New York City readers, what are you up to today? I am breaking my normally stringent chronological posting order because I feel really strongly that you should spend your hard-earned weekend at Rockaway Beach. Two weeks ago I took my inaugural trip to Rockaway, a stretch of 170 acres of sand in Queens, New York. In…

Speaking of anniversaries… today is yet another one! Today’s post marks a full year of my Photo of the Week project. Some weeks I have agonized over how to narrow down more than 20 pictures that are each beautiful and unique while other weeks I find myself running around on the final day desperately trying to…

This week I’m back in Brooklyn after my trip back home to Albany. I was sad to leave my mom, my friends, my dog and my gym routine upstate but I just love NYC too much to stay away for long. Yesterday my friends and I took advantage of having my car here and drove to…

This was one of those weeks that was simultaneously crazy busy and super laid back. Laid back because I did not stray from more than a 20 mile radius from my house. Crazy busy in that I was: Finishing a major freelancing project (which involved looking at dreamy wedding photos, so I really can’t complain.) Starting…

Somewhere along the way between enthusiastically auditioning for musical theatre in junior high and standing frozen in front of my university peers and stammering out a presentation of my senior project, I developed a bout of stage fright. I started to conquer it a bit this year when I tried getting back on stage to sing…

I love a good excuse to get dressed up, celebrate, and take things a little too far. Luckily, most of my country-men and women feel similarly- we Americans love to put our holidays on steroids. I’m pretty sure we are winning at over-the-top Christmases, and I would challenge anyone to find a better Halloween celebration than…