my bff

you go everywhere with me and i never neglect you.

we have become so close over the past year.

i am thinking of going to the dr and just having him sew you into my hand.

thanks for everything. i don't know what i'd do without you.

happy birthday...

to me, of course.

i really am getting old.

(circa: 1986. happy 3rd birthday, little ashley)

carroll gardens.

i am really in love with my new hood, carroll gardens. it really suits me very well and it reminds me a lot of millbrook.

here is why it reminds me of millbrook:

it smells good (but, not QUITE as good as millbrook).

the neighbors are all really friendly and polite to eachother and look out for one another.

it has italian origins and there are a lot of old italians that live there.

its quiet.

lots of families and precious children walking the sidewalks.

people walking their dogs up and down, up and down the sidewalk.

strangers smile at eachother and say "hi".

beautiful old buildings.

lots of nice looking, put together people (aka no crackheads).

no enstars.

very delicious restaurants.

i want to live here forever. well, almost forever, until i get my farm.

i forgot

i completely forgot i even had a blog. i have been so frazzled.

this past weekend was good because: i was in millbrook. and thanks mom and dad for living in millbrook. great choice! (really maybe i should be thanking my great-grandparents).

it was also good because: i had another tennis lesson. i really need to work on my forehand or else i am quitting. (actually not; my mom never ever used to let us quit ANYTHING, even board games, which of course was something i wanted to do often.)

(thanks, mom and dad.)

raspberry souffle.

my new favourite interior decorator is:
Miles Redd

i just love love love his style- the colours and the mix of modern with the traditional. its so fresh and exciting.
i also love this quote from him:

"its like being submerged in the center of a raspberry souffle"

oh that makes me really really hungry.

when it rains it pours

i guess the good thing about being 25 3/4 is that if you forget your umbrella, you are capable of running 5 blocks in the pouring pouring rain.

i am not a city girl

enough said.

"i know from experience that i prefer city space to country space. i love the idea of the country, but then when i get there it comes back to that:
i love to walk but i cant
i love to swim but i cant
i love to sit in the sun but i cant
i love to smell the flowers but i cant
i love to play tennis but i cant
i love to water-ski but i cant
........
another reason i like the city better than the country is that in the city everything is geared to working, in the country every thing is geared to relaxation."
andy warhol

(i guess this is one thing that sets us apart. i dont care if all i do is relax.)