Some things I want for my future home

Huge windows

Colorful walls

A brick wall somewhere

Big world map

Beaded curtains for doorways

A fridge like this one from SMEG

Childhood favorites

In general, I loved reading all Louis Sachar books. But his Sideways Stories From Wayside School series... Looooved it! Really really loved it.

Other books I loved to read as a kid are:

-The Bailey School Kids series by Marcia T. Jones and Debbie Dadey

-What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything? by Avi

-How To Drive Your Family Crazy On Halloween by Dean Marney

-Help! I'm Trapped in My Principal's Body, and also Don t Get Caught Driving The School Bus by Todd Strasser

-Animorphs series by K. A. Applegate

Listing all these books make me want to go back to my childhood. I really should write thank you letters to all these authors for making my days after coming home from elementary and middle school so interesting and enjoyable.

When I become a mom, I am definitely buying these books for my child. This post was just a reminder to do that in case I forget.

Night in Chelsea

My friend came to visit New York yesterday. She was only here for one night so we grabbed dinner at Shake Shack at Madison Square Park and then walked to Chelsea afterwards. Ever since I discovered Chelsea Market last year, I take every opportunity I have to go again and again. It might just be my favorite place to go in the city! I love markets and lines of stores selling things from cupcakes and chocolates to bread and books. I remember back at CMU one of my favorite memories is going to the Strip District on a Saturday afternoon to visit the long string of sidewalk markets selling Steelers shirts, Pirates gear, and the like. Love just looking around from station to station to see what they have.

It was a really fun night. One thing that I loved was visiting the bookstore and seeing this.

What a unique way of advertising books! Readers from everywhere wrote a short memo based on their experience with a particular book they loved reading. I liked seeing what people thought and added a handful to my “to read” list. Yay! How exciting.

When we were walking out, a guy who had just bought 3-4 bags of grocery overheard us talking about taking a picture by the exit. He had already passed us but asked if we wanted him to take a picture for us. I was caught by surprise because he was genuinely friendly and wanted to help. Even with the heavy grocery bags he managed to take 2 pictures and waited for our confirmation (haha I guess all guys know to do this for girls) then proceeded to leave telling us to have a good night. Kindness in strangers is one thing I really treasure because there isn’t enough in this world. It made me smile!