sweet closeness

we just missed the narly ice/snow storms taking on the northeast.  i went to visit my sweet sister and meet her sweet little stella with these two clowns.

if you don't already know, stella is my first ever niece!  i think my heart wants to burst how much i adore this one.  i did not expect to feel this strong about my sister's beh-beh.  and now i'm back and i'm bragging about stella to everyone at work, but it's just not the same to them!  haha.  i keep catching myself and saying "you just have to meet her".  i think i will smash my kids when i have them.  i make myself nervous sometimes.  

with that, please excuse me as i gush some pics of our much-missed weekend

for one, stella has an undying obsession with the light - any light

we talked about it, and stella agreed to hand over the leopard pants for when i have a girl (or boy - whaa?)

me and katya

katya took us to this lovely vintage shop one of the days. so much eye candy!

one of the shop owners

after coffee and macaroons at pistachia vera 

anyway - there's much much more here if you care to see.  we spent so much time sitting at the table transitioning from breakfast into lunch it's not even funny.  stella just kept is on our toes with her cycle of eat, play, sleep. 

i guess you had to be there :)

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on another note, i found a treasure which i have posted on my shop.  i also included a favorite sweater.  winter ain't goin' nowhere just yet from what i gather.  or maybe i'm just always cold!

the pants will go up there too.  soon.  

thanks for reading!!!!

careless evening

so nice to know i don't have to wake up for work at 5:15 am tomorrow. just at 7:30 or so. for the mountains this time. my little bro montana is coming with.

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orders of business tonight. wes owes me a concert (long story :) so we've been looking online to see if any of my favorites (lately favorites and those who were always favorites) have any shows:

the walkmen - tours in europe

beach house - tours in europe

arcade fire - nope

radiohead - nope

animal collective - europe

the national - nope

yeah, no luck. i'm sure there's like a ton more i'm leaving out. can't think straight. i ran out of options. where have i been?! actually, preoccupied with reading and listening to books. so i guess kind of in a cave.

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order of business #2 - wes fixing my iphone as per youtube university

i dropped my iphone - face flat on the ground the other day - and the front of it looks like that broken glass app that everyone's raving about. except it's a little too real. so wes ordered a glass and is now busy busy busy

in the meantime, i took pics of me in my latest purchase from a nearby consignment shop - this little leather jacket - unintentionally going for amelia earhart.

oh, and finally...penny. she kills me how cute she is in the mornings. she routinely wakes up with me - at 5:15 every morning - and sits deep in thought on the counter, while i brush my teeth and do my regular morning routine. kills me! i keep telling her "penny, no one's asking you to sit here"

i love this pic - i think i'll use it for my header. sometime. later. later enough that you can forget about it :-)

kills me. she's like a miniature bear. i call her bear sometimes. she responds to penny though.

anyways. gotta pack. it's like 1:06 and i'm exhausted beyond words. but mountains. tomorrow.

and wes just fixed my iphone!!!! he's my hero handyman!

see ya!!!