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Today was a perfect Spring day! This afternoon I headed down to the East Village to be interviewed for a short documentary that I was asked to be in. After recapping the greatest love story of my life (so far) for the camera, I put on my odlr sunnies and walked up towards Union Square. I stopped for an iced tea at Think, perused the Greenmarket at Union Square, hit up the City Quilter for some Alice in Wonderland-esque fabrics (clocks, crowns, teacups...), and walked up to the 28th Street subway station. It's days like this, meandering around the city and taking it all in, that reaffirm my feeling of belonging here. I got down to the train platform and pulled out the heart post-its that I bought yesterday (with the intention of doing exactly this):

I posted one when I got off the train too...

A friend of mine works with the Endometriosis Foundation of America, and on Friday they're holding their annual gala charity event, the Blossom Ball. The event is being held in the beautiful New York Public Library with a performance by the grammy nominated Bebel Gilberto, an open bar, desserts and a DJ. For $90 you get to enjoy everything and you're helping out a very worthy organization. So enjoy this beautiful spring weather, the extra hour of sunlight, do a good deed and have an excuse to go dress shopping on your lunch break Wednesday. Are you coming?

I am dying for Spring. I try to incorporate bright colors into my wardrobe year round, but lately I've been pulling out all of my pretty fabrics and (gasp) wore my white pumps today. Only 13 more days! Since I replaced my sewing machine I've been working on new items for my etsy shop. Here's my latest addition, completed last night:

Hopefully I'll be adding lots of fun new items over the next couple weeks! For now I have a few items keeping the shop warm... check 'em out:

Saturday was such a beautiful day... I took a long walk, left my jacket at home, passed a Mr. Softee truck on the corner, and had lunch out on my fire escape. Sunday's weather, on the other hand, couldn't have been more miserable. The pouring, wind-driven rain soaked me to the skin from head to toe after a necessary walk through Astoria to deliver a package to a friend. There is something pretty about New York in the rain though... especially when everything seems to be washed out in black and white. And rain means spring is around the corner, right? I love these photos of the city in the rain...

Listed from left to right, top to bottom: 

1. Union Square New York City by thepaintedphoto
2. Rainy Day Blur by ashleykelemen
3. Bryant Park NYC by stevebrickles
4. Rainy Day in Central Park NYC by rebeccaplotnick
5. New York Night Rain Turns Into Snow by nomaddiary
6. View from Empire State Building by PhotosByJoe
7. Photo of a New York building in the rain by aubabi78
8. Spies Hide Out in Every Corner by CiaoChessa
9. "xoxo" by Lovinda

WATCH IT: videos I peeped this week that you should too
Adele's video for Rolling in the Deep (above) is fantastic. She introduced the video on the VH1 Top 20 Countdown, and said the song was the first track she wrote for her new album, 21. She wrote the song after a "huge row" with her boyfriend, and that the speed of the song was set by the beat of her racing heart. Pretty awesome. 

This video of Ben Folds singing to unsuspected Chatroulette users is hilarious. (The notepad guy, Bobby, is my favorite.) How cool would that be to be a random special guest at a Ben Folds concert?! (Unless of course you're nakey...)

HEAR IT: songs I downloaded this week
Adele's new album, 21, is amazing! I've had it on repeat for days, especially playing out Set Fire to the Rain, Rumor Has It, Someone Like You, and Rolling in the Deep. I tried to get tickets to her show at United Palace in May, and it sold out the minute it went on sale. Sooo bummed out. 

MoMA's Looking at Music 3.0 exhibit runs through June 6, 2011

DO IT: things to add to your calendar
Check out MoMA's Looking at Music 3.0 exhibit which takes a look at music's influence on NYC in the 80's and 90's. From the exhibit's website: In this dynamic period, imaginative forms of street art spread across the five boroughs, articulating the counter-culture tenor of the times. As the city transitioned from bankruptcy to solvency, graffiti, media, and performance artists took advantage of low rents and collaborated on ad hoc works shown in alternative spaces and underground clubs. Appropriation, also known as remixing, thrived.

Borders on Park Avenue is closing! Starting today, there's a sale of 25-50% off everything in the store.