I saw these on my walk home Sunday night up 3rd ave.
Mums are the ultimate sign of autumn for me. I saw these and I thought of my mom.
She would plant mums right around now, right around the time school started.

Love you mom!

Last day

Love you AA girls.
Make sure we keep on the Columbus Circle of Friendship. CA CA :)

Such a Lovely Friday...

...despite the horrendous spotty downpours throughout the day.
Today was my second-to-last early-out Friday and I tried to just live in the moment and get out to enjoy myself. My free Fridays are down to 1 eek!

It definitely felt like autumn was on my heels today. It was a dark soggy morning, the kind when you wake up and think it can't possibly be time to peel yourself out of bed. Anyways, I dragged out my knee-high boots, which, I think, is the first move to autumn clothes! (deep down, I am so pumped to transition to sweaters and tights and scarves and lots of layers)

Well, after I got out of work and got some not-so-fun-things done, I put my boots back on and went out to AA to do some last pre-quit shopping. But before that, I discovered something that I probably walked by a million times.



Lovely...isn't it?





Glaser's Bake Shop has been on 1st and e.87th since 1902! I didn't get a chance to eat anything, but next time, I'll let you know how it was.





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The night soon came around and I asked Amy if she wanted to go to Osha, this cute little Thai place that has these enchanting chandeliers that I always stare at as I walk by.
It's on 2nd Ave between 88th & 89th.

Amy getting excited about the menu at Osha









Such a quiet dignity Amy has here.



The one of Amy above reminded me of a combination of two paintings. The picture reminded me of the organization of the composition in City Sunlight by Edward Hopper & Penitent Magdalene by Georges de la Tour, French Baroque painter. Something about Amy's skin tone against the dark seat, sweep of her dark hair, and her light blouse, and the frames above her seemed very reminiscient of the two paintings.

That de la Tour is like an old friend I must always visit at the Met.
....Sorry, I kinda just nerrrd'ed out there.







Enjoy your weekend! Love to hear what you have been up to!

Such panache.


via People.com


I hope that I will be a hip mom when the time comes.

"I like it in the city when two worlds collide"


adele. hometown glory.

something about that lyric and how she breathes it out stopped me in my tracks this week...very fitting for me right now.

It's done. I am excited. Ready to have my Saturdays back after this weekend.
I am quitting AA. Adios amigos. Loved my friends, but everything else, nada.

Hello to free weekends and more time for illustrating.

a life update

These past 2 weeks have been quite a whirlwind, but, gotta say, I've had a blast.

I have to back track a bit...hold tight:

-went home to Cleveland for 4-day quick trip (finally taking advantage of my PTO yay!)
-while home, went to Put-in-Bay, an island in Lake Erie
-while home, also went up to Buffalo to visit my grandma
-came back to NYC
-celebrated Amy's 29th birthday
-Adrienne came to visit
-met up w/ our cousin Steve who came to NYC for business

To start somewhere....
I had dinner w/ my old friends...

Yep, these are my two best friends that go back to my highschool days.

Maria & Adrienne




Then Next day went up to Buffalo, NY to visit my Grandma.
This is in Seneca, NY. I love the yellows and reds of the indian reservation's signs and this guy, a Indian chief statue (sorry relatives, I do not know exact details of this statue, only that I love taking a picture of it when I come in)





One of the beautiful farms in Eden, NY.



I love coming here because such interesting things to shoot in the car...passed up this tractor.









The day after Buffalo, was girl's weekend in Put-in-Bay.

The dogs were in the car while mom dropped me off at Maria's. It felt like highschool days again.






We drove out to PIB in the raining downpour



...but after a few hours it turned out really beautiful


This is at the Perry monument on Put-in-Bay (Adge's great great great great great bla blah great uncle)



Winery on PIB




Heading back into downtown Cleveland



Got back and had to throw my stuff in my bags, say farewell to my mom and get to Hopkins to wait for a couple of hours (my flight was delayed, typical).




Now back in NYC:

Amy's 29th Birthday Aug 14th, had a great dinner at Sotto Cinque on 86th St.





Then Adrienne came into town the following Sunday!

Here are pics from her trip here:

Dinner in Tribeca w/Adge and Steven, my cousin, from Buffalo.


At Bubby's in Tribeca (good choice Amy!) Thanks for dinner Steve. Delicious!



Blurry mamacitas



At Sweetiepie on Greenwich St. This is becoming my favorite restaurant to take the girls.



Mini Icecream Cones w/ Mini Sprinkles...what is cuter than this?


Adrienne and I had a romantic last dinner over candlelight and was impressed by Jesse, our waiter's gracious charm to hit on us ladies...very smooth.







That is it, it seems. My flickr will be updated in a few days w/ more pics. I will post here soon, I have somethings up my sleeve...Until then...got Bridget's & Josh's wedding to look forward to on the 5th of September in Buffalo.

Woohoo another Kerwin wedding!
xo

Adrienne is HERE!!! This is only the first day...

Happy 7 Years Mom & Ed

I want this shirt badly:



Lovely isn't it?

Found this fantastic french company, Coq en Pate, when I was researching at work for Back To School ideas.




Deep down in my 8 year-old-self, I wish I was going back to school in the fall with my freshly sharpened pencils to put in un sac pour des stylos. Aha, I just learned the translation for pencil case, trousse.

only places in the US that carry Coq en Pate:
pomme in BK
kisan in soho

gotta check those stores out