Movie trailers and trucks lined up and down my usual route to school.  Come to find out they were filming  “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” today at Union Square Park.  It’s amazing how a movie crew can turn spring time in the city back to a Christmas lights with some fancy lights and a big movie crew. Got to love NYC.

A midday chai tea and chocolate doughnut pick me up date in the spring sun soon turned somber as we learned about the unfortunate bombings at the Boston Marathon. A quick check to all my Boston ties ended in a sigh of relief. No one I know was hurt, but all those there, and the city will continually be in my thoughts. A sad way to start the week, but tomorrow is a new day.

Don’t worry–A good friend tells you exactly what you need to hear without you even asking for advice. Matthew 6:25-34.

Sometimes you walk miles for purpose or merely for discovery–today I did both.

Getting a glimpse of Times Square in this wet, winter-like weather while walking west to the subway. Spring anyone?

Gold gifts from Japan with detailed Mt. Fuji stationary to match.

Today was tough–mentally on the brain and physically on the body. Walking around the city searching for just the right thing for thesis and wondering why I can’t find it in the “big” city. This seems to always be the case for some reason and frustrating to focus on, so I’ve had to learned not to. Live in the present, go with what happens and something will fall into place. In this case, bloom into place as the flowers have finally arrived and acted as a pleasant present to the difficult day.