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Radiant Aura

September 22, 2016September 22, 2016Posted in FashionTagged eatprayblog, Fashion, Flatiron, happiness, life, lifestyle, love, manhattan, new york, new york city, nyc, quote, quotes, Quotes of the Moment, reflections, spirituality, street style, style, summer, summer in the city, the universeLeave a comment

Flatiron, Manhattan

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life” – Omar Khayyam

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony” -Gandhi

“Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more” -Oscar Wilde

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance” -Oscar Wilde

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow” -Helen Keller

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars” -Oscar Wilde

Dress: Express; Shoes: Michael Kors, Choker: Forever 21, Lips: Laura Mercier’s Lip Glacé “Pink Spark,” Sunglasses: Bought them on the street in Flatiron 🙂

Photos by Devon McLaughlin, The Leveraged Look @theleveragedlook

Brighter Than Sunshine

September 17, 2016September 17, 2016Posted in FashionTagged art, eatprayblog, fall, Fashion, happiness, LES, life, love, manhattan, new york, new york city, nyc, quote, quotes, Quotes of the Moment, reflections, spirituality, street style, summer, summer in the city, the universe1 Comment

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves” -William Shakespeare

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none” -William Shakespeare

“We know what we are, but know not what we may be” -William Shakespeare

“God has given you one face, and you make yourself another” -William Shakespeare

“To do a great right do a little wrong” -William Shakespeare

Bradley Theodore (@bradleytheodore) is hands down my favorite graffiti artist. He is best known for portraying fashion icons, including Karl Lagerfeld and Anna Wintour, in a colorful, skeletal way. His is most recent work consists historical icons, such as Queen Elizabeth, and infamous stars, including Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. His work can be found in galleries and on the street throughout the world, specifically in major cities like New York City, Los Angeles, London, and Hong Kong. In New York, most of his street art is found in Soho and the LES. The above are found on Rivington and Ludlow in the LES.

Dress: Zara, Earrings & Bracelet: C Wonder, Shoes: Steve Madden, Lipstick: Lancome #333 Pink Preview (Matte)

Photos by Devon McLaughlin, The Leveraged Look @theleveragedlook

Empire State of Mind

September 7, 2016September 17, 2016Posted in Fashion, Quotes of the MomentTagged art, eatprayblog, Fashion, happiness, life, love, manhattan, new york, new york city, nyc, quote, quotes, Quotes of the Moment, reflections, spirituality, street style, summer, summer in the city, the universeLeave a comment

This past week marked my 2 year anniversary in New York! Most days the score is New York: 1, Marisa: 0, but I must thank you, New York City, for making me the person I am today. Can’t wait to see what year 3 holds!

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Romper: Design Lab/Lord & Taylor, Ear Cuff Earrings: Forever 21, Lips: Laura Mercier’s Lip Glacé “Pink Spark,” Sunglasses: Bought them on the street in Flatiron 🙂

Photos by Devon McLaughlin, The Leveraged Look @theleveragedlook

Quotes of the Moment No.14

August 30, 2016Posted in Quotes of the MomentTagged eatprayblog, feelings, happiness, life, love, manhattan, new york city, nyc, quote, quotes, Quotes of the Moment, reflections, regret, relationships, spirituality, summer, summer in the city, the universeLeave a comment

Color Therapy

August 18, 2016August 18, 2016Posted in FashionTagged art, blog, eatprayblog, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fashion, graffiti, graffiti art, happiness, life, love, manhattan, new york, new york city, nyc, quote, quotes, Quotes of the Moment, reflections, relationships, spirituality, Street Art, summer, summer in the city, The Great Gatsby, the universeLeave a comment

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“I hope she’ll be a fool — that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced–or seemed to face–the whole eternal world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Top & Skirt: Zara; Choker: Forever 21; Eye Shadow Pallet: Lancome; Bracelet: Baublebar; Lips: New York Color Expert Last Lip Lacquer “#100 Bare Brooklyn”

Photos by Devon McLaughlin

Street Art No.8

August 18, 2016August 18, 2016Posted in art, Street ArtTagged art, eatprayblog, graffiti, graffiti art, happiness, life, love, manhattan, new york, new york city, Nolita, nyc, quote, quotes, soho, Street Art, summer, summer in the city, You are lovedLeave a comment

“You Are Loved” by @mrrenaissancestyle

Found in Nolita on Kenmare & Mulberry St.

Mr. Renaissance // Rafael Cano

Quotes of the Moment No.12

August 17, 2016Posted in Quotes of the MomentTagged eatprayblog, happiness, life, love, manhattan, new york city, quote, quotes, Quotes of the Moment, reflections, relationships, spirituality, summer in the city, the universeLeave a comment

Soho Silhouettes

August 10, 2016August 18, 2016Posted in FashionTagged art, eatprayblog, Fashion, happiness, life, lifestyle, manhattan, new york, new york city, photography, quote, quotes, Quotes of the Moment, reflections, Rumi, soho, spirituality, street style, style, summer, summer in the city, the universeLeave a comment

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” -Rumi

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.” -Rumi

“Let the beauty we love be what we do.” –Rumi

Dress: Zara, Hat: H&M, Choker: Forever 21, Sunglasses: Urban Outfitters, Lips: Rimmel London‘s “104 Call me Crazy” Exaggerate Lip Liner and “660 In Love With Ginger” Moisture Renew Lipstick

Photos by Devon McLaughlin