PRISMA

So I discovered Prisma over the weekend when I was browsing the app store.

I'm not sure what to use if for, but here are a couple fun sets I made...

The prettiest pink holiday taxi in front of a hotel.

Callie! (Max + Anna's scaredy cat.)

Some frosty trees at Gore two years ago. 

(I'm getting so incredibly excited for these over Christmas this year!)

PS: The top left photos are the originals. 

Sunday At The Met

Another (half) item from the Birthday List chickity-checked off! After Snowstorm Jonas was over and done last weekend, Amie DB and I went to The Met on Sunday. 

The last time I visited The Met I was in a stroller, and I had no memories of ever visiting it so I figured it belonged on my list this year since it's one of those iconic things to do in NYC and in a month and a half I won't be in the city on a regular basis anymore. 

*Insert ten freaked out emojis here*

Amie DB is a seasoned Met pro and knew here way around when we walked in (whoa). She made sure that I didn't miss the key exhibits... the Egyptian wing, the American wing, the Jacqueline de Ribes fashion exhibit, and more. The Met is such a beautiful and unique and HUGE place - I don't you could cover it all even if you went every day for a month.

And here we are after Amie DB's grand tour, just having a quick Gossip Girl moment before heading home ;p #callusSerenaandBlair 

On our way home, we walked through Central Park. It was so weird walking through after our double, quiet snowy walks the day before. I definitely wasn't prepared for how many people there were. There were definitely lots of sights to take in and you had to look around you every minute or so to make sure a sled wasn't about to take you out. We taking another busted sled, but we didn't have snow pants. Also, museum exploring works up quite the appetite.

Paint Nite

Have you ever been to a "Paint Nite"? Last Friday, my lovely college roommate Amrita, one of her friends, and I went to one! I had heard of it before and wasn't sure if I'd like copying something someone else had painted, but it turned out to be a pretty fun night nite. Below are some snippets of it...

Everyone started the night with blank slates and full drinks, which is the best way to start a night in my opinion.

The painting we did was done in steps. The instructor would teach a step and then make his way around to everyone in the room before moving onto the next step. After step two, my paint water and my drink look suspiciously the same color. I thankfully didn't make the mistake of putting my brush into the wrong cup or drinking from the wrong cup though!

For a basic painting, copying someone else's work takes a lot of concentration, but like most art is kind of therapeutic at the same time.

Above are the final products. I wasn't expecting to like mine much, but I mostly did. I even got some compliments on it on the subway ride home later that night.

After painting we got cookies. I don't usually choose cookies when I go out for dessert, but this funfetti one (with coarse sea salt inside!) was the best I've had in the longest time. I could go for a print of this on my wall too lol. Something about rainbow sprinkles always makes me so so happy. 

When I got home on Friday night, I ended up putting my painting on the mantelpiece in my room. I pretty much swore before we painted anything that the canvas would probably be stored under my bed upon finishing it, but nope, it's on display for the world to see. 

Also... 100% unrelated, but I just realized that I have gone more than 23 years of my life calling a "mantlepiece" a "mantleplace". I didn't realize that was wrong until my computer just autocorrected me. 

Oh

To the

Dear. 

Night At The Museum

Amie AB and I went to see the Matisse exhibit at MoMA on Saturday night and it was so cool!
After moving furniture all morning I was planning on watching Grey's Anatomy in bed all night, but Facebook browsing turned into stumbling on a Times article about the huge Matisse exhibit  at MoMA that ends on Tuesday so Amie AB and I decided to go and ordered tickets for the first time they were available: 11:30 pm!

The exhibit was packed and the people watching was at its best. Cultured retirees, alternative art-appreciating families, young adults looking for something fun to do on a Saturday night (us!), sophisticated 30-somethings, and J. Crew's Jenna Lyons. JENNA LYONS! Amie AB and I were in heaven and perhaps kept a ten foot distance between ourselves and her as we toured the galleries. It was awesome. And stalkerish. But AWESOME! Let's just focus on that. It was also my first celebrity spotting since moving to Manhattan. 

This work above was one of my favorites. Titled, "The Parakeet and the Mermaid". The exhibit was so huge and covered so many rooms that it was hard to pick one favorite though. I haven't been to many art museums so don't really have a personal strategy for viewing art, but staying in one artist-focused exhibit and seeing so many different renditions of Matisse's cutouts over time seemed like a great way to appreciate art. 

Almost everyone was taking pictures even though you weren't supposed to. As expected, Amie AB and I fell into the group of "everyone". This was one of many covert attempts, hence the blurriness.

I became so enamored with the quirky organic shapes. I swear while I slept Saturday night, visions of Matisse cutouts were dancing in my head. 

An Art Gallery Opening!

Tonight, Le Copain, Ami S, Ami M, and I went to the opening of Amie R's art exhibit, Crystal.
It was so cool!! She is so cool!!

The exhibit was diamond shaped fabric hanging from strings that made up the shape of an upside down teardrop. Integrated among the diamonds were these CMKY lights that made the diamonds reflect all over the room. It was super trippy. We all danced around it for awhile, made shadow puppets on the wall... you know, regular things college seniors do on the daily ;).

Le Copain even laid under it (aka: reason #230 why I love him.) Apparently Amie R will be updating it even more in the weeks to come.  I can't wait to see the progress of Crystal.

PS: I really need to get a real camera at some point. My iPhone doesn't do this (or anything) the justice it deserves.