Hoo wee! What a trip! I was only there for 3 days, but I managed to fill up those days with fun excursions from morning to night. I slept fine, but I usually woke up with the sun. Which later I realized that I had less than 20 hours of sleep my whole trip. Needless to say, I'm still recovering.
I stayed with a friend who lives in Brooklyn. This is a view from her street. Isn't it adorable? Her neighborhood was so picturesque.
This is the view from her balcony. Most of the Brownstones in that neighborhood have the cutest little patios and gardens.
We, I mean I, might have taken too many photos at
FAO Schwarz, but what can I say, I was a little trigger happy. I wanted to do something fun and somewhat touristy when I arrived, and FAO seemed to be the perfect idea. My friend and I made a beeline for the candy in the back, loaded up on sugar and acted like little kids on a mission to have fun!
Who doesn't love full sized lego dudes and giant stuffed puppies!
I thought this was quite a strange place for this, but right outside of the store were about 25 plus people holding these signs. I thought it couldn't have been a good trip to New York without a little crazy coming out of people.
Since there was time and I was in New York, we made an appointment to go try on glasses at
Warby Parker. I've been eying them for months and months and keep meaning to do the at home try ons, but never remember to actually place the order. So, it was nice to go in and just try on all them them. I literally tried on every style. Unfortunately I wasn't thrilled with any of them once they were on. So disappointing.
I'm really not that into J. Crew, although I do like some of their clothes. We went in and I fell in love with this display of gloves covering the wall.
New York birds are CRAZY. They do not move to get out of your way.
And then it was time for the Stationery Show! I couldn't really take photos, and have way to much to say about it, so that post will be coming at a later date!
I did ask to take a photograph at
Wiley Valentine's booth. Most booths had candy, but who couldn't resist a candy BAR?
Stay tuned for more about my trip!
Image via.
That's right! I'm going to be moving to Austin in just about a month and couldn't be more excited! Early this year a friend of mine got into The University of Texas Landscape Architecture program (VERY competitive. We are all so proud!) and we casually joked about me moving with her. And I thought, why not?!
I love being close to my family and do have a wonderful job and great friends, but Houston as a whole has very little to offer me, in my opinion. Though I do appreciate the efforts of Houston It's Worth It and the team behind this Tee, this city is just not for me.
And so I'll be moving to "hippy-land" as my mother likes to call it. The land of food trucks and live music. A city full of bike lanes that are actually utilized. A city where parks and rivers and lakes flourish. A city with an slew of vegetarian friendly restaurants (this is sadly something I am super excited about. Vegan queso anyone?). And simply a beautiful city.
I'm a little nervous about moving back to such a small city after living in Houston for almost 3 years, but I thrived in Milwaukee and it's really about the same size. As of right now, my job situation and place of residence is up in the air, but I am confident that I'll make it work. This is my own little adventure! And for those of you who know me well, I don't really do "adventure." I prefer to play it safe, but decided to try living a little.
I still plan on continuing emilee rose and hope to work harder on marketing and wholesale. I might even try to do a little freelance, depending on the job I get.
Mostly, I'm just really excited to be making the move and embarking on this new adventure!
