la belle et le desk job

"The hardest period in life is one’s 20s. It’s a shame because you’re your most gorgeous and you’re physically in peak condition, but it’s actually when you’re most insecure and full of self-doubt. When you don’t know what’s going to happen, it’s frightening."
-Helen Mirren

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It all started innocently enough. Wall Street was Everest. Internships. 1st job. Sleepless nights, weeks, months... Then with years in the rearview mirror, it was time to step away and figure out exactly how far this breathless trek had taken me. Now this belle has made the leap into fashion. Here goes nothing!

Posts tagged "nyc"

new york city, literary girl swag.

NYFW

After years of sitting behind a computer, far away from the tents, thinking about what a great experience it would be to assist during fashion week… It’s no longer a daydreaming pastime! Can’t wait for next week :)

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Sunset on the West Side #5

rainbow skyline. (via style scrapbook)

Free sneakers and a $20 coffee table. Not bad for a gorgeous Fall day in the city.

Sweet Potatoes in 1940s NYC, part of the Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection.

After sifting through several images highlighted in The Daily Mail’s article on the photo collection and reveling in how awesome these everyday-life NYC pictures are, I stumbled upon this image. What struck me the most was the simplicity of the cart owner’s offering: baked sweet potatoes. Nowadays, that owner would probably be serving up processed and previously frozen sweet potato fries that are covered in salt or drenched in maple syrup.

It’s no wonder the whole country is getting fat. I wish we could go back to simpler days… but to be honest — nowadays, if I saw a guy peddling naked sweet potatoes, would I dare trust the man selling just that?

Per the Indiana University “Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection” Digital Library Program home page:

Charles Weever Cushman, amateur photographer and Indiana University alumnus, bequeathed approximately 14,500 Kodachrome color slides to his alma mater. The photographs in this collection bridge a thirty-two year span from 1938 to 1969, during which time he extensively documented the United States as well as other countries.

Indiana University’s Digital Library Program and the Indiana University Archives invite you to explore what Cushman saw. Here you can view his photographs as well as read contextual information about Cushman’s life and work.