxes.

1. Hershey’s Candy Cane Kisses. They will change your life.

October 29, 2012

 Thought I’d welcome Sandy with a little poem. Hope everyone is safe and sound on this stormy Monday...

…What roar is that?--'tis the rain that breaks
In torrents away from the airy lakes,
Heavily poured on the shuddering ground,
And shedding a nameless horror round.
Ah! well known woods, and mountains, and skies,
With the very clouds!--ye are lost to my eyes.
I seek ye vainly, and see in your place
The shadowy tempest that sweeps through space,
A whirling ocean that fills the wall
Of the crystal heaven, and buries all.
And I, cut off from the world, remain
Alone with the terrible hurricane. 

from The Hurricane by William Bryant

October 28, 2012

So after last week’s tribute to the country life, I feel I must also lend a little love to the city. Ten (of the many) reasons I love NY:


1. Being able to get absolutely anywhere you need to go…without having to own a car. (Unless Frankenstorm is happening...then you're screwed.)

2. Street food.

3. Knowing that if you wake up at 3am and feel like doing something, The City That Never Sleeps provides plenty of options (although I personally recommend just going back to sleep).

4. Horse-drawn carriages riding down the streets like it’s no big deal. (IT IS! IT’S AWESOME!!)

5. The lights of Times Square…magic.

6. Shows...Broadway, concerts, street shows, subway performers, etc.

7. Seeing famous people so often it’s ALMOST not even a big deal.

8. Seeing shows and movies being filmed and sometimes ending up on the sets by accident while walking to work.

9. People watching. You could do this all day and never get bored.

10. 5^th Avenue and Rockefeller Center at Christmas time…It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

October 26, 2012

October 22, 2012