Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"True love stories never have endings." ~ Richard Bach Symbolism Locks are symbolic for many reasons. They are solid, all but impermeable without a key. You have to make a concerted effort to break a lock, and even then it isn't easy unless you have something like bolt cutters. And who walks around with those? [...]
"Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself." Octavia E. Butler Struggling It seems like every quote I come across lately has spoken to my soul and this one in particular is yelling, I have been struggling something fierce the last few months. To be honest, I wasn't sure if I could [...]
"Our horizon is the creation of a noble society to which, like the medieval builder of those glorious cathedrals, you will have added your conception, your artful piece of stone." ~ Adrienne Clarkson Saint Patrick's Given our young history, there are not many buildings that will make you awe struck when you enter them. That [...]
"I would wear a full-length cape if I could get away with it - I do love a good swirl in a fog." ~ Martin Freeman The Cape Kimonos, vests, ponchos and capes, are my go to fashion accessories. If it is flowy and offers a semblance of warmth while still being fashionable, I am [...]
"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls." ~ Pablo Picasso The Met One of the draws of New York City is that their are literally a gazillion museums exhibiting a wide range of art. Every time I think of leaving, I am always drawn back because of the [...]
"Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening." ~ Waris Dirie Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall Saturday dawned way to early, even for this usual morning gal. Originally we were going to do sunrise on the Brooklyn Bridge. But thanks to our ten mile trek and Mother Nature deciding her hot flashes were over, we caught an extra hour [...]
"I remember perfectly my first trip to New York, when I was on the bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan, when I saw the skyscrapers. It was like an incredible dream." ~ Diego Della Valle Friendship This past weekend, I had a dear friend come visit for what was basically a forty hour take the city [...]
"I've said this so many times, but I keep coming back to this: Trends come and go. Own them and make them your own. If it doesn't feel right, then don't feel like you need to dress a certain way just to be trendy." ~ Nina Garcia The Trend Move aside black. Move aside white. [...]
"Cooking is all about people. Food is maybe the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together. No matter what culture, everywhere around the world, people get together to eat." ~ Guy Fieri Friday Favorites While I still consider myself a newbie to Friday favorites I could not resist putting a [...]
"Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in." ~ Louise Brown Ten Years First, Holy Expletive! Ten years! Ten years I have put myself through this torture. Ten years of word sprints, hundreds upon thousands of words, (over five [...]