midday in midtown.

Lunch break in chilly Rockefeller Plaza.

back in NYC!

And happy about it. Snowy Central Park, lattes in the East Village, exploring Downtown Manhattan, drinks at Death & Co. and my record collection at home in the new apartment.

island in the sun.

I am currently covered in blankets and sipping hot chocolate while trapped in my snow-covered house in New York. I've hijacked my sister's computer and am flipping through photos from the summer, imagining I am lying on a beach in Bermuda. These are a few of my favorites from the week-long trip we took this past summer. Check out more of Danielle's photos on her blog To Infinity and Beyond.  

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.

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!

bon iver, bon iver.

"Comprised of individual visual works for each of the album's ten songs, the Deluxe Edition is the comprehensive vision for the record captured in moving picture. The visual works both complement and enrich the audio on the album, and were in themselves, another year in the making. Featuring work by Dan Huiting, Isaac Gale, David Jensen, JoLynn Garnes, Andre Durand, Ryan Thompson and Justin Vernon, the video work is meant to be consumed as a visual extension of the music, to enhance each listener's experience. While not music videos per se, these visual accompaniments are striking in their distinctive atmosphere, and compelling works in their own right."

Can't wait!

viste italiene.

Views from Firenze, Capri, Trequanda, Napoli and Anacapri.

cloud city.

We took a cable car up to the highest mountain in the Serra de Collserola and explored the amusement park Tibidabo and cathedral Sagrat Cor while experiencing the most fantastic view of my favorite city.