Things I Love Thursday: Post-Iceland, Back In New York Edition!

3 March 2011, 11:27

The Blue Lagoon! It is extremely beautiful & absolutely worth the trip to Iceland. From the milky blue water—even on a grey day—to the snow-covered volcanic rocks surrounding the hot springs, it was a surreal delight! (More details to come when I post about our Iceland experience!)

Watching the party scene in downtown Reykjavik on Saturday night… It kind of reminded me of my teenagedom & early 20s in Wellington, New Zealand. Essentially: young people wearing practically no clothing in the freezing cold weather (it was hovering somewhere around zero), walking back & forth, congregating & smoking cigarettes while they tried to impress one another! People really are the same everywhere! Though the guys in Reykjavik were very well-dressed, it’s true!

101 Hotel! We loved it; it’s definitely a great place to stay. They upgraded us to a Balcony Suite, which of course we appreciated, & we spent a few days in minimalistic heaven, lounging in the bed, taking sporadic naps, ordering room service & watching the strange blend of American, Eastern European & Icelandic programming on TV. It was totally what we needed—a few days off to relax & unwind. (Plus, 101 Hotel does this insanely good miso soup with huge hunks of ginger in it, which I ate almost every day!)

That feeling of looking forward to coming home again. Nubbles & I agree that we were away for the perfect length of time. We were so happy to get on the plane back to New York City!

New York City—god, I love you!

“You have a video camera, right? Dance-off in Reykjavik tonight!” Agent Provocateur’s Kiss Me sunglasses (collaboration with Linda Farrow! Be still my beating heart!) Agent Provocateur’s Cindy set, which I clearly need to own Neon pink nailpolish from Finland Big bags of Maltesers Buying fun legwear in a Reykjavik pharmacy Coming home for an outfit change & having a Michael Jackson dance-off Two free channels of porn?! Icelandic hot dogs with everything Amazing ice-creams Crawling into bed in my Manoush hoodie My outfit for breakfast in Iceland: a velvet psychedelic hooded sweatshirt, neon pink fingernails & leather pants! The “blacklight orgy” Uncooked chicken breast Hot chocolate in Iceland Rice cracker mix Fake stuffed animals with sequinned antlers “The Boss has still got it” Triple-threat Virgo lunches at Veselka “I’ll have fruit salad… with a side of bacon” Consignment store adventures Emails from my friends telling me they have fallen in LOVE! (BEST!) My mega-amazing boyfriend for cleaning the entire house & cooking dinner when I got back to NYC! Hank & Dolly, who I missed very very much New Katy Perry for OPI nailpolish! Peppermint tea & fresh smoothies Seeing teeny tiny shoots of green come up from the ground! SPRING ANTICIPATION, I swear I will never take another spring/summer for granted EVER again, this winter lasted FOR AN ETERNITY !!!