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Solo Day Trip to Seaside Heights
Mar 31, 2025
Solo Day Trip to Seaside Heights
Mar 31, 2025
Mar 31, 2025
Reframing a "Mundane Chore" as an Adventure: Visiting a New Grocery Store
Mar 23, 2025
Reframing a "Mundane Chore" as an Adventure: Visiting a New Grocery Store
Mar 23, 2025
Mar 23, 2025
Creating In Community
Mar 16, 2025
Creating In Community
Mar 16, 2025
Mar 16, 2025
A Sunny Sunday for the Soul in NYC
Mar 2, 2025
A Sunny Sunday for the Soul in NYC
Mar 2, 2025
Mar 2, 2025
Christmas Cookies 2024
Dec 28, 2024
Christmas Cookies 2024
Dec 28, 2024
Dec 28, 2024
5 Life Lessons From The Garden
Sep 15, 2024
5 Life Lessons From The Garden
Sep 15, 2024
Sep 15, 2024
Pet Portraits!
Mar 15, 2024
Pet Portraits!
Mar 15, 2024
Mar 15, 2024
3 Sustainable Christmas Crafts
Dec 10, 2021
3 Sustainable Christmas Crafts
Dec 10, 2021
Dec 10, 2021
New to the Shop: Vintage!
Aug 1, 2020
New to the Shop: Vintage!
Aug 1, 2020
Aug 1, 2020
Kindness Rocks
Apr 22, 2020
Kindness Rocks
Apr 22, 2020
Apr 22, 2020
Sandy Hook Beach Clean Up
Apr 16, 2019
Sandy Hook Beach Clean Up
Apr 16, 2019
Apr 16, 2019
Asbury Park Beach Clean Up
Feb 24, 2019
Asbury Park Beach Clean Up
Feb 24, 2019
Feb 24, 2019

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View fullsize the matcha stop of the day was @12.matcha ๐Ÿต (expect a line no matter what time you go, but I thought it was worth the wait) - quite possibly the best and smoothest matcha I’ve ever had ๐Ÿฅน (zero clumps, not bitter, not too sweet, sooooo green)
View fullsize still dreaming about this rose pistachio croissant from @libraebakery ๐Ÿคค๐Ÿฅ๐ŸŒน (pretty sure the birds are too ๐Ÿ˜‚)

next time I’ll have to order a few more things to try so I can take them home in a cute butter yellow box ๐Ÿ˜ (was trying to pace my
View fullsize a little camera roll dump from last saturday morning’s walk up bowery in pursuit of sweet treat(s) & matcha ๐Ÿ™ƒ

#nyc #igersnyc #bowery #eastvillage #noho #joyspotting
View fullsize sunday reset by the sea with my best girl ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿพ๐Ÿšโ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿฆ had to visit one of our favorite places before the summer season fee kicks in mdw ๐Ÿฅฒ - we walked nearly 10 miles (from lot c to the lighthouse and back + a bit of the bayside beach ๐Ÿ˜…)

a much need
View fullsize cake club last weekend at @reccreate_collective ๐Ÿฐ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿ“ with @sarabryn for โœจdog moms day outโœจ

got to decorate mini cakes in this hidden gem of a creative community space just a short walk from @prattinstitute (where I graduated 11 years ago) ๐Ÿ˜… so mu
View fullsize got matcha lattes from @matchaful ๐Ÿต and ogled over the stickers and fun things at @greenwichletterpress ๐Ÿ‘€ and @bignightshop ๐Ÿ… 

(a few stops and sights along the way in the west village before heading to brooklyn to decorate cake ๐Ÿฐ)

#westvillage
View fullsize saturday at @unsqgreenmarket ๐Ÿ˜ (forever one of my favorite farmer’s markets to walk through; it doesn’t get old) โœจ stopped to smell the flowers (duh) ๐Ÿ’ and then grabbed a chocolate croissant for breakfast ๐Ÿฅ

#unionsquaregreenmarket #un
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View fullsize some photos from saturday’s plant & seed swap at @thelilliehouse โœจ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒธ I made little origami seed packets to share some from my collection, and picked up some new things to add to the garden this year ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿป‍๐ŸŒพ - I think I’m most ex
View fullsize a recap of last weekend - where I spent saturday listening to and reading @thealiciacook’s poetry at @chapteronemendham and sunday in a cemetery in PA ๐Ÿ™ƒ I wrote a poem on grief (a glimpse of it written here on slide 3, but the whole thing didn
View fullsize mentally still here ๐ŸŒž

wrote a bit about this solo day trip over on my substack (icymi) - link in bio! ๐Ÿฆ

#seasideheights #jerseycollective #njisallgood #njisntboring #jerseyshore #islandbeachstatepark #boardwalk #seasidepark #southjerseyadventures
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View fullsize me going on a self directed โœจlittle treatsโœจ tour after a morning of minor inconvenience ๐Ÿ™ƒ

๐ŸŒฎ - lunch at @centraltaqueriaofficial (I ordered the portobello and nopal tacos)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น - picked up a cannoli bombolione and loaf of fresh bread from @coniglio
View fullsize always stopping to smell the flowers ๐ŸŒป (even if they are fake ๐Ÿ˜‚) 

and yes, yes we were the most colorful girlies at the park today โ˜”๏ธ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŒง๏ธ๐Ÿฆ„โœจ (also, we were the only girlies at the park today ๐Ÿคฃ)

#rainyday #rainbowumbrella #ihavethisthingwithpi

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