Walking around {NYC}

{I’ve been doing lots of walking lately and taking pictures with my phone}

{Walking in the most inappropriate outfits, but it is NYC so you have to look good right?}

{The streets in springtime are just magical}

{And I get to walk through this wonderful park on my way home from work}

We’ve been in NYC about 7 month now and I’m starting to feel more at home. I don’t feel like a tourist anymore, but I certainly don’t fit into a ‘local’ category either. Is anyone a local here? Once you have been here for a while you start to see little things you might miss if you were a tourist. New York is visual overload and I think, as a tourist, it’s hard to take it all in as you tend to focus more on the city in its entirety, and endeavouring not to be overwhelmed by it.  New York really is an amazing and fascinating city. I feel so luck to actually be living here.

{Refresh}

{Baseball at Yankee’s Stadium}

Very early on Saturday morning when I couldn’t sleep and the city was still, I decided to give Plain Fabulous a little refresh. What do you think, is the background too pink? Credit goes to our lovely wedding photographer, Kirra Cheers, for the new heading. On Saturday we also invested in our first digital SLR (a Canon T3i – which from all the research we did is supposed to be an excellent camera for beginners). We haven’t used it yet but I can’t wait to get out next weekend and give it a try! I hope everyone had wonderful weekend!

Neon {An 80′s flashback}

{Jessica Stein from http://fellt.com/tuula}

I have been seeing a lot of neon of the yellow variety being worn around the blog sphere. Personally I’m not a huge fan but I’m not sure if it’s because I was a teenager in the 80’s and have horrible flash backs of wearing neon years ago (and I’m clearly showing my age by saying this). What do you think? Is it in your wardrobe this season or on your nails?

{Julie Sarinana from http://www.sincerelyjules.com/

{By Kate Arends from http://katearends.com/blog/}

{Chiara Ferragni from http://www.theblondesalad.com/}

On the other hand I have been after a pair of summer wedges and I think these from above might just do the trick.

{Rachel Zoe “Debra” T-Strap Wedge}

They are on special at Bloomingdales at the moment…even more reason to add them to my shoe collection!

{Mid-week} Musings

Source: http://thecovetedmuse.tumblr.com/

For the past few months I’ve been lacking the inspiration to blog and share our world with the rest of the world. Then all of a sudden boom! I’m full of inspiration again.

{Inspiration} Wear-to-work

{Source: http://wearcolor.tumblr.com/}

Since heading back to work I have been on the look out for wear-to-work clothes. I have never been a huge fan of the suit so I need to find outfits that are suitably corporate but show enough personality to make dressing in the morning fun. In Sydney I would wear a dress almost every other day but recently I’ve been drawn to separates, especially trousers.

{Sabrina Meijer from http://www.afterdrk.com/}

{Source: http://www.9to5chic.com/}

{Emily Schuman from http://cupcakesandcashmere.com/}

{Jessica Alba. Source: http://www.starstyleinc.com/}

Going green

I hadn’t been up to Central Park for months until a few weekends ago when Tim suggested we head up town to check it out on a beautiful Saturday afternoon.

{The new spring shots make everything fluro green}

{It’s just such a lovely time of year. Everyone is out and about}

{And the sky is blue}

Happy Wednesday!

Everyday life

I finally got a smart phone, yay! and one of the first apps that I downloaded was Instgram. It really is the perfect app for someone like me that doesn’t carry a camera all the time and isn’t an amazing photographer. It makes snapping everyday life fun.

{A sunset walk along the Hudson River}

{Staying up late on a school night baking Anzac biscuits}

{Our new second hand bar cart - we really need to stock it up}

{Sunday night dinner cooked by my wonderful husband. If only I had his patience.}

Street art {New Orleans}

We took these photos in New Orleans last weekend.

I love interesting streetart but don’t tend to take photos of it – probably because I don’t generally see it.

This last piece of work is by Banksy. It is one of the last artworks by the artist that has not yet been painted over by the Grey Ghost. You can read up about it here.

The big easy {New Orleans Easter 2012}

This weekend we packed our bags and headed to “Nawlins” with some lovely folks we met here in NYC. It was such a wonderful weekend. The sun was shining, the weather was warm and most importantly there were lots and lots of laughs.

Here’s some snaps on how the weekend played out.

{We drank. There were lots and lots of cheap drinks}

{We stumbled across a wedding parade - with a jazz band, police escort and friends in tow}

{We did a great bike tour with Confederacy Bike tours. Jeff, our tour guide was an absolute star}

{We walked back to our hotel rather than taking the street car on St Charles...with gelato and macaroons in hand}

{We saw buskers playing blues and roots on the streets. Such a great vibe}

{We did a tour of a cemetery, which turned out to be pretty bad}

{But we took this pic before we realised}

{We saw beautiful quaint houses. I think I just love the shutters and the colours}

{We drank hurricanes on Bourbon St waiting for the Easter Parade to begin}

And what we didn’t capture on film:-

• Too much fried food. I am talking way too much fried food.
• Lazing by the pool at The W
• Staying out until 2am listening to these guys play a set. I am such a dork I even bought the CD!

Thank you to our lovely friends – we had so much fun, it wouldn’t have been the same without ya’ll.

The month of March {and the beginning of April}

Sorry for my less than frequent posts of late. March was a bit of a blurr. I have a new job – it’s in an office and I sit in a cubicle all day but I’m just so happy to have a job so I can’t complain.

A few weeks ago:

{We finished looking after this incredibly gorgeous dog. I just want to eat him up}

{The Magnolia trees were in full bloom and we were wearing spring gear}

Last week:

{I found this lovely yoghurt in a pretty glass jar - so cute. I didn't have time to snap the photo before I ate the contents of the jar}

Today: my eyes got fuzzy from staring at a computer screen too long and I set my alarm for a 5am wake up call because…

This weekend: we are heading to New Orleans with some new-found friends for a long weekend. I’m so excited. I haven’t been on a plane since we arrived here 7 months ago, and it’s going to be warm…I mean really warm! I am having trouble deciding what to pack since my summer clothes have been in hibernation for the past 12 months*.

Next week: I’m going to start exercising. Something I haven’t done much of lately. I blame the new job, but really I can’t do that, I think I’m just lazy…and tired, I can’t seem to make it to bed at a reasonable hour in this city! Any tips are more than welcome.

Happy Easter everyone.

P xo

*Heading from Australian winter to American winter wasn’t very well planned.