the last couple months

sorry for being quiet around here. i've been preoccupied with a personal quest to achieve health. and i've been doing a lot of research for detoxing and transitioning into raw foods and vegan lifestyle. with that said, i may do an update on that real soon so stay tuned if your interested. i'll try and not make this blog about that. but i figured, since it is a personal blog for documenting my life, health is definitely a huge part of it. as some of you may remember, i've gotten sick really bad last winter, and i realize my immune system is degenerating. so that's the gist of the reason why i've decided to do this. so i'll probably just share my progress and some recipes i've found rather delicious along the way.



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here are some pictures from september

across the bridge from where we live is staten island. i found out that they have this awesome park there and they opened up a chinese garden. in september, they had an Autumn Moon Festival so we checked it out.

old friends, new friends.

i met my friend Qawi in 5th grade. we did a lot of things together for the rest of our grammar school years. we signed up for after school programs, hung out at the roller rink, chased after boys at the park (and got chased by some weird ones too), we slept over each others houses, joined gymnastics, played basketball, we even did cheerleading. i wouldn't have done any of those things if it wasn't for her. after 8th grade she moved to the suburbs and saw her once during high school. after that we lost touch. it wasn't until the day that i was moving to new jersey that we got reunited. 15 years since we last hung out and her presence still feels as if it were only just the other day since we last saw each other. i love that we can still hang out and still feel comfortable telling each other secrets. and i am even more grateful that she also has a daughter who is the same age as mine! it was such a wonderful thing to see Sofia and Chloe get along so well. they took upon each other like old friends. it was like seeing ourselves in the two of them. childhood buddies. there is nothing like it.

\\at the children's museum of manhattan//









\\at fao schwartz//









\\at central park//









"new friends put a smile on my face, i'm so very happy that you're visiting my place."

- yo gabba gabba

brooklyn flea

i must say i was sooo excited to be able to finally go to the brooklyn flea. there were so many great things to look at, mostly vintage stuff. but yeah, it is a bit pricey. i didn't buy anything. well i almost did. i came back to the vendor in the third picture and almost bought a vintage crate. just as i was about to pick it up, two girls were also about to and they both went, "oh!"so i was like, "oh....". so yeah, i didn't end up buying it. which i'm glad anyway, because it was $30. (and that's considered "not bad.") anyhow, it was nice to be able to scope it out. next time i'll know what i'll be on the look out for. on another note, the mexican food vendors seem to be the most popular, since (authentic) mexican restaurants are hard to come by. i bought an elote, which everyone was calling corn. if you don't know what that is, it's corn on the cob with mayo, parmesan cheese, butter and chili powder if you like. i usually tell the elote cart guys in chicago, "todo todo on mine por favor, senor". and he hooks me up with the whole shebang. but here, they skimp on that stuff, unfortunately. sigh.

in the end we went home satisfied having bought a couple of chairs and a side table from a thrift shop around the corner.

mood indigo

it was andrew's birthday yesterday.
happy birthday baby dad.
last night: park slope, brooklyn
saw dale earnhardt jr. jr.

i wish i could live like this everyday.
until then, i'll live music to music.

the rabbit club

after the tonight show, we headed back to the west village for some gelatos on a stick. then we moseyed over to the old rabbit club for a night of well mannered frivolity. this bar was a speakeasy back in the day. it is tiny and dark and you wouldn't have known it was there unless you already knew it was there.

needless to say, what happens in the rabbit hole, stays in the rabbit hole..

this about wraps up k + a ny trip. i wish we could do this more often despite the fact i got extremely sick with my thyroids all swollen the day after this. but it was so damn worth it.

i'm glad it took me this long to finish blogging about their vacation, because in 3 days i'm flying back to chicago with sofia for a week! the gallivanting shall continue, chicago style.

see you on the other side "my 'neakers."

scene: CHELSEA


west elm


angel st. thrift shop


▲ housing works


☞ antique shop


halcyon (DUMBO)


rebel, rebel records (west village)

the afternoon was spent on 17th st. thrifting, antiquing, record shopping & more record shopping. i convinced the ladies that we must go to MOMA afterwards and they agreed. on the way there we stopped to get coffee around 53rd st. and i realized we were right across from the ed sullivan theater. um, hello deli?! what a perfect time to get on the list for standby tickets to see dave letterman. luckily time and the weather was on our side and we were able to get on the list. killed about a couple hours and ate at empanada mama. which by the way, has some really good plantains with guacamole and tostones, but i was unimpressed by their empanadas. went back to the theater and we were given tickets! robin williams was the guest and charlie sheen was the on going butt of their jokes. oh yes, winning!