Beautiful home

I am not sure where you are sitting on a Monday morning, but I am at my office in Tribeca.  The light is amazing and the room quite.  I wonder, where are you?

Let's all go here, shall we?  I love these antique mirrors and, and, and, and all of it.

Weekend

I hope everyone had a wonderful easter, passover, sunny weekend!  Once again Ben and I headed to Beacon.  We had renters in our house (love Airbnb).   We watched Games of Thrones, took a long bike ride along the Hudson Valley Rail Trail, had a picnic along the way, went to Beacon's new bar "The Hop" for their official grand opening, cooked amazing kale and couscous dinner and sat in the sun talking and breathing fresh air.  Exactly what weekends are made for.

What makes your perfect weekend?

Words

“I'm not telling you to make the world better, because I don't think that progress is necessarily part of the package. I'm just telling you to live in it. Not just to endure it, not just to suffer it, not just to pass through it, but to live in it. To look at it. To try to get the picture. To live recklessly. To take chances. To make your own work and take pride in it. To seize the moment. And if you ask me why you should bother to do that, I could tell you that the grave's a fine and private place, but none I think do there embrace. Nor do they sing there, or write, or argue, or see the tidal bore on the Amazon, or touch their children. And that's what there is to do and get it while you can and good luck at it.” ― Joan Didion

Song of the week.

My friends in Akron family can always open my heart...

Art IS smart!

A beautiful collaboration between artist Aurel Schmidt and write Franz Wright in their book “Reveries Of A Lost Life Mask”.

DIY cards

Speaking of growing.  How cool are these DIY cards?  They look simple and really uniquely creative.  Watch out birthdays, here I come!

Growing...

I have broken through to a new thought! Have you ever imagined little you?  Picture her (or him).  What is she wearing?  What does her hair look like? Where does she go?  What is she doing?  What would you tell her now?  I imagine myself in a pink dress and purple jellies.  I imagine her and she seems over there, another person, a little girl I remember.  Now place her inside of you.  She is you, you are her.  We forget this.  Many times my gut reactions to situations and roles in relationships  revert back to her habits and frame of mind (you are not good enough, you are ___, you are____).  Now, my adult me, adult Sarina has to help little Sarina see that she is good enough.  I have to hold her hand and hug her.  

This is am amazing exercise.  I recommend doing it, playful or painful, you might just learn something.

If I were a ...

1. I love these colors from Dior all over face shimmer.  I like to use on my eyes! (Dior $44.00)
2. I would get my nails did in this pretty hue. (American Apparel $6.00)
3. Give me. Get me. Give me. Get me. (Nasty Girl $78.00)
4. Spice it up with this!  (Otteny $115.00)
5. Followed by these... (Seychelles $100.00)
6. And then, sigh, take a walk with my puppy (priceless!!).

The elements.

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Top of the day!  Sooooo... I didn't make any bread. I know, I know, but there was just no time! I did make semi-decent macaroons but learned an important lesson that wax paper and parchment paper (lesson learned, wax is not oven safe) are different things.  Oh dear.

But the weekend was full of wonderful frittata, good company, a walk through Coldspring, NY (most amazing antique shipping!) and an introductory course into Game of Thrones.  Once again, Beacon did us good.

I am a bit under the weather today, so pardon the short post.  In the meantime here are some images to take you to the elements.

xoxo

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Gloria Steinem and thank you.  

Jennifer Grey (BABY!)!  You will forever have lived my teenage dream. I am forever jealous.  (via)

Astrud Gilberto...how your voice has mesmerized. (via)Trying to make a date to see Francesca Woodman at the Guggenheim.  I love her I do.

I don't know what is going on with the political temperature of feminism, I know I don't like it and it feels like we are moving backwards (sorry Gloria!).  What I do like is this!

I am always going back and forth about wanting long locks and short style. But this hall of fame makes me yearn for long hair. I am determined to make bread this weekend as a gift to a friend.  If you don't see some pics of fresh baked goods Monday, you can yell at me. My mom got me this beautiful and tasty looking book a year ago and I have to start eating my way through it!Speaking of baking a fabbby DIY blog, A Subtle Revelry, posted these amazing bunny sticky buns for Easter. Remember the bunny cakes?  Here is a change of pace (a sticky bunny bun all to yourself!)

Call me crazy but I love these pattered Jeans from 7.

I saw this video about a year ago and watched it again yesterday. What an inspiration.  Here is to vulnerability and the courage to know we are worth it....what a good way to start the weekend.

I am heading to Beacon, NY this weekend  (again).  My good friend is celebrating his 30th on Mt. Beacon.  So very excited.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEPHEN!

Bisou bisou and bless...

Words of the day

"life is a single span, a continuum marked, by certain periods and creation"- In a dream I wrote this, but in reality I am not sure if it came from my head or elsewhere.

Song of the day...

oh yea!!!!!!!!

Art of the day...

Can anyone guess what these are?  I think this is some of the most beautiful and creative work I have seen in so long.  They are ethereal yet familiar, confusing us in their familiarity. Bravo Christopher Jonassen.

Love changed into growth

I was thinking of making my day of love (Wednesdays) a broader day dedicated to life discoveries and growth.  Therefor encompassed in this is love and everything beyond (though is love all there is and all we are made of?  Does all stem from?). I just read this article and it inspired me to feel this is the right choice to make for myself and my audiences.  Let me know if you have any ideas or wants of subjects discussed to this day dedicated to growth and all those big and little questions that make up life!

 I want to discuss with my readers and friends, open up the conversation of something that is ever present in my own life right now.  Finding joy, being at peace, being at the now, facing fears, freeing myself of bad habits and being the best me I can be.  I think this is something we can all empathise with, yes?"Why is this important? Because it suggests that joy is dictated not just by what happens to us but also by our expectations. While it’s important to plan for the future and put ourselves in circumstances that we believe will make us happiest in the future, we can’t control exactly what will result from our efforts. And at the moment-to-moment level, we don’t know how others around us will behave or what opportunities or challenges will crop up without warning. When our expectations are very specific and narrow, we increase the chances of disappointment. When we’re more open to a range of possibilities, we create the possibility of savoring “the happiness within our reach,” or joy"

all artwork Hildur Jonsson

Coffeeman anyone?

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Did anyone ever have a milkman growing up?  I did!  His farm was from Milton, MA and we would get milk, coffee, butter and sometimes ice cream!  Thinking back I have such a nostalgic memory of these deliveries and it's sad that these kinds of exchanges seem obsolete and archaic, when they should be welcomed and supported.  I want to have a milkman again! But what about a coffeeman? This Brooklyn company, Kickstand is doing pretty rad things.  Bike delivery? Bottle exchange?  Sustainable coffee from socially and environmentally responsible producers. Love it.

If I were a....

1. My goodness. I know one might think it's crazy to spend this $$ but I'm obsessed with these N 6 shoes!

2. Summer time please come so I can sport these American Apparel babies!

3. I have a really hard time wearing earrings, but if I could I really think these are special.

4. How beautiful are these?

5. New bedding??  If you have not noticed by now, I am forever in search of the dream bed.

6. A flower share at my local CSA.  What an amazing gift?

Anxiety

Did anyone read this? Interested to know your thoughts.  I enjoyed learning more about the history of our cultures anxiety and also how different medications correspond to where we are as a society (so we need to chill out? or zone out? be high?..).  But I wasn't sure if the writers last few lines sat well with me.  Read this and let me know!

"It is in our anxiety that we come to understand feelingly that we are free, that the possibilities are endless."

Monday Mondays

I had such a wonderful weekend.  Spending time with my girl Aly from CO was so special and refreshing. She is such in inspiring woman and mother.  Selfishly, I wish we were closer because we are so like minded in so many ways, I think we would work really well together.  But I am excited for her own endeavors ahead and am grateful for the support we are still able to offer each other. After Aly and I spent the day together myself and Ben headed upstate for group Hunger Games viewing, amazing! The past two years I have spent so much time here in Beacon, it feels like home.  Ben and have discussed endlessly where we will move, if we will move, places we could never live, dream places and adventures.  But at this point, we have to be at peace with Brooklyn and more so be grateful, psyched and surprised by the wonderful city we live in.  Change will come if and when we are ready.  Right?

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Also, have you heard of Future trippin'?  My friend Liz enlightened me to this this weekend.  Defined as: This is ego mind control. The ego keeps you obsessing about the future to make sure that it has you in a stronghold. The fear is present even though the future has not been created yet.

Isn't that the best though! I have a case of the future trips! I think we all do?  

Thank you Liz and Brendan for having Ben and I.  Here is to the week ahead...

Birthdays and weekend ahead.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ...

Mr. Fred Rogers.  Have you seen this clip?  Anyone who isn't a lill' teary or hasn't falling in love with this man at the end of this, please go plant your heart in the soil and give it water and sun!

Spike Lee, I will never forget watching Do the Right Thing for the first time and Crooklyn.  That song "Ohh child things are gonna get easier..." stuck with me for a long time with that imagery. Thank you for putting your work into the world.

Robert Frost...."this air of withering sweetness."

What are your weekend plans?  A really good friend, who I get to see once in a blue moon is in town on work from Colorado. Have you heard of Left Hand Brewing company? She works for them an will be pouring their beer all over this city! I plan to spend Friday evening drinking their milk stout with her and most of Saturday.  THEN I am off to Beacon for the hunger games and Mad Men.  I can't wait!

In the meantime a few things to fill the empty spaces....

Spoiler Alert! Don't read this is you don't know anything about the Hunger Games but plan to via book or movie.  But this list is crazy and speaks volumes on how harsh this story is! Speaking of...

Has anyone been following this on NYMag?  A poll of the best TV dramas in the past 25 years.  There are so many good ones on there! Though, Coop will always be number one man in my heart.  He was just sooo good.

Check out my gal Liz's post on flavoring your own spirits.  So so yummy!

Someone can get me this, I don't mind.  It is the song my mom would sing to me when I was a lill' one.

I love this blog THE GLOW.  It's inspiring and beautiful.  Cheers to amazing women worldwide!

Bless and be well. Bisou bisou! 

Words of today...

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.--Georgia O'Keeffe