Having always been a Brooklyn-girl, I always forget how nice it is on the West side on Manhattan, down by Battery Park.

After a matinee movie screening the other day, we walked over toward the water and discovered this lovely oasis — the Irish Hunger Memorial Garden.

I wore my new pair of pink pants, scored at (second hand store) Beacon’s Closet for $24.95. They’re so hot pink the camera doesn’t know what to do with them. This is sort of the true color, even though they look salmon-colored in the other shots.

What I love most about New York is that you can still discover new things, even after living here for so long. I’d never seen this part of Battery Park before. Beauteous…

/// tee, old H&M / pink jeans, vintage Diesel, Beacon’s Closet / wedges, DSW / tote, Pia Anjou / necklace, Efva Attling ///

Last weekend, we took a walk across the Williamsburg Bridge and checked out some exhibits that were part of the Festival of Ideas for the New City.

Some cool stuff.

Every day should be a festival of ideas, however small they may be. (Like: Walk more, drive less. Brilliant!)

Did you have any good ideas this weekend?

Today is a good day, and I decided to start it off in the best way I know — with freshly made yummy green juice!

Yesterday was my last day at work and I am very excited about what the future has in store. Against the dark NY-skies, a toast to what’s to come.

Yesterday, Corporate America. Today, a future of possibilities.

Yesterday was such a nice and sunny day, I felt it was the perfect time to wear my new rainbow earrings for the first time.

Walking across the Williamsburg Bridge, it became clear that someone else was (or had been) in the same rainbow bright mood.

Rainbows make me happy. Life makes me happy. Time to get out in the sun!

Nature at it’s finest, at the Sakura Matsai cherry blossom festival at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden this weekend. Gorgeousness everywhere I pointed my camera—it was nearly impossible to take a bad picture. Photobomb, flowerbowb, cherry bomb!

Yesterday we went to the Sakura Matsuri festival, Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s annual celebration of Japanese culture.

The cherry blossoms were in full bloom. Such beauty. Expect a flower photo bomb to hit this blog very soon.

/// old tank, H&M / tencel blazer, H&M’s Garden Collection / jeans, Blue Cult / hat, Dockers / necklace, Brooklyn Charm / wicker bag, Beacon’s Closet ///

Back in January, when I was in Hawaii, we were planning to go horseback riding.

Turns out we should have done the planning-part a little better, because all the rides were full.

Instead, we found this gorgeous path behind the horse ranch, where we made some new horse buddies.

At the end of the path was our reward: a pretty secluded beach.

/// chambray shirt, H&M / old tank, Marshalls / shorts, Roxy / backpack, Fjällräven Kånken / flipflops, Havaianas, from The Standard Spa in Miami ///

Wherever I am, dogs seem to find me. Maybe it means that I need to get one?

On the walkway outside our hotel room in Palm Springs,

these two curious ones poked their noses in the frame.

I think this one liked my boots.

/// vintage leather jacket, Screaming Mimi’s / tank, very old H&M / skirt, piece of cut fabric that I normally use as a scarf / jewelry & Frye boots, vintage / fringe bag, mom’s ///

Today is Earth Day, a day we are all supposed to take extra special care of Mother Earth. To me, every day is Earth Day and a good cause to celebrate that we are alive and thriving on this amazing terrestrial orb of a planet.

To read more about the grassroots beginnings and current commercialization of Earth Day, click on this.

It was a misty morning here in NYC, but clearly these images are not from here.

I temporarily misplaced the drive I used to store my newest pics, but instead was happy to find these…

…from another wonderful misty morning, on the Windward side of Oahu.

I miss digging my toes into that cool sand.

And waking up to the sound of nothing but waves crashing on the beach. Total bliss.