Breezy Point + One Of My Best Dudes

In about an hour I'm heading out on another possibly traffic filled quest to Queens. This time I'm heading back out to Breezy with my ex-boyfriend, Chris. We've been great friends for the last 6 years (only dated for 6 months, 4 years ago), and I'd visited just over a month ago on one of those spectacular mid-April-feels-like-July-days we were having. If for no other reason (though there are many), keeping him around has a beach benefit I'm not sure I'd give up without a fight.

Chris and I at a party in Pete's backyard, July 2010. Pictures from this night are some of my most prized.

Anywho, Breezy Point is this this crazy little penninsula between Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. It's still the city though, and from the bay side you can see the Empire State Building. Because it's a private community, it's always quiet. It feels like you're on your own beach. I just love it.

Chris got these while I pulled myself up into my smocked maxi dress in an attempt to light.. a cigarette?

I even took the few seconds to capture a little bit of the ocean for a cute little time lapse, behind which Eddie Vedder hums Guaranteed from the Into the Wild Soundtrack, naturally.



Yikes, I'm getting off to a late start because of this post! Time to B my T's (brush my teeth, for those who don't abreviate everything down to the first letter like Ej and I) and get changed! Hopefully the sun warms the day a little, I'm not looking forward to a cold breeze!

Kitty in Motion

Interwebs, meet Trey. Trey, interwebs (though he should be very familiar from his propensity for lounging on my keyboard). I'm mildly addicted to creating moving pictures of this guy.

I've had my camera set to continuous shooting for a few months, making it so easy to intentionally, or unintentionally get some of the cutest action. Sometimes I only get two or three that work together and make a gif. Other times I take so many that I have to create mini-timelapse videos (naturally including quirky little soundtracks).

Here's a little "best of" what I've managed to capture in the past few months:

1. lounging in the kitchen

2. an introduction to cacti and succulents

3. a third of the most epic bath i've ever seen (following the removal of an Elizabethan collar)

4. snuggling with dad

Check back for a more in depth Trey post, soon!

TGIF!

Early Spring Randomness

It's been stunningly gorgeous (77 degrees right now!) in New York the past few weeks. As someone who lives for snowstorms and ski days, my heart's been broken over the fact that we basically skipped over winter this year. However, I can't deny the awesomeness of the early blooms we've got going on:

An intense dart hangover yesterday drained me of any energy I'd had to write a "Wanderlusty Wednesday" post. My 26 year old body doesn't deal with the after affects of 6 beers and 3 shots as effortlessly as it used to - but it made for hysterical anecdotes from Ej when he got home from work last night (I wish I'd gotten some video of him showing me my "I've got to pee so bad but don't want to get up and walk to the bathroom" writhing. I'm a moron.)

As I didn't, and that's not something wanderlusty or that I truly dig, I think this timelapse video should suffice:

I had such a good time making this after enjoying a couple hours on "my" rock on the Long Island Sound. I've frequented Manor Park for over a decade. I stop by to enjoy the sun, think, write, listen to music, hang with friends, (or avoid class when I was living home during college and mom would wake me up and send me on my way in the morning). After a few minutes, I'm completely at peace. While I'm no longer a bit relgious, if I were to have an altar, this rock would be it.

Oh! Also, my new belt came from Gypsy Warrior today. When I saw it in Laura's post the other day, I melted. It's so perfectly bohemian. I can't wait to wear it.

(via: violetbellasworld)

What are you digging these days?