feelies: Greetings! From Quarantine

At the age of thirteen I taught myself how to write clear, topic oriented, features. At the age of twenty, I taught myself how to abandon all of it. 

weirdly beautiful architecture at a rest stop in St Augustine, FL whilst on a 21 hr road trip

As said on "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!" this week, the last thing literary agents, and the general public for that matter, want are tales from quarantine. Throughout this pandemic, I've lived in three different places. For two months, I was in my apartment in Brooklyn, painting the walls from one shade of white to another and watching rom coms with my roommate. For three weeks, I was at my parent's in New Jersey. I'm currently in Florida with the family I babysit for, swimming in backyard pools and watching fifteen minute torrential rain storms with awe.

Chi, basking 

Ironically, this could've been the best time for me to write. Before the entire world shifted, I was working two jobs and a full time student. Yet, I can't bring myself to do anything. I figured if the retail stores and schools and public parks were on pause, I should be also.

I guess this could be looked at as a "throw away" post. If you ever were there for my first endeavor, How Fitting, you'd know I quite like writing paragraphs upon paragraphs of nothing. I guess I felt the need to document my own postcard from quarantine. I promise I won't write further about it. Or try to sell you a book on it. Or continuously speak on it. I'd hope to keep my blog, and everything I write in general, rooted in reality but my mind is all escapism.

xx

-annie 

we love a good rebranding + my fit lol

It wouldn't be an Annie LeMonnier blog without a good hiatus followed by a rebranding. 

brought 2 u by the bench outside The Bean

I love rebranding. Mainly because I can't sit still being the same for too long but also because it gives me the chance to harness what I'm currently feeling. It's really not that deep but I just thought of "Sustainable Diaries" to be so horribly tacky and after doing a project for class about a fake vintage shop called "Annie 'N Chi" I was sold. Since we last spoke, I have moved to New York City, started up college, and adopted this lil Bugger, Chia. Things have been unreasonably good and stressful at the same time but I've found that to always be a constant in my life. Honestly though you'd think I'd be less shaken up by change based off how often I do it. 

And like not to get horribly nostalgic, but imagine the 7th grader with a fascination for Greenwich Village writing up little blog posts about lip gloss on her family computer and look @ me now !! What is up!! Wow !! Absolutely crazy. 

chia!

So things have been pretty great on my end. I mean I have an awesome roommate, cat, and we're moving out of the upper east side into a cozy space in Brooklyn in the winter. Everythings falling into place and I'm just going through the motions. It's a good feeling. 

Anyways, I was really feeling myself as I was mooching off the free wifi The Bean has to offer along with the weather being perfect in order to loiter outside in order to obtain it so here's my fit I guess:

THE DEETS: 

- top: MyUnique (prob $8 max)

-jeans: I think they were from No Relation but they also could've been stolen from my sister. I can't keep track anymore. 

-jacket: the I.AM.GIA pixie coat lol. At the time of purchasing, I wasn't aware of how unethical the brand is (info) and would not encourage anyone to do the same. However, tons of ethical brands make a teddy coat similar to this (and prob higher quality). 

-choker: the baby bat choker by Verameat 

-earrings: Awoke Vintage 

-sunglasses: St Marks lol

-shoes (not pictured): baby got a job at Birkenstock and now has these bad boys! (cozy af)

as always, much love,

Annie-Louise