tea, tuesday?

law grad, chaotic, nyc lover of books, cats, fountain pens, the works

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an introduction

hello, tumblr! my name is s (she/her) and i am a lawyer in NYC :))

i'm here to share slices of my life as i navigate being a human being in this complex and confusing world. excited to join the community and get to know everyone 👐

last updated: nov 2025

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merry spring!! sorry to be away for so long, i’ve been crazy busy at work. moved neighborhoods, which means i just have more places to read now 🌷📚

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we had a giant snowstorm in nyc 2 weeks ago and i feel like im still thawing myself out of it. life has been busy and kinda sad and really cold but we persist and wait for warmer times 🌞

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january so far in my hobonichi 🍌🦢🧙

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I Will Get The Light Back In My Eyes in 2026

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two years ago, i spent new years alone in nyc; last year, i spent it w my college best friend and her husband; this year im traveling cross-boroughs (why do i need to cross into manhattan to get from brooklyn to queens 🙄..) with a bottle of sake and a bottle of natural orange wine to celebrate w my law school/work friends. i always forget this but things change so much in a year..

im sad 2025 ended on a rough note w work 🚬🫩 but luckily it’s not everyday where tomorrow is a new year :)) happy new years, everyone!! see ya next year

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when it snows, go to chelsea ☃️📚

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i absolutely love your cat tree! may i ask where you got it? i’ve been looking for something minimalist like that but still looks very soft and comfy and elevated :)

thank you!! it does look comfy and soft and i wish they had a human version :’)) i’m just cat-sitting so i asked my friend and she said she got it from wayfair. i couldn’t find it myself but i think it’s this: https://www.maupets.com/products/rizzo-cat-tree-tower

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the greatest time of the year 🎄🪵

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what's in my bag (adult life in nyc version) !! oh, how things change since the last one :') because work is life and life is work, i no longer carry a tote bag and just have one omnibus leather hobo bag i take to work and carry around when i am gallivanting around the city

maraki leather bag from tumbao

pencil case

2025 + 2026 hobonichi weeks

apica premium c.d. a6 notebook

work badge

wallet from knickerbocker

samsung tl220 digital camera i got in 2009 :')

a mountain to the north, a lake to the south, paths to the west, a river to the east by lászlo krasznahorkai

anker 20000 mah power bank

brass shims for fountain pens

midori a7 grid notebook

rom&nd lip tint, blush, sparkly eyeshadow

tiny luggage case containing my date stamp

curious cat (not mine, i'm currently catsitting for the holidays)

not pictured: work laptop and apartment keys + airpods (i hook them together)

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went to the grand opening of the greenwich village location of the hightide store in nyc!! it was so fun - they had free onigiri and drinks and even a dj lolol and lots and lots of stationery 📚🖊️💐

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(rings little bell) it’s the holiday season in new york !!! 🔔🎄🤶

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god i’ve been so busy w work lately - not in a fun productive busy bee kinda way, but more like a “sob on the phone at the nearby bodega because all i want to do is a good job but i feel like everything i do is wrong” kinda way 😁👍

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hooray, a full year of using my hobonichi weeks! these were some of my favorite pages :)) my thoughts below:

as i've mentioned in previous posts on my hobonichi experience, i had so much fun this year using my hobonichi weeks. as someone who doesn’t use gcal or any digital schedule for my personal life, my planner has truly saved my life on many occasions!!!

there are times in which i wish i had more space on the righthand side but i like how the lack of space actually forces me to get creative. i was also surprised that i don't actually run out of things to glue/tape. that was my one concern but i amass enough ephemera throughout the week. i mention in the techo kaigi page but my goal in 2026 for my hobonichi weeks is to use the other pages, especially notes and the monthly calendars.

q for my fellow stationery freaks out there: how was your 2025 experience? any 2026 goals?

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i love amtrak i love trains i love public transportation i love intercity rail i love the northeast corridor i love sitting by the window and moodily looking out while listening to music 🫶🚞

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many, many apologies to the residents of nyc 🙇‍♀️ i have a real bad habit of hoarding nypl books and now i owe a lot of money in overdue fines [$censored] and the pile is only getting higher and dustier…. (luckily nypl doesn't actually send you a bill as long as you return them despite getting fined, i just can't check out or renew any more books now)

on the bright side, i've been off my phone and reading like a crazy madman the past few weeks... current book inventory ("bookventory") status found below ↓

currently reading: the hour of the star by clarice lispector

finished recently: ✅ pale fire (★★★★★) by vladimir nabokov ✅ ernesto (★★★★) by umberto saba ✅ katalin street (★★★★★) by magda szabó

up next: a mountain to the north, a lake to the south, paths to the west, a river to the east by lászló krasznahorkai

book clubs (i'm also in two book clubs):

hyperion and its sequel, the fall of hyperion

infinite jest

[caruccio]

December. This heart full of tears and of night.

— Albert Camus, from Carnets 1942-1951 (Н. Hamilton, 1966)