Frosty

Parakeets eating berries for Sunday brunch in Harlem

Adventurous trek through Central Park

Let it snow!

Lately

Mad Decent Block Party at the pier in NYC

Squirrels like I've never seen

$1 pizza @ Pizza Bash by Union Square. Best.

Brooklyn, as seen from Manahattan South Seaport

Eyebrows? Me??

Piers, Pageants, and Parades

What a fun weekend! Recap in reverse: I spent today wandering around the financial district (on the lookout for a sugar daddy of course) and had a lovely afternoon at the South Street Seaport and Pier 17. I also went to Century 21 for the first time, and it has a lot to offer though I will always prefer TJ Maxx for designer discounts. Yesterday I did a plethora of readings related to my directed study that I'm completing over the summer, and meanwhile prepared a lovely little lunch (polenta seared in garlic butter with sun-dried tomatoes, parmesan chicken, and steamed vegetables) for Courtney and myself. We then headed to 'fake' Shakespeare in the Park, which is at Riverside Park on Sundays for those who aren't cool enough to score tickets to the Central Park version. The production was rudimentary, but still a great little dash of culture to our weekend. We then met up with Jim and Rachel to chat over sorbet and watched the final part of the Miss USA Pageant. On Saturday, of course, we were at ... THE MERMAID PARADE. I can only handle Coney Island once a year, and I won't even tell you what was fried in with my Nathan's Hot Dog french fries, but the mermaids that 'washed ashore' ranged from creative to slutty, funny to intense, and there were some people who apparently did not get the mermaid part of the memo and just thought it was a dress-up-like-anything parade.

Merrrmaidssss

Do you know what this weekend is??? If you can't guess... it's the MERMAID PARADE @ Coney Island!! I have the perfect Split swimsuit (I got it for $6 at TJ Maxx... I'm a Maxxonista) and matching e.l.f. eyeshadow. I will post some pictures next week and tell you the 'tail' of our mermaid adventures ;)

Motivation to survive finals:

This, that, a little of this, and her.

Just a couple more weeks!

Playing 'ketchup'

I got to spend last week with my Bunnies in NYC followed by a Boston visit from one of my BGFs, Alex. It was kind of hectic only being home a little over 24 hours before heading straight to New York for a few days and then straight to Logan Airport to get Alex, but so worth it! Seeing Red Riding Hood and making muddy buddies, taking Bee all over NYC, lots of cupcakes, Serendipity frozen hot chocolate after a super short wait (finally!), dinner at Katz Deli (where Harry met Sally), and best friend time at La Caverna. Alex and I went all over Boston proper, the Freedom Trail, the Sam Adams Brewery tour, House of Blues, the most amazing restaurant called Grotto, and also to Castle Island, Salem (witches... I was right at home haha), and Crane Beach (aka my new favorite place in Massachusetts). Extensive Africa post coming soon, still recuperating and I have SO MUCH catching up to do for school, but in the mean time... see how cute my friends and I are!

NYC Day

We know I love New York, but I LOVE this list. I will most likely be utilizing it when Bee and I have a whole day together in NYC later this month. I might add Greenwich Village, but otherwise the New York Times, once again, is pretty darn awesome in its judgement.

http://travel.nytimes.com/frommers/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/new-york/new-york-city/frm_new-york-c_0021020766.html

Also. Going to Africa in 12 hours. :) x 100000