birthday weekend

 

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Celebrated with seaweed soup 미역국 and pointe shoes. Here’s to another year with more watercolour paintings and deeper stretches.

If there’s one thing this past year has taught me, it’s that time moves far too quick not to prioritise the people, hobbies, moments and dreams that bring you joy, love and peace of mind. And that it doesn’t matter, not even a little bit, what other people think about what those things are for you or how you do them – you’re the one that gets to live with your choices. ♥

sun and ocean blue / life is beautiful, but you don’t have a clue

things i love lately:
♥ Sofia rosé – I thought I hated rosé until I tried this one.
♥ Lush twilight bath bomb – pretty pink and baby blue that turns the water glittery dusk-violet.
♥ TonyMoly & Peripera (and South Korean cosmetics & skin care products in general). AmorePacific’s Future Response products are crazy expensive but crazy effective – i.e., 100% worth it if you can afford it, especially this one (and it smells divine, like a green tea latte).
♥ Aritzia’s blanket scarf.
♥ Pinning dream-like architecture & interiors on Pinterest.
♥ The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal. I don’t really have words for how magical it was. I took a lot more pictures.
♥ essie’s winter 2013 collection. I missed out on buying them in winter 2013, but recently found all six shades at TJMaxx for less than half of the original price – they are the most perfect colours!
♥ Lunar New Year – I was born in the year of the sheep, so I was particularly excited about this one. I spent the day and night in airports, but I got a fortune cookie from Panda Express that said “Avoid unchallenging occupations—they waste your talents.”

❄ happy holidays ❄

find the silver lining

beginning of April

New York, last day + trip in review

—Sunday, March 9th: Chelsea; Antiques Garage; Niketown; the Plaza Hotel; Amsterdam Ave; can of Sofia Blanc de blancs
—Monday, March 10th: Capezio; Yumiko; Grishko; Soho shopping; Union Square; ballet class at The Ailey Extension
—Tuesday, March 11th: morning ballet class at Steps; Columbus Circle; beautiful weather (no jacket required) walk through the bottom of Central Park, from the zoo to the Reservoir; Café Lalo (cheese plate and coffee); Riverside Park; dinner at The Hampton Chutney
—Wednesday, March 12th: (my birthday!) Cort Theatre for Waiting for Godot starring Patrick Steward and Ian McKellan; Ladurée Soho (espresso, almond-cherry religieuse, a box of macarons to go)
—Thursday, March 13th: Grand Central (for pineapple and Zaro’s rainbow cookies); a day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Rodin’s Orphée et Eurydice ♥)
—Friday, March 14th: Bloomingdales; Uniqlo 5th Ave; Rockefeller Center; ballet class at Broadway Dance Center (my favouite!)
—Saturday, March 15th: Herald Square shopping (Macy’s, etc.); Strand Books; Washington Square Park; Battery Park; Century 21 (Bloch flats!); beautiful taxi ride along the FDR drive (bridges a night, full moon)
—Sunday, March 16th: Canal Street; Chinatown (green tea pocky and Japanese candies); lunch at Café Gitane; Diptyque Paris and Fjallraven; Lower East Side Tenement Museum (Irish Outsiders tour); Katz’s Deli
—Monday, March 17th: avoiding midtown because of the parade; Upper West Side (Zabar’s and Lincoln Center)