Living (Way) Outside My Usual Zone

I almost titled this post "Living Outside My Comfort Zone." But I realized it's not so much that I'm uncomfortable doing things that aren't my normal activities, but that I'm so comfortable doing my usual. It's not unlike my wardrobe. I love jeans, a turtleneck and sneakers, but there are times it's fun to dress up.

Tonight I went way into my less-comfortable zone, and like those dress up times, it was fun. I took advantage of a Kickstarter campaign invitation to attend the opening of Melissa Joy Manning's new jewelry store in Soho.

About to enter hip downtown cocktail party. Many of the oldest buildings in Soho --South of Houston Street -- are nineteenth century cast iron industrial buildings. They are now stores, art galleries and restaurants. 

I'm not sure when I've last been at a cocktail party that wasn't also a retirement party. When I was younger I would have been uncomfortable. I would have worried about what to wear, but now I had a black sweater and black pants and I was fine. I would have been nervous that I knew no one else in the room, but again I was fine. I had fun looking for well known people I recognized -- always on the lookout for pictures for the blog -- and fun taking pictures. 

I enjoyed looking at the jewelry...

The interesting display space...

...And the hip downtown crowd.

I'm not abandoning the life I know and like for a wild life, and this blog won't turn into the cocktail chronicles. But I am going to look for a few more hip evening events. It had just too much fun in my less-comfortable zone.  I hope you had fun, too. 

As always, thanks for visiting and take good care of yourself!