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City Diaries: Highs and Lows

Highlights from the past month in NYC

Reflection, Life, City-DiariesMelina PetersonNovember 11, 2018nyc, nyc tips, fall, city diaries Comments

City Diaries: Navigating Self-Employment + The Creative Process

City Diaries: Navigating Self-Employment + The Creative Process

Taking the leap

The-Fire-Escape, Life, City-DiariesMelina PetersonNovember 5, 2018the fire escape, life, reflection, career, nyc, not featured Comments

Apartment Style: Featured in Refinery29's "Sweet Digs"

Apartment Style: Featured in Refinery29's "Sweet Digs"

See the full video tour of my apartment on Refinery29!

Life, Apartment-Style, Featured-InMelina PetersonApril 9, 2018home decor, house tour, apartment, refinery29, featured in, not featured Comments

City Guide: 7 Ways To Survive Winter In NYC

City Guide: 7 Ways To Survive Winter In NYC

From your resident SoCal transplant

Life, City-Guide, NYC-TipsMelina PetersonJanuary 11, 2018city guide, nyc, winter in nyc, nyc tips, nyc flower district, places to go, not featuredComment

City Diaries: "The Edge"

What day is it again?

Life, Reflection, City-DiariesMelina PetersonDecember 27, 2017home, reflection, writing, not featured

City Diaries: "My First New York"

“If you’re any good at all, you burn the boats.”

Life, Reflection, The-Fire-Escape, City-DiariesMelina PetersonDecember 12, 2017life, writing, nyc, not featured

City Guide: The Wing, A NYC Girl's Oasis

City Guide: The Wing, A NYC Girl's Oasis

"We're a coven, not a sorority." - The Wing

Photography, Life, Reflection, City-Guide, Apartment-StyleMelina PetersonDecember 5, 2017nyc, the wing, life, city guide, the wing soho, photography, interior design, not featured

City Diaries: Pumpkin Spice

...and everything nice.

Life, Reflection, City-DiariesMelina PetersonNovember 1, 2017nyc, fall, reflection, not featured

City Diaries: Fire/Fear

An apology letter to my fellow postgrads

Life, Reflection, City-DiariesMelina PetersonSeptember 27, 2017life, reflection, postgrad, writing, career, not featured

City Diaries: Head Space

Work, social life, sleep or...creativity? Pick two.

Reflection, Life, City-DiariesMelina PetersonSeptember 19, 2017writing, blogging, reflection, postgrad, not featured

City Diaries: Postgrad 2.0

The plan is: there is no plan

Reflection, Life, City-DiariesMelina PetersonJuly 24, 2017reflection, writing, thoughts, not featured

Apartment Style: NYC Studio Tour

What 300 sq. feet looks like: a cozy West Village walk-up

Life, Apartment-StyleMelina PetersonMay 16, 2017home, apartment, studio style, interior design, not featured

Street Style: His + Hers

"Florals? For Spring? Groundbreaking."

Style, LifeMelina PetersonMay 6, 2017style, street style, ootd, not featured

City Diaries: Hometown Blues

Why visiting home is both wonderful and weird.

Life, Moving, City-DiariesMelina PetersonApril 22, 2017life, la, los angeles, home, not featured

Travel Guide: Colombia Travel Diary

Street photography from my latest trip to Cartagena, Colombia

Travel, Photography, LifeMelina PetersonApril 1, 2017travel, colombia, cartagena, photography, street photography, travel diary, not featured

City Guide: Los Angeles vs. New York

The Debate: West Coast or East Coast?

Life, City-GuideMelina PetersonMarch 15, 2017moving, la, nyc, city guide, not featured

Why I Started Blogging (Again)

On blogging, creativity, and starting something new...

Life, ReflectionMelina PetersonMarch 7, 2017life, NYC, blogging, not featured