perfect day in nyc

june 7th, i went to meet my friend ana for the paella parade at south street sea port. it was a beautiful day in manhattan. it started out a little rocky, the paella parade was chaos under a tent. but all in all it was a fantastic day. one of the type of days that make me so happy i live in new york city. oh! and i finally found the shade of saffron yellow bed sheets that i've been hunting a year for!
after the pealla parade, we decided to walk the brooklyn bridge to meet carmen in dumbo and get a ice cream cone at jacques torres. i saw hearts everywhere.
i came home and relaxed in my peaceful apartment and even had the moment to call my best friend jen to wish her a happy birthday. happy birthday jen! i love you.

i see two hearts in the paella sample, south street sea port nyc, 06.07.09

hearts in the chain, south street sea port, nyc 06.07.09

heart in chain detail

bruise, brooklyn bridge, nyc 06.07.09

brooklyn bridge, DUMBO brooklyn, 06.07.09

flower petal hearts @ jacque torres, DUMBO brooklyn, 06.07.09

waiting in line at jacque torres, DUMBO brooklyn, 06.07.09

tattoo, jacque torres DUMBO brooklyn, 06.07.09

puppy love

puppy butt, carol gardens brooklyn, 05.28.09

my dear friend carmen pelaez sent this one to me. its a puppy butt. so cute. i just don't know which of her two dogs this butt belongs to. orfeo or fanny.

carmen also constantly sees hearts. check out her hearts here:

Carmen Pelaez

the way to the heart is through the stomach

my lovely friend ana sofia has been collecting some hearts from around brooklyn for me. i think these are fantastic! she has such a good eye for them, better than mine in my opinion. if you look at the heart album picture, you can see ana's reflection in the glass.

ana is a foodie so its only fitting that she sees hearts in her food. check out her food blog here:

Hungry Sofia

she writes about her food experiences all around nyc and miami, and as an added bonus she provides recipes! she inspires me to cook and explore (and run, but thats another story). i love her.

Papa A La Huancaina

red hook poster

park slope stoop sale

park slope stoop sale

my head in the clouds

for about the last two months my head has been in the clouds in a whirlwind romance. i think i 've come back down to earth now. here are a few heart sightings that i managed to have the conscious to record. xo

@ ali & jerry's wedding rehearsal, La Luz Ranch AZ 05.07.09

i recently flew to nogales arizona for my best friend ali and jerry's wedding. i was a bridesmaid. i had such a blast, but the trip kicked my ass. flights got delayed then canceled, i was sick, woke up with pink eye, broke out in hives, had a series of bloody noses, and was having an argument with someone in ny. i was physically and mentally exhausted. as i was walking around during the rehearsal at the ranch (which was SO beautiful) and i looked down to see this one. it calmed me a bit.

i developed a bloody nose after the wedding, La Luz Ranch AZ, 05.09.09

roaming soho with amanda, soho nyc, 05.16.09

as i was leaving carmen's birthday picnic, central park nyc, 05.16.09

man's back, central park nyc, 05.16.09

the woolworth building detail, nyc, 05.17.09

monika's chip, fort greene brooklyn nyc, 05.17.09

my friend monika had a bbq to ring in the summer. as the party was winding down, she was relaxing and eating a chip, when i looked up at her and stopped her from eating this heart.

water spill, fort greene brooklyn nyc, 05.17.09

someone spilled water on the leather ottoman at monika's bbq.

love drunk on the sauce

ana found a heart in her marinara sauce, brooklyn 04.14.09

note that the marinara sauce is placed on ana's shelf between a jar of fluff and a bottle of tabasco sauce. i think i love ana more for the randomness of it.