rolling in the deep...

so life has been all over the place since work began - long hours - but I can truly say I love where I work and what I do.

what I don't love so much is getting home and really only having a few short hours to myself to relax before heading to bed to start the daily grind all over again.

So what is new in the world of Modern Miss Golightly:

For starters, my lease ends at the end of this month. So I will no longer be an Upper West Sider. It is the end of a great year and my little studio - converted to a one bedroom served me well. I have nothing but the best memories of this place and this little part of the city I have come to call home. But, the time has come for bigger and better things.

So in the interim I am moving back home with the 'rents (for a month or so) and then relocating to the East Side. It is time for a change, a new life, a new chapter and a new address. I have my heart set on Carnegie Hill, but I would literally entertain anything as low as Murray Hill. I must say, after looking at apartments online the other day, that the East Side has much better potential digs than the West. Hopefully that true one bedroom will be in my very near future!

Other news - fall is nearly here. I can feel it in the air and as my prior posts have proclaimed - Autumn to me is the penultimate season of growth. September is my New Years so to speak. It is the time of the year where I shed whatever baggage I have managed to accumulate and start over, just as the air takes that tinge of cool.

I am most looking forward to rocking more nerd-chic to the office, pencil skirts, my rimmed glasses, moccasins, corduroys  - the very thought of my fall wardrobe has me smiling. I swear the minute the season begins to turn I get a craving to buy school supplies and watch "You've Got Mail" with my mom.

I cannot wait to see Central Park in the fall - the leaves changing, the brisk mornings. It just makes me feel more alive somehow. Autumn will always be my season, it is this magical time when almost anything feels possible.

I could use a little impossibility becoming reality - just about now. Though couldn't we all.

<3 MMG

going corporate...

I am employed! After months of interviewing and trying hard to find a position that would be suitable for my personality and interests I have landed a wonderful job I am eager to start. For the sake of privacy and because I don't want to have this blog come under any scrutiny the name of the company will remain unwritten. Needless to say this development will likely spill over into my blog by means of corporate style dress, new makeup hauls, and perfect Happy Hour spots as I collect them! Here is to a new chapter of my life - I am thrilled!! <3

My Mini Mac Haul!

(all products are available at Mac or Nordstrom and the photos are courtesy of Nordstrom.com)

Mac Lip Pencil in Subculture *pictured*

Mac Eye Kohl in Smolder *not shown in picture - but it is a velvety black!*

Mac Brows Automatic Pencil in Spiked *not shown - pictured here in Lingering*

Mac Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation in C3 *pictured*

Mac Studio Finish Concealer in NW30 *pictured*

I can't wait for these products to arrive. I have had a few Mac things in the past but have never ventured past the brow pencil (aka life saver) and the concealer (aka godsend). I am usually pretty picky about my foundation (I usually stick exclusively with Chanel) but I have heard nothing but great things about the Studio Fix and love that it is dual purpose, plus for the price I couldn't not give it a go! Once I get my paws on this haul I promise I will do a better review!

Later Loves <3

i'll take a perfect manhattan please...

Can we actually "know" the universe? 

My God, it's hard enough finding your way around in Chinatown. 

- Woody Allen

This may be the heavy doses of Mad Men, Sex and the City and Gossip Girl - but there is no place like New York City. Nothing as worthwhile or as maddeningly beautiful. I cannot imagine being single and in my twenties anywhere else in the world. Carrie Bradshaw was right when she dubbed the city her "one true love". There is never a reason to feel bored or alone when in most cases the city will take care of you.  It is hard for me to pen exactly what it is I love about New York City so much, it is like trying to explain how I interpret the color blue. It just is. 

I love it most when I am...

1. Leaning out my bedroom window enjoying a morning breeze and suddenly hear someone start singing opera across the way.

2. Out and about running errands and cross paths with my mailman who simply says "Hello, 4E".

3. Beginning or ending a date at 59th Street - right in front of the Time Warner Center and Central Park.

4. Found in conversation with someone randomly online at the supermarket and learn we have mutual friends working in the same Broadway show.

5. Visiting the little 24/7 deli around the corner from my apartment. Where back in August 2010, the owner (David) asked - "What is your name?" and greets me like an old friend for the past year.

This is a city of gypsies - we all have traveler blood in our veins. Our small studio apartments caravans that we will stay in for a year or less never more, before roaming about again. All our possessions condensed into a few small boxes, a metro card in hand and some loose change is all we need for adventure. I love this city where the autonomy is solidarity and our uniqueness is our oneness.