Updates

Friday, December 9, 2011

Hi friends! I'm just starting to get back into the blogging swing of things over here, and will probably be combining my two sites sometime in the near future (meaning: next year or as soon as I have time). I'll be keeping most of the content, but as this project has become more of a personal blog, there's no need to keep two. You can check back here for updates if you'd like. Hope you're having an enjoyable December... it's all 50 degree weather and cab traffic here!

MVL at dinner

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Hi friends! If you're connected with me on facebook or follow me on twitter, you know already that I met one of my favorite authors this past week. Mario Vargas Llosa was at a dinner I attended, and gave a nearly forty minute speech on the beauty of markets. He also admonished market-oriented actors motivated by greed, the people he blames for destroying the system. He used phrases like "a raging infection contaminating the very essence of the system" and "promising paradise on earth but driving societies into a self-created hell." If you've read his novels, you would have expected this kind of harsh but poignant language; I got the feeling that many of those in attendance had not.
Interestingly, I think there is a tension between people who believe in markets because they are moral in themselves, and those who believe in markets but think they require an external "moral" compass. I believe Vargas Llosa was speaking of the latter, and given the events of the past few years, am inclined to agree with him.

Vargas Llosa won the Nobel prize for literature in 2010. The academy praised him for "his cartography of the structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt and defeat." If you haven't read any of his books, I'd start with The War of the End of the World.

The last few weeks...

Saturday, November 5, 2011

My Broadway block in the rain
Wine and cheese party
Euchre comes to New York
Swedes come to New York
WORK

Hope you're all doing well... someday I'll have time to blog again!

Trap the Distractions

Sunday, October 9, 2011


cute. i could never do it.

Occupy Wall Street

Saturday, October 8, 2011

I went down to Zuccotti Park last night to observe the protesters camped out there. I've written some of my observations here. What's your take on the protest? Justified? Unjustified? Silly? Monumentally important?

BUSY!

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Posting has been light and will probably continue to be for awhile, unfortunately. I'm in the middle of a bunch of long-term projects and haven't had much time to muse and write {at least on topics not related to work}. We've got a bunch of heads of state in the city this week for the UN General Assembly- you can see Obama's opening speech here-and schools have opened for the fall, making Manhattan island feel like a madhouse. Still, glad we're heading out of the summer season, and am up for an autumn picnic in Central Park anytime :) Hope you're all well...

Photo via tumblr

Happy Weekend!

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Hope you're all having a great holiday weekend! I'm catching up on work, enjoying the last hot days of summer, and having yet another West Wing marathon... what are you up to?

{Photo from the highway- passing Long Island City}

I Survived Irene

Sunday, August 28, 2011

I wrote a little post over here, and other than that there's not much to report. I wanted to be adventurous and see what was happening downtown, but without a subway or bus to catch, that wasn't really an option. Other than some potentially tree-toppling winds this evening, Irene hasn't been a menace to the Upper West Side... hooray! (although Starbucks has been closed for two whole days) I was seriously dreading days without power and eating cereal for dinner.

Finally, and contrary to popular opinion, I think Mayor Bloomberg did a great job with storm prep. Why not be over-prepared?? If a dangerously large hurricane were barreling toward my city you better believe I'd be shutting down subways and evacuating people...

Photo from: The New York Times (Grand Central completely closed this Saturday)

Mariinsky and Cashmere

Monday, August 22, 2011

Love the new ad campaign for J.Crew.... Russia, ballet, cashmere- they struck a chord with me this time.

Happy Weekend

Thursday, August 18, 2011

I survived this week! It was a long and busy one... I'm currently watching To Kill A Mockingbird (love Gregory Peck) and planning on sleeping for a good chunk of the weekend. I came across the photo above on tumblr and began feeling nostalgic again for my high rise. Have a good weekend, everyone!

Just Now...

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

I'm really incredibly busy, which is very different from the situation just a few months ago when I had ample leisure time. It's a good change, but it was a swift one, so I'm still trying to adapt. And as my current work takes me outside the city almost every day, I'm learning how to battle New York City traffic more effectively (or as effectively as possible).

The above photo was taken outside Waverly Inn, a charming little restaurant in the West Village. We all highly recommend it! Hope you're having a great week... xojessy

Michigan Summer

Thursday, August 11, 2011

I was much busier with travel this summer than anticipated, and just returned from another lovely trip to Michigan during which I spent some time at my friend Molly's cottage. I love having a whole weekend to relax and enjoy my old and dear friends. The summer cottage trip is a tradition well worth keeping!
Devising a makeshift tripod
Our family photo

Since returning to New York I've been running around trying to get things done and have had so little time for writing or blogging.  Hopefully I'll be back in a routine soon...

By: Jessica Wright | Photos by: Jessica Wright 2011 Michigan

Just Now...

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

The last few days in New York...
Aside from the three and a half hour queue and the amount of people in the museum, it was pretty cool to finally see the Savage Beauty exhibit & be in the same room as Alexander McQueen's couture.
 Dressing room at Anthropologie... I'm in there a lot ;-)
I usually walk across Central Park to get to the east side. It's faster than the bus or subway, and I like walking past the Jackie O reservoir. Hope you're all having a nice week!

By: Jessica Wright

Remind Me

Monday, August 1, 2011


I'm on a county kick and love Carrie Underwood. Country music fans: any other suggestions?

Equestrian

Friday, July 29, 2011

Audite et alteram partem
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