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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Mermaids on Parade



Yesterday was the annual Mermaid Parade in Coney Island, and our second year to attend. I have been looking forward to it since last year's parade ended ;) We arrived right as the parade was starting. The weather was perfect and the costumes were amazing.






Peace





 The band came marching by. 

 Most of them displayed signs of protest against the condos planned to be built in Coney Island. (For more information check out Save Coney Island.)

 They head straight for the water. 






We were talking about how we should actually participate in the parade next year. My costume would probably not be as extreme as some of the others :)

Friday, August 13, 2010

Horrible Blogger. Please don't FIRE me!

I've been such a horrible blogger lately! Please don't fire me! Most days, I have not even been on my computer - life has just been too busy for it. Today, I finally feel like I have the time, motivation, and a little creativity to get some stuff done... including the look change (what do you think? I might tweek some more), 2 sets of senior photos were sent off after I finally completed editing them, and even time for a little post!

Of course, there are 200 other things I really should be doing right now (for example: cleaning my house for my guests!) but I thought I'd take a moment and let you know I haven't completely disappeared. So if I haven't been here, where have I been?

  • Since I've returned from my extended vacation back home last month, I've been spending a lot of days planning for the new year and attending classes. I have about 7 more days of schedule classes left and will probably have one or two more days pop up for orientation.
  • Orientation? Yup... New job. Most of my family and friends know - because it's literally all I've been talking about! But for those of you who don't, I was so fortunate to interview and transfer to a new job (still in the city, but in Manhattan now and not the Bronx). I already feel 1000 times better about this job than I did about my last. I am very confident that the tables will turn and the horrible sick feeling I used to get every morning before work will be replaced with excitement!
  • Hanging out with friends... A lot. Summer is such a great time for that!
  • Spending time with visiting family. We had almost 2 weeks of parents here and my brother-in-law. It was so nice spending so much time doing family stuff. We'll take that as much as we can get it! (Sometimes I feel like Seth and I are always using our vacation to travel to see family and not to travel just to travel... but after spending time with family, it reminds me how much I value our time together, how important these people really are to me... and I don't think it really bothers me anymore.)
  • Photos. Photos. Photos. I did many session while visiting family including 3 sets of senior photos, 3 sets of children, and a portrait session. Which means a lot of work for me editing and preparing the photos! I'm done with 2 seniors and on to 2 of the children sets! Soooo much work (but if you are curious to see some of my senior shots, head over to be a photograph and check them out! Leave a comment to let me know what you think! I love feedback!)
Anyway, now I really need to get my floors cleaned! I just realized the time!! My best friend from high school and her husband are coming in tonight to stay the weekend! I love that this will be the 3rd time we've seen each other this year! The photo above was taken when I was in Florida earlier this year for her wedding... and I thought it would be fun to share :) even if somewhat random!

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Mermaid Parade

This is my favorite photo of the day!

Two weekends ago, Seth and I rented bikes and biked to Coney Island with our friends, Scott and Chelsea, for the Mermaid Parade. It was an amazing time! The weather was perfect, the costumes were beyond fantastic, and the day was great fun! (& I didn't get a sun burn!)

I am amazed by the costumes, the body paint, the lack of clothing, the creativity. There would never be such parades or people in the Midwest!

I snapped this photo quickly, not even realizing at the moment that he was the squid and the whale from the Natural History Museum!

I ended up getting the best photos on the board walk at the end of the parade. All the costumed participants posed and paused for photos.

Anything goes.

There were plenty of costumes related to the oil spill.

I will definitely make it out to the Mermaid Parade again! It was one of my favorite New York experiences!