what i want for christmas

it's already on my wish list!

free market, madison square park

this is part of the journal entry i wrote in my paper journal this morning at 12:48am:

 i love freedom. the freedom to be able to come and go as i please. the freedom of long stretches of time with nothing to do and no where to be. the freedom of not having anyone to answer to but myself, the freedom to read or sleep or watch movies, or eat. the freedom to sit on a train on a nice day and look out the window. the freedom to take pictures and listen to music, and write- no matter what time it is.

 my body is sore and i'm tired, but there is still so much i want to do. luckily, i have the whole day free tomorrow. today i voluntarily went into the city, something i have not done in a long while. i went to the free market at madison square park which was from 12-3, but i ended up only staying about an hour.

 it helps when i feel sad or alone, to go out into the world and observe people and listen to them talk or just go about their lives. there's a certain comfort in that. we are all the same. we are all just human beings, no one greater or lesser than anyone else, just trying to make our way in the world.

 pics from the free market,

pics from a recent bachellorette party i went to

my swedish massage at the spa was amazing, as was the 'entertainment'

everything looks creepier in the winter

i took these pictures at the park recently-

my favorite new brown leather jacket

i love it so much!!! wore it this past saturday night, it's warm and soft to touch and so pretty!
love it with my orange ring and nails too..

link to purchase here:

http://www.qvc.com/Luxe-Rachel-Zoe-Shawl-Collar-Suede-Jacket-with-Knit-Trim-Search-Results.product.A217293.html?sc=A217293-SRCH&cm_sp=VIEWPOSITION-_-24-_-A217293&catentryImage=http://images-p.qvc.com/is/image/a/93/a217293.001?$uslarge$

some pics from our little new year's party

spent a nice, long weekend relaxing and enjoying good food and drinks with my honey, and it was a lovely chance to spend some creative time painting in my his studio, i broke in my new watercolor paint set and started painting/collaging in my new art journal while he worked on a new watercolor. and it was so much fun to do that while the rain fell lightly outside and billie holiday songs played in the background, and pandora chose songs for us like this one afterwards. why do weekends ever have to end??

random pic i took in a pulic bathroom -midtown NYC

admiring some art at simon gallery

artist is Choichun Leung

pics from a recent family party

me (love my asian print sheer jacket thing)!

me and my sis hugging

various cousins and me and my sis

sis with my beautiful neice, love the headband and polka dots! 

my adorable neice

Reina Marie

the hunger

Shirley Mandon's recent work with Serj Tankian (The Hunger) was released on March 1st and can now be downloaded from iTunes.
buy the song, it's great! (no surprise there)
all profits are going to Amnesty International.

some pics of my lovely weekend in pennsylvania (eagle's mere) with my bf. it was the quietest place i have ever visited, aside from the pueblo bonito resort in cabo san lucas..

i just had to bring this little bunny home with me. he's so soft and cuddly :)

best weekend in a very long time. you have to take time off sometimes. it's so important and so rejuvenating!
the best was when we were having dinner on the first night there and noticed a bunny outside the window just hopping around in the snow. talk about peaceful. it was so hard to come back to the madness of NYC/NJ.