scenes from the weekend.

Haven’t done one of these in a while!

This weekend was a great one – a perfect balance of productivity and fun.

Gotta rewind to Thursday because that’s where the weekend really starts, right? I headed down to Arrojo after work to get my blondes done by Nadia. If you’re looking for a colorist in

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a {birth}day in the life.

NYC

First of all, thanks so much for the birthday wishes! You all are the sweetest

My birthday started out as just any other Tuesday. I went to the gym super early and took in my beautiful city right after sunrise.

When I got home I had a breakfast of a green smoothie +

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Travel Brilliantly with Marriott.

Marriott Travel Brilliantly

If you follow me on social media, you probably noticed that last week I had a “stay-cation” adventure in NYC. It was all thanks to Marriott Hotels, who were kind enough to invite me to join their Travel Brilliantly campaign.

I was really excited to be a part of this for a few reasons.

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scenes from the weekend.

Weekends are always a fun time, but they’re especially great now that I live within walking distance of most of my favorite places in the city.

…like St. Paul’s German Church, where we had an amazing Liberty Sisterhood gathering on Friday.

Followed by a cozy late night dinner at the Meatball Shop.

Then

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snapshots.

Small room organization 101: get a clothing rack.

201: behind-the-door shoe storage.

301: make use of every inch of space.

(don’t mind the unfolded clothes - I’m getting there ;))

401: still make it uniquely yours!

I’d post pix of our living room, but it’s still…under construction. But here

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snapshots.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m going to keep this one quite wordless because…well, I’m letting myself be extra lazy today

This pretty much sums up the past 72 hours…

How did you ring in the new year?

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scenes from the weekend.

‘Twas a good one.

Anyone else think that Monica should start a sister blog to GML?

Rewind to Friday where I ran errands all over the city, got my hair done, and enjoyed a coffee date with a reader. Hi Melanie!

Friday night was a friend’s birthday party at Henry,

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snapshots {halloween edition}.

And just like that, Halloween is over. Here’s to Thanksgiving…

Do anything fun last night? What was your costume?

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I'm the girl, Gracie Gordon. Here at GML you can follow my journey of dreaming, working, eating, loving, and blogging my way through life in NYC.

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