NYC vlog - new tattoo, book shopping, museum visit, and new jewelry pieces!

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Hi friends!!
I have such an exciting vlog for you today!
You will not only come with me to get my new tattoo, but also visit two bookshops and the museum of natural history! Best of all, I get to tell you about the wonderful sustainable jewelry brand Ana Luisa, which is based in NYC!
I hope you enjoy this vlog as much as I enjoyed going on these NYC adventures!
Sending my best wishes to you,
Carolyn Marie :)
a huge thank you to my beautiful best friend Emma for being an Oscar worthy videographer, and to my extremely talented friend and tattoo artist Mony for bringing my star covered idea to shining light!
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[@benmartizz8238]

This is random but I am sooooo happy that you and Emma from emmie finally got to see each other!! I have been watching both of you and have seen your friendship in the process so I was genuinely happy to see two best friends finally see each other!😆

[@danieladamico5485]

The tattoo looks sooo pretty, Carolyn! And how nice that you and Emma were finally able to meet in person ❤

[@LexieMoon321]

I saw you and Emma (from Emmie) together and IMMEDIATELY I thought of a scene from The Office… “OH MY GOD! Okay, it’s happening!”

[@ShaniFox]

Carolyn I was wondering if you could do a video about your favourite adaptations of different books and plays, and maybe one with your favourite essays and discussions, like the Dickens vs. Tolstoy debate that you and Emma based your series on! I’m sorry if you’ve already done this and I somehow missed it 😅 I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day! 💞

[@tiaraulfah8560]

fredrick backman is my fav author of all time!!!! because never in my live would i read a book about sport, except it was written by backman!

[@BMTitus]

In 1971, Don McLean wrote a song named Vincent about Van Gogh and the Starry Night painting.

[@grvhppr]

Nice tattoo! I'm so glad that you got to experience it with a friend (who you'll carry with you forever--literally!). I'm sooo intrigued by Bel-Ami and added it to my TBR. I want to say that your channel has inspired me to pick up more classics, so thank you, thank you, thank you for that.

[@ileanaaaaa]

Love, love, love the tattoo! I enjoyed both stories by Tolstoy a lot and they were so fast to read. I feel like every major artist repeats him or herself over and over throughout their work in some way or another (even Dickens). There is something that they are passionate about and they get stuck in exploring that over and over (and if it's not your thing, you'll get annoyed or you might be like yes! this is why I came here). In any form of art really, I'm thinking Wes Anderson, Warhol, Gaudí, Austen, Rodin, Tolstoy of course, etc, etc. So I agree, I would recommend them to Tolstoy fans but not necessarily if you don't like him then what is the point lol.

[@I05-e4s]

Beautiful tattoo! Really suits you and looks delicate, meaningful and artistic all at once!

[@erin_explorestheoutdoors]

Casually smashes mosquito with glee! Best Carolyn moment!

[@CarolynMarieReads]

🤣 I’m allergic to them, so they’re going to die a painful death if they come near me!

[@kristinandj]

I 100% relate to your feeling when you look at the night sky !!!

[@sarahsperusals]

AH love your new tattoo!!! what you were saying about stars reminding you about how small we are, is exactly why i have a saturn tattoo 🥲 such a freeing thought

[@teresacoelho9599]

Carolyn! I don't remember if you've ever mentioned music before but I would love to know your favorite genres and artists!

[@denisefreitas6727]

Love your new tatoo! And i loved the vlog too. Ana Luisa's jewelry is absolutely beautiful! I wish i had a bookshop like Albertine in Rio de Janeiro! 💖📚✨

[@clairebott1539]

Hi Carolyn, we have a totally immersive Van Gogh exhibition touring the U.K. at the moment. I think at the moment it’s in the beautiful ancient city of York. It’s wonderful to behold even via Google. I hope you check it out. If you’ve never seen the city of York that’s worth a look too. Claire x

[@lindakaneshiro7633]

I love your new tattoo! And I’m seriously considering to have one of your designs as my first tattoo 🥹

[@CarolynMarieReads]

Thank you so much! I would be honored!!!

[@clairebott1539]

🤩 WOW, I NEED THAT CEILING IN MY BEDROOM 🎉 XXX

[@rvss342]

What tattoos and piercings do you have? You should do a video on them all! (:

[@syloum7723]

Hi Carolyn ! Thank you so much for this vidéo. I’m Sylvette from France. For the pronounciation of Guy de Maupassant, you said it right except for the first name. In french we pronounce « Guy » like « see » (sorry i don’t know phonetic so i used my own way lol) and not « hi ». Sorry if i have made mistakes in my message, as i am not fluent in American. If you like Maupassant, i highly recommand « une vie ». It is one of my favorite book ever. 💚📚

[@georgeparasol6939]

i haven’t even started this yet but i’m so excited! i absolutely love nyc and i hope you had a wonderful time :) ❤️

[@martasgreatlibrary]

bel ami! my favourite classic i read last year and one of my favourite reviews i've ever filmed! i read it after a professor i'm very close to (she's one of the young ones so she loves interacting with fellow students) recommended it to me after one of our long chats on literature! it's an amazing story and maupassant's writing style is super accessible! it's a story on ambition and corruption, super fascinating to explore. i'm a huge fan of the author and his psychologial portraits are mind blowing. i hope you love it. also his name is pronounced as /gi/ :) and yes, i'd love it if you added an individual tattoo option!

[@MartinDSmith]

Your reading from The Cossacks was beautiful.I hope you enjoy Martin Chuzzlewit as much as I am(Dickens described one man as having cut his matrimonial career rather short by unlawfully running away from his happiness.)😂✨

[@ellaelisabet]

Obsessed with your new tattoo and so happy you like Fredrik Backman! Greetings from Sweden!

[@christianeelizabeth5602]

On your livestream with Emmie you mentioned that you had to work on your current accent/voice since you didn’t like your New York accent! Can you talk about how you did this? Your voice is angelic, so smooth and lovely! I wish my voice was the same!

[@jamesduggan7200]

Albertine is the name of Marcel's girlfriend in the fifth book of the Searching for Lost Time series of novels.

[@agataaugustyn1009]

i love your new tatoo 😍

[@Den7205]

it’s good to see your new tattoo. I also wanna get one one day but i’m also easy to get allergic on skin.

[@cindyurban150]

Hi Carolyn, I love the jewelry, I'm a small person, and like dainty jewelry. I enjoy your talking,so please feel free to "babel". Van Gogh one of my favorites,but I'm just not into tattoos (for me). I share the same feeling about N.Y.C. It's a great place for entertainment,but the busy,fast pace, and noise..not for me. I enjoy the forest, and cozy quieter lifestyle. Have a great weekend ! Happiness, Cindy

[@radiantchristina]

The jewelry is beautiful! Ana Luisa has great pieces. You mentioning Anna K reminded me - If you haven't read "the elegance of the hedgehog" I think you'd like it. The Anna Karenina novel plays a big part in the story. :). Bel Ami is a great book. My favorite book by Guy is A Life . Bear Town was not for me

[@radiantchristina]

I forgot to mention the tattoo...i love it !

[@rohtashchopra93]

Its like witnessing a fairy ink her wings or Attila the nun graffiting Constantinople. All of which, so to speak, is just a side road to the bridge named yer a beautiful wooman.

[@carbonc6065]

10:31 - 10:37!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😀

[@cocacolachy]

New video idea: read books which Van Gogh were inspired by

[@CarolynMarieReads]

That’s the exact reason why I bought Bel-Ami 😂👀💕

[@EllieRoseMcKee]

My skin also reacts badly to tape and band aids. I'm actually alergic to the adhesive in them. Have you tried one of the hypoalergenic brands?

[@myrarucker7953]

Guy is like “he” only it’s pronounced with a g!!

[@zubaerchaudhari8267]

Hello

[@cindyurban150]

P.S. I thought you would have a "Book Tattoo".

[@shree7340]

Anna luisa seems like a overrated company to me. I don't know why but I don't like these designs at all. Not creative. I just said what I felt about these pieces, nothing personal.

[@janebaily3758]

You are so pretty...you DO NOT need any tattoos at all!!

[@EllieRoseMcKee]

No one gets tattoos because they *need* them. Were you under the impression that they were reserved only for people considered ugly? I'm sure you think that you're giving a compliment, but it actually comes across pretty judgemental.

[@janebaily3758]

@@EllieRoseMcKee my nieces and nephews have them. I know many people like them. I really like this woman's posts as well as her art. The tattoo's just seem out of place.

[@kristinandj]

you are not really legitimate to comment what she should do with her body.

[@ShaniFox]

@@janebaily3758 how can they seem out of place when she literally designs tattoo ideas for other people.. also this isn’t even her first tattoo 🤦🏼‍♀️