Happy Halloween

feliz halloween

So we had a photo contest at work and I asked my mom to send a couple pics from Halloweens of Yore. (Thanks, Mom!) Seeing as how I no longer participate in Halloween, I thought I would share the pics and perhaps they would be an edification on why this isn't my favorite holiday.

Findings: Apparently, around age 4 is when I peaked with the slutty devil costume. PS how scary is my cousin, Steph, in the first photograph?! Nightmares! Secondly, I'm wearing a yarn wig as a cabbage patch doll. I'm guessing it wasn't even cold in Texas. However, I did win the Custest Costume award in the contest at work for this pic. I mean, its a cabbage patch doll holding a cabbage patch doll. How could it not win?! Cabbage patch dolls were the jams. Happy Halloweening, folks. 

PS If you have kids, I need to see these costumes, ASAP, please!

Beauty in the Ballet

You know Ballet Slippers isn't just my favorite Essie nail polish. I love me some time with those pointy shoes. So when I saw that Matthew Bourne was doing his take on Sleeping Beauty, I twisted Erin's arm to go. (Really I just asked.)

I'd seen his Swan Lake which was so captivating in its strength, beauty and uniqueness that I had to see what he would do with the story of Sleeping Beauty, which subsequently both Erin and I could not remember and had to wikipedia during intermission. Its amazing how you can really get your Disney princesses turned around.

The performance did not disappoint. His interpretation was beautiful, dark and rich. The prima that played Sleeping Beauty was unnaturally breathtaking in her movements. And there was a just moment where I stopped and realized the night couldn't be better... just a Wednesday night sitting with one of my best friends, listening to some Tchaikovsky (whom she loves), watching something magical happen.

(ps some embedded links for you to watch...mom)
 

Make Happiness

Eating something green.
Wearing bright lipstick.
Smiling at strangers.

Photo Dump: Hello, Seabergs

KFrank & Chris in da house

I mean, the cutest

chris n' andy

eighth grade photoshoot

cause its in the details

how could I not?!

just love those faces

questioning, what makes art?

I loved this, though. of course.

I would have gotten an F in college for these works

cause you can never have too many pics of clouds or the hudson

At the Hop

taking flight

pardon?

one day...

Today, Last Year

My Moon, My Man

Everybody loves the moon. It’s a proven fact. (Ok, not scientifically proven but still, ask most people and I'm willing to bet you’ll be hard-pressed to find much moon-hate circulating.) 

So, it’s agreed that the moon is hard not to like. Here are 10 facts we should probably know about the only celestial body besides Earth to get a visit from humans. (Alyssa/Chrissy insert your nerd jokes here.)


There is a man on the moon. Kind of. What we see from Earth that looks like a face is actually a bunch of impact basins filled with dark basalt rock, according to NASA. (NASA)

Twelve humans have walked on the moon. Neil Armstrong was the first, in 1969. Others include Buzz Aldrin, of course, and Alan Bean of Apollo 12. Weather-related fact about that mission: Lightning struck the spacecraft twice after launch, temporarily taking out power. (NASA)

The moon gets much hotter and much colder than Earth. It can get up 260 degrees Fahrenheit and down to minus-280 degrees Fahrenheit. Because the moon doesn’t have air around it, it’s much more prone to greater temperature extremes. (NASA)

It takes approximately a month for the moon to orbit Earth. The lunar being completes a full revolution in about 27 days, but it takes two more — for a total of 29.5 — to get to from one new moon to the next. (NASA)

Every full moon has a different name. In September we covered the Harvest Moon. Our favorites coming up: the Strawberry Moon (June), the Sturgeon Moon (August) and of course, the Thunder moon (July). (Atisgailis/Wikimedia Commons)

Even though an area is called the Sea of Tranquility, there are no seas on the moon. The misconception came from Galileo, the first person to study the night sky using a telescope. Even after this was disproved, the name simply stuck. (NASA)

The moon has gravity. That means that no objects won’t float up if you dropped them on the moon. “Because it has less mass than the Earth,” NASA notes, “it has 1/6 of Earth’s gravity at its surface.” (NASA)

While there is no weather on the moon, there is ice, and NASA thinks it came from comets. (NASA)

The moon isn’t perfectly round. Rather, it’s slightly egg-shaped, according to NASA, with the large end aimed toward Earth. (NASA)

No, the moon doesn’t actually become larger on the horizon. That’s an optical illusion — referred to as the moon illusion — that plays a trick on your eyes. (NASA)

PS I'm going to see a real, live astronaut speak on Friday if anyone is interested...
SPACE! (said with jazz hands)

Some Monday Motivation

Out the Window

Represent

So with Jacks and her friend CJ in town, it was quite a busy weekend. We dined at Eataly, toured the Cloisters, and pretty much dominated brunch at the Smith. (Tip: Their chicken paillard is the bee's knees. And I don't even really eat chicken anymore.)

I always love when in Jackie is in town. It reminds me how rich my life has been/is. Its so amazing to me that have a group of friends that I've known for over TWO DECADES. Its kinda crazy to talk about the second grade... and then our futures. Not mention, think about how different we all are. We have become these grown-ups, each so unique and yet all connected. It made me so excited to think about going back to Tejas because I can't wait to see, y'all!!! Hug all your faces. Til then, I'll be representin'. xo

Photo Dump: Friends & Foliage

Get ready. They's about to be an obnoxious amount of leaves in this post.

Riverside.

I mean... I could do a real jane austen stroll here.

Jack and CJ as we head to the Cloisters

Hudson, you have my heart. por vida.

ah, wha?!

Cloister gardens

13th century painted glass from France

Peace.

Por mi dios.

I imagine her doing the robot.

Jacks and Fall are here!

I'm a gaint in the tiiiiiniest chair!