my new york

my new york | the beach to the borough to the bathroom at the standard

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one of the most startling and advantageous aspects of living in new york is how very much things can change in a few square miles--a few square blocks, actually.

yesterday was one of those days that saw me take the train to the rockaways for a day at the beach, then home to brooklyn, before dressing up for a classic new york evening of drinks at the standard hotel and dinner at spice market in the meatpacking district.

flip-flops to high-heels.

some days it's so easy to love new york.

a day in the park

laughing (1 of 1) e walking (1 of 1) naomi in bloom

popsicle (1 of 1)

paying 3 (1 of 1)

hide and seek

i'm really not sure there is anything better than a small child reaching up for your hand. i mean, that moment that they grab it, or the moment they plop in your lap, or call out your name in that very perfect little voice...

so good.

living in new york is mostly quite hard.

but every once and again there is heaven-sent-spring-day and you make a stay-cation of it and play tourist with your big camera and central park sites.

and you get to do it all with one of your very best friends and her very perfect little ones.

and it makes living in new york and being young feel like the very greatest thing that could ever happen to anyone. ever.