goodbye 2011, hello 2012.

Plan B at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, New York, May, 2011.

Lunch at Tigerlily Cafe in Port Jefferson, New York, July, 2011.

A snack with Dana in Greenpoint, New York, June, 2011.

Lykke Li at Webster Hall, New York, May, 2011.

From Stony Brook to Manhattan on the Long Island Rail Road, March, 2011.

My first Manhattan apartment, beyond perfect, at Bank and Waverly, April, 2011.

My roman roommates in our humble abode in Monteverde, Rome, September, 2011.

Photo Cred: Michelle

Nevermind bar in Barcelona, Spain, October, 2011.

Piazza del Duomo, Florence, Italy, September, 2011.

Vintage shopping, Rome, Italy, December, 2011.

Friends and Fleet Foxes in Rome, Italy, November, 2011.
Photo Cred: Michelle

Peroni's at Marina Piccola, Capri, Italy, October, 2011.

Bar hopping in Trastevere, Rome, Italy, October, 2011.

Taking a dip in the Mediterranean in Capri, Italy, October, 2011.

Gondola rides in Venice, Italy, November, 2011.

The golden top of Les Invalides, Paris, France, December, 2011.

From Manhattan, Brooklyn and the beaches of Long Island to Paris, Barcelona, Rome and the Italian countryside, this year brought worldly travels filled with challenges, side-splitting laughs and lifelong friends. I can't wait to see what 2012 has in store.

glass island.

A few photos from the island of Murano in Venice, Italy.

december in paris.

The first weekend in December I took a little trip to Paris with my roommates Lydia and Michelle and our friends Arielle and Ashley. The weather was overcast-- we took our umbrellas and explored the area around Hotel De Ville, searching for my favorite vintage shops and window shopping on quiet streets glowing with holiday lights. We ate pistachio, coconut and blackberry macaroons from Laduree, climbed the steps to the Sacre Coeur in Montmartre, vintage shopped for days, wandered through Rodin's garden and sipped coffee at Les Deux Magots, a cafe frequented by Hemingway and Picasso. 

libri e più libri.

My favorite bookstore in Rome, AltroQuando, has the best selection of contemporary art, film, design and music books. They even have a basement complete with bar and stage where local musicians play. The only problem is fitting everything I want into my luggage and getting it back to NYC...

More here: AltroQuando.

when in rome.

A few pictures from around town.

venezia in film.

A couple weeks ago I spent the weekend in Venice with Michelle and Gina. We stayed in the most amazing hostel overlooking the water with vaulted ceilings and marble statues and ornaments adorning the walls. It was absolutely freezing, but we wandered around the little alleyways of the tiny islands day and night, anyway. We took a taxi boat over to the island of Murano to visit a glassblowing factory and watch the professionals make beautiful pieces and snapped shots of anything and everything. Here are a  few of Michelle's fabulous disposable shots. More to come!