Wedding bells

One of my co-workers got engaged last night, so today has been filled with girly giggles and warm & fuzzies. A warning to my male readers: you might want to skip today's post (if I'm not mistaken, the marriage thing doesn't inspire swoons for those equipped with boy-parts).
So, to satiate your romantic side (spring is in the air, after all), here are two very sweet wedding-related pieces.

An engaged couple was gathering photos in preparation for their upcoming wedding when they noticed something in one of the bride-to-be's childhood snapshots: they were both at Disneyland on the same day, twenty years ago! The photo shows a man in the background pushing a stroller with a toddler inside. That man was the bridegroom's father, and the boy in the stroller was none other than little baby groom-to-be. Cue "aww" sound here:
And now for something completely different: a wacky, wacky man proposed to his woman in Madison Square Park on Monday, and he didn't hold anything back. I can't decide whether this is completely mortifying or totally adorable.

Quilting bees

These rare, solitary Turkish bees use flower petals to build their nests, resulting in colorful quilt-like cocoons that are like teeny little works of art.
How very Martha of them!

Sun daze

Even though it still feels like winter is taking its sweet time thawing down, this Saturday is supposed to be almost NINETY degrees! Here's a few tracks I'm listening to in the hopes of hastening the arrival of warm weather. Click to cop 'em.

Free Energy - Free Energy
Let's Go Surfing - The Drums
Bejan - Tanlines
Take it Easy - Surfer Blood
Giant - Vampire Weekend
Weed Party- Band of Horses
Daydreaming - Kid Sister

April flowers

Early bird special: from 10am to 12pm every Saturday, admission to the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens is free. Also free - admiring the daffodils and crocuses that are springing up all over the city. Here's a how-to for a cheerful flower arrangement in a vintage wooden box. Happy happy joy joy!

August in April

Today feels kind of like:

and:

Nineties state of mind, as per usual - how nice that the weather happens to agree!

March madness

Spring officially starts Saturday, and it's going to be 73 degrees in Manhattan!!!

Say goodbye to the February funk

What better news than the fact that February has finally met its dreary end? It already almost smells like spring. Here's what I'm listening to until the crocuses bloom: