Bengali Wedding

One of the weddings I worked at at Rock Paper Scissors this summer was featured on Style Me Pretty this morning. It was such a fun one to work on because of the merging of cultures and aesthetics and the venue was an old glue factory! Take a look!

VDAY :)

I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day, full of X's and O's. Unfortunately, Edith and I both had classes at night, so our Vday "date" was a a homework session in a 24hr Starbucks (which, we ended up doing very little homework since it was so late and we were both so sleepy....romantic, I know). BUT, she made my night when she gave me this PERFECT gift! My goodness does she know me well. She made a color swatch book out of paint swatches, each one with a reason why she loves me :) Pretty perfect! She's not even a "crafty person" (so she says) but managed to put together this great little gift.



I also decided to get crafty (can you tell we are both incredibly broke at the moment!?) With 10 cards that I mailed to her, also with reasons why I love her :)

well well well, doesn't this look like a big ball of fun!!

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& THIS is how I feel

about the semester beginning today.

& in denial/mourning/complete distraught, I have laid in bed for the last day and a half watching:

And entire season of Ice Road Truckers: Deadliest Roads

A documentary on how the Crips and Bloods came to be:

Bill Cunningham's extraordinary life:

and heck, why not a documentary on origami while I'm at it.

Basically my selection is lesbian meets gangster, meets FIT student, who then is also introduced to a crafter entusiast. Dear 8th (and final) semester, please treat a girl well!

Black Book of Colors

I discovered this book in a museum gift shop in London and was so tempted to buy it (ugh, but the exchange rate is such a debbie downer)... "experiencing color through the lack of color."


Each page describes a color (also includes braille) and illustrates that color on the next page through through embossed lines, allowing the reader to feel the color, rather than see it. BRILLIANT, I say! BRILLIANT!

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& on that note

of the awesomeness that is NYC:
Edith and I watched this little guy kick some butt at chess in Union Square yesterday. Only in NYC. I swear this place never fails to amaze me.

Park Here!

Oh, the many, many great things about New York City! One being that in the dead of winter you can go to a park to lay in a hammock and do a crossword puzzle. Kind of. Has anyone else been to the Pop-up park on Mulberry Street? Pretty darn impressive!

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And what a better place to have afternoon tea on Tuesdays:

Or yummy local food vendors:

ORRR badminton:
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Or lay for two hours in the comfy hammock (we scored with the seating arrangement! Best seat in the house!)

This trip was inspired by my friend Katie Li who blogged about her trip there last week! Thanks Katie!
go go go go! It's warm, it's comfy, and it's only going to be there for a few more weeks!

Taking a hiatus momentarily from Europe posts, yesterday I finished my new RA bulletin boards for the spring semester:

My "interactive" board, featuring would you rather questions:

And then just an intro board:

Featuring butterflies:

Frogs:

Ants:

And Ladybugs: