Words on Wednesday

My photo a day project has made me realize how much I love to photograph the words around me. Soooo, I'm going to try to start a new weekly post to share the words I see and capture throughout the week.

new york, i heart you

Week 11: Night

Top Photo: Country Charm, Mrs. E

Bottom Photo: Metropolitan Magic, Me

Weekend View

Friday: Watched college basketball in the city & headed out to another bar after to see one of Seth's college friends who was visiting from L.A.

The name of the bar was Lucy's in the East Village. I love dive bars, and this one was definitely one I enjoyed. The drink of choice was Lucy's Special which was made by Lucy, the bartender... Lucy happened to be an older grandma-like woman! We had a good time with old friends and even made a few new ones (like the guy that looked like Jemaine from Flight of the Concords).

Saturday: Seth and I spent the morning getting fruit for sangrias. We got sidetracked into Barnes and Nobles to support a chess group and play a few games of chess with some kids (Seth played, I watched). Then we spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning our apartment. For such a small space, it really does take us a while to do a deep clean of it!
The weekend weather was terribly rainy. These are a few shots from the window. Saturday night, we had friends over. We ordered food in and played games all night (& wore mustaches :) I don't think we stopped laughing the whole night... I need to make a post of funny moments to share some of our laughs. (Even if it really isn't as funny to everyone else...)

Sunday: Woke up. Time changed. The rain paused. Went to brunch with Kendra, Ian and some friends we haven't seen for a few weeks. While waiting for a table, Kendra and I went on a walk... I think she only wanted to go on a walk so she could find puddles to jump in.

Enjoyed yummy biscuits and gravy :) and then came home to take an afternoon nap. I didn't get any work done this weekend, but o well. I have been having such difficult weeks that when the weekend comes, I Have to take it without worrying about work.

Mustache Party

Saturday night's get-together turned into quite the time. Despite the rainstorm that was hitting the city, we got a group of friends together at our place this weekend. We did venture out for a short moment to watch the end of our college basketball team (even though it was a loss and the rain was quite horrible). The rest of the night was spent playing card games, Apples to Apples, and wearing mustaches.

The three of us work together. Maybe we need to show up at work wearing our mustaches next week.

This kind of fun helps me survive the weeks.

How to make the week better:

Dumbo, Brooklyn.

It has been my goal to fill this week with things to make it better... Evenings to make me forget the miserable days. Monday was Union Square. Tuesday was Union Square for a bit and then to Williamsburg/Greenpoint to watch Lost with friends. Tonight, I convinced Alissa and Kendra to join me in Dumbo for dinner after work. We made the night even better by hanging out in the park between the bridges (while I took photos :) and then getting chocolate from Jacque Torres.

By the way, have I mentioned lately how much I Love New York City??!! Because I do. A. Lot.

PS: I like the photo above. It was kind of an accident photo.

finding beautiful

i needed to find something beautiful in my day after the monday i had.

it's really sad that i work in such a place where people are so miserable, where all people look for is to cut you down and make you as sad as they are.
i will not be taken.
i will not let me day go without finding beautiful in something.
today.

it was union square and the nice warm, almost spring weather.
it was the second iced chai latte of the new warmer season to come.

it was walking between those tall new york city buildings falling in love even more with this place i live in.

it was seeing the empire state building in the sunlight with the bright blue sky background.

it was new supplies for staples.

it was the creative, inspiring, unique, different, amazing people that i wonder the streets with, the ones i'll never know but move me in such a way i cannot even begin to thank them.

it was finding this window.

i will find beautiful, even if someone tries to keep it from me.

PS: notice the blue theme -- it's monday blues for the week of colors in the group for the love of color. isn't it fun?? tomorrow is purple... ooo and for the original post (and some of you may see this twice if you follow my photo a day blog, go here. it was only one photo... but i just took photo sixty-seven... can't believe it's been sixty-seven days straight of photos!)

Spring is Teasing Us

Spring was teasing us this last weekend... The weather was so beautiful, sunny, and warm. Such a nice change from the snow and cold and rain, and even nicer since I've been wanting out of my winter hibernation mode quite a bit lately. Last Spring was my first living in New York. Last year at this time, we spent the weekend in light sweaters and enjoyed warmer weather. I didn't realize that it was already that time of year... I have been too busy to notice that Spring is so close, I guess. (I have seen some people posting Spring blooms on flickr, and I've tried to look at them too closely to prevent myself from getting Spring fever... but after this weekend, I think it's going to come on strong.)

Week 10: Looking Up

Top Photo: Metropolitan Magic, Me

Bottom Photo: Country Charm, Mrs. E

february in photos

i'm just finally getting caught up with my photo a day project. i was a couple weeks behind and am definitely one week behind in sharing last month's set... but here they are, the next twenty-eight photos. today marked [photo sixty-six]... click here if you want to see the blog.

1. [photo thirty-two], 2. [photo thirty-three], 3. [photo thirty-four], 4. [photo thirty-five], 5. [photo thirty-six], 6. [photo thirty-seven], 7. [photo thirty-eight], 8. [photo thirty-nine], 9. [photo forty], 10. [photo forty-one], 11. [photo forty-two], 12. [photo forty-three], 13. [photo forty-four], 14. [photo forty-five], 15. [photo forty-six], 16. [photo forty-seven], 17. [photo forty-eight], 18. [photo forty-nine], 19. [photo fifty], 20. [photo fifty-one], 21. [photo fifty-two], 22. [photo fifty-three], 23. [photo fifty-four], 24. [photo fifty-five], 25. [photo fifty-six], 26. [photo fifty-seven], 27. [photo fifty-eight], 28. [photo fifty-nine]

i learned...

somehow i linked to a blog called bring yourself this weekend. and on this blog, the writer, amy, is doing a project where she's recording things she learns. inspired by her project, i thought i'd do a quick post of what i learned today while enjoying the sunshine and my neighborhood.

Hugo

His new owners were teaching him how to walk. Obviously he was having none of it.

Even in the Dead of Winter

Beautiful can be found.

Tuesday. Tired day. Woke up a mess this morning after a night of Ny-Quil. Need to be in bed now, having just taken some again tonight and not wanting to wake up in the same condition tomorrow. Just wanted to share a photo from home. This was taken in my parent's yard, on their farm.

Painting in Sand

Joe Mangrum was out again in Union Square a couple weeks ago while I was meeting Seth. I was so excited to see the colors filling the cement below. I'm again in aww of how easily he seems to create these works. Remember the first work I saw of his?

To see more about Joe Mangrum, visit his website here.






This was the day after the "blizzard" we had right before Seth and I headed to the Midwest. Can you believe that in most of the pictures it doesn't even look like it had snowed the day before!?

Week 9: Snow

Last week, both the country and the city saw snow. Here are our own versions of the snow storms that hit us.

Top Photo: Country Charm, Mrs. E

Bottom Photo: Metropolitan Magic, Me