Oxymoron.

It's like a thousand degrees outside. Or more like 90++. And I find it funny that the name of the hot pink color I chose for my manicure is "pink parka". Hot pink to me = summer. Or warm weather. Parka obviously = cold ass weather.  So on a disgustingly hot day today, Pink Parka is quite the oxymoron. Does that make sense? Who cares. Check out my nails. They're fun. Too bad my camera didn't quite capture the true beauty of this hot pinkness. They are significantly brighter. And neon-er. (God I just made up a bunch of new words.)

Friday Funny 06.29

I really do love someecards. And Pinterest, because this is where I found it.

Creepy.

Every day and every evening, I walk past this "house". It's in quotes because it's actually an old funeral home, or so I've read. Since I've lived here, it has always been abandoned but in the last few months, re-construction has really been amped up. Supposedly, it's being converted into condos. Now that will be weird and creepy. But who knows, once they're done with it, maybe it won't actually resemble a former home of the dead people. 

Up Close and Personal.

Yes, another OOTD shot (because I thought it was cute) and an up-close shot of 4 World Trade Center.

Oopsie Daisy.

I had every intention to blog last night. Even if I did go out after work to get my shopping fix in. But then I got really preoccupied with fixing a dress in ghetto fashion that I bought at a sample sale many months ago. Next thing I knew, it was midnight and I deemed it too late to post. But then, I didn't go to bed until nearly 2am. Haha.

top left: i love strawberries. || top right: the blinding sunset on 14th Street
bottom left: sunset in  Jersey City || bottom left: stumbled across a random wedding photo shoot

If you want to see more random photos I snapped with my handy dandy iPhone, follow me on Instagram @heart_of_luv.

If I were...

....crafty and had the time to do things other than procrastinate and read about being crafty, I would totally do some of these projects.

via Ruffled

via Landee See, Landee Do

via Miss Mustard Seed

via Craft

More fun craftiness I will likely never do can be found on my Pinterest boards.

Hot Pink Picnic.

First, things first. I'm going to make it my mission to be a better blogger. I've definitely slacked for the month of June and then some. So we're going back to basics...photographing every day, ordinary things. One may think that all my photos are ordinary things, and they really are, but truth is that as of late, more than often I've been going out of my way to find something worth photographing. Maybe that's one of the many reasons I've stopped blogging - I've put too much pressure on myself with these darn pictures.

So here we are...a style of picture found all over the blogosphere and goddamn internet as a whole: outfit of the day (or better known to the fashion/style obsessed - OOTD). I really love this dress from Target except the second I put it on, I feel like a picnic blanket. I don't feel like a picnic blanket because of how it fits (I actually find it flattering), simply because of the pattern. So what better way than to make it less picnic-y? Throw on a hot pink cardigan. Ta-da! A fun outfit that doesn't make me think ants would be attracted to my body :)

Friday Funny 06.15

Funny because it's true. I know you females feel the same way!!

The Big Apple.

Things you may already know about me: I love lists. I love New York City.
Something you may not know about me: I turned 31 a little less than 2 weeks ago. (I may or may not have had a panic attack at this event. Maybe this is why I took a blogging hiatus. Hmmm....)

So anyway, why not combine two of the things I may love most and make a little game out of it?! Shortly before my 29+2 birthday, a friend sent me a NY Times article about Roosevelt Island, and I thought to myself, "Self, that is yet another place in the City that in my almost 29+ years of existence, I have not visited. Get on it." And so, it inspired me to take on a challenge on this second anniversary of my 29th year on earth.

I love the city. I really do. I grew up here (although some will argue that growing up in the 5th and forgotten borough that I am not actually a NYC resident, but I say pshhh to them), went to college here, and have never left and don't dare think I ever will leave. (Living in Jersey City doesn't count, k?). The greatest city of them all - a city that people around the world vacation to, a city people dream to live in one day - and yet, there are some iconic and famous places I have never been to and "New York" things I have never done. So lo and behold, here is my list of 32 New York-y things to accomplish/see/do by next birthday. (Don't judge and say "OMG!!!!! You've never done that?!")

1. Roosevelt Island
2. the Cloisters
3. the High Line
4. Top of the Rock
5. top of the Empire State Building
6. Jazz at the Lincoln Center
7. an opera at the Met
8. the Guggenheim Museum
9. Wicked
10. SummerStage at Central Park
11. mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral
12. St. John the Divine
13. Conservatory Garden at Central Park
14. Belvedere Castle
15. Brooklyn Botanical Garden
16. 5 boro bike tour
17. spectator at the NYC Marathon
18. BAM (aka Brooklyn Academy of Music)
19. ride the G train
20. Brooklyn Flea
21. visit the main NYPL on 42nd Street
22. ride any train from starting point to end point
23. Native American Museum
24. have a drink at the Waldorf Astoria
25. "visit" the Today show
26. see a taping of a NYC show
27. Riverside Park
28. ice skating at Bryant Park
29. Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island
30. sledding in Central Park
31. Prospect Park
32. dine at the River Cafe

In Case You Were Wondering...

...yes, I'm on blogging hiatus. Pure old lazy, no other excuses. In the meantime, if you really want a picture fix, I've been obsessed with Instagram more than normal. Follow me @heart_of_luv.

Hopefully, I'll be back soon!

Friday Funny 06.01

I forget what I was googling, but clearly it had something to do with celebrities. I LOVE the auto-complete in Google. Can you guess what mad me laugh? Why is that search so popular?! And for the record, that is not what I was searching for.