ahoy from hoboken

As you may or may not know, I live in Hoboken, New Jersey, which is right across the river from Manhattan. When I first moved to the NYC area for work, I decided to live here because the job I moved for was actually based in NJ. At the time I didn't think it made sense to reverse commute from NYC to NJ, so Hoboken seemed like the best solution. Although it is a cute city and home of Frank Sinatra, it's not exactly my scene and end up spending most of my time in NYC for both work and pleasure. When people meet me, they often think I live in Brooklyn and I always joke that I basically just sleep in Hoboken because I'm never there. 

Now that NYC is starting to reopen, I've begun to venture back in again, but I'm definitely not spending as much time as usual there and exploring my own backyard more. I went down by the water and took these photos. I thought the boats, water and view finders would make a good backdrop for this nautical look. I was also inspired by Pierrot Le Fou, so I added the beret and scarf for a French touch. The top is vintage from the '80s I recently got from Billie Jean Vintage.