my favorite donut in new york city, and a few other things.

October 31st 2017
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happy halloween!!!! i don’t mean to completely skip over the holiday (we’ve been listening to thriller on repeat per eleanor’s request), but i’m desperately trying to convince my husband that decorating for christmas tomorrow (november 1), is the best idea ever. he’s of that mentality that we can go all out with the christmas spirit the day after thanksgiving, but i really feelĀ having a few extra weeks of the holiday magic adds to that thanksgiving day spirit as well....

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jacket weather.

October 26th 2017
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i have to admit, this past monthĀ i began to panicĀ slightly about all this warm weather we were still having in new york city because i was missing my coat collection badly. as i kept having toĀ peel off clothing layers when walking the streets of the city because the back sweat was getting real, i started to wonder if the cold would ever show up!...

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our very first home office!

October 25th 2017
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well after 10 years, 4 homes, 5 couches, 0Ā walls, 0Ā desks, and 9,748 interruptions and distractions when trying to get something done, we didĀ it. we now finally have an office!

you might remember when i shared this post about our move, that a big driving factorĀ for our next space was finding one where we had a little more room for a home office....

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my favorite lipstick shade for fall.

October 23rd 2017
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this time of year always brings out the best colors around us and i am such a sucker for the yellows, oranges and deep reds that fill the trees in central park and around the city. it’s a fun time to change up the wardrobe and every day make up to bring in some of those autumn hues and in doing so, i recently found my new favorite lipstick shade which a lot of you have noticed as i’m getting a lot of questions about it. Ā ...

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hot chocolate kisses.

October 20th 2017
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full disclosure: this hot chocolate only happened because as conrad and i were heading home from being at a playground in central park with friends, he didn’t want to walk or sit in the stroller, he only wanted to be carried on my hip. love the boy to death, butĀ i wasn’t about to carry him all the way home, so we agreed to get hot chocolate on our block together if he stayed sitting in the stroller until we got there....

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