Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Hey! I hope you’re enjoying your weekend. Yesterday evening I got to visit the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. We went at 5:30 when it had cooled down and the lighting was so glow-y. It was bigger than I expected with so many little gardens, greenhouses, and sculptures. I love finding and exploring the many green spaces of this beautiful city. A friend of mine said that September in NYC is the most perfect in terms of weather and I can see what she was talking about. I am very much looking forward to the rest of the month.

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Ei! Espero que você esteja aproveitando seu fim de semana. Ontem à noite, visitei o Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. Fomos às 5:30, quando esfriou e a iluminação estava tão brilhante. Era maior do que eu esperava com tantos pequenos jardins, estufas e esculturas. Adoro encontrar e explorar os muitos espaços verdes desta bela cidade. Uma amiga minha disse que setembro em NYC é o mais perfeito em termos de clima e posso ver do que ela estava falando. Estou muito ansioso para o resto do mês.

xo

Mariamma

Pretty Little Bird

Hi loves! I have been in the mood to get rid of things lately and I think this romper is one of them! There are certain things in my closet that I never/rarely gravitate towards and others that I love so much I've worn them once ... which makes little sense. I'm making it a point to wear those items and I've found that, with the first category of garments, they are often ill-fitting and unflattering. I don't feel great in them. And this romper is one of them. I'm actually sitting at a coffee shop in it right now, wishing I was in something else haha. At least it's comfortable though! I went through a phase a long time ago where I got rid of anything that was even remotely small but then I started buying things that were too big for me. I feel like I'm finally balancing out and have become increasingly picky about fit and fabric content. I guess I'm growing up! I know and understand my body and what I look/feel good in and after making myself wear this romper today it's time to add it to the giveaway pile! And as for the items that I covet and never wear, I'm telling myself that it's time to put them on and flaunt them! There's no time like the present - as cliché as that is. And sometimes you need to wear them for a day to figure out which category they're really in.  

Cheers to shedding what you need to shed and savoring the good things!

Somehow this turned into a metaphor about life haha! 

xx 

Mariamma

Peaches & Cream

I just sat down and had a delicious vermicelli rice noodle salad, complete with tofu and about a pound of sriracha. It's funny to think back to sriracha being spicy for me. I eat it like ketchup now. Ridiculous, but I think my worth as a woman is tied up in my ability to eat spicy food. It's something I'm proud of. My friend Francesca's mom told me last night that she can't handle eating chilis anymore. She said that when she was a teenager her mom would make a pork chili verde dish and one time she made it so spicy that it burnt a hole in the tupperware and did something similar to her esophagus. I hope I  never reach a point where my body says no but my mouth says yaaaas. Peaches and cream may not be a very fitting title for this post after all :). 

hoping you're happy, 

Mariamma

Oh Hi

Bodysuit - Gift / Jeans - Flea Market / Shoes - Circus by Sam Edelman 

Here it is, late/mid February and you haven't heard a peep out of me since December. It's been a crazy couple months - full of transitions and shifting of winds. I am headed to New Orleans this week for Mardi Gras so I'm pretty sure that will be my next post. Should be a good one ;). 

muito amor

Mariamma