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? [...]
"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 [...]
"My favorite thing about New York is the view, the skyline." ~ Jack Reynor Spring in February and I am in love! Seriously. To be given the chance to shed my heavy winter coat for a lighter one. To actually be fashionable and not freeze my digits off, and go exploring this beautiful city, without [...]
"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 I am the epitome of a New Yorker. As an Upper East Sider, I am nestled cozily and comfortably in my [...]
"Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?" ~ Vernon Duke As a New Yorker I don’t really do the touristy things. In fact I don’t really go outside my neighborhood bubble. The Concrete Jungle is so vast and we as people are so busy, that the only chance to explore is when [...]
"I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward." Fridtjof Nansen I am not a huge fan of heights. I blame my siblings, who use to put me on top of the fridge when they were babysitting me - all in the name of love of course. I would sit [...]
I think New York is a good place to write in general because it's a grid. It's organized. You know where you are on the map. That centers you, and your imagination is perhaps freer to roam. ~Alex Turner When you live in a city it is hard to play tourist. If people gave [...]