It was our sixteenth wedding anniversary yesterday, and today starts my birthday month, although technically, I really only celebrate for the week leading up to. (We Virgos can be modest, ha!)
Like many of us, September always feels like new beginnings for me, certainly more than New Years' with all of its pressure to make amends and starts. Fall has always been my favorite season, especially when I lived back east and everything wakes back up after the lazy hot summer.
Museums hang new shows; fashion week in Bryant Park begins, and big, fat magazines litter the news stand, declaring bordeaux this year's black. I eat it all up and it was lovely spending late August in NY, the fashion on the streets and in the shops inspired me.
I'm looking forward to a busy fall full of adventures. As I've said before, I'm a nomad in my heart and in reality a sensitive traveler, and I've been examining my recent travel and how to streamline. It's not about control, (although who am I really fooling?), because control sounds like a dirty word and it's certainly an issue for me, I'm trying to see it differently. (Lord knows that the previous and over-used OS has malfunctioned.)
What do I need to feel comfortable? Comfortable is soft and gentle, without anxiety taking over. That translates to an easy to carry carry-on, clothes that are interchangeable and easy to layer, a clutch that lays flat for a purse when not lugging equipment, and said bag for said equipment. The walk-around and carry cameras plus my crap bag is an issue for me, (and I know a lot of us that like to shoot).
Backpacks are back, and I have a couple that are cute, but I don't like to be that far away from my belongings and I can get distracted, (ahem), while shooting so I'm more suited to the satchel/cross-body/tote bag. I can go on for days here, and will spare you all the details once I've sussed out the way I go. I will definitely do a test run, (which I didn't do with the bag I brought to NY), and resulted in me needing a new bag almost upon arrival.
I'm procrastinating the remaining laundry to fold before we have a house full of guests to come celebrate our new house, our anniversary and the end of summer.
I hope your weekend is a good one!
xo
*I had to make up a little saying because I could not remember which day was which: [M]ay is [M]emorial Day and [L]abor Day is [L]ate summer.
What do I need to feel comfortable? Comfortable is soft and gentle, without anxiety taking over. That translates to an easy to carry carry-on, clothes that are interchangeable and easy to layer, a clutch that lays flat for a purse when not lugging equipment, and said bag for said equipment. The walk-around and carry cameras plus my crap bag is an issue for me, (and I know a lot of us that like to shoot).
Backpacks are back, and I have a couple that are cute, but I don't like to be that far away from my belongings and I can get distracted, (ahem), while shooting so I'm more suited to the satchel/cross-body/tote bag. I can go on for days here, and will spare you all the details once I've sussed out the way I go. I will definitely do a test run, (which I didn't do with the bag I brought to NY), and resulted in me needing a new bag almost upon arrival.
I'm procrastinating the remaining laundry to fold before we have a house full of guests to come celebrate our new house, our anniversary and the end of summer.
I hope your weekend is a good one!
xo
*I had to make up a little saying because I could not remember which day was which: [M]ay is [M]emorial Day and [L]abor Day is [L]ate summer.
Haha, my birthday is this weekend but we've been celebrating since Wednesday. I think a birthday week is perfectly acceptable. :)
ReplyDeleteI love fall too, but the weather has changed so much in Santa Fe, I'm not sure what to expect. It's still blazing hot now which is unusual and I fear that it's going to go straight into cold without the lovely fall inbetween. We shall see.
I have my own travel issues and for me I think it is all about control or at least knowing what to expect and that's just not possible. I'm learning though, how to deal with all these things. And I am learning not to hate myself for it either. It's just part of who I am and I am not going to wake up one day and be the sort of person who can hit the road with a small backpack and nothing else. So it goes.
Happy Anniversary again and hope the party is awesome!! xo
um...i think i just sent a comment? i hit a button and it disappeared. who knows!
ReplyDeleteanyhoo..i was complimenting your word association for the holidays because i have gotten them confused with each other for the duration of my life!
i'm now going to catch up with your life via this blog.
xo
happy birthday month...i used to celebrate the month, now it's the week and i'm sure it will get to just the day...getting older. i agree about the control, the streamlining while traveling..i'm already thinking how i can do it for my next trip. less is more and i know how i am ...i just need to embrace the simplicity of it all.
ReplyDeleteloved! all your NY photos...scheming a trip myself.
xxx