instagram linkup of gorgeousness.

So many super new things going on here! New blog design coming, new business launching... the list just goes on and on...

But for today, we're going to do a link up! Mom2MemphisAndRuby's Tuesday 10! This week... instagram photos. Excellent... my bread and butter. And co-hosted by another of my faves, A Night Owl Blog. Shocking, right?

Onto the content!

my most beautiful little man.

endless as a brooklyn sky

greenest block in brooklyn.

commuters

painting from the beach last year from B

Whomping Weeping Willow at the BBG

One Sweet Love

black tulips

runnin' shoes at the creek

me and my handsome hubcap <3

LOVE this linkup... and will be looking forward to the challenge of my 10 fave accessories next week... I don't think I even have 10 accessories. Such a simple girl I am.

new york beauty

First of all, every single morning, as I walk to the train in Brooklyn, I see this:

pachyderm?

and I think that it's an elephant.

this too...

dumbo?

EVERY MORNING without fail, I think, "Shit. That's an elephant."
I guess somewhere in my sleepy brain I know that it is, in fact, not really an elephant, but it does surprise me every. single. day.
I think that means I need more sleep, and that people in my neighborhood have too many motorcyles laying around.

anyway, the point of this post....

I have a really excellent little gig on Tuesday nights that starts at 7pm. This means that I have an hour to walk 20 blocks from work to the east 60's. Clearly not a difficult walk, and through a generally 'untraveled by me' part of town. So, last evening, I took my time strolling up Madison Ave, listening to Jason Mraz, and really looking around me. And then, I started snapping pictures. It was beautiful.

view up madison ave

"by appointment to the queen of hearts"
LOVE IT.

Nothing says perfect day like staring in the Cartier Bridal windows.

All the upscale shops close by 6pm, so it's basically tourist free - just people leaving work on the streets once you get passed 59th St. The walk is quiet and serene, and makes me really love New York - even for just a few minutes.

Of course, there's always this...

ha!

xoxo

vacation recovery

Why is it always so hard to come back to work after time off?

It doesn't seem fair, and doesn't really help the likelihood of one returning to work after a break. I admit, I have a problem with this. I am not the sunniest person when it comes to returning to work. In fact, I can be an absolute downer about it.

Can you blame me when sometimes it looks like this in here...

Hades Palace?
Nope... just my workplace.

At any rate... I'm baaaaack.

I took a ton of pictures while we were in Altoona, Pennsylvania (home of the horseshoe curve and most of my extended family) of things that made me giggle.  Here are a few highlights...

Survivor?
Keep on Survivin'

I loved this!!!!! The track list of the single best Destiny's Child album is fully intact, while the disc lays broken and scratched on the sidewalk in the least urban town in North America! Amazing. 

I think Meatloaf wrote a song about this...

I wish I could've gotten the angle where the sky was reflected in the broken mirror. It was gorgeous. I'm a failure at iPhone photography.

There is a joke in here somewhere, I know it.

And finally, the swan and the horsey traveling in their graffiti bathtub. It just doesn't get any better than this, folks.

I'm trying desperately to keep a positive attitude during this short week, but so far it's world-1, jac-0.

Lets all hope for a less rainy, nicer, less meeting filled tomorrow.

seeking to find

It's been a long time since I made an effort to blog, or write anything in general, so I figure that I'm way overdue. I've decided to create a space to stretch my writing muscles (which have atrophied quite a bit over the last year), and share some of the things that I see (and hear!) around New York City that make me smile, cringe, or just flat out laugh. Maybe I'll share some personal stories too...



This little poem is the best thing I've ever come across here.

At a time when all I was doing was questioning who I was and what I was supposed to be doing, I found this, literally, while I was walking out of work.  These four words were taped to the sidewalk in front of me, and it broke my heart - in the best way - to see what I wanted so badly right at my feet.  I'm still looking for the answer, but I think I'm more aware of who I am now, and in a better place to know it when I get there.

 I guess this is my welcome to the owlery. Laugh with me, cry with me, or just perch awhile. It'll be nice to share with you.