30 December 2011

a postcard

from 2011. 

 

the year of 23; one year in new york; a second thanksgiving in the city; my first s'mores; my first ice cream truck cone; my first trip to the museum of modern art; my first red lipstick; my first real snow; iron & wine at radio city and terminal five; the book that made me miss trains and cry in public; a fortunate, unexpected day in montreal; london and the english seaside, moors, and countryside; letters and wishes and coffeehouses; a hurricane weekend of endless books and conversation; adventures to d.c. for the cherry blossoms, to harlem for fried chicken and sweet teaupstate for apples, to brooklyn for maple lattes, and uptown for poetry readings; long walks and my favorite blanket to soothe an aching heart; visits to family in dallas and friends in williamsburg and baltimore; invaluable lessons in self and relationships and acts of kindness; zinnias and dandelion jelly and watermelon + bleu cheese salads; rope swings and that glorious week on the lake; finally getting back to charleston; and making it home for christmas. a good year, a challenging year, a year that i'll remember living and loving and missing and cherishing harder than ever before. and now, 2012. happy new year! may it be our best one yet, all of us.

5 comments:

  1. All of these photos are GORGEOUS!!! I think i need to look at them again :)

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  2. happy new years!!

    are you going to the New Year's event of Timesquare on the first of January?

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  3. what a gorgeous, beautiful postcard! seriously-- all of the colors and happiness are making me smile. happy 2012, dear! hoping it is just as beautiful (if not even more) as 2011!

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  4. Happy New Year, Alexa. Found your blog about this time last year, and have loved reading about your life in the big city! Happy blogging.

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  5. I just love your blog, as do so many others, plus you write so beautifully. I always look so forward to seeing it. You have simply, a marvelous life kiddo....

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