Sam and I have taken to spending Sundays getting breakfast and coffee and driving around, exploring the city of Rochester. One of my resolutions for the new year was to take better mementos of small things and to take more pictures, so I figured posting them here would be a good idea.  We started with brunch at Voula's, a carefully hidden but perfectly endearing greek spot where Sam's roommate Dom works. After we were full of both the sweet and the savory, we

After my last reflective post, I figured right now would be a good time to do a little reflecting on some lighter subject matter. Included in this post is the makeup and skincare products that I've been using all winter and enjoying very much. I've found that in the past month my skin has been clearer, and I've had more time and energy to put into applying makeup, which I always treat as a ritual of self care.  1. Glossier Milk Jelly Cleanser

2016 was beautiful and sad. It was definitely a fully saturated year dripping with emotion, with intent, with both the gory and the glorious.  I started the year in a rampage of self destruction. I wasn't making anything, working a job that had an okay pay rate but made me feel depressed and stagnant, in a very new but extremely idiotic relationship with a person I didn't like or respect. I woke up every day and trudged through the shit I was dealing