Weekend Update

While I wouldn't usually write about my weekend after I've already written about my Monday night, it took me a little while to get the pictures in order.

After a very fun engagement party Saturday night for a mutual friend and her fiance, Tae and I met up with the Welshman at one of my old haunts.


If memory serves, he had just said something dismissive about her gorgeous vintage purse and therefore deserved everything he got.

Sunday, Zoe and I went up to the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx to see the roses. The wide variety of colors was pretty amazing, but the differences in fragrance really blew both of us away. Jammy, fusty, sweet, classic, citrus...

The light was bad for taking close-ups, especially for the bright orange and pink ones I gravitated toward. It worked out all right for yellow though.

These were the absolute best-smelling ones in the whole entire rose garden. Very strong and spicy and fresh, yet classically rose. I thought the tag said they were called Double Duty, but I can't find any record of a varietal with that name online.

I had never been to the NYBG before and was struck by how grand and stately it was. There was something very formal about the way the grounds were laid out, but just lovely. I was really inspired by how they juxtaposed plants to create  beautiful combinations of color and texture, both monochrome:

and multi-color:

I'll definitely go back. There were a lot of trails we didn't investigate and I'll be interested to see how things change as the summer goes by.