Street Style Stroll

A Saturday stroll to the library! I woke up last weekend and decided I wanted to meander towards Park Slope, hit up the farmer’s market, and return an overdue library book. It’s about an hour and a half walk which never feels very long once I’m on my way. I’m always a little amazed at how open and kind all of the street style subjects are. Y’all make my day every time. I am a little awkward when other people take my photo so I am always flattered and excited when others allow me to photograph them. In these interactions we bridge a gap created by our busy lives, shyness, urban anonymity etc. and it always makes me feel more connected to the city.

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Um passeio de sábado até a biblioteca! Acordei no fim de semana passado e decidi que queria caminhar até Park Slope, ir ao mercado do fazendeiro e devolver um livro da biblioteca atrasado. É cerca de uma hora e meia de caminhada, o que nunca parece muito longo quando estou a caminho. Sempre fico um pouco surpreso com o quão abertos e gentis são todos os assuntos de estilo de rua. Vocês fazem o meu dia sempre. Fico um pouco estranho quando outras pessoas tiram minhas fotos, então fico sempre lisonjeado e animado quando outras pessoas me permitem fotografá-las. Nessas interações preenchemos uma lacuna criada por nossas vidas ocupadas, timidez, anonimato urbano etc. e isso sempre me faz sentir mais conectado à cidade.

beijinho

Mariamma

Kate Spade Earrings

Earrings by Kate Spade NY | Rocksbox.com

Hi loves! Well, an instagram ad for Rocksbox got me last week with a photo of this Kate Spade collection. Rocksbox is a subscription jewelry company that lends you jewelry for the month and all the money you pay can be put towards buying anything you don’t want to send back. Most of my jewelry is thrifted and so I don’t often ad to my collection. I thought this would be a fun way to play with more accessories. This month I chose these earrings plus a couple items that I wore to the Pride Parade on Sunday. I like everything I got a little too much though, so we’ll see how I do with sending it back.

Yesterday Liv and I finalized some very exciting travel plans. It will be our first time traveling internationally together and I am so excited. If you watched my last video, my birthday vlog, you saw that I got a VERY legit camera for filming and I am so excited to use it on this upcoming trip. I had a bit of a weird day yesterday; I woke up just feeling a bit off and then my computer crashed and I had to head to an Apple store in Queens for a last minute tech appointment. They got it all sorted but I had to completely erase and re-download everything. The good news is that I have plenty of storage space now, but the bad news is that I forgot to backup my Lightroom presets so I edited these photos from scratch. Not a bad job right?! It’s nice to see that I have gained some real skill and I don’t need to rely so heavily on things I used to feel were a necessity.

I hope you are all having a great start to the week. I have about an hour until I have to head home for therapy online so I’m going to dive into editing the Pride Parade photos

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Oi amores! Bem, um anúncio no instagram da Rocksbox me trouxe semana passada com uma foto dessa coleção da Kate Spade. A Rocksbox é uma empresa de joias por assinatura que empresta joias para você durante o mês e todo o dinheiro que você paga pode ser usado para comprar qualquer coisa que você não queira devolver. A maioria das minhas joias é barata e, portanto, não costumo adicionar à minha coleção. Achei que seria uma forma divertida de brincar com mais acessórios. Este mês escolhi estes brincos mais algumas peças que usei na Pride Parade no domingo. Eu gosto de tudo que tenho um pouco demais, então vamos ver como me saio com o envio de volta.

Ontem Liv e eu finalizamos alguns planos de viagem muito emocionantes. Será nossa primeira viagem internacional juntos e estou muito animado. Se você assistiu ao meu último vídeo, meu vlog de aniversário, viu que ganhei uma câmera MUITO legítima para filmar e estou muito animado para usá-la nesta próxima viagem. Tive um dia meio estranho ontem; Acordei me sentindo um pouco mal e então meu computador travou e tive que ir a uma loja da Apple no Queens para um compromisso técnico de última hora. Eles resolveram tudo, mas eu tive que apagar completamente e baixar tudo novamente. A boa notícia é que tenho muito espaço de armazenamento agora, mas a má notícia é que esqueci de fazer backup das minhas predefinições do Lightroom, então editei essas fotos do zero. Não é um trabalho ruim, certo?! É bom ver que ganhei alguma habilidade real e não preciso confiar tanto em coisas que costumava sentir que eram uma necessidade.

Espero que todos tenham um ótimo começo de semana. Tenho cerca de uma hora até voltar para casa para a terapia online, então vou mergulhar na edição das fotos da Parada do Orgulho

xoxo

Mariamma

And P.S. If you are having an off-day like I did yesterday, I highly recommend listening to a guided affirmation meditation. I just found one on Spotify and partook for 15 minutes and it made me feel so much better <3

Spring on the Verge of Winter | A Mood Board

Oi amores. You know the drill, once in a while my childhood urge to create a collage with all my saved photos becomes too strong to resist & y’all get a mood board. This has been such a cold spring so far. The good news is that 55 degrees feels warm after freezing temperatures, so as long as it’s not windy, I’m feeling pretty nice. I am scouring my closet for items I couldn’t wear all winter that will be too thick for the humid summer that awaits us. Those shmedium jackets, long sleeve dresses, cotton beanies, jeans that fit a bit too snug for another layer underneath them … you get the picture. I know the shift will be sudden from wintery spring to summer. Right now we’re getting one day of 70 a week, and I’ve been gone for the last two while traveling for work. Luckily I’ve been in even warmer places. This week it was West Palm Beach, Santo Domingo (in the Dominican Republic), Charleston. I dunked myself in the pool in Santo Domingo which felt glorious. Today I went to the gym, got my nails done, and then dropped off my platform black boots at the cobbler near my old apartment. The guy near me wanted to charge me twice as much! Worth a little subway ride to Manhattan. I am now at one of my go-to coffee shops, taking up a coveted seat at one of their big communal tables. I’ll head home soon to clean, do laundry, perhaps meet up with a friend this evening. We shall see. I wouldn't mind a lounge-y night in.

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Oi amores. Você sabe o que fazer, de vez em quando meu desejo de infância de criar uma colagem com todas as minhas fotos salvas se torna forte demais para resistir e vocês ganham um quadro de humor. Esta tem sido uma primavera tão fria até agora. A boa notícia é que 55 graus parece quente após temperaturas congelantes, então, desde que não vente, estou me sentindo muito bem. Estou vasculhando meu armário em busca de itens que não pude usar durante todo o inverno que serão muito grossos para o verão úmido que nos espera. Aquelas jaquetas médias, vestidos de manga longa, gorros de algodão, jeans que ficam um pouco justos demais para outra camada por baixo… você entendeu. Eu sei que a mudança será repentina da primavera invernal para o verão. No momento, estamos recebendo um dia de 70 por semana, e estive fora nos últimos dois enquanto viajava a trabalho. Felizmente já estive em lugares ainda mais quentes. Esta semana foi West Palm Beach, Santo Domingo (na República Dominicana), Charleston. Eu mergulhei na piscina em Santo Domingo que me senti gloriosa. Hoje eu fui para a academia, fiz minhas unhas e depois deixei minhas botas pretas de plataforma no sapateiro perto do meu antigo apartamento. O cara perto de mim queria me cobrar o dobro! Vale uma pequena viagem de metrô para Manhattan. Agora estou em uma das minhas cafeterias favoritas, ocupando um lugar cobiçado em uma de suas grandes mesas comunitárias. Vou para casa em breve para limpar, lavar roupa, talvez encontrar um amigo esta noite. Veremos. Eu não me importaria de uma noite de lounge.

smooch

Mariamma

We're In It | 2019

We are officially two weeks into the new year and I haven’t really taken a moment to reflect and identify what I want to work on in the new year. We are always working on ourselves ideally, but I like to take moments like my birthday and New Years to take a second and assess where I am and where I’d like to be. I watched Jenn Im’s youtube video on her resolutions and she suggested only making three so that you remember them.  So here they are.

  1. Spend more time checking in with yourself- writing just for you, blogging and saying what you really mean, having meaningful conversations with others, listening

  2. Blog more - network, continue to prioritize creative photos, think outside the box

  3. Health - cook more, be outside more, dance more, go to the gym more, prioritize sleep, wake up every morning asking yourself what you need to make it a wonderful day

    Do you have any “resolutions” for the year?

Estamos oficialmente há duas semanas no novo ano e eu realmente não levei um momento para refletir e identificar o que eu quero trabalhar no novo ano. Estamos sempre trabalhando em nós mesmos de forma ideal, mas eu gosto de aproveitar momentos como meu aniversário e Ano Novo para aproveitar um segundo e avaliar onde estou e onde gostaria de estar. Eu assisti ao vídeo do youtube de Jenn Im sobre suas resoluções e ela sugeriu que fizesse apenas três para que você se lembrasse delas. Então aqui estão eles.

  1. Passe mais tempo checando com você mesmo - escrevendo apenas para você, blogando e dizendo o que você realmente quer dizer, tendo conversas significativas com outras pessoas, ouvindo

  2. Blog mais - expandir, continue a priorizar fotos criativas, pensa fora da quadra

  3. Saúde - cozinhar mais, estar fora mais, dançar mais, ir ao ginásio mais, priorizar o sono, acordar todas as manhãs, se perguntando o que você precisa para torná-lo um dia maravilhoso

    Você tem alguma "resolução" para o ano?

Feliz Ano Novo

Mariamma

Spring Mood Board

The new Instagram feature where you can save photos has quickly turned into a mood board. Scrolling through, I started to realize how cohesive my photos and interests are and thought they would make a nice collage to share. I hope these images inspire you as they've inspired me! There is a lot about social media that doesn't sit right with me but the ability to share and have access to inspirational art is undeniable. 

Enjoy 

Mariamma

Red & Gold

Hey there beauties! Today at work there was a story being covered on the news about two whales that swam up into the Seal Beach channel and got stuck when the tide went out. Whales (and horses) are my favorite animals and I've never seen one in the ocean so I headed there straight after work. A little crowd had gathered to watch. The area the whales were confined to was so small. I just kept thinking how scared or worried they must be. I'm glad they had each other at least. It was amazing to see their fins and bursts of air from their blowholes so closely! I sang a little song to Yemanja and prayed that the ocean takes them back safely. I just saw a little update and it looks like they are still in the channel but doing okay. Hopefully they'll get to return to the ocean during the night. I'll post an update! 

xoxo 

Mariamma

Personalized

Having a unique name (at least in this part of the world) means that I have never found my name on a keychain or mini license plate. My grandparent's recognized that I would miss out on this very important ;) piece of American culture and gave me quite a few personalized items over the years to assure I didn't feel left out. I cherish all of them. I've had this necklace since elementary school and refused to wear it to school for fear of breaking it during one of my cut-throat tetherball tournaments or while defending a soccer goal. I'm grateful for my forethought because now, twenty years later, I can still rock it and reminisce on how lovely my family has been to me. 'Tis the season for thoughtful gifts. Inspired? I am.

xx 

Mariamma

Time

Time is beautiful, 

A figment of our imagination or not, 

It passes as it wishes, 

Fast then slow, through your wading fingertips

A burst of movement 

Right before a slow crawl

 

Time heals and that is beautiful, 

Slowly painting layers over once raw wounds

She lays glistening medicinal sap along your back

And your scrape is transformed 

You catch a glimpse of yourself - over your shoulder

Perhaps when you throw some salt over the left side

And it is gone, fresh skin, glowing and hopeful

Stronger too

Has taken its place in the destiny of your freckled skin

Mapped out before birth,

Each hiccup of melanin planned and carefully placed

By the decisive hand of The Universe

 

Time will tell where the map will take you, 

Which sun rays will have their way with you,

Where the wounds will be inflicted and how they'll heal 

But they will heal, 

Because time is beautiful and she is on your side

At your side

Fingers intertwined 

She has your back

And a forest full of tree sap

Flea Market Finds

I'm a woman of my word! Here are photos of my 2 flea market finds. I know, not a ton of stuff, but quality over quantity ;). I have been wanting a good sized purple geode but they are often expensive or just not exactly what I'm looking for. I feel like it has to speak to me haha. It has to have good juju, and this one does. I love how it wraps around to the back and it's cut so it can lay in a lot of different ways. The earrings were only $4 and they hang really nicely and are very light. I definitely want to go back to the flea market. There are always such unique things! 

xo 

Mariamma