gold-hearted.

I made my first Gold-Hearted purchase this morning! Check out Michelle's amazing jewelry line on Etsy. 

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.

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. 

j'aime paris.

My flight is booked--I am officially visiting Paris this December! In honor of my upcoming trip, I thought I would share some pictures from two summers ago when I studied in France and backpacked throughout Europe. From street after street of vintage shopping to laying by the Seine to picnicking in the Champ de Mars, summer in Paris was perfect. I can't wait to post my next batch of pictures from the City of Light, likely featuring snow angels, scarves, hot chocolate and lots of bundled Parisians. Can't wait!

vista della via.

Today Gina and I took to the streets and found vintage shopping central. We made a stop at my favorite bookstore, Altroquando, before making our way to the end of Vicolo del Governo Vecchio. The shops we found rivaled those on the streets of Paris, with Burberry trenches, vintage YSL and beautiful leather bags. We walked down the isles of the shops touching everything and giggling as we tried on fur coats, cat-eye glasses and everything we could get our hands on.