The First Snow.

Saturday was a wonderful NYC night spent in fun dressy clothes, with close friends, delicious cocktails and a celebration of a happy wedding engagement. Once the party was over we found ourselves outside and to the sight of the first snow of the season! 19th Street had never looked so pretty...

Photography Monday: Number 6.

Photgraphy Monday: Number 5.

Photography Monday: Number 4.

Clockwise from top left:

1. Piles of travel books from the library and friends; plus some mail of course
2. Cute little purses all shoved in next to each other on a shelf
3. Laundry, laundry and more laundry.
4. My sweater hung over the door to my chest of drawers; not in the closet put away of course.

I think that the theme of this week is clutter/mess/oh my! I don't think I realized how crazy my week was last week until early evening on Saturday when I realized I had been going, going, going since I had woken up Tuesday morning. And then again realized my week's insanity when I uploaded my pictures taken from the week. They were all about messes strewn about my bedroom which is funny I didn't take any outside of the apartment because it seems I spent a lot of time away, hence the mess. It seems to me that when life gets a little crazy, my room does too.

Photography Monday: Number 3.

Clockwise from top left:
1. Pebbles near a tree outside my apartment building
2. My last piece of incredible sushi dinner in it's take-out metallic container
3. A look into my bag finds my planner, my cell phone, wallet, colored lip gloss and a pack of gum
4. Great swirly decor at one of the ticket windows in Grand Central

Photography Monday: Number 2.

Clockwise from top left:
1. my favorite fruit cart near my apartment; this guy's produce is out of this world
2. the makings of my soon-to-be small child-sized challah in the KitchenAid mixer. It was the first time I had ever made it by scratch and let me tell you, it was an operation
3. beautiful potted plants sitting outside at the local florist
4. scenes from a dinner party at my apartment; wonderful food, friends, and wine (that's a delicious couscous in the red bowl)

I guess this week's theme is food as three out of four of these photos have to do with something edible. And who knows, maybe those flowers are edible too? Also another theme of the week was beautiful weather in Januar; an oxymoron if you ask me. The sun was shining and I didn't need to wear a hat or gloves all week.

Photography Monday: Number 1.

Clockwise from top left:
1. tiles on the building facade of the Staples in Chelsea
2. bras hanging to dry off of my bureau (not as effective as a drying rack, I know, but it served its purpose and a wonderfully colored photo)
3. sitting in Barnes & Noble and looking down at my feet
4. the most wondrous morning bowl of cereal (Kashi's Cinnamon Harvest) sitting next to my make-up and watch.

Photography Monday is all about what I have captured the week before in photos from Sunday through Saturday. This is one major New Year's Resolution for myself: take 4 pictures a week, every week, for the year. A year ago I started looking at the wonderful blog, 3191, and they inspired me in a similar way to take photos as much as possible; capturing the small but beautiful things in life. It really only takes a few moments to see something stunning/different/curious and then capture it on my Canon PowerShot, so why not? I am going to also put them together as one big piece because I think the union of the four photos is a unique representation of the week as well. I can see if there was a theme or a feeling that I didn't realize until I put the works together. This week was very colorful–and what a great and inspiring way to start the new year!