A Girl Alight

Leftovers from my nineteenth birthday. Candlelight, lemon and coconut cupcakes, Rosie's chocolate cake, the dress and a good night out.

Impatience vs. Virtue

I'm back in my city. Something is missing.




"Forgetting is painful and waiting is painful;
trying to decide between the two is the worst pain of all."
(brought to me by the awe-inspiring Angelica Cacioppo)

Summer, So Long

You've let me out to play like an indulgent parent whose offspring are allowed to run amok across the continents and arrive home in a whirlwind with tangled hair and tales to tell, with bumps and bruises and blackberry stained mouths.
I will miss you. I will miss so many things...

watching sunsets over the sea at the Palaepaphos Museum

seeing beautiful things like picrolite and waterfalls

hanging out in the animal kingdom

riding the waves of many different oceans

playing Rapunzel at La Tour de By

spending time with my gorgeous raucous sisters,


my loving ladylike mama

and my disco dancing papa

making my way through some insane menus

visiting far-fetched people I love, and meeting those I know I'm going to love too

getting my indie on with old friends, getting my sassy on with the new

storming around at least ten cities in four different countries
and happily coming back again.
After all, home is where the heart is.

Take care of your sweet sunny self until we meet again next year, okay?

Matrimonally Ever After

My parents and maternal grandparents celebrate their wedding anniversaries in a two day succession - the 11th and 12th of September. I hope I am as lucky in life and in love as they have been.





Here are two Celtic wedding blessings, one for each marriage and both for another couple I know who are getting wed in November.

May God be with you and bless you.
May you see your children's children.
May you be poor in misfortune, rich in blessings.
May you know nothing but happiness from this day forward.

May you have -
Walls for the wind
And a roof for the rain,
And drinks beside the fire,
Laughter to cheer you
And those you love near you,
And all that your heart may desire.

My grandparents' wedding in 1954

MIA2JFK (and back again)

A week of penny scraping, subway hating, multi-culti eating habits, three-in-a-bed, dreadhead atop designer threads, Rippeing it up at Harvard, free beer, hanging out with Teddy Roosevelt, Oreos with milk and rooftop conference calls, J's galore, crazies, homies, fro-yo, the Fung Wah, museums dates with myself, jetlag, watermelon margheritas and general poverty-stricken hedonism. I played urban Xena, battling the crowds, taming the L train, striding around Bed-Stuy like I had a baseball bat and a bad attitude. I felt like Thoroughly Modern Millie before the tough old '20s makeover, and in some ways couldn't wait to quit couch surfing and come back home.
It was unreal. But then, the reality is that it wasn't real life for me. It's New York City.

OMGNYC

I'm going to New York tomorrow...oh my god.

Birthday

I was pouring through one of my presents, a book on astrology and (as if I didn't know already) I'm the utter epitome of a Virgo.

Here is a little whittle of wisdom that I've been taught during my nineteen years as a fully fledged human being...
Always remember to love yourself and be grateful for all the things you can do. Do one good thing for someone else every day. Be careful but don't be afraid. Laugh when you're happy, cry when you're sad and strive to have as many good times as possible.




Tegan and Sara - Nineteen
(B. and I kill this on open mic nights)