Be still my ballerina loving heart...

J'adore.

What better way to send you into the weekend than with something beautiful, lovely and fascinating!?! Introducing the truly wonderful City.Ballet. series, a recent discovery* and my latest obsession. City.Ballet. is an online series of short videos about the New York City Ballet. Everything from the dancers' pursuit of a career in ballet, to growing within the company, coping with injuries and dating one another! It is such an amazing peak behind the curtain (literally!) at my beloved ballerinas and I feel like I've learned a TON about what their lives and careers are actually like. 

Each episode is about 6 minutes (perfect for watching when you need a quick break from or work or to relax before bed!) and they're narrated by the one and only quintessential New Yorker, Ms. Sarah Jessica Parker so, yeah... I feel like I've just discovered NYC Ballet's best kept secret because Season 2 just launched (how am I just hearing about this!?), so start with Season 1 Ep. 1 below and enjoy every minute from there!! 

 

Click HERE to watch the entire series on YouTube.

* Full credit and much gratitude to Joanna Goddard of Cup of Jo for doing a post about this series and sharing it with her readers, including me. Gotta give the original discovery credit where it's due!

Hump Day Distractions

Where!? Where do I find this!?

Do you guys ever wake up starving!?! Like stomach growling, how was dinner only 12 hours ago STARVING!? This morning's breakfast was like an appetizer and I'm literally counting the minutes until I can justifiably dig into my lunch. What's up with that? Annnnyways, here to distract you from the mid-week blues (or your hunger, as applicable) is a big ol pile of internet goodness. Happy Humping!

* THIS is amazingly creepy (via CupofJo)
* Fellow bike riders rejoice, GoogleMaps has got us covered!

* 22 habits that happy people have (most are easier said than done, but we gotta at least try!)

* Hey Dr. H... I've got our 48 hours in Paris all figured out:)

* A bitty ballerina attempts to master first position (collective awwwww!)

* Cheese, cheese and more cheese. Who's with me!?

* Bill Clinton does #THICKE

* I want.

* I also want.
* I have got to visit the real life "goodnight room"

* See, I told you guys that getting enough sleep was important to weight loss!

* If NYC kids could name the new little prince (apologies for the ANNOYING pre-roll commercial)

* What was he supposed to do, bring his own toilet paper!? (ps, eww)

Hump Day Distractions

This cracks me up big time. 

Wednesday has arrived and your distractions await:

* The art of "photobombing", mastered. 

* This is why you should never tease a frog

* Definitely having flashbacks of my "Braids and Bows" book circa 1990 

* Sexy and he knows it (and you thought YOU wasted a lot of time on the computer!) 

* Why yes, I'd love to eat nachos and cheeseburgers at the SAME TIME!  

* The ballerina in me is amazed (and wishes she'd gotten the chance to perform to Radiohead). 

* Hump Day can be rough... THIS will make it all better