Spring. Spring. Spring.

Spring. Here. Look at the one of the first blooming trees I found in our neighborhood! It's absolutely beautiful but will soon be mixed in with all the other trees that are about to burst! I am dying to see the bright pink and white flowers take over!!

Sand Painter

I have become a bit of a fan of this guy's work! I've seen him multiple times now. I'm friends with him on Facebook, so I keep track of when he's in the Union Square area and try to go out to see what he's creating. Joe Mangrum creates this are with colored sand. According to his website, this piece took him about 8 hours of creating. Can you believe he works for 8 hours and then sweeps up all the sand!?!

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

Words on Wednesday

Chalkboard themed this week! Didn't even realize I'd done this!! :)

Greenmarket

These photos were taken a couple weeks ago when we joined Seth's family at the Greenmarket in Grand Army Plaza. I'm a bit slow at sharing...

Anthro :: Love

I joined a friend for a bit of shopping (her shopping and me taking photos with my iphone dreaming about shopping) at Anthropologie the other day. Here are a few of the fun photos I took. I absolutely love how amazing that place is! Their displays, clothes, and home decorations are all so wonderful! I wish I worked there!!

Week 12: St. Patty's Day

The city seems to celebrate St. Patty's Day for weeks. There are St. Patty's Day celebrations weekends before and after the actual holiday. My photo was taken at a parade that went through my neighborhood. We just happened to be out when it came through. It's crazy how parades seem to just happen here in the city. In the Midwest, it's a big, planned out event.

Top Photo: Metropolitan Magic, Me
Bottom Photo: Country Charm, Mrs. E

happy spring!

First Day of Spring

Happy Spring!!!! In the city, Spring entered Beautifully!! Warm sunshine, beautiful blue skies, perfect 70 degree temperatures!

Seth and I spent a bit of our afternoon in Prospect Park. We weren't the only ones, the park was packed with people!

Pulled out my Toms for the nice new weather! I'm thinking about getting a new pair for the changing season... Need to look online to see the new colors and styles :)

Caught a group of musicians performing in Grand Army Plaza on the way back from the library. There's nothing better than great music on a warm, sunny day!

Even had a visit from our nephew! He brought us Spring Equinox gifts - A sharpened stick for Uncle Seth (sharpened by himself on the cement!) and a map of the park for me :) We played with him for a while in front of our building. Mostly Uncle Seth played... We did have fun throwing coins to the ground for him to collect before Uncle Seth. Then, he decided he didn't want to leave, in case more coins fell!! He he!

Later in the evening, we enjoyed a few great college basketball victories in the tournament! I was quite thrilled with some of the results! :) Can't wait to see what happens later this next week!!!!

St. Patty's Day

St. Patty's Day was last week... but here are a few shots from the day of green. K and I went out for a drink, which turned into a variety of drinks and talking Seth and his brother into joining us. :)

We enjoyed Irish drinks at this great dive near Penn Station. Funny thing, we showed up to a crowd of people on the sidewalks, dressed in green, and in a state of hours of celebrating. We weren't interested in being surrounded by them, so we headed to the diviest bar on the block, Hickey's.

The door was locked, but the door guy unlocked it and in we went, thinking it had accidentally been locked. Turns out, we were the only young people in a room filled of old men! They eventually opened the place up to anyone, but for the longest time, the guy was pretty selective about who he let in!