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Refinery29's #29Rooms NYFW Installation 2016

September 23, 2016

A couple weekend's back, I got to experience this year's version of Refinery29's ultimate fashion / technology funhouse: 29Rooms. This is the second year that they've done it, and I'm sure it will continue to be an annual thing. I remember being completely blown away last year, and this year was equally as fulfilling. The visual stimulation of texture and color and overall interactive experience is just a real treat, and I'm already wondering what they will do next year!

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In design, wanderlust Tags Refinery29, R29, 29Rooms, fashion week, FW16, NYFW, interactive art, art, New York
I have no idea who this girl is, but she was one of my favorites that I saw on Saturday!

I have no idea who this girl is, but she was one of my favorites that I saw on Saturday!

NY Fashion Week Street Style 2015

February 20, 2015

On Saturday (Valentine's Day), I trekked up to Lincoln Center to take some photos outside for day 3 of NY's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week! Despite freezing my ass off for a little over 4 hours, I had a great time.

Last year, I went for the first time with a small group of people. We didn't stick around for too long because it was painfully cold. Luckily it was in the 30s on Saturday, which is warm compared to the windy ass days that followed. I was able to stay outside longer this year, and I took a lot more pictures (over 500... lol).

Despite not having a ticket to any of the shows (cuz I ain't got money for that) - I really enjoyed loitering outside near the fountain and playing paparazzi. It was basically like a giant gathering of beautiful people (from all over the world) - all ready for their close up. As a matter of fact, I think most of the people I photographed weren't native NY-ers. I really enjoy portrait / fashion photography, but haven't had the opportunity to do any lately - so this was a lot of fun for me! 

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kickstarted a fun saturday night in the city with the newly opened analog photobooth museum @autophoto ๐Ÿ“ธ was bummed the color film and wide format booths were out of commission ๐Ÿฅฒ but I guess that just means a return trip is necessary in the future
we’ve encountered this young buck a few times in recent months on our walks, and he always lets me take his picture ๐ŸฆŒ - he seems more curious than scared (even when the dogs bark) and grazes so close to the path ๐Ÿ˜… the last photo was from this
the life of a tomato girl โœจ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿป‍๐ŸŒพโœจ

made the executive decision to harvest the rest of my tomatoes last week when we got our first fall freeze warning ๐Ÿฅถ went out there at 9 pm in the dark and filled up all 3 of my larger sheet pans ๐Ÿ˜‚ (they&r
one last dose of summer this weekend in one of our favorite places ๐ŸŒž new @taylorswift music blaring from my car’s speakers down the parkway โค๏ธ‍๐Ÿ”ฅ ocean beaches back open for the dogs ๐Ÿพ the clearest and bluest skies, water warm enough to s
so long september ๐Ÿ‚

the last days of summer and first glimpses of fall โœจ savoring every last tomato and flower in the garden (and collecting seeds for next year) ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿป‍๐ŸŒพ celebrated stewie’s 6th adoptiversary too… how quickly 6 year
first fall bake of the season โœ”๏ธ๐Ÿคญ๐ŸŽ an apple galette where I measured nothing ๐Ÿ˜… baked on a very foggy night ๐Ÿ‚

- 3 apples, thinly sliced
- lemon juice, cinnamon, ground ginger, brown sugar, corn starch, salt (tossed the apples in all of this)
- 1
rounded up all the yummy things I made this summer on substack (link in bio) ๐ŸŒž

๐Ÿ‘ peach wineberry chia seed jam
๐Ÿ„ chicken of the woods mushrooms (various ways)
๐Ÿ• peach pizza
๐ŸŒถ๏ธ jalapeño garlic basil pesto 
๐Ÿ… cutting board salsa
๐Ÿซ bluebe
we’ll always have summer ๐ŸŒผ

#summer #endofsummer #summerdump #jerseycollective #rescueismyfavoritebreed #summergarden #summergardening
doing @sangennaronewjersey with your brother, boyfriend, dad, and cousin is the only proper way ๐Ÿ˜

๐Ÿ• pizza from @coneyislandpizza (included some photos from last year too)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น arancini (rice balls) from @thelittlesicilian
๐Ÿฅ” tornado potato from @s
fall is in the air and chilly nights are here - which means tis the season for warm and cozy dinners again ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ

I’ve been making this curry noodle recipe on repeat using veggies & herbs from the garden (eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, zucch
the summer I turned (half the backyard) pretty ๐Ÿ˜†(and into a sunflower field) ๐Ÿฅน๐ŸŒปโ˜€๏ธ

why re-plant grass when you can have flowers instead? ๐Ÿ™ƒ I’ve loved studying the way the sun hits them throughout different times of the day and seeing all th
mid august abundance from the garden ๐Ÿฅน I always love taking an annual bounty photo when the biggest variety of things are growing and that time is now โœจ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿป‍๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ†๐Ÿฅ’๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒถ๏ธ

extra grateful for it all this year because flashback to this spring I wa
been wanting to bake blueberry cornbread muffins for what feels like weeks and finally did yesterday ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿซ๐ŸŒฝ used @thefullhelping’s vegan recipe & topped with leftover crumb topping I had from a fruit crisp โœจ some things are worth turning th
hammered some of the flowers in my garden onto watercolor paper for fun ๐Ÿ˜ new favorite way to preserve the season unlocked ๐ŸŒผ

#flowerpounding #flowerhammering #tatakizome #hapazome #ecoprinting #gardening #flowerprint #plantdye #naturaldye #summer
the most fun day ๐Ÿฅน started off with the special TSOU blueberry matchas from @theelknyc and a couple treats from @libraebakery ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿต (fuel for a crafternoon spent making our shirts for the night โœ‚๏ธ) we finished them just in time ๐Ÿ˜… grabbed a couple
kickstarted a fun saturday night in the city with the newly opened analog photobooth museum @autophoto ๐Ÿ“ธ was bummed the color film and wide format booths were out of commission ๐Ÿฅฒ but I guess that just means a return trip is necessary in the future
fall hikes with @takearecess and my best girl ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿงก my favorite flavor lately has been grapefruit tangerine ๐ŸŠ but they’re all so good โœจ

you can use my code “amyventures” for 15% off ๐Ÿซถ
https://app.devotion.club/brand/recess/amyve
we’ve encountered this young buck a few times in recent months on our walks, and he always lets me take his picture ๐ŸฆŒ - he seems more curious than scared (even when the dogs bark) and grazes so close to the path ๐Ÿ˜… the last photo was from this the life of a tomato girl โœจ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿป‍๐ŸŒพโœจ

made the executive decision to harvest the rest of my tomatoes last week when we got our first fall freeze warning ๐Ÿฅถ went out there at 9 pm in the dark and filled up all 3 of my larger sheet pans ๐Ÿ˜‚ (they&r one last dose of summer this weekend in one of our favorite places ๐ŸŒž new @taylorswift music blaring from my car’s speakers down the parkway โค๏ธ‍๐Ÿ”ฅ ocean beaches back open for the dogs ๐Ÿพ the clearest and bluest skies, water warm enough to s so long september ๐Ÿ‚

the last days of summer and first glimpses of fall โœจ savoring every last tomato and flower in the garden (and collecting seeds for next year) ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿป‍๐ŸŒพ celebrated stewie’s 6th adoptiversary too… how quickly 6 year first fall bake of the season โœ”๏ธ๐Ÿคญ๐ŸŽ an apple galette where I measured nothing ๐Ÿ˜… baked on a very foggy night ๐Ÿ‚

- 3 apples, thinly sliced
- lemon juice, cinnamon, ground ginger, brown sugar, corn starch, salt (tossed the apples in all of this)
- 1 rounded up all the yummy things I made this summer on substack (link in bio) ๐ŸŒž

๐Ÿ‘ peach wineberry chia seed jam
๐Ÿ„ chicken of the woods mushrooms (various ways)
๐Ÿ• peach pizza
๐ŸŒถ๏ธ jalapeño garlic basil pesto 
๐Ÿ… cutting board salsa
๐Ÿซ bluebe we’ll always have summer ๐ŸŒผ

#summer #endofsummer #summerdump #jerseycollective #rescueismyfavoritebreed #summergarden #summergardening doing @sangennaronewjersey with your brother, boyfriend, dad, and cousin is the only proper way ๐Ÿ˜

๐Ÿ• pizza from @coneyislandpizza (included some photos from last year too)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น arancini (rice balls) from @thelittlesicilian
๐Ÿฅ” tornado potato from @s fall is in the air and chilly nights are here - which means tis the season for warm and cozy dinners again ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ

I’ve been making this curry noodle recipe on repeat using veggies & herbs from the garden (eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, zucch
a beautiful night enjoying golden hour at @riamedefarm earlier this week ๐Ÿ˜๐ŸŽโ˜€๏ธ 

founded in 1952, Riamede is the oldest PYO apple orchard in NJ with 54 varieties growing on the historic property (owner Ashley & her team work hard to preserve its
the summer I turned (half the backyard) pretty ๐Ÿ˜†(and into a sunflower field) ๐Ÿฅน๐ŸŒปโ˜€๏ธ

why re-plant grass when you can have flowers instead? ๐Ÿ™ƒ I’ve loved studying the way the sun hits them throughout different times of the day and seeing all th
some scenes from my favorite place to be in august… home in the garden with the dogs ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿก๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ…๐ŸŒป๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿป‍๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿพโœจ

#summer #august #garden #njgardening #njinbloom #jerseycollective #njisallgood #homegarden #home
ending summer the same way I started it (with @takearecess) ๐ŸŒž๐Ÿน๐ŸŒป๐Ÿ’ฆโœจ

my code “amyventures” gets you 20% off through 9/2 for labor day weekend ๐Ÿซถ

https://app.devotion.club/brand/recess/amyventures

#takearecess #nonalcoholic #mocktail #
mid august abundance from the garden ๐Ÿฅน I always love taking an annual bounty photo when the biggest variety of things are growing and that time is now โœจ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿป‍๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ†๐Ÿฅ’๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒถ๏ธ

extra grateful for it all this year because flashback to this spring I wa been wanting to bake blueberry cornbread muffins for what feels like weeks and finally did yesterday ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿซ๐ŸŒฝ used @thefullhelping’s vegan recipe & topped with leftover crumb topping I had from a fruit crisp โœจ some things are worth turning th
the most magical moment with a monarch butterfly this morning ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿงกโœจ can’t believe it didn’t fly away and we got to hang out for a bit ๐Ÿฅน

#jerseycollective #monarch #monarchbutterfly #summer #njisallgood #njisntboring #glimmer
hammered some of the flowers in my garden onto watercolor paper for fun ๐Ÿ˜ new favorite way to preserve the season unlocked ๐ŸŒผ

#flowerpounding #flowerhammering #tatakizome #hapazome #ecoprinting #gardening #flowerprint #plantdye #naturaldye #summer the most fun day ๐Ÿฅน started off with the special TSOU blueberry matchas from @theelknyc and a couple treats from @libraebakery ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿต (fuel for a crafternoon spent making our shirts for the night โœ‚๏ธ) we finished them just in time ๐Ÿ˜… grabbed a couple

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