{"id":4543,"date":"2014-11-13T03:55:35","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T08:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/?p=4543"},"modified":"2016-08-02T18:07:01","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T22:07:01","slug":"here-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/2014\/11\/13\/here-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Here and Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I started the Here and Now challenge<\/a>, I did not know how life changing it was going to be. Being on a mission to find beauty wherever I go has been one of the most rewarding and self healing feelings I’ve ever had. \u00a0I initiated the here and now challenge because for a long time I felt that I was trapped in a town that had no magic or charm, but I’ve always known that I was here for a reason<\/a>, and if I looked hard enough I will find its beauty. \u00a0The goal for the challenge\u00a0was to get to know my town better, and I am happy to finally be able to share these gems with you.<\/p>\n

\"Armenyl's<\/a><\/p>\n

“when you go out with your eyes and heart open to see, you will not only find beauty, you will fall in love.”<\/a><\/h3>\n

I remember saying that before, when I started the challenge, and now I can testify it is true. I am so fascinated by this place, I can’t believe I once found it mundane. Everyday I go out in town, I find something new and magical. And not any kind of magical, the kind that makes me gasp and has locals thinking I must be a tourist because why else would I be so fascinated by the little antique shops and restaurants or stop at every pretty door<\/strong> to take a picture. Whenever I say I live right up the street, the disbelief in their faces is priceless.<\/p>\n

This past few weeks I found a building that reminded me so much of Parisian buildings<\/strong>–I hope the residents didn’t think I was some kind of creep standing and staring outside their home for so long, I was basically going through\u00a0some serious nostalgia. I found some of the prettiest flower beds<\/strong> along the street which was refreshing to see in the fall of all seasons. I spent my Sunday overusing my new iPhone 6\u00a0<\/strong>which, btw, I still haven’t been able to put down–I’m so in love with it. I also attended my first baby shower<\/strong> this past week and took home the cutest souvenirs like this baby blue cupcake with a mustache(It’s a boy!), and I got to feel a baby kick for the first time–life’s beautiful wonders. The skies<\/strong> were beautiful the day I went out to chase the colors of the wind.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0I finally tried out Portalli’s downtown and enjoyed my Spaghetti alla carbonara, although I don’t think people are used to seeing others have dinner by themselves. (It’s my favorite thing to do after a long day of shooting)<\/p>\n

For more photos and daily updates you can follow along on my Instagram<\/a> page!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I started the Here and Now challenge, I did not know how life changing it was going to be. Being on a mission to find beauty wherever I go has been one of the most rewarding and self healing feelings I’ve ever had. \u00a0I initiated the here and now challenge because for a long time I felt that I was trapped in a town that had no magic or charm, but I’ve always known that I was here for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1009,102,75,32],"tags":[363,406,471,314,516],"class_list":["post-4543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-here-and-now-challenge","category-love-armenyl","category-petit-mot","category-city-study","tag-flowers","tag-here-and-now","tag-how-to-dress-like-a-parisian","tag-instagram","tag-iphone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4543"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4565,"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4543\/revisions\/4565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armenyl.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}