the stillman pups

Libbydog.

I haven't met Oliver yet. A few weeks ago my mom and sister went to the farmers market for kale and came back with a puppy! I love these pictures because the dogs seem to have such distinct personalities.

Oliver is happy that he has Libby to snuggle with...

... and take morning naps with.

hurricane weekend

How was your hurricane weekend?

Mimoun and I had a great day of storm-anticipation with our friends in their east village apartment.  We ate mint milanos, played cards, drank beers and laughed a lot. It sort of felt like camping.

 weeee! crazy winds off the hudson!

#8

Guess who is #8 on Billboard's 50 Best Indie Labels in America?

Underwater Peoples Records, that's who! 

portlandia

oh, just another wonderful day in portland, oregon.  Lucy's moving up there for school, and I'm going to do a JFK - SFO - driiiiive up to Portland - PDX - JFK adventure next week.  I can't wait to hang with lulu and get her settled in her new apartment. Any places I should make sure to see while I'm there?

the theatre

hello dear friends!

my new life in new york city is sailing along. After a slice of pizza from stromboli's last night, I biked over to dixon place on Chrystie street for a reading of a play my friend is in.  The play, Charlie, was a dark but hilarious one-act about a man who can't tune out the aggravating voice he hears coming from his television.

What should we do about the rainy forecast for this weekend? So distressing.

though, watching a thunderstorm would be awesome from a room like this

(visit seasaw for le photo)

political cartoons

so entertaining! NPR political cartoons...

it's spring time in stamford

I've been enjoying a break from the city at the mimoun's home in woodsy north stamford, where spring time is in full swing! Seder #1 tonight followed by seder #2 in the city tomorrow. 

yahoo!

I took the MCAT this morning. What a doozy!

Mimoun so sweetly made me a big sign for when I walked in our apartment and bought a sampling of delicious cupcakes.  Later today, the ladies and I are going to drink champagne and do arts and crafts. How delightful! I like this MCAT-free lifestyle.

flowers, cupcakes, and oh yes, in the background, the crockpot I never use. I keep thinking one day I won't heat up every meal from trader joe's and will suddenly start cooking things with more than three ingredients...

be back soon

Hello my dear friends,

I have missed updating you via nora the explora! The test that shall not be named will be over in 4 weeks, on April 16th,  so please keep me in your reader until then.  I'm out the door to an "inside the body" theme party and have been drawing oxygen molecules all night to attach to my red blood cell costume. Can't wait to tell you how it goes xoxox

Nora

(photo source)

heart charlie

heart charlie is one of my favorite ny style blogs to peruse :)

happy birthday!

last night I went to shea stadium for the first time for our friend's birthday. The party was hosted by The Fader and we had to be on a list to get in. ooooh la la!  I get a little miffed always being mimoun's "plus one." Does this bother any other ladies?  I mean, he could by my plus one...

In the social arena, my transition to new york has been a piece of cake! Knowing just a few friends from college, all of their friends have turned out to be so warm and welcoming.

jonah brought a pack of these funny party blowers for maia, but they didn't make any noise! bummer.

the ruins of detroit

Photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre captured these haunting pictures of the city of Detroit. the photos ask us to "wonder about the permanence of things" in a time where change occurs so rapidly.

Biology classroom, Wilbur Wright High School

michigan central station

Room 1504, Lee Plaza Hotel

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blissed out

to celebrate our five year anniversary, mimoun and I drove up to his aunt and uncle's beautiful country home in copake lake, NY.  so far, we've been drinking wine and sitting by the fire, each reading our favorite books.  and then, the icing on the cake, we realized there was wireless internet! we're like kids in a candy shop right now.

where we're camped out

to my sweet love, let's do another five years as fun as these have been :)

patience, young grasshopper

what's more fun and relaxing than playing in tide pools?

I've been thinking a lot about patience lately, friends.  I tend to get all worked up when my plans go awry or when I have to wait for anything in general (before they invented the digital ETA things at muni stops, I was a wreck).  And now that I'm involved in a job search in the highly competitive city of manhattan, I need patience more than ever.  Becoming discouraged and stressed out certainly doesn't have an impact on my chances at getting a job, and only really has an impact on my immune system... a negative impact. So, here's to deep breaths and appreciating the present moment. I hope you're all staying warm in this windy weather! xoxo

photo from sunset magazine