My Roaring 20s

Ana's Photoshoot

2010-11-23T11:53:00.000-08:00

Caroline's Photoshoot

2010-11-16T05:59:00.000-08:00

I wanted to get some more practice photographing people, so I planned a photoshoot with my sister Caroline and my best friend Ana. These were the best photos from Caroline's shoot.

Ana's photos coming up next..

Under the GWB

2010-09-04T15:40:00.000-07:00

2010-09-02T11:03:00.000-07:00

Backyard Photo Session

Hidden Away

2010-06-30T16:20:00.000-07:00

Hidden in the rose bush in my backyard is a nest...

...and in this nest are little babies waiting to be fed

Eventually I stepped aside to let Mama bird do her thing

City Love pt2

2010-06-28T14:49:00.001-07:00

I smile just because, I've got a City Love

2010-06-09T08:02:00.000-07:00

"Love sings when it transcends the bad things"

2010-04-27T09:34:00.000-07:00

As the rain was pounding onto the pavement last saturday night, Jordan and I ran to his car, ready to go home after a night of drinks with friends and diner food. Early the next morning, the same rain was hitting my windows and I was having an intense, vivid dream. I guess you would call it a nightmare. I was in a city surrounded by masses of people and, for some reason not defined by my dream, we all knew it was over. The world was coming to an end. Everyone was running. At times I ran to be inside of a building and other times I ran to get out. Where do you go when there's nowhere to hide? Although the dream is blurry in memory, I do remember one thing vividly. The rain. Throughout the constant panic, the rain was coming down from the dark gray skies. I remembered hoping and praying the rain would stop, cause then it would be all over. We would have escaped our fate and continued on with our lives, with a dark memory of what could have been. Then Jordan crawled into bed with me and I woke up enough to know it was just a dream.

Later on that day, as the rain was slowly coming to a stop, Jordan and I were trying to come up with something to do.Looking outside at all the vivid colors that rain brings, I was inspired to photograph it. If you haven't noticed by now I am obsessed with vivid colors. Almost all my pictures are saturated to a point. So we ventured out into the same rain that inspired my nightmare the night before, but now actually created something beautiful enough to photograph.

This decorative candle holder sits in my front porch and I am in love with the texture and pattern.

I love this tree not only for its pink flowers but for its bright red leaves, left over from the fall, that are shaped like hearts.

I found this red flower and asked Jordan to hold it, so I can use it as a subject for some of my photographs.I tried to find gray backgrounds to have the red stand out.

It's Tuesday afternoon and there is still a leftover drizzle from the rain over the weekend. Although rain isn't ideal weather, Ive always enjoyed the peacefulness it bought with it.

I can't wait for it to be the sun hitting my skin and not rain drops :)

There's a storm in the sky, now the clouds become electric..

2010-04-12T16:40:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I went to Fells Point in Baltimore, Md to visit Jordan and most importantly check out his new apartment by the water. Fells point is one of the most beautiful parts of Baltimore. It's this little piece of Baltimore made up of brick townhouses, shops, restaurants and cobblestone streets. Not to mention bars on top of bars. Fells point was one of my favorite spots as a college student, because it was just the place to be for nightlife. Lucky for Jordan, he has all of this right outside of his apartment building's door....

Im not crazy about this picture of myself, but I promised Jordan there would be at least one. The reason being that I am wearing his set your goals shirt. Ive actually never listened to this band and doubt I would be a fan, but I always tend to steal Jordan's clothes and this one caught my eye.

There is a main part of fells which is like a town square. There is almost always some event happening here. Saturday it was full of pirates and parrots (for pirate day) and Sunday it was turned into a flea market...

I found this item among a pile of old books and it definitely caught my eye. As you can see its an informative book on how to treat some of those "complaints" your wife may have, such as pregnancy, labor and suckling. The best part is that its from 1895. I eventually want to make a habit of collecting old books such as this one.

I think the best part of flea markets, apart from all the great stuff you can buy, is how inspirational some of the random pieces can be...

After the flea market we continued to explore...

I found a few doors with the signature maryland crab on their door.

I found this brick by the dock with the boats and found it at first hilarious. I mean someone paid $500 to get this done. Then I realized it probably means so much more than first glance. In the end, I too want to end up with my best friend with benefits.
This weekend (along with the past few months) has helped me clear up a lot of doubt about certain issues, especially what I want to do with my life. For the past 5 years I had no idea what I wanted to do and was a mess over it. I envied those who had grad school and a career path chosen and planned out. Nothing I came up with ever seemed right. Then these past few months had helped me strip away a lot of "things" I thought I really wanted from life. My priority list has completely changed and the plans I use to have are being scrapped. I am going to take a huge risk and do something totally different with no security that it will all turn out fine in the end.

And for the first time in my life, I'm okay with that :)

I won't cross these streets, till you hold my hand

2010-03-24T15:41:00.000-07:00

Spring is here!

Well kinda...Outside, at this moment, it is dark, cold and my cell phone is predicting rain. But I swear spring was here only two days ago. It was an amazing feeling walking out of class on Saturday to be greeted with the sun on my skin after such a long winter (filled with snow storms and terrible rain storms). Nothing is better than breathing fresh spring air. I instantly updated my twitter to read "I want to make love with this weather and have its babies". I may have scared it away, cause only a day and half later it was gone :(. Don't get me wrong I love rain. Especially in the summer. I love to sit out on my porch, with a book and listen to the rain fall. But this is not summer rain. I wouldn't even say spring rain. Its dark, dreary, cold, winter-like rain. O well this past weekend can only be a sign that this horrible weather will be passing soon. Im also grateful that we could enjoy a few days of spring during the weekend and not when we have to stay indoor in our offices. Jordan and I wanted to take full advantage of the weather this past weekend, so we did something we haven't done since our first date. We visited Central Park.

We started our morning with a Dunkin Donut breakfast. Jordan, after seeing the picture in the window and being intrigued by the concept, ordered the waffle breakfast sandwich. Of course, he didn't even eat the whole thing. Typical Jordan.

Nothing better than driving in the car listening to incubus. "Meet me in outer space, we could spend the night and watch the earth come up...."

After arriving in NYC and realizing we were going to spend a fortune on parking, we walked around for a bit to take pictures of the beautiful apartments. Almost everytime I see these places I always ask the person with me " Do you know how much it would cost to live here?". Usually the answer is always the same "Too much", " A lot of money", "Who knows". But I can't always help but fantasize about my future life in NYC living in one of these apartments.

We then headed to the park to watch people in rowboats.

I loved that there was a man in a rowboat with his dog. I was wondering what was going through that dog's head.

Jordan and I really need to perfect the art of lining up the camera to take photos. Apparently we haven't figured it out yet.

How awesome is this tree? It looks like it has a bellybutton.
I love this picture. It looks like a dream.

I mentioned to Jordan that we had come full circle. It was about 2 years ago when we had our first date and went to the museum of natural history&central park. I had no idea then that 2 years later we would be in the same spot, still together.

Now here I am stuck in this office, dealing with the allergies that my trip to the park left me with, dreaming of warmer days.

Let's pack our bags and settle where palm tree grows

2010-03-05T19:36:00.000-08:00

Isn't my puppy the cutest? Actually he's far from being a puppy, but to me he'll always be my baby.

Snowed in

2010-02-10T16:20:00.000-08:00

Maybe you will always be, just a little out of reach..

2010-02-05T17:03:00.000-08:00

Ive spent the past few days sniffing Vicks Vaporub, taking down cough medicine, lying in a bed that is surrounded in tissue boxes and watching romantic movies. I despise being sick. Therefore I would like to reflect on happier times..before that tiny itch in my throat and the sniffles began to take over. About a week ago, I went to visit the love of my life in Baltimore and although it was only for a day and a half, we vowed to make it eventful. Number one on our agenda came up right after I got off the train. It involved taco bell, inglorious basterds and me in a snuggie...
Jordan said I looked like a mermaid. I personally thought it was pretty warming (is that the word?). However it really bothered me that there was no back. Jordan's response " Well your suppose to be sitting on the couch, so your back won't be visible!". In the end it worked out well and I was pretty..... snugged? The next day we took the metro into DC and went to the museum of Crime and Punishment. It had all these interesting stories of famous criminals and their crimes. I personally liked the part where we participated in a police lineup and learned how to open a safe.

The next day we headed to the aquarium at the harbor..

This absolutely beautiful and huge turtle, if you haven't noticed, is missing one of its arms. I believe the story is that he was detained for a period of time and had an infection. His arm had to go. He was pretty amazing regardless..

At the moment the aquarium was having a jellyfish exhibition. It was pretty amazing..

I also attempted to get pictures of fishes, but unfortunately my camera only captured blurs. I did get lucky enough to have two fishes to pose for me...

Yes, there was also frogs and crocodiles..

So there you have it, memories of happier times in Baltimore. Now I have to get back to my movies and vicks vaporub....:/

Somewhere only we know

2010-01-17T11:27:00.000-08:00

Today I felt like doing some photo editing/blog updating but unfortunately I haven't taken any new photos in a while. I have been too busy with this new life of getting up at 7am every morning and going to work for 8 hours a day, for the week, then just pretty much sleeping in for the weekend. Well maybe busy is not the word to describe my lack of new photos. It is more like there is not much going on in my life that is worthy of photo taking. Anyways I decided to just dig up some old photos I took this past fall at the Miller house in Baltimore and have some fun with editing. Not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon..

So this is the new year...

2010-01-03T21:51:00.000-08:00

So here is how my 2010 has been so far..

Lets just go back to 2009 for a moment. I wasn't sure if I wanted to put up Christmas day photos, just cause I wasn't too crazy on how they came out.But here are a few of my favorites.We ended up spending the day with our extended family and doing a lot of eating...

Last year (so weird to say that) I really didn't have an interest in going out and partying for new years. So, I ended up spending new years eve with my family and Jordan at a restaurant. After about three cosmos, shrimp cocktail, surf and turf and just a bite of cheesecake we finally rang in the new year. It was a pretty good night :)

When we went outside it was snowing, which I thought was perfect for a photo-op...
The next day we started the new year right by eating junk food and playing lego batman alll dayyy. It was good rest, since the next day we decided to go out in the snow and visit the city. We went to the Museum of Modern Art and attempted to go to Serendipity. Unfortunately, after standing in the freezing cold with empty stomachs for a while we learned there was a three hour wait. So we hopped into another cab and settled for bbq ribs at Planet Hollywood. However back to the MoMa...

First we went to the design and architecture exhibits, which I loved. If I were any better of an artist I would have probably pursued design. I think it amazing how designers can take everyday shapes, forms and objects and completely reinvent them to give them a new function. The best was the chandelier made out of broken plates and forks. It would look perfect in my room :)

Afterwards we went to the drawing, paintings and sculptures exhibits..

This was my favorite piece...

Then there was the more famous pop art like Andy Warhol's Campbells Soup...

A shot outside of one of the windows..

A couple of the pieces were a little hard to understand...for example, Jordan's personal favorite, the felt suit..

Then there was the erotic sculptures collection...

This one is my second favorite piece..

Then we went to the media and print exhibits, where we saw art like the penis hat.. lol

The main reason we went to the Moma was to see the Tim Burton exhibit. The tickets were beyond hard to get. We had to get on an emailing list just to know when it was possible to just go online and reserve the tickets. Therefore when we finally got there it turned out the exhibit was crowded with way too many people. I also was so disappointed to see a sign in the front of the exhibit stating No Photography Allowed :(. The only reason I bought my camera was for those shots. I got the photo below from google just to show you the awesome entrance. Anyways the exhibit itself was amazing. There were props, drawings and notes from Nightmare before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Batman, Willy Wonka, Mars Attacks, Edward Scissorshands and other films Tim Burton was involved with. My favorite pieces were the notes, in Burton's handwriting, where he wrote the original ideas for most of his movies.

Along with our Tim Burton tickets we got tickets to see a film at the museum. We decided on Plan 9 from Outer Space. The movie was directed by apparently ( and after seeing the movie I can see why..) the worst director ever, Ed Wood. Tim Burton, himself later made a movie about the director and that was the reason the museum was featuring it. While we were waiting in the theater Jordan looked the film up in IMDB and read some of the goofs (side note: there were about 50 of them on the site). One of the biggest problems of the movie was the changing of night to day to day to night all in supposedly one scene. The movie was (as described by Moma) unintentionally hilarious. I highly recommend it.
We spent Sunday just hanging out and taking photobooth photos. Some featured the 25 cent mustaches we got from a supermarket vending machine..

All in all it was an amazing weekend. There's nothing I love more than spending time with Jordan cuddling in bed, in my sweats :).
2010 has started out pretty good so far and it looks like it will be a productive year. On new years day I found out that I got a marketing internship I had interviewed for about two weeks ago. Im going to go from the girl that did nothing every day to the girl who interns monday through thursday from 9am-6pm and then takes gmat classes every Saturday. I am hoping, once im done with both, to apply for jobs, take the gmat and then make the decision (or have the decision made for me) of school or career. Kinda like the board game of life....Stop choose career, Stop get married, Stop buy a house...Stop have twins!...Ok thats too far lol hopefully the last three will come wayyy later in life. Bring on the stress 2010!

2009

2009-12-27T11:13:00.000-08:00

2009 is coming to end and I thought the perfect way to remember it is to make a blog post where I highlight the best parts of each month and talk about the year

January- Jordan's Birthday and Cat's Birthday
What was the best part of 2009?
I have to say definitely the two week trip to Europe and anytime spent with Jordan

What was the worst part of 2009?
Graduation. One of the most stressful and depressing points of my life. I was not ready for it at all.

February- Valentines Day aka My Birthday!

What was the biggest surprise of this year?
Probably that despite the long distance and the struggles, Jordan and I have pretty much survived and our relationship has only gotten stronger.

What are you most looking forward to next year?
I feel major decisions in my life are going to have to be made next year, so I'm looking forward to seeing which path I end up taking.

March- St.Patricks Day
Is there anything you are not looking forward to next year?
Growing up :(

April- Visiting Bryan at school
Which was your favorite month?
My favorite month had to be June, when I went to Europe and reconnected with old friends.

Which was your worst month?
This is hard.. I would have to say May even though there was so many good memories. Its just that it was the month I graduated.

May- South street SeaPort trip & Dewey Beach

What was the best TV show of this year?
It was definitely Dexter, just cause this last season was pretty exciting.

What was the best book you read this year?
I did not get to read many books this year, but I recently read a good book named "The five people you meet in heaven" by Mitch Albom

What was the best film you have seen this year?
It is a tie between Inglorious Bastards and 500 days of Summer.

Have you done something you regret?
Yes, but I truly believe that it helped me out in the end. I always try to learn from my mistakes and I know that everything happens for a reason.

June- Beach & good times with friends
What was your greatest musical discovery?
I would have to say Katy Perry singing "Hackensack"

July- Park, My cousin's wedding and Coney Island
What did you want this year and got?
Well I always wanted a Wii and I finally got one :)

What did you want this year and did not get?
A new cell phone :(...I need one badly.

Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Um no not really, everyone that I do not really like this year has been on my I do not like list for a while now.

August- Barbecue, making peanut butter surprise cupcakes and Miller brothers photoshoot
What did you do in 2009 that you had never done before?
Travel on two planes for about 8 hours back to back. I have a horrible phobia of airplanes so it was a pretty big accomplishment for me.

Did you visit any countries?
I was in Italy, Spain and Greece. Amazing trip

September- Jordan and I's 1year anniversary in the city & my trip to Baltimore
What will you be doing on new years eve?
I have no clue yet..

Who will you be with on new years eve?
Jordan and most likely my family, which I think is the perfect way to celebrate the coming of 2010.

What was your biggest achievement of 2009?
Bringing up my grade point average in college and making the dean's list.

What was your biggest failure of 2009?
I cannot say I really had one. There was a lot of things I couldn't achieve this year, but I wouldn't call it a failure because Im not giving up on them.

October- Pumpkin carving and our trip to Madame Tussauds in the city

What did you get really excited about in 2009?
My senior trip to Dewey Beach and my birthday in DC.

Which new years resolutions did you break last year?
I had only a few resolutions which was to keep positive, surround myself with people that I love and just be happy. Although I did slip up a few times, I think I actually did a pretty good job of keeping them.

November- Jordan and I's 1year 2month anniversary
What will be your new years resolutions next year?
Next year I want to stay true to myself, stay far far away from drama, always remain strong in what seems to be hopeless situations and always appreciate the life I have.

December- First Snow
If you could replay last year again, would you?
No thanks, I think experiencing 2009 once was enough lol.

Its definitely been an interesting year with a lot of memories to keep. I am so ready to experience 2010 and see where it takes me.

Baby, its Cold Outside

2009-12-21T16:46:00.000-08:00

The Holidays are finally here and I feel like I can finally take a break from what is my job/internship hunting life. This year was the first year in four years that I helped pick out and decorate our christmas tree. Of course my mother and I were super picky (Its rare to find the perfect tree) but we eventually found one that looked right. Its a tad lop-sided and has a few empty spots, but my mother made the best of it (as seen below). Although I hate the winter, I am super grateful for the snow storm that occured this weekend for adding that extra touch of christmas. Above is a photo of my living room and below is one of our tree.
Here are a few of my favorite ornaments, including a snowman on bike! Cmon you dont see that everyday...

To fill up those empty spots my mom put in some birds. She even created a nest with a few fake eggs, inspired by a real nest in our driveway.

These next photos were Jordan and I's attempt at creating light pictures. We use one of those grill lighting thingamagigs, which did not work out so well cause it kept going out. We are definitely going to try again..Im thinking next time sparklers? Although these are kind of pathetic, you cannot deny my awesome skills of spelling my name backwards with a flame...I was so close!

Well all that is left for me is some major wrapping, because I finally finished my Christmas shopping today. I'm so excited for Christmas day to open presents and finally have the whole extended family over. Happy Holidays Everybody!

2009-07-16T13:11:00.000-07:00

Here are some photos from my trip to Baltimore/DC. The photos above are of the Miller house and the photo below is the beautiful Kitten. Shes my favorite subject to photograph when I stay with the Millers...

Jordan and I had decided to finally take the trip to DC we had been planning for months. We took the metro in and went to the Museum of Natural History. I have to say the museum in DC pretty much kicked the Museum of Natural History in NYC's ass. Sorry NY... I mean cmon there were beetles!

After the museum we went to a park with a large fountain, which was scattered with different sculptures..

Below are some photos of our favorites...
Then we took the metro back to Baltimore..
A day or two later was July 4th

Again Kitten was my favorite subject...
Bryan and I decided to take advantage of his neighbor's garden tour...
We ended the night with our own fireworks...it was quite a show

2009-07-02T11:26:00.000-07:00

About a month ago, right after my graduation from college, my family took a European vacation. It was a two week cruise consisting of stops in Italy, France and Greece. Right before the trip my parents got me a Canon Rebel as my graduation gift. I fell in love with it and took photos upon photos in Europe. I took about 704 photos all together, but here are some of my favorite shots...

Our first stop was Venice, Italy where we stayed a night and then boarded the cruise the next day..

This was the best part of all of Italy..

Here is a photo of cruise ship, which I really wish I was on right now..

After boarding the ship we took one last trip to Venice

From our room on the ship, I got some shots of an amazing sunset..

Our next stop was the beautiful Santorini, Greece. It was beyond gorgeous..

Some more shots of Greece..

Next was Naples, Italy where we to a farm which was covered in lemons. They used the lemons to make and sell limoncello.

Then an Italian lady named Maria made us some mozzarella..

The next photos of are Pompeii, which was a lost city that was destroyed by a volcanic eruption...

Then there was the colosseum..

Then Rome, Italy where we visited the Vatican..

Florence, Italy was not so great cause it rained, rained and rained.

Then there was the beautiful Monaco, France where lots of wealthy people live..

Last stop was Barcelona, Spain. We ended up staying for a few nights in a gorgeous hotel and spent our days looking at the architecture..

One thing I loved about this trip was being able to forget the inevitable. Now Im home as a post grad with no direction or clue on what to do next.... I think Im ready for another vacation.