Thursday, April 19, 2012

suburbia - week (magnificent) seven


hmm.... what is new to update you on...

nia is becoming quite the little lady. she insists on wearing accessories to breakfast each morning. yesterday was her polka dot hairband + jean jacket and tuesday morning she pulled out her pink jellies. 

in other news, my moms neighbor, mr.mulford came over to help stuart figure out a plumbing dilemma in the main bathroom. 10 minutes later, problem solved and they were walking towards the front door when i heard mr.m say "nipple". not just once, not twice, but six times. "brass nipple, blah blah blah, nipple, blah, blah, nipple, blah blah nipple, nipple, nipple" i had to trap myself in the kitchen for fear i would burst out laughing like a giant 12 year old. when i confronted stuart, as i was curious how he managed to keep a straight face, he called me "totally immature". really? 

house shopping update: i currently have a shopping cart chock full of fun furniture, bedding and/or accessories on the following websites: CB2, west elm, restoration hardware, roost, medina, nova68, williams sonoma, wind + willow and (obvi) etsy. 

bank account update: we do not have enough money for everything in said shopping carts. c'est la vie

i'm clearly having withdrawal symptoms. monday nia + i met up with a girlfriend and her two kids to walk over the hudson on the newly restored railroad bridge which is now pedestrian-ized. it's beautiful up there. you can see far up + down the hudson, watch boats pass, the kids love watching the trains. there are a bunch of benches in the middle and strategically placed ice cream trucks at either end. however, i referred to it as the high line 5 times or more and i caught myself on the hunt for one of the sweet chaise lounge benches in front of the waterfall floor that sadly don't exist on the hudson walkway. 

i was also on the verge on tears knowing the brooklyn flea is back outdoors as of a weekend or two ago and i haven't been there yet. i'm totally craving mcclure's pickles. 

to offset my 5 borough withdrawal symptoms however, you may be envious to know that i went estate sale + garage sale shopping this past weekend. it was wonderful. there are not many things that can make me as happy as an arm full of old books and records or a killer sweater or skirt and oddles of costume jewelry from a good, ol' fashioned garage sale. 'tis the season. 

and how do you find a hair dresser here? there are no reviews to check. no livingsocial deals. and i'm surrounded by the typical upstate soccer mom types who all have the choppy 90's style/not-quite-a-bob/not-quite-a-pixie cut with bad roots, so can't really ask who they recommend because i am certainly not sporting that look over my current  odd gray hair peeking out and getting split ends. do i really pay $30 in gas and another $40+ for parking to drive almost 2 hours to go to my fabulous but overpriced LES stylist? 


with love, upstate sunshine and rocking my newly acquired $1 jacket, 
L

p.s. because i can't resist...



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