1. One red H&M umbrella / 2. One black Aldo wallet with gold zipper / 3. Passing by Nella Larsen / 4. One pair of grey H&M mittens / 5. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo / 6. 1 fl. oz / 30 ml of Lavender scent by Demeter Fragrance Library / 7. Travel size Altoids Smalls / 8. Tazo Earl Grey tea bag / 9. Book Holder / 10. Pair of Sony earbuds / 11. 2012 Nero D'avola bottled by Cantine Colosi / 12. Conair extra long bobby pins / 13. Wide-tooth (and afro-friendly) plastic comb / 14. Black Pentel RSVP ball point pen (the ONLY pen I write with) / 15. Black blank-paged hardcover Moleskine (the ONLY thing I journal in) / 16. Essay on top: "Emergent Ghettos: Black Neighborhoods in New York and Chicago, 1880-1940" by John R. Logan of the Department of Sociology at Brown University, Weiwei Zhang, and Miao David Chunyu / 17. Essay Underneath: ""Friendship Across Differences: Heidegger and Richard Wright's Native Son" by Sharin N. Elkholy / 18. Grey blank-paged paperback Moleskine
1. Large Black and gold H&M Tote / 2. Black and cream-colored Urban Outfitters sweater / 3. Black HTC One Android /4. MAC lipstick in Diva (A43) / 5. Mustard clutch from Francesca's Collections / 6. American Apparel nail polish in (l-r): Office, Coney Island, Echo Park, and Manila / 7. Ballet flats from Aldo Accessories
1. One pink scarf in progress for my little cousin in Chicago / 2. One completed Lilliputian blanket in grey (and the first real thing I ever knit)