lunch dates

 

My mother has taken a liking to putting some of Norby's friends in my lunchbox to eat lunch with me at work. I actually find it funny that the Little People Grammy showed up one day, and then Ernie decided to make a visit to work as well the next day.  Both toys were mine when I was a kid, and Ernie is the best looking one of the Sesame Street play set that my family still has (Bert has no more pain on him, and one of the dogs ate Big Bird at some point). Here's hoping someone else makes it to work for a lunch date soon.

twosday II windows & doors

Happy Twosday! This week’s theme is one that is near and dear to my heart – windows and doors. If you want to see more of my windows and doors, head to instagram and use the hashtag: #doortour – I am obsessed I tell you.

Also, if you can – please go visit the other blogs in this link up- most  of the other bloggers are fantastic photographers and worth the look. I am envious of their ability to capture such cool pictures.

twosday II water

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Linking up with Stephanie over at Twentieth Street for twosday. This weeks theme is water. Enjoy!

frenchies on instagram

I really want a dog, I've probably wanted one for as long as I can remember, but in my adult life I haven't lived in an apartment where dogs are permitted. My instagram feed is 90% French Bulldogs, who I love seeing all the time.

Some of my favorites that you should follow too are:

chloe_theminifrenchie - she's just to tiny and cute.

williethefrenchie - this little boy is San Francisco based

renecharlesnyc - my favorite local Frenchie. I look for him on the streets, I have yet to be able to say hello, but a girl can dream. The commentary from his owners is also amazingly cute.

cooper_the_frenchie - cousin of the famed Manny and Frank

Following so many adorable dogs really does help with my dog obsession. These guys brighten my day so much, bringing a smile to my face.

(photo via pinterest)

twosday II april fools: the silly selfie

This week's twosday is the silly selfie, in honor of April Fools Day. Clearly, to me looking silly is squinting my eyes and looking pained. I suggest taking a look at the other photos in the link up on Stephanie's blog, people are far more creative than me.

twosday II spring flowers

This week's theme was spring flowers, in which where I live, it's been far too cold for outdoor flowers. I might just have to do this again when there are flowers outside.

Twosday II The Office

Happy Tuesday or Twosday. I am linking up with Stephanie again for her Twoday series. I missed last week’s but was really excited for this week’s theme: The Office. I hope you enjoy!

 

Twosday || Yellow

I recently discovered Twentieth Street, a blog by  Stephanie Court. She takes amazing pictures and I’ve been really loving her Twosday posts. The rules are  share two photos based on a pre-determined theme and link up with the rest of the group. This is my first time attempting this link up, and I couldn’t be more excited. This week’s photo challenge was Yellow:

intsa-crazy

my own recent #tbt m&d halloween 1990

Instagram is one of my favorite ways to stalk people. I cannot tell you how many celebrity non-famous family members feeds I’ve poured through looking for some random photo of said famous person in a completely natural picture. Yep, I am that girl – but it’s fun for a bit to just see someone’s regular family maybe posting a photo of them at Christmas, also some of those precious throwbackthursday photos – love it.  I don’t usually proclaim my crazy girl tendencies out loud but this one just seems fun to me. How to do this? Well if you happen to catch someone’s photo early on in the “like” stage, sometimes someone with the same last night likes the photo and well, they might be the relative.  Also, sometimes said celebrity likes a photo of their sibling and you can be a creepier that way too. As long as this person isn’t into privacy settings, you can randomly look at their photo feed for a bit and just see what you find. I’ve never followed any of these people only because that’s crossing some creepier line even I am not quite ready to go down.

Anyone else up for confessing some creepy instagram behaviors?

on top of the world

A couple of weekends ago, I met a colleague from out of town to do some classic New York sightseeing – as someone who didn’t grow up in these parts, I am always looking for an excuse or two to do some of the more touristy items in the area. It’s a completely true statement, when you live somewhere you tend not to take good advantage of what there is offered. I met her at her hotel and we ended up walking down to Grand Central Station in order to catch the train, but that turned in to sight number one. Grand Central is one of those true masterpieces architecture in my opinion, I love old timey charm that you don’t get in very modern buildings – details are incredible to me. From there, I took us down to do some walking across the Brooklyn Bridge, something I think is just beautiful – you get to walk above traffic and see so many amazing views of both Manhattan and Brooklyn. Once over to the other side, I feel like it’s essential to get some ice cream and take a peek at the Statue of Liberty from a far. After that we hopped the ferry (my first ever ferry ride in NY between Brooklyn and the city) and made our way to the Empire State Building. I’ve done the Empire State Building once before – on a cool rainy night which was just the right touch of romance for that certain adventure, and I saw Jess from Gilmore Girls there too (extra bonus).  It still is one of the most incredible views out there, if you ever get the chance to go it’s worth it.  The day was topped off with a trip to one of my favorite restaurants nearby which was just a nice little treat.  All and all, I still love getting to play tourist in a city I spend almost every single day in.