Weekend Travels: New York, NY

I usually don't travel much in my day-to-day life, but recently I've been making all sorts of trips to not-so-far-off places.  I spent this weekend visiting dear friends in New York (Brooklyn and Manhattan to be exact) and experiencing what the city had to offer.

Cambridge is my home, but goodness I love New York.  I love the kind of energy it produces--manic, magnetic, and buzzing.  Oh--and the people--the people!  Everyone is beautiful in New York, even if they're not.  How is that? How does that work?  Is there something in the water?

Maybe I drank the Kool-Aid, but luckily I like the taste of it.  Here's a sampling of what I did and who I saw while I was there (sans photos because I am sadly without a camera and I'm not the best cameraphone photographer):

Visited my famous blog friend (who also happens to be one of my dearest real-life friends).

Ate at this delicious sandwich shop.

Drooled over the goods at this store.

Ate at another delicious restaurant.

Brunched at this other delicious restaurant.

Then I finished off the weekend by having a home-cooked meal at my parents' house in Connecticut.  Not a bad weekend if I say so myself.

Relief soon, I hope.

{Yeah, that's a super large Starbucks coffee, two Five-Hour Energy drinks (never again), and a big ol' can o' Red Bull. It was like, 9am when I took this picture. Ish was all gone by 11.}

I spent every. single. day. this week (and all of last weekend...and maybe tomorrow, if I'm so lucky. meh.) in a 2x4 windowless law school study room for hours at a time. I had minimal contact with everybody in my life, including my family, my husband, and my dear law school friends who had their own exams and papers to prepare for. Exams are never fun. Here's to a relaxing weekend and great 3 months of co-op quarter.

Sunday

The King's Speech

{photo: google images}

Amazing. Please go see it (especially if it's on a snowy, gray day like the one here in Boston).

It's been a while...

...and I'll be back soon because I have a LOT to talk about. For now, I'll leave you with an infamous quote which I love so much:

The only people for me are the MAD ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but BURN, BURN, BURN, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight POP and everybody goes ‘Awww!’

-Jack Kerouac, because really, it couldn't be anybody else.

Gray Sunday

(PC: Flickr)

I am sitting at my little desk with a big cup of tea, one little light, and gray drizzle outside.

I like gray Sundays, they make me happy (yes, very Eeyore-ish I know...that's probably why he was my favorite). I like having that one rest day where it's okay if I don't rush out to do something, or one day where I can just drink endless glasses of red wine with smelly, disgusting cheese (that's my wannabe French side coming out- though, this can be an "any day of the week" activity), while watching bride shows on TV (okay I know, I can't help it, I'm getting married dammit!).

Sundays are the only day of the week when I sit down and become very introspective, which is amazing since I constantly operate at a high-frequency level where I practically vibrate from energy and stress. I don't know what it is about a Sunday, it just seems to lend itself to calming, lazy moments. It's like I did 8 days of an intensive yoga/detox program (speaking of yoga, I need to get back into it. I used to do it 6 days out of the week. I don't know what happened. Probably life and the realization that I was spending a ridiculous amount of money going to a really expensive place and thinking it was absolutely necessary, hmmm) and now I feel great.

So, I'm going to finish up a tiny bit of work, and preparing to snuggle in bed and watch a few episodes of this show.

Happy Sunday, friends!

Awesome

This video is for the Brooklyn-based R&B band, Escort. It's muppet centric, and just spectuacular. Because I love Sesame Street, I figured I'd share this gem with you. Pretty amazing.

Because I like this.

500 Days of Summer was cute, but not my favorite movie of all time. However, I DO like this video of cute Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He's kind of bratty, and I like it, mostly because I can be bratty too.

Frida Kahlo

She will always remain one of my favorite artists. And the rich colors and flowers in her hair? Perfection.

Le Mariage

My darling friend Morgan got married this weekend, and oh, did it make me excited to get married. It was a beautiful ceremony, simple and sweet, at a GORGEOUS mansion in Connecticut.

I was with all of my oldest friends. I love the above picture because we're all so happy, and invested in making sure that Morgan (the bride) looked her best. I wish her all the happiness in the world, and to my dear friends, I love you.

Weekend Recap

There's nothing better than blended families and warm, sunny weekends.

I saw no fireworks and wore no patriotic colors, but it didn't rain, I made fried chicken, and managed to get a nice tan.

And I got to spend the weekend with a certain person, one who still gives me butterflies every time he looks at me.

Away We Go

Has anyone seen this movie? I'm a little afraid that I will end up bawling so hard in the theater that someone will think I just found out someone in my family had died. I mean, I cried at the trailer...I think that's a new low.

I also want to see this one.

And died laughing (to my surprise) at this one.

Go see a movie this weekend to combat the rainy blues!

I dig those mellow kicks.

{From Sunday Girl}

A jive-talk phrase guide? Yes please. Happy Friday!

Challenge: Use 5 of these phrases successfully this weekend.

Happy Spring

A new Etsy store.
She eats dessert first.
A sweet love note.
Beautiful blooms.
Because I will always believe in love.

Happy weekend. xx

A Photographic Dictionary

I just discovered The Photographic Dictionary, a dictionary and an art project all in one. A photographer submits a picture, and the picture is then matched to the word that best "defines" it.

Though some illustrations, such as cloud {above} are literal, there are several words for which the picture requires a more discerning eye {or sense of humor- see cyclops}.

Such a great idea!

Heppy Weekend!

Had a relaxing Friday night drinking rootbeer floats with my brother and my guy. Isn't my brother so handsome? Yeah, I think so too.

Have a great weekend everybody.

xx D

Going off the deep end.

While flipping through this month's O Magazine ( yes, I love Oprah, no, I'm not 45), I came across Bookswim.com, a website that lets you organize a pool of book titles you'd like to rent, Netflix style. With plans starting at $9.95 per month, you'll receive 2 or more books at a time. Shipping is included in the subscription fee and if you REALLY love the book, you can purchase any title you want for one click.

If you're broke but voracious reader like I am, I'd suggest that you check out this site!