Thursday, June 20, 2013

ladew topiary gardens



















after a trip to cape may, i am finally getting around to 
posting my pictures from the ladew topiary gardens!

monday morning my mom drug me out of bed to 
go to the gardens and i am so glad she did. 

the gardens use to belong to millionaire harvey s. ladew
who was like a real-life jay gatsby. his best friend? prince edward. 

very cool. we even ate lunch in mr. ladew's old stables! 

please check out his wikipedia page or the garden's website 
for more history! i was totally blown away. 

http://www.ladewgardens.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_S._Ladew

Sunday, June 9, 2013

kabir's turban ceremony





kabir and i have been friends since our diapers days. 

yesterday friends and family celebrated kabir's turban 
ceremony, his dastaar bandi, and i can't remember the 
last time i was that overcome with emotions. 

the ceremony and the people in it were all so beautiful and filled
with love. i wish i was better with words because i am at such 
a loss on how to describe the entire day. the only word 
that comes to mind is love (as horribly corny as that sounds) and yesterday's 
events really reminded me of what life is really all about.