I will preface this post by saying, Kelly & I didn’t ACTUALLY shoot together til this past year when I moved to NYC.. about 10 months ago now. We were each going to separate colleges, Kelly Virginia Tech and I, Indiana University. As well as Kelly being a year older than me, therefor she has lived in NYC for more than a year longer than I. When we started our blog (four yrs ago now) we were each running around New York City taking pictures of each other on a small hot pink digital camera. Kelly was 21 and I was 20. We had no clue what we were doing.
LUCKILY I was able to dig up our first posts ever, see below! At this time we were using the platform tumblr. You can actually still access it here. Please have a good laugh!
This was the pic we took after deciding on the blog name Mimosas & Manhattan and officially launching the site in the summer of 2013. The caption to this read…
“New York City. What an adventure we are beginning. We are two
20-something, cousins interning in the fashion and beauty industry for
two months. We are discovering ‘the city that never sleeps’ and wish to
share our adventures, tips and style along the way! As most un-paid
interns in New York know, keeping up a glamorous lifestyle can be quite
expensive. We, through trial and error, are learning how to live the
NYC lifestyle on a budget!”
20-something, cousins interning in the fashion and beauty industry for
two months. We are discovering ‘the city that never sleeps’ and wish to
share our adventures, tips and style along the way! As most un-paid
interns in New York know, keeping up a glamorous lifestyle can be quite
expensive. We, through trial and error, are learning how to live the
NYC lifestyle on a budget!”
And PLEASEEE feast your eyes on our FIRST ever taken “blog pictures.” Haha!
The fact that we actually got in the Washington Square Park fountain is not okay in itself. We also contemplated writing this post as.. “What To Wear To Your NYC Internship.” IM SORRY BUT LIKE WE WOULD’VE GOTTEN YOU ALL FIRED.
However we did get a few hot pink digital camera pics at 5 Pointz before it got torn down. PSA: THE AWKWARDNESS IS REAL. We were such babies!!
omg. why did we get on that ladder. someone stop us.
Anyway.. Year One was a bit of a mess then Year 2 & beyond we somewhat figured it out!
The *Tan Kelly* Dayz. ^^^^^^
S/o to my girl Julie Kennedy for being THE BEST PHOTOG of all time and killing it thru these days of Hoosier Blizzards and Indiana weather. This blog, as I say time & time again, would never of been what it is today with out you.
Kelly butt circa Summer of 2014 pic. Pleas admire. ^
Then we come into the phase of what we liked to call “Taking the Blog Seriously Years.”
Kelly found a man named @CoastalFlicks and it was truly love at photographer site.
Then I moved to New York City & we began to truly become *BLOGGERS* omg omg. MOMENTS.
Some more of our favorites through this past year of living in New York City!!
I hope you all enjoyed our little trip down memory lane! We have had so much fun having you all follow along throughout the years & more!!
xoxox
Courtney
Congrats girls!!! Keep up the fabulous life and even more fabulous blog!