(image via here)

A little run down of five things I’m feeling pretty into at the moment:

1. This necklace.  I enjoy looking at it.  Maybe at some point I’ll also enjoy wearing it.

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2. This Newspaper Blackout Horoscope.  Every month Austin Kleon does these blackout horoscopes. They’re so fun to read.  This is mine for September.  Read yours here.

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3. This book.  I’m only at the beginning but this collection of letters written by anonymous people to online advice columnist, Sugar, fill me with so much emotion I can almost only read a few in a single sitting. “Sugar” (or Cheryl Strayed) responds to each with so much care, injecting tales of Sugar’s life along the way. I’ll let you know my final summation when I’ve finished but this book has made a huge impact in its first 100 pages.

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4. This thank you note.  Leah Dieterich writes a thank you letter a day.  This one cracks me up because I relate to it so well.

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5. This song. Really loud!

(via Makr blog)

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(photo via Instagram by @idalaerke)

It’s almost Fashion Week in NYC which doesn’t mean a whole lot in my life aside from getting to spend some time with one of my best friends who comes into town for work and occasionally spotting groups of women in fabulous shoes.  However, I thought it would be a fun time to share these virtual tarot cards courtesy of Vogue Italia.

Click through to pick your cards in matters of Love, Work, Money and Future.  Ciao bellas.

*Top image via Motilo

photo credit Duncan McKenzie

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I really struggle when it comes to getting up in the morning.  Always have.  I’ve just never been a morning person.  But with summer rapidly approaching fall, I’m finding myself motivated to get on a better sleep schedule – and perhaps even create a morning routine.  Wouldn’t that be novel?!

(sunny bedroom image via pinterest)

I was recently listening to the “Try something new for 30 days” TED.com talk by Matt Cuts, in which he explains that new habits can form in 30 days time. He talks about how giving something a go for thirty days enables you to actually become the kind of person who _______ (insert whatever it is you aspire to), instead of just admiring that trait/activity in others.  So that’s my plan.  Thirty days, here I come.

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What would you try for 30 days?  Have any tips for getting up in the morning?

On Monday evening after work a few friends and I (dressed all in white) hauled four folding chairs and a folding table to the corner of 73rd Street and Amsterdam Ave. to meet up with a small group of fellow participants in New York’s second Dîner en Blanc.  From there we were led to the event’s secret location to set-up for an elegant, outdoor picnic in white.  Keeping the location secret until the last minute is one of the defining characteristics of the Dîner en Blanc, which started in Paris several years ago but is now held in several cities around the world.

We were told to be prepared for a 10-15 minute walk with all of our picnic supplies and suspected that we might find ourselves smack in the middle of Central Park’s Sheep Meadow.  While Central Park would have been a lovely location, we were quite pleased to instead be led to Lincoln Center.

Once our group arrived, we – along with over three thousand others – set up our table and unpacked the plates, glasses, silverware and food we’d brought along (no paper or plastic allowed).

We drank some wine, snapped a ton of pictures and made friends with our neighbors.

After the sun had set, and people had finished eating, the music was turned up and a bit of a dance party ensued.

C’était une belle nuit et je suis impatient de participer de nouveau l’an prochain!