Past Due

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In spite of how hard I work to remain optimistic and upbeat in my everyday life, I am long overdue in touching on the tragic events that have happened to, and won't seem to let loosen their grip on, Japan. Thoughts and prayers are of course helpful to us thinking them, but a donation made to the rescue efforts can do infinitely more good. I realize money can be a scarce commodity, but if you have anything to spare, these victims in Japan could certainly use our help. Natural disasters seem to be relentless of late, all around the world. We have to be there for each other, in whatever capacity we can, to help in picking up the pieces and trying to grasp onto whatever hope remains.

Spring is Springing!

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Today is a beautiful day here in Manhattan. The sky is clear and pale blue, the breeze, while chilly, isn't as frigid as it was yesterday, and in general it was just very lovely walking to work today. Makes me excited for the upcoming experience of my first real spring, and the impending humidity of summer, which I am also actually look forward to, namely to see if I can adequately survive it. I definitely think ice cream will help ease those steamy days, and I must admit that a little sweet treat while strolling through today's lovely weather would be a much nicer way to spend the hours than plugging away on deadlines at work. Ah well, absence of free time makes the heart grow fonder and all that. Happy Tuesday all!

Busy Weekend!

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So that glorious weekend that I told you about on Friday, while it was glorious, was also a lot busier than I had anticipated. Namely because I think we all underestimate how much stuff we each own. Which is simply to say that I helped a friend move this weekend, and it truly did take up the better part of the weekend rather than the single afternoon that had been forecast. However, I also saw the aesthetically beautiful "Jane Eyre", spied Andrien Brody walking into the theater as I was exiting, celebrated a friends' birthday, and ate my first (finally!) Bánh mì sandwich, which was just as deliciously savory as I had hoped. I hope all your weekends were just as relaxingly productive (Like that one? It totally makes sense for my weekend). And now, onto Monday!

It's Friday!

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There really is nothing lovelier than the Friday before a weekend that has just enough plans to give me daily motivation to get up and get moving but is not so jam-packed that I have to set my alarm clock to wake up either Saturday or Sunday. Thus, I am in a rather happy mood, even as I feel today will be a doozy of a Friday at work. I have celebratory birthday drinks with some friends tonight (no, not my birthday), and a clothing swap on Saturday afternoon to look forward to. Sunday will be spent helping a friend pack in preparation for an international move, but I am a big believer in karma as well as being there for your friends, and my neurotic organizational penchant is rather looking forward to the task. Plus, I've been promised a movie afterwards as a thank you. I hope you all have wonderful weekends!

Rainy Day

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Today is supposed to be very, very rainy. As in flood warning rainy. I didn't realize quite how melancholy this picture was until I enlarged it just now, but I think I'm going to keep it. I like rainy days - I prefer rain to snow any day of the week - and the fact that I'll be safely ensconced in my work building all day, and have no obligations after work means I'm rather looking forward to the sound of rain against my windowpane while I lounge around this evening. For your own rainy day enjoyment, here's some nostalgic pictures of Hollywood darlings playing, lounging, and cozying up while the skies cried.

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Friendship

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If there's two things this move to the eastern coast has taught me, it's that self-reliance is of key importance, and that I have more than enough of it, and that a group of good friends is key to my happiness. I love and miss all the friends I left behind in San Diego and scattered throughout Northern California, and it definitely helps to know that a few of them have migrated to this same neck of the woods, landing in pockets of the north east. But having a network of girls to be able to bond with in my immediate city is vital to my happiness, and I am relieved to see that such a network is finally developing for me. When I look at the big picture, I really have only been in New York for 6 months, so the timeline of working-settling-making friends has unfolded very sensibly. It's just nice to feel like I'm hitting a true comfort zone where the necessities I need are truly coming to fruition, not to include just money-habits-shelter, but also to include friends-outings-laughter. It's also refreshing to so tangibly experience how I function - completely changing my world has brought me back to the basics of what I want. And I'm making it.

These are just pictures of friendships portrayed on television, only because posts without pictures tend to annoy me, and I've already done one of those this week. Happy Wednesday, all!

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Kate. Is. It.

I saw this picture (and info on a collaboration with Longchamp) posted over at HSquaredFashion and was mesmerized, as ever, by the beauty of Kate Moss. In spite of, or maybe because of, her various tabloid problems over the years, she really is one of the few It girls of fashion, and she never fails to delight me whenever I see her all done up and working her zsa zsa zu for the cameras. Here's a few more piccys, just because.

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