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My week in Instagrams: 10/26/14

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Looking at my Instagram profile over the past week, one might think I am the sort of person who enjoys the “great” outdoors. I assure you I am not that sort of person. I do, however, appreciate how beautiful nature is this time of year, particularly here in the Northeast – orange is my favorite color and for now it is all around!

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Early in the week I spent some quality time with my friend Breanna, whose birthday was yesterday! Bre lives in Park Slope, a neighborhood I had yet to visit, and I might have been late to lunch because I kept stopping to take pictures of the trees.

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Wednesday was one of those days where I had a small amount of time to kill before work, so I decided to  take the train a little further and backtrack through the park. Naturally I got caught in the rain, but somehow this city is still beautiful even when it’s wet.

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On Friday I realized I hadn’t been to the High Line in a while, so I headed there to check out the foliage. Gorgeous, of course.

IMG_2854This week has wrapped up with a visit from my friend Jenny, who I recently visited in Toronto! Yesterday Jenny, Taylor and I headed to the East Village for bottomless brunch at Poco. It was one of those brunches where you completely lose track of what time it is because you’re just having too  much fun. It’s been such a treat to have a bit of a vacation without leaving the city!

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My week in Instagrams: 10/19/14

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Hello friends! I hope you’ve all had a lovely week. I’m finally feeling 100% after a week battling the common cold. I hear I missed some stunning NYC weather while I was sleeping away for days on end, but I’m excited to be back in action! Here’s what my life looked like lately, through filters of course!

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Sunday was my first day in our company’s fancy new office! To be honest, I’d been dreading the move a bit because of the new commute – two transfers as opposed to zero before. But as soon as I found my new desk and saw the view out the window – all of my complaints vanished. The space is amazing too, and it’s already done wonders for my attitude.

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By Wednesday I was feeling mostly healthy, so I headed to Central Park before community group to check up on the foliage. The leaves seem to be so slow to turn this year! But I did find some stunning colors near the pond and get this shot just before the skies opened up and I got rained on. Sigh.

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Does anyone else use the Timehop app? It goes through your social media profiles and lets you know what you were up to on this date in years past. It’s so fun to go through every day – and when I saw this tweet I sent last fall, I couldn’t help but smile. Who knew that within six months I would sell that car and move to New York City! Dreams really do come true.

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Finally: The week wrapped up last night with a churchwide kickball game! Emmie and I dressed up as m&ms and played for Team Manhattan. All of my middle-school PE dreams came true when I scored a run – no one could have seen that coming! I’m pleased to report that we won the game. Hooray!

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#BlogtemberChallenge Day 24: Fall Bucket List

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Your fall bucket list. What do you want to do before winter rolls around?

I continue to just be absolutely giddy about getting to experience an actual fall this year. As I mentioned the other day, my last 12 years have been tragically fall-less, and so I want to experience every last thing I’ve been missing out on!

In Phoenix, "fall" is pretty pathetic due to 90-degree temperatures throughout October.

In Phoenix, “fall” is pretty pathetic due to 90-degree temperatures throughout October.

In order to give my chance to actually accomplish my goals, though, I’m going to do what I did with my summer bucket list and limit myself to three goals. Anything else I accomplish before winter comes by will be a bonus!

1. Go apple picking. I had a friend mention that this is possible outside the city, and one of my readers suggested it in a comment recently! I love apples – and applesauce, and apple crisp, and apple cider… – so I can’t think of a better way to celebrate fall than by picking my own and then baking up a storm!

2. See the fall leaves. Orange is my very favorite color so I can’t wait to see the whole world display it! I can already tell this one will be easy to accomplish – the leaves in my Brooklyn neighborhood are already starting to change – but I want to spend time at Central Park and just really soak it all in before winter comes along.

3. Celebrate Thanksgiving. I have no idea what this will look like yet. I’ll definitely be working (so excited for the extra vacation day I’ll get in exchange), but I’ll possibly be able to do so from home. I’m hoping my roommate and I, and any visitors, can whip up something resembling a Thanksgiving dinner and enjoy my favorite tradition!

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#BlogtemberChallenge Day 21: Fall!

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Fall Favorites. What do you love most about this season?

Wow, it’s officially fall! After an insanely hot and humid week following Labor Day (the “unofficial” start of fall, I’m told), we’ve actually been having fall weather in New York for a couple weeks now. I think.

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You see, I don’t really know fall. For the past six years, I’ve spent the months from August to December (and often other months as well) in Phoenix, Arizona. Fall didn’t really exist there. We’d be sipping our pumpkin spice lattes in 100-degree weather. Double-digit temperatures and the end of the summer monsoon were reasons to celebrate. The leaves didn’t change, the temperatures didn’t dip low enough for sweaters and boots. We’d drive up to Prescott on day trips to experience “fall,” but it still wasn’t the same.

With that in mind, I do know that I love…

  • Boots and sweaters. I’m excited to wear each of my sweaters more than once this season!
  • Pumpkin pie. It’s the only dessert I’ll pick over my true love, cheesecake.
  • My goofy Thanksgiving tradition.
  • The colors! Orange is my favorite color so I’m ready to see the leaves change.

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Help me out! What defines fall for you? I’m truly at a loss here!
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