Friday Favorites

 Happy Friday!
I walked more this week than I ever have since living in New York. I was super proud after learning 4 city blocks make a mile.  I spent time with some great friends, and I am working all weekend (yay retail)! Bart was extra cuddly this week, despite the humidity.

Okay I really love this store. It is down the street from me in Brooklyn, and I always find myself in here on rainy days. 

some snapshots this week...
1) new pretty dress from Pema
2) Bart loves watching the world cup-USA! USA! USA! no biting!
 3) my flowers died, and now this week there is a new bud  
4) quiet moment around 7:00 on a weeknight in the apartment listening to music

 

       

I am burning my lovely pink candle and my pretty fig leaf candle ALL THE TIME. 

my room smells amazing y'all.

also I randomly met a psychic who told me I have a lot to look forward too! 

(not her below- this is Carly who sometimes sends me things like this)

reading:
 "girls compete with each other, women empower each other."

did you see the elephant on Jimmy Fallon this week? because you should. 
as well as, the roots on a rollercoaster


cheers to this weekend! xo

woohoo for Wednesday

I am a massive Nora Ephron fan, so when a friend invited me to a showing of "When Harry Met Sally" I immediately and emphatically said yes. We packed a picnic and watched on a giant projector with about 2 million other massive fans. It was perfection.

It is honestly still surreal that I live in New York. Earlier today I was on the upper west side for a few appointments, and walked around the central park area on the phone-while watching the movie I saw so many places I walked this afternoon. I was also watching with the skyline twinkling behind me. It was such a great experience that meant so much to me.

By the way can we talk about JUST how good that movie is?! I would put quotes up that I love, but it could get wayyy too lengthy, so go watch it for me will you?

got some splainin to do

soooooo I missed Friday favorites! 

promise this Friday's addition will be jam packed to make up for the loss

meanwhile...

Happy Monday friend! 

It's a been a long weekend for me BUT, I did see some cool stuff here in the burg.

Want me to tell you about it? Okay, if you insist! 

(you will see I took a couple of pictures of strangers, but it was to show you how wonderful they are not to be mean or creepy)

First off, I went to a bar on Saturday night that is dog friendly, a.k.a. Magical puppy land.

A bar where no one needs a leash, the music is loud, and it is time to run around having a good time. A bar where I tried a pickle back-have you heard of this? It's weird.

Second I saw this man:

  

glued to pride and prejudice on the train-

if you don't think he seems great we can't be friends.

Also she

belted out the Star Spangled Banner opera style at 10 a.m.

For some reason I'm only wearing dresses lately?

I am a Denim obsessed girl. Not sure if I'm gravitating towards all dresses because it's hot outside or a better way to hide my shape when feeling insecure? All I know is I have worn a dress every day for eight days straight!

Bart

went on a trip to upstate new york this weekend, and is still tired from all that fun.

by damn its too hot outside

I think everyone should hear this song. I love the Stella sisters, and their cover/video is beautiful. Although..this video makes me a little homesick ha

It is currently 90000 degrees in my apartment. -GROSS NESS- I'm feeling pretty stupid for complaining that it stayed cold so long! It's been a pretty eventful week here in the burg-I left a great job to start another great job. I feel really lucky to have these opportunities, and fingers crossed the next few months will be a seamless transition. 

 Also, I had a few celeb sightings this week! The best moment was seeing Vanessa Bayer! She could not have been nicer, but I barely let myself interact with her because I was GEEKING out. I love her, and I just wanted  her to do Miley! well...old Miley. 

On another strange note-tonight at work someone in Australia called to place an order. AUSTRALIA. do you realize how far away that is? It was like seven in the morning her time, and I found myself being that jerk who wanted to talk about kangaroos the whole time!  I refrained because I was pretending to be professional.

 

On a hot summer night in Cooper Park, some pals in Brooklyn made hot dogs and s'mores. this scene got brought up a lot.

hope your week is going well xo

12:55 a.m.

Hello late night crowd!

I'm pretty tired, but not sleepy...know what I mean? My brain kind of buzzes and every thought I pushed out in the light of day, comes to the surface in one giant wave.  It doesn't help that my room is warm right now-my fans are struggling to beat the humidity accumulated while I was away at work. It's too noisy on the street to sleep with the windows open, so I'm kicking off all blankets and piling my hair on the top of my head. 
 I'm tired but not sleepy, and thinking about all the stuff happening here far away from my sweet Mississippi. 

New York is still surreal sometimes-I tried on wedding dresses yesterday at work for fun and today I saw quite a few celebrities. I broke my first pair of shoes from all the walking- a true "I live here" moment for me. I saw the cutest, friendliest dog I've ever seen (except for my own) at a coffee shop that makes the best cupcakes I've ever eaten. Someone on a whim read my tarot cards today-a first for me, and I got a pretty perfect set of cards. The weather today was really really perfect, and all over Brooklyn you could hear people celebrating USA's dramatic win. At the risk of sounding cliche-Days here are either so so high or desperately low-I've never been anywhere else quite like it.

There's been a video of Shonda Rhime's commencement going around the internet-it's great, especially if you like "grey's anatomy"-sounds a lotttt like an izzie steven's speech. My biggest take away was she said "be a doer not a dreamer". I am realizing the importance of those words each day I attempt to find my dream here. So, that's my plan this week...DO. When in doubt keep doing. 

And since it's time for bed I'll leave you with a song. 

goodnight xo

a rap of love

 

can't stop laughing at this

too great