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for the tiny dancers

Julie — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:43:23 +0000

A little does of J.Crew loving for your tiny dancers.

What are your weekend plans? Are you still enjoying the last moments of summer?

My Mom is en route for a visit right now. I am excited. We have lots of fun plans. First wedding dress fitting. The we will swoon our way through ABC Home, Urban Archaeology and a few TriBeCa boutiques. We plan on dinner at Lupa, lunch at SAKS and ABC Kitchen, and perhaps a little jazz at the new Silver Lining in my favorite building in my neighborhood. Take a look at it for yourself right here. I can see it from my apartment, and love the up-lit facade by night. Have a good one!

*tshirt here for $16.99

Let it SHINE!

Julie — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:39:14 +0000

Hi Sweet Readers! Just wanted to drop in to wish you a sun-shiny & fun-filled weekend! I am off to the Hamptons this weekend for a little R&R. I am counting down the hours until we hop in the car and zoom out of the city. Getting in a car, that is not yellow, is a rare thing here in NYC. This concrete is really getting to me. I will take lots of posts, and be back next week with a recap. Plus, I have some pictures to share with you from my adventure last night. I hit the floor of the New York Stock Exchange last night for a benefit. It was a unique New York experience!

Enough about me, what are your plans for the weekend? Anything exciting! Please do tell…

1. bakers twine

2. felt flowers

3. album from rag & bone

4. kelly werstler

5. orla kiely sugar bowl

6. shoes @ anthro

and the sparkles!

ramblings

Julie — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:00:34 +0000

Summer has officially arrived in NYC. I am pretty sure we jumped straight from cold to HOT! However, late afternoon and early evenings are “perfect”. I have been spending most of whatever spare time I can scrounge up on my roofdeck. It is the most pleasant, beautiful and enjoyable place to be amongst the backdrop of an urban landscape. The views are stunning, the Empire State building and midtown to the North, the Hudson to the West, the Brooklyn Bridge to the East and the unique rooftops of 5 story buildings below! It is my escape. I spend most nights and some mornings up here. I do my quiet time here. I celebrate with friends up here. I share late night glasses of wine with my fiance here. And last but not least I try to get a little sunshine up here! Yesterday, God blessed me with the most amazing sky with the sun setting off to the West…

Though I wish I could spend every waking moment on my roof top. My glories escape, I still have real life tasks to tend to. Life calls…but let’s talk about the “high points” of the otherwise daily grind.

1. I ventured to the flower market last week to pick up a few orchids for our office. While I was waiting for them to pot them up in our glass containers, I browsed through the area.

Then as I was leaving I got this text from my Mom. And I “flipped”!!!!!! I found this fabric at at the D&D last September during Fall Market. I met the director of this company, who is from Sweden. I chatted with him about their new collection. All the while I was falling in love with this fabric. Weird I know, but textiles really get to my heart. You know, the weak at the knees feeling?? Well when my sister-in-law and brother found out they were having a baby, and were ready to decorate the nursery! I thought what a better choice than this fabric. It will transition through time. Not to be outgrown at age 2. Worth the investment. We did the panels in the room out of it, as well as these throw pillows. It is so sophisticated, but simply sweet with the soft, subtle watercolour texture! And just is case you are wondering. The crib is stellar, but it is off to the right. More pictures soon. This queen bed anchors the opposite side of the room. It was a surprise find from the Ralph Lauren Home sample sale in February. This was a lucky find on the last day, and last hour of the sale! And now with the nursery pretty much done, we are counting down the day for the new addition to our family!

(excuse the fact the bedding is missing, but it is en route as we speak!)

Change of subject, but must let me one of my visitors for this weekend (my sister) know that I went to Trader Joe’s and stocked up on organic pink lady apples just for you. You little apple-o-holic! Although I am not one to talk. I might of already eaten some from the pile?

And by request, sister, I will head to Duane Reade to get you “Aussie catch the wave” mousse + leave-in conditioner.

Maybe Aussie should consider a 3oz version, in addition to their 6.8oz option to make the airline, you and me ALL happy!

Off to conquer the tasks ahead for today before wedding dress shopping tomorrow and Friday. WooHoo!

xoxo

a mom

Julie — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:39:44 +0000

This past week was the best week, and a small taste of the worst, in my life. The best part was my precious, amazing and awesome Mom was here with me all week. I had her all to myself. We stayed up late just talking, enjoyed our morning coffee together, she rode the subway with me to work, fabric shopped for some projects, got our make-up done at Bergdorf’s, worked out together, lunched at the yummy Saks cafe, played with the new Apple ipads, walked, and enjoyed special time together. The worst part of the week started on Thursday when I came down with the icky, crummy, darn flu for the first time in my whole entire life. My temperature was a steady 102 for two solid days. The biggest blessing was having my sweet Mom here to take care of me. She “google” to find me a doctor in Tribeca, since I’ve yet to need a primary care physician since I’ve lived here. She drug me to the doctor. She got my prescription filled, and she kept me well hydrated. She watched lots and lots of movies, and TV with me. This is the first time I’ve ever sent her home from a NYC visit well rested, and I mean well rested. For me, there is nothing like getting to be with my Mom. I thank my her for ALL the love she has showered me with over the years. I will never ever out grow the need for my “Mommy’s love”. When ever I start thinking about “growing up” I get kind of teary eyed. My sister and I sometimes joke about wanting to go to the fictional world of Never Never Land with Peter Pan and Tinker Bell. The memories of my “younger years” are so dear to my heart, and sometimes I just want to stop growing up. A few months ago, I was telling my Mom how hard I find it sometimes to want to “grow up”. She said, you know it can be just as hard as parents to let your kids go, as it is on you to “fly”…Moms would have it no other way than to just keep there little chicks all safe and sound in their nest all the days long, but that would not be healthy for any of us. I laughed and agreed, because all I could think of was the movie Failure to Launch. None of us really want to be 35, and still living at home. And then I remembered a musical book Mom gave me years and years ago, on a random Saturday morning, it was the song, I Hope You Dance. I thought about lyrics of that song, and remembered that was Mom’s prayer for her daughters lives…She gives us strength. She is the friend you can always confide in. She is a steady rock, and for that I feel so very blessed. And now I am getting teary eyed, so I shall digress…

What are your memories and favorite traits of your Moms? What does a Mom mean to you? Or if you are a Mom, how has that blessed you in return? For me, my Mom has inspired me to be selfless, loving and a simply always shine for Jesus!

spring

Julie — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:00:13 +0000

[1] pillow, [2] vintage love plates, [3] poppy teapot, [4] flower lamp, [5] fabrics, [6] anthro rug, [7] chloe flat, [8] handbag, [9] ring, [10] felt adornments

greetings from winter wonderland

Julie — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:37:35 +0000

I came across these images of Central Park while scouring through my computer files yesterday. They serve to remind me that there is light at the end of the tunnel. And spring will return to NYC, one day that is. It might not be soon enough for my liking, but it will come. With the dark comes the light, and with the cold comes the warm…so I known I will survive. In the meantime, we are weather one of the worst winters on record here in the North East. I our attempts to go about our daily lives, we are jumping snow piles on the street, but only to land in a 6″ puddle of slush. But on the positive side…

We get to sneak a handful of snow from an untouched planter to mold into the perfect snowball only to nail our friend two strides ahead on the sidewalk. And we marvel at the glistening sunshine shimmering on the snowy tree branches. So for now Happy Weekend from the Winter Wonderland!

Readers, do you have any fun weekend plans? I am headed to a friends going away party tonight, then settling in for a cozy Saturday and Sunday. Rest is on the horizon!

whoa!

Julie — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:57:56 +0000

this right here speaks for itself. you people have got to be CRAZY.

i mean yea, it’s a once in a life time experience. Agree!!

and i feel really lucky to be going for well under the $500 mark. but almost $8k?? and bidding still has a bit longer to go. all i know is this auburn family has got some’ DEEP, DEEP roots!

countdown beings.

Julie — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:25:34 +0000

yeap. it is only 10 days until Christmas, and 3 days until i am home! and maybe being at home, with less responsibility for a week, will give me time for fun & festive “christmasy” things – like Christmas blog posts?

Things have been busy around here. Quality of Life dinners, Football Hall of Fame celebrations at the Waldorf (swanky!), Christmas work parties, birthday dinners, explicit spin class, cleaning, unpacking, repacking, babysitting Auburn family in town for the Heisman, and lots more! Needless to say, I have LOTS to share, but have had not time to get it from my fingertips to the keyboard! Back with lots of color and love soon! xoxo

Click on the link…

Julie — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 03:21:02 +0000

to Watch and Listen…”I believe in Auburn and Love it!”

Then for a BIG laugh check out this “All I do is read, read, read”

at least watch until 2:32 of the video…and brace yourself, b/c you might fall over laughing.

typical and expected.

Julie — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:06:33 +0000

Typically the morning involves a post-workout shower. That is if I find the energy to drag myself out of the bed in time to do all the “morning routine junk”, and get to work at a decent and acceptable time. So I tend to find ways to multi-task. Quiet time and coffee. Brushing teeth while rinsing out the coffee pot. Catching a glimpse of the morning news while drying my hair. And talking to my Mom on speaking phone while I add a little color to my face. I leave ‘blackberry” on the bathroom ledge and…talk, until it really is time to hit the street running, catch the subway AND cheer [internally] when you barely slip through the doors before they chime and close. Hooray…I feel I like I made it and can breath!

The weekends however are a little more relaxing. I find it okay to linger down the street, walking and avoiding public transportation. I enjoy the stimulation of the city streets: the noises, the colors, the flowers, the architecture, the people, the fashion and the unfashionable, strange and sometimes a little scary.

Oh, and I cannot forget to mention to entertaining. It was just a few weeks ago this was filled to the brim with water. Kids were barefoot and splashing around, and now a FULL size piano rest inside and music and “pole” dancing.

One of the scary parts of the city are the pigeons. They are NOT, and I repeat NOT, afraid of the the human race. They find great pleasure is swarming by you, all 100 of them at once. It is terrifying, and not to mention rather disgusting in my book. I am NOT a fan of pigeons. If you see the glimpse of the red shirted lady in the top of this picture, well she was really liking the pigeon attention. She reminded me of the freaky pigeon lady on Home Along 2.

After we finally made it through “pigeon zone”. We found our way up the NYC marathon, around Central Park South (across from the Plaza Hotel). No worries, or “heads up” – Charlie Sheen was not throwing any harmful objects out the windows. I digress, we were here to cheer on some friends, who were running. At this point, they were embarking on the final mile, and some of them looked like they had just started 2 miles ago, not 25. Amazing human athletes. And just like NYC, you saw everything. A man in a banana costume, a lady as a bride, a BAREFOOT man, a lady in converse shoes and slacks, a snail costume, wacky colors, tutus, wigs, peacock feathers, a speedo and cape and WAY TO MANY OTHER [sometimes INAPPROPRIATE] HILARIOUS THINGS.

Well folks that’s a wrap. My time for this post 32:00. That’s the time I was shooting for! Off to work. xo.