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I had a lovely and refreshing cruise experience with my family over winter break. I’ve never done a review on a cruise before, but I was overall impressed by the experience and wanted to share with anyone that might be interested in booking something similar (and some personal anecdotes and memories from these days…)
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…this weather is a blessing from the frigid December of New York….
i don’t have too much to say about these photos other than that today was a beautiful day of being a tourist in Puerto Rico, filled with colors and picturesque streets
-A
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…I’m back from my week-long and a half trip, which was a cruise on the Royal Caribbean followed by a few days of free-roaming in Florida. With me at UCLA for the past few years, and now in New York, while my sister is a freshman at NYU, we’ve been doing vacations over winter break….
My sister and I realized that we’ve celebrated the past five New Year’s Eves together, which is quite a feat considering we’re four years apart so our schooling is always off by a chapter. Three years ago, we spent New Year’s together at her best friend’s house, empty for the night. I tagged along because when my sister and I are together, at home, we end up going to all each other’s engagements like it’s not really a big deal. The three of us took turns using the massage chair, I listened to their high school woes and felt deep sympathy, we ran around the kitchen island and ate bites of cake with a spoon directly from the box. It was a New Year’s sleepover.
The book I’m reading on this trip is the Hollywood Daughter, a riveting and relatable story about a girl with a Catholic upbringing and her admiration and awe for Ingrid Berman, even though the scandals later in her career. The city of Los Angeles was a great inspiration for my debut poetry collection, LA baby... and so I thoroughly enjoyed this read. Give it a try if it sounds intriguing.
Love,
-A
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…I attended Octoly’s holiday party in New York for the first time two weekends ago. (it was an eventful weekend, following my company’s corporate holiday party, and preceding my roommate’s rugby team holiday party.)
Much to my delight (as I decided to pop out some meek heels) the Octoly party turned out to be only a few blocks from my apartment in Midtown. It was a fantastic event! I had so much fun speaking to all the marketing teams and managers behind the brands that were working with Octoly, and being able to meet the people from the Octoly team in person was also very enjoyable.
I was excited up from the moment I got the cute, glittery digital invite in my Wednesday inbox during work. Octoly sent the invite through the platform that I personally use for digital cards, Paperless Post. They have a ton of cute holiday cards running so be sure to check them out at https://www.paperlesspost.com/.
When I was in Paris for spring break, I discovered some of my Parisian influencer friends also use this platform! (Paris already feels like a lifetime ago, the only tangible reminder for now is a beautiful winter coat picked up at the Le Bon Marché shopping gallery as a birthday present that I’ve been sporting around the city.)
How many holiday parties have we attended so far? And what would be your dream holiday party to attend? Do let me know. Hope to keep all the good times rolling as we rapidly approach the end of 2019 and much love!
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