graduation!

First blog post as a college graduate!  Yay!

On Tuesday May 22nd, I received my BFA from FIT, graduating summa cum laude with a major in Fashion Design, specializing in Sportswear, and with a minor in English.

My family arrived on Monday morning so we could have some time together in the city.

It was rainy, but that didn't stop us from having a lovely time.

My mom, my brother, and my Aunt Nancy were staying at the Jane Hotel, and this is the bottle of water from the room-- my mom gave me the bottle because it's so my style and so cute!  thank you mom!

My friend Cara and me before the ceremony-- thanks for the photo, Jewels!

the stage and student seats-- Carolina Herrera received her honorary doctorate from FIT during the same ceremony, which was so cool!  And I was in the center of the front row, so I had a perfect view.  Yay!

After graduation, we went to the Russian Tea Room for celebratory dinner.  It was so wonderful, definitely one of the coolest places I've ever been.  We had dinner on the first floor, in the main restaurant area, but afterward, we were allowed to go upstairs to see two of the coolest features of the restaurant.

The first one is this glass bear aquarium-- it's 9 feet tall not including the base, and it revolves!  Since we were there when there wasn't an event going on (which is why we were able to go up in the first place), it wasn't lit or revolving at the time, but it was still amazing to see.

The second beautiful curiosity in the Bear Lounge is this incredible egg tree, decorated with Venetian blown glass eggs.  It's one of the most magical things I've ever seen. I'm absolutely enamored with it.
Full disclosure, this picture is the one off the Russian Tea Room site (with a little post-processing by me) because we didn't want to over-stay our welcome with the very sweet manager who let us go into the closed area.  But it was just as gorgeous in person.  

Just to give you another look into this amazing space...

Congratulations to everyone who graduated from FIT on Tuesday!  I feel so privileged to have been able to share the past four years with you.  And congratulations to everyone who has graduated this year, from any school!  

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