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It's the beginning of summer, so I'm slowly crawling out of my comfort zone and starting to do a lot more venturing out into NYC. This city has SO MUCH to offer. I feel like there's always something going on, and I know I can't possibly do it all. But...I'm going to have fun trying!

I don't know if it's because the weather was so bad during Memorial Day Weekend, but the weekend after Memorial Day was poppin. The weather was warm, and everyone was outside doing something. My girl Brittany came up to NYC for the weekend, so we hit up the Brooklyn Classic, which is where I ended up shooting my first Au Natural street style photo! The next day we had brunch for like four hours at Harlem Tavern and then tried to get into the Everyday People Brunch with no luck. I had fun being out in my "sexy back" dress anyway.

Last weekend (not this past weekend, but the one before that), Q and I had some "us time" at this huge BBQ at Madison Square Park. I don't usually eat pork, but I had the best baby back ribs. Pepperoni and ribs are my two pork allowances.

I had the pleasure of attending a really great networking event and panel at the Bauble Bar pop-up location in SoHo. I loved being surrounded by so much jewelry! And we got to sip on Godiva's new chocolate liqueur. I had the white chocolate flavor on the rocks. It didn't need anything else! The weather absolutely sucked that night; I remember my curly fro damn near exploded due to the humidity, so I had to pin it up for work the rest of the week.

I was sick for most of this past weekend, which was so unfortunate because we had two good weather days! But I did take a trip out to Harlem Shake. I love burgers, so I was prepared to be very critical, but I didn't have to be. It's a great little burger shop, totally retro, and the burgers were so good! I ate mine so fast, and I was mad it was finished =P


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Memorial Day

Yep, you read that correctly. These are photos from Memorial Day Weekend. Better late than never, right?

You see, something happened when I got really interested in photography. I started hoarding photos. I take photos because it's fun, but once I've seen them and edited them, I usually file them away on my external hard drive. If it wasn't for The Feisty House, I bet a ton of my photos would never see the light of day.



I spent the day at South Street Seaport with Quentin and his cousins. I kept it lowkey in the printed pants I wore on my birthday, a crop top from Urban Outfitters (there are TONS of options on their website), and super comfy flats from H&M. We had a really great time. We ate a lot of classic American fare (think hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, and grilled cheese), and sipped on spiked slushes. It's nice when I get to spend time with Quentin's family. I'm not super close to my cousins in Florida because they were all older than I was, and I don't really know a lot of my extended family here in NY because I grew up in Florida, so it's nice to borrow Quentin's cousins from time to time =)



I don't quite remember what caused me to start dancing on the pier...but I was clearly enjoying myself, lol. Oh man, sometimes I do the most ridiculous things...especially when there's tequila involved. Hey, it was a nice day! I think that was the first really warm day in a while, so we all definitely enjoyed it =)


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{Feisty Finds}

{ARTSY FARTSY} If you read style blogs, you'll get a kick out of the new Tumblr Sh-t Bloggers Wear. Cecilia uses pen and ink to sketch those items you see over and over again on blogs, like that Celine trapeze bag, or the Valentino Rockstud heels.

{EYE-OPENING} Looking for a reason to stop thinking about it and start doing whatever your "it" is? Watch these three short films, and I bet you'll be forever inspired. They're so well-done, and our inspo tour guide is easy on the eyes too. Winning.

{FASHION-FORWARD} Refinery29 interviews the sisters behind Brooklyn fashion line William Okpo. Their stuff is AMAZING!

{URBAN ELEGANCE} Chai of Back to Curly shares her love for online mag By Way of Brooklyn, and now I'm hooked too. The site shares stories from all BK's transplants. Being a transplant myself, I resonate with a lot of the stories, and they're told so beautifully!

{INSTA ENVY} An author's take on Instagram's envy effect, and why social media is preventing us from making really connections.

{HIPSTER HEAVEN} Brooklyn Magazine features some of the borough's finest, including Solange Knowles and Lizzy Okpo of William Okpo.

{LIFE LESSONS} Mattie of Mattieologie turns 29 and shares 29 things she's learned in her twenties. Her post is definitely worth the read. My favorite is #28.

{IN DEPTH} I loved reading this NYT interview with Kanye West. I sincerely pray for Kanye, who is a far cry from the kid who once called himself "the Christian in Christian Dior." This article helped me understand him a little bit more, and makes me feel there might be hope for him yet.


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