I love the furniture at Urban Outfitters right now. Who doesn’t need a coat rack?
Only $68! I’m torn between the two colors.
All about the storage! Too bad this headboard only fits a queen. Great for a guest room.
“To achieve the impossible, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.”
Just to make it official, I turned in my notice at work this week. After almost eight years with the same company, I’m taking a huge leap and becoming an independent advertising rep for a local magazine. I’ll be working from home which is another big change for me. No more “Good mornings” and “What are you doing this weekend” from your cube mate. I’m excited about the possibilities and I’m hopeful this will be a good decision. Why does change have to come with that heavy feeling of “what if this is a mistake”?
I will be setting up my home office in the next two weeks. It will be a while before I completely update to a new desk or computer. I feel like I should be cautious in case it doesn’t work out or I hate it or something unforseen happens within the first couple of months. Wouldn’t want to be stuck with a bunch of expensive equipment on my hands. But I do dream of the perfect home office! Speaking of…we received the new Pottery Barn magazine the other day and wouldn’t you know it has just the thing for me.
Except for the chair this is perfect. Don’t get me wrong, the chair is fantastic to look at but I can’t imagine actually sitting in it to do work. I love, love, love the orange file cabinet.
The bright colors here are so cheery and would great against the stark white desk. This is the one thing I can afford right now :) The desk will have to wait.
How cute is this chair? Practical? Not in the least but so perfectly pink. I found this on craigslist but they want too much - $189.00.
If you know of any affordable yet stylish options, I welcome you to send me the links!
$80 at Pixie Market
I don’t love everything at Pixie Market but they have a few really cute pieces.
I do LOVE the spring line of Ulla Johnson.
Available at By George in Austin.
Thanks to Annika for introducing me to this cool flickr toy site which has provided tons of fun on this lazy Saturday afternoon. As you know, I recently returned from a trip with my Mom to NYC. I had the fortune to see my best friend, Erin. She moved almost two years ago to the city to pursue her dreams of becoming a working actress. We’ve had our moments of fun and hardships as most friends experience over the life of any relationship but I was blessed to feel at home with her again. It was just like old times but better. I miss her more than she’ll ever know. I love you, E!
Here’s to good friends - the ones that last a lifetime.
Photos taken: The Edge Bar in the Lower East Side, Manhattan; FAO Schwartz in Harry Potterville; FAO Schwartz on the BIG Piano; FAO Schwartz wearing the Sorting Hat; The Edge Bar in the LES.
I found this meme at Dove mi porta il cuore, and not only did I think it sounded like fun, I also figured that it would help those who are just as visually oriented as myself to get to know me better. (This is verbatim what Annika said on her blog but it was just perfect so why change it?)
Why don’t you play along too? These are the rules:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.
Do leave me a comment with a link to the post you create! I can’t wait to see yours.
xo
My photos came from flickr:
1. Untitled, 2. Roasted herbed potatoes, 3. Friday Night Lights - Wylie, Texas 2007, 4. Mallorca 2007 — Waiting for summer (Part 2), 5. walk away, 6. How to Make a Michilada, 7. Oia, Santorin Island, Greece, 8. coffee and chocolate mousse cake, 9. Milan Train Station at Midnight, 10. Tickets for future travel, 11. Untitled, 12. travel junkie
Created with fd’s Flickr Toys.
I took 300 photos in NYC. Not bad for a 4-day trip. I’m getting better at editing with my eye what would make a good photo…besides I’ve been to NY 4 times now so I didn’t feel the need to take a photo of every single landmark even though I probably did 
just not as many.
Let’s see I last left you on the Staton Island Ferry ride. Mom got to see the Statue of Liberty. I wonder if she thought it was a lot smaller than she expected. I know it was that way for me the first time.
Here’s the famous Shake Shack in Madison Square Park which we didn’t eat at because the line was literally wrapped around the entire park. They are known for their burgers, fries and well, shakes. The link is pretty nifty there as you can see a live camera. Even as I post this there is a freaking line!
You can see from the photo right above the line snaking around. It was sad to arrive and see this line. No fair. Maybe next time when not everyone and their mother is there ;).
The long walk here wasn’t a total loss. Pretty nifty views for the rich folk:
That’s the Empire State Building in the background. Oh and they have their own fenced park to lay about in. Don’t these people have jobs or is everyone here on vacation?
After we looked at the Flat Iron Building which is right on the corner here, we walked an obscene number of blocks to get to Grand Central Station.
I love GCS no matter how many times I go. We sat at a table at Cipriani which allows you to gaze at all of the passerbys. It was so nice to just stop for a moment. I had some very expensive yet yummy crapes and a $9 beer. WTF? Get over yo’self NY!
Leaving GC I saw the reflection in this stone and caputured this shot:
of this building on Park Avenue:
You know I thought I would do a lot of shopping in the city. My mom really loves to shop so I thought we’d bond over that at least but this was as close as I really got to any serious shopping. I’m still shaking my head over that oddity.
This Marc Jacobs outfit is too much fun. Love it. To help wash away the sin of not shopping in NYC we stopped in to St Patrick’s Cathedral. There was some crazy pipe organ playing going on that was a bit scary. It felt a little doomsdayish. A little too The Omen like.
Once we’d had enough doom n gloom we went to Rockefeller Place to the Top of the Rock. For me this was one of the highlights of the trip. The views are Amazing.
That’s Central Park in the middle of all that steel and concrete. What a beauty.
Nothing but blue skies do I see.
Eye level with the Empire State Building.
I just love those view finders. I wish I had one for my house!
I like to call these Dr. Seuss trees. This was back near The Village. We stumbled upon the famous CO Bigelow Apothecary along the way to get the Washington Square Park. We got some crazy ass directions but sometimes getting lost is the best way.
They had tons of make up to try on and perfumes from Italy. I would love to live in this neighborhood. You are within walking distance to Washington Square Park AND Union Square. Totally awesome. I’d live right here:
Right across from my beautiful fantasy land home is the arch at Washington Square Park which was under construction.
time to pause…more later.
I just returned from a trip to Manhattan with Mom. It was her first ever visit to the city and she loved it. I got to catch up with old friends and we met lots of lovely people. Here are a few of my favorite photos:
Literary Walk, Central Park
My mom and I in front of the Bethesda Fountain. You’ve seen this Central Park spot in many movies such as ANGELS IN AMERICA.
City of the dead. Taxi ride to the LES.
We stayed on E. 3rd St b/t 1st & 2nd Ave. The above were taken nearby.
City street.
Just look at those clouds. I believe this is Rockefeller Center.
My fav shot of my mom. We were on the way to see Dangerous Liaisons with Laura Linney and Ben Daniels. Her first night in Manhattan and first Broadway production. She’s ecstatic.
random mural. fantastic.
Sculpture outside Christie’s auction house. I don’t recall the artist but bidding starts at $1 million dollars! Isn’t she gorgeous?
It was Fleet Week which was cool but also Memorial Day weekend which meant too many tourists. I prefer a slightly less chaotic NYC.
Kai and Adrienne (l) and Mom and me (r) at the Edge, LES bar. They came all the way from Queens to see us.
My best friend in the entire world, Erin, and her bf Peter came too. Strange I thought I had taken a photo of them together but I guess not.
View from the SI ferry. Taking Mom to see Lady Liberty.
I’ll post more later.
xo
Hey peeps!
So..I entered this collage contest over on Black*Eiffel strickly for fun a while ago never thinking I’d be chosen as a possible winner and low and behold I am a finalist! So go vote for my ass over at Black*Eiffel by leaving a comment about how wonderful my Spring collage is! Haha. The others are so much better than mine but you don’t know them so go vote for me (16). Mamma wants $50 to Antropologie (the prize)!
Mine is Number 16. My collage is above my number. You must sign in using a real name/email on the comments! Anonymous votes will not be counted.
Contest open until Friday, May 30th at midnight.
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