Month In Review: October 2020

♥ Introducing Mimi to Madeline (1993 - 2001) with my sister.
♥ Video game night at Phil and Rob's house.
♥ Mexican food and random Netflix shows with Gino and Christina.
♥ Having dinner with Day, Toni and Bianca for the first time in months.
♥ Chillin' in Toni's new hot tub (Everyone had just been COVID tested so we were all good).
♥ Going to Woodlawn Cemetery for the Illuminated Mausoleum Tour with Justin & Phil.
♥ Celebrating Halloween with my family.

♥ Overdue Archives: Mini Vacation Upstate, NY
♥ This Just Pinned: Halloween Edition

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)

Designated Survivor (2016 - 2019)

The Boys (2019 - Present)
Hubie Halloween (2020)

Fixer To Fabulous (2019 - Present)

"Dark Archives" by Megan Rosenbloom

New York Mycological Society Walk In Woodlawn Cemetery

As you may or may not know, I am fascinated by cemeteries and mushrooms. So when I found out that the New York Mycological Society was having a mushroom walk in Woodlawn Cemetery earlier in the month I had to attend, and I obviously had to drag Justin and Phil along. Here are some of the random pictures I took throughout the course of our walk...

Since it was our first time ever foraging we didn't find much, thus a lack of mushroom pictures. But we had a great time and we're definitely going to become members of the New York Mycological Society and go on more walks in the future.

Month In Review: November 2016...

♥ Spending time with mine and Justin's families.
♥ Random adventures in Montuak and Brooklyn with Phil, Justin and Rob.
♥ Going to the new Ichiran Ramen in Brooklyn and eating ramen exactly like I had in Japan.
♥ Making plans for next year.
♥ Joe Biden memes.
♥ Playing pool for hours with Dominic and Jade.
♥ Sleepover parties.
♥ Calling my father to tell him that Fidel Castro was dead.

♥ Sunday At Muttontown Preserve
♥ 50 Random Facts About Me
♥ Things I Hate | Commercials Featuring Librarians
♥ Adventures In Brooklyn | Exploring Green-Wood Cemetery

 

♥ The Larson House ♥

♥ Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party (2016 - Present) ♥ 

♥ Arrival (2016) ♥
♥ Amy Schumer Live at the Apollo (2015) ♥
♥ Rob & Chyna (2016 - Present) ♥
♥ Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016) ♥

Adventures In Brooklyn | Exploring Green-Wood Cemetery...

Earlier in the month Phil, Justin and I went on a little adventure around Brooklyn that included a trip to the historic Green-Wood Cemetery. And because I took so many pictures (You guys know I love me a cemetery) while we were there I thought that I'd do a post dedicated to just our time there.







About Green-Wood Cemetery (From the Green-Wood website)
Founded in 1838 and now a National Historic Landmark, Green-Wood was one of the first rural cemeteries in America. By the early 1860s, it had earned an international reputation for its magnificent beauty and became the prestigious place to be buried, attracting 500,000 visitors a year, second only to Niagara Falls as the nation’s greatest tourist attraction. Crowds flocked there to enjoy family outings, carriage rides, and sculpture viewing in the finest of first generation American landscapes. Green-Wood’s popularity helped inspire the creation of public parks, including New York City’s Central and Prospect Parks.

Green-Wood is 478 spectacular acres of hills, valleys, glacial ponds and paths, throughout which exists one of the largest outdoor collections of 19th- and 20th-century statuary and mausoleums. Four seasons of beauty from century-and-a-half-old trees offer a peaceful oasis to visitors, as well as its 560,000 permanent residents, including Leonard Bernstein, Boss Tweed, Charles Ebbets, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Horace Greeley, Civil War generals, baseball legends, politicians, artists, entertainers and inventors.

A magnet for history buffs and bird watchers, Green-Wood is a Revolutionary War historic site (the Battle of Long Island was fought in 1776 across what is now its grounds), a designated site on the Civil War Discovery Trail and a registered member of the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary System.

On September 27, 2006, Green-Wood was designated a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department of the Interior, which recognized its national significance in art, architecture, landscaping and history.

After almost two centuries, Green-Wood is as beautiful as it was at its founding. But such historic beauty is fragile. Time and weather have taken their toll on marble sculpture, granite monuments, brownstone mausoleums, cast-iron signs and landscaped parkland.

Established in 1999, The Green-Wood Historic Fund’s mission is to maintain Green-Wood Cemetery’s monuments and buildings of historical, cultural and architectural significance; advance public knowledge and appreciation of this significance; and preserve the natural habitat and parklands of one of New York City’s first green spaces. With funding from memberships and donations, The Historic Fund not only preserves the past to enrich our future, but keeps a vibrant presence in our current time by presenting open-to-the-public events which include themed walking and trolley tours, book talks and special seasonal events.






I cannot wait to go back to Green-Wood and explore some more because we didn't even make a dent while we were there. Maybe next time we'll take the trolley or walking tour.

Exploring Long Island | Sagamore Hill...

Those of you that have been with me for a while know that Justin and I really enjoy visiting historical site, national and state parks, etc. during our days off in the summer. But unfortunately this summer has been quiet slow in terms of our little day excursions because Justin was in an air cast for about six weeks and there's just been a lot going on that has kept us from going on our little adventures.

Determined to go on a new excursion I booked us a tour of Theodore Roosevelt's home at Sagamore Hill (Which I've actually been trying to do for a few years now but it was closed from renovation for a couple of years) back in June for Friday, August 5th.

So as you can guess, I went this past Friday I went to Sagamore Hill. Unfortunately Justin couldn't join me but I got to go with my father who loves history, etc. and is a great date because he won't let me pay for stuff. Hey, it's the truth...

But yeah, I had the nicest afternoon with my father exploring the area around (Specifically Young's Memorial Cemetery where President Roosevelt and his wife are buried) and the grounds of Sagamore Hill (Sadly they don't let you take pictures inside of the house because 95% of the things inside are original to the house and the lighting is terrible) and learning about the 26th President of the United States.

If you enjoy history and beautiful parks I highly recommend visiting. It's such a nice outing and I really would like to go back with Justin at some point in the near future.