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living on earth is expensive 🌏 but it does include free trips around the ☀️ happy #earthday to the planet we aren’t always so gentle with. may we each find new ways to be good stewards of this beautiful place we get to call home. we can’t do it all, but we can each do something. not pictured: 557 other people taking selfies under this gorgeous blooming tree. initially thought they looked silly, then realized the hype was real and joined in on the fun 🌸 ___ concealer: @glossier stretch concealer powder: @ctilburymakeup airbrush flawless finish setting powder mascara: @toofaced better than sex blush/bronzer: @narsissist mata hari + laguna (dust on eyelid/lash line too) eyebrows: @benefitcosmetics precisely, my brow lips: @maybelline vivid hot lacquer in tease
happy birthday to my beautiful, vivacious, fiery little, frida kahlo loving angel, @owlnthecity. what wouldn’t i give to hear your incredible laugh, sneak into a sold-out museum with you, report a lost item in a lyft to give the driver your number or be enveloped in one of your all-consuming hugs. just because you’re not here to be spoiled with personalized treats (see the incredible frida cake @jksutton made on our last birthday with her 3 years ago + the one i had graffiti’d of her nip slip toddler pic 4 years ago), doesn’t mean @jksutton and i won’t keep our traditions alive. so, we had frida cookies from @cupcakemarketnyc, went to her exhibit at the @brooklynmuseum, drank vinho verde, talked about you all day, ate portuguese egg tarts and those pasteis de bacalau things you love. we will celebrate your life for all our days and always make your birthday special (and not just because we know you’re watching over making sure we do it up big). you are and will always be the truest and baddest woman i know (frida is a close second to you). please please please come share a slice of cake with me in my dreams tonight. i miss you always. i love you forever.
florals? for easter? groundbreaking.
i think i had cried a total of 5x (srsly my parents even say i would never even cry as a baby 👼🏻) in my life...then i turned 30. 30 to 33 has been filled with more emotion than most people experience in a lifetime and, well, lots of tears. the next few weeks of the year are tough ones for me—they’re filled with memories (great ones, happy ones, super sad ones) that can trigger all the feels and thoughts. i feel like my life changed completely 3 years ago (and it did). whether you’ve ever had someone close to you pass away or experienced traumatic loss and major life changes in a short period of time, you might experience grief over your loss again and again — sometimes even years later. feelings of grief might return on the special days or new events you know they would have enjoyed. these feelings, called an anniversary reaction, aren't necessarily a setback in the grieving process. they're a reflection that your loved one's life was important to you. i’m talking all about how to cope with reminders after loss on the blog. while grief doesn't magically end at a certain point after loss, the sun will rise again and there will always always always be a rainbow waiting for you on the other side of your pain 🌈 __ ✨: @ashish 📷: @besosyfotos
everything you see, i owe to spaghetti 🍝 (k actually all carbs...and cheese) ❤️ #girlsandthecarbs
chillin’ with BAErack (see what i did there? see what i did?! 🤪) #girlandtheapple
wrapped up my taxes at the literal 11th hour and now @muttinmanhattan + i are washing down our (k *my*) #taxday woes at @thewildsonnyc 🤦🏼‍♀️ 💸 #emotionalsupportdog
 
 
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