the wearhouse district

(Photos by  Courtney Charles )  Let me take a not so huge leap and assume that everyone is like me and spends a huge portion of their day staring at a computer screen… And when you aren’t you are most likely staring at the screen of a phone or a television. Obviously, that’s not necessarily the healthiest of habits for our eyes. The blue light from our screens is actually very harmful – if you weren’t aware of that. Working in the digital industry, and as a writer and blogger, the majority of my time has been spent absorbing this harsh light. I’ve utilized apps like Flux to lessen the damage. In the office or amongst friends I’m like an anti-blue-light advocate; it's something I've verbally expressed disdain for. The headaches alone are enough to get frustrated with, amiright? So obviously when I heard that one of my favorite eyewear brands developed a safeguard way to protect our eyes from blue light - I was all for it. Eye Buy Direct , an amazing online retailer...

(Photos by Courtney Charles )  "Chapter One. He was too romantic about Manhattan, as he was about everything else. He thrived on the hustle bustle of the crowds and the traffic..." Said Woody Allen's character Isaac in Manhattan , Allen's late-70's love letter to New York, narrating as he writes... later deeming it too corny for his piece and revising time and time again. Being a film buff and a Manhattan-phile, I've seen Woody Allen's Manhattan enough times to have it memorized. But, I always loved this specific edit for the character's opening. Corny, maybe, but it was a line that felt like something I could have written myself. Living here, it's hard not too feel somewhat romantic about Manhattan. No other island can make you feel so small and so grand at the same exact time. Even though time may have changed the facades and streets - once edgy, dirty, and crime-ridden - now flocked with Starbucks and Whole Foods on each corner - N...