Temporary Post: My husband, William Jackson Hook, is extremely private, he will hate this, but he is also one of my favorite people, an actor, attorney, Roosevelt scion, father and stepfather, someone who brings out the very best in me. #hardlaunch 🧿 ✨🙏 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #rooseveltfamily #rooseveltdescendents #theroosevelts #lawyercouple #lawschoollove #wjh #aurangzebakkhan #amelierooseveltjacksonhook
Sometimes the only way to transition, from my days, as an attorney, to my nights, at the keys, is to conspire, with the flowers, first. 🐝 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #pianists #pianistas #pianists #dolcepiano #connecticutpiano #newyorkpiano #thecomposersgarden #tomorrowhouse #connecticutgardens #clemetis
My son, Aurangzeb’s, great grandmother, Shama Khan, was an indisputably beautiful Bengali princess. 🦚 🌙 🌴 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #bengali #batalihills #shamakhan #oldbengalifamilies #akkhanfamily #aurangzebakkhan
Trying to remember if this church door, in the village, was orange when we were in law school (I think it used to be green)🙏 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #manhattan #orangedoor #newyork #greenwichvillage #doorsofmanhattan
Drifting recklessly on a perfumed, early May morning lilac breeze. 🐝 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #gardens #gardeners #thecomposersgarden #tomorrowhouse #connecticutgardens # #connecticutgardeners #pianists #lilacs
I always feel so much calmer, if I’m in a room with ancient dusty books and a brilliant Persian carpet. 📚 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #lifestyle #persianrugs #manhattan #bibliophile
The dogwoods are already blooming. 🐝 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #flowergram #floralspell #dogwoods #connecticut
Heart is in Rafah, today. 💔 #theloveatelier #freepalestine #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #rafah #cherryblossoms
Sometimes I just want to melt into my piano, so irreversibly, that no pain, no fear, no silences, no despair, no regrets, and no tears, can ever penetrate, me ever again. 🎹 #theloveatelier #love #joy # #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #pianista #newyorkpiano #connecticutpiano #pianopiano #dolcepiano #tomorrowhouse #threebarsandapiano
hydrangea, lilacs, bluebells, andromeda & forget me nots. 🐝 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #gardens #gardeners #gardenspell #gardeners #connecticutgardens #connecticutgardeners #tomorrowhouse #thecomposersgarden
I grew white forget me nots, from seed, the lilacs came with the house (I pray deeply for the previous gardeners, every time I pick one of the mature plantings), and a Trader Joe’s cashier accidentally didn’t charge me for one of two pots of clematis, so we are, well and truly, under a musical, floral spell. 🎹 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #happiness #gardens #gardenista #pianista #forgetmenots #lilacs #clematis #thecomposersgarden #tomorrowhouse
A magical, happy Friday afternoon. ❤️ #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #connecticutgram #aurangzebandlaila #aurangzebakkhan #amelierooseveltjacksonhook #tomorrowhouse
Tea, as I’m still recovering from the flu. 🐝 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #tealovers #tea #bluebells #thecomposersgarden #tomorrowhouse
My husband doesn’t often tell me he loves me, but sometimes, he will give me a box of half eaten chocolate, usually filled with the ones he doesn’t like, which hundred percent of the time, are the ones I do, and I know I have his heart ( since our days at law school, when I would stop him on 11th st and 5th Ave, and aggressively question him, when he was on his way, to visit his grandmother, on the upper east side)🎶 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #romance #happyfriday #tomorrowhouse
Close up of the jhumkas I wore for Eid. ✨ #earrings #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #jewelbabes #bengali #lifestyle #connecticutgram #tomorrowhouse #jhumkas
Every year we wait for the bluebells. 🐝 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #bluebells #thecomposersgarden #frenchielove
The night begins with forget me nots. 🎶 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #lifestyle #happiness #gardens #gardeners #thecomposersgarden #forgetmenots
My parents are in Singapore and sent me this photo of beautiful orchids. #papasflowers🐝 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #florals #floralspell #orchids
I took my children to their first protest, to learn about Palestine and the horrifying genocide currently being committed by Isreal, in Gaza. But, ultimately, just as everyone else, they must make their own decisions. 🌙Today, the most illuminated, young minds are rejecting the murdurous status quo, protesting in campuses, across the country, for they already know, that killing innocent people, is reprehensible, and that Palestine will be free. #freepalestine 🙏 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #aurangzebandlaila #aurangzebakkhan #amelierooseveltjacksonhook #freepalestine🇵🇸
Musical hellebores at family day @carnegiehall 🎶 #theloveatelier #love #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #happiness #lifestyle #manhattan #musiclovers
Gorgeous feverfew delivery in the city. #manhattanflowers 🐝 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #happiness #lifestyle #gardens #gardeners #manhattan #feverfew
Misty April Saturday morning on Fifth Ave by St Patrick’s Catherdral✨ #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #bohemian #gypsy #aurangzebakkhan #amelierooseveltjacksonhook #aurangzebandlaila #lawyermomsofamerica #stpatrickscathedral
Connecticut details. 🌊 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #connecticutgram #connecticut #rowaytonct
Sometimes, it surprises me, that something I loved so much as a child, still fills me with such joy today. I would spend endless hours improvising on my keyboard after classical Indian music lessons, lost in a state of pure, ceaseless bliss. 🎹 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #pianophile #pianists #piano #classicalpiano #composers #pianocomposition #thirdculturekids
As focused as I am on the present and the future, I haven’t gotten used to seeing my great great grandfather in law, President Theodore Roosevelts, legacy everywhere, but surely he inspires me, as well.✨ #theodoreroosevelt @amnh #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #rooseveltwomen #theodoreroosevelt #americanmuseumofnaturalhistory #rooseveltfamily #nyc #manhattan #upperwestside #attorneys #pianists #threebarsandapiano #americanhistory #newyorkattorneys #californiaattorneys #canadianbarristers
Half past April, magnolia, stirring us awake. 🐝 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magnolia #gardens #gardeners #gardenersofinstagram #thecomposersgarden #connecticutgardens #writers #writerly #writersofinstagram
My favorite Japanese secateurs for small hands. 🎶🐝🎹 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #gardens #gardeners #gardenerslife #pianists #pianophile #classicalpiano #connecticutgram #tomorrowhouse #thecomposersgarden #connecticutgardens
Harvested common violets, before the promising mid April afternoon breeze, threatened to cast the petals asunder. 🎶 #theloveatelier #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #gardens #gardeners #gardenersofinstagram #connecticutgram #thecomposersgarden #tomorrowhouse #classicalpiano #commonviolet #edibleplants
As twilight approaches, the heart insists upon unlocking the night, and throwing away the key. 🎶 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #happiness #pianopiano #dolcepiano #thecomposersgarden #connecticutgram #hyacinths #tomorrowhouse #mswl
I have a reoccurring dream of going to my grandparents house, on Satmasjid Road, in Dhaka, after they have passed, of occupying the illuminated, mango, banana, coconut palm and banyan tree sheltered space, of rooms surrounded by netted verandas, rattan furniture, heavy teak doors, and Portuguese tiles, with a lush tuberose, rose, dahlia, bougainvillea and marigold garden below, dove cotes, parrots, our trio of German Shepherd’s, and the timely, melodious, haunting call of the azaan, floating in, as my own, of living there as an adult, of returning to where, I was so happy and loved, even though the house is no longer, given to developers, to transform into commercials buildings, and I just like the past, I can never go back again. 🎶 above, picture of the Eidgah Masjid, near the house. 🌙 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #memories #dhaka #satmasjidroad #writers #writerly
Wishing everyone a blessed Eid. 🌙✨😘 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #lifestyle #eid2024 #aurangzebandlaila #aurangzebakkhan #amelierooseveltjacksonhook #tomorrowhouse
Eid Mubarak 🌙 @metmuseum #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #happiness #eid2024 #islamicarts #islamicdesign
Beautiful portals of Manhattan. 🎶 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #nyc #manhattan #ilovenyc #newyorkcity
But, why is it only Tuesday? ✨ #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #discoball #manhattan #nyc
Lost in a Spanish classical guitar melody. 🎶🌙🎹 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #lifestyle #pianopiano #dolcepiano #newyorkpiano #connecticutpiano #franciscoterrega #thecomposersgarden #grecianwindflower #grapehyacinth
It makes me so sad, to think the next solar eclipse, will be in 22 years, and we may not, all be together. ✨ #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #aurangzebandlaila #tomorrowhouse #solareclipse2024
Forsythia in the eclipse. ✨ #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #happiness #eclipse #connecticut #connecticutgram #tomorrowhouse #forstythia
My first cuttings, hyacinths & andromeda, from the garden, this year, are a gift to include, with a freshwater pearl necklace, ofcourse. 🐝 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #gardens #hyacinths #andromeda #gardens #thecomposersgarden #tomorrowhouse #gardeners #connecticutgardeners
Does your heart break, if the barista tells you, that the “piano is for decor only”? 💔@lasvetaslounge 🎹 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #pianolovers #pianopiano #dolcepiano #newyorkpiano #connecticutpiano #pianofordecoronly #connecticutgram #sohmerandco #pianosofconnecticut
Perhaps, the music alone, is the final arbiter, of whether the dust, rises or falls, of whether the tears, subside or flow. 🎶 ~With my piano charm. 🎹 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #pianists #pianistsofinstagram #composers #femalecomposers #frenchiesofinstagram #frenchielove #threebarsandapiano #tomorrowhouse #newyorkpiano #connecticutpiano #pianista
This frosty, rain incanted early April morning I nearly risked frost bite to venture to the containers, in the front lawn of the Composer Garden, and plant the pre soaked sweet peas, a single package of poppies (I have more), gysophila, zinnias and lavender, taking a chance, impatient for the flowers, even if it nearly damaged my hands. 🐝 #gardenerproblems #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #happiness #gardeners #gardens #bookish #booklovers #thecomposersgarden #thestrand #writers #writerly #writersofinstagram #connecticutgardens #connecticutgardeners #gardeningintherain
Free Palestine 🇵🇸 #theloveatelier #freepalestine #love #joy #bliss #manhattan #happiness
pear blossoms in the village 🐝 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #pearblossoms #manhattan #greenwichvillage
Gandhi + magnolias. ⚖️ #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #happiness #gandhi #manhattan #nyc #gandhi #barristers
Wishing everyone a very happy Easter. Praying extra hard for ceasefire in Gaza, we cannot bear, another day of genocide, another night of tears.🙏 #freepalestine #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #artaddicts #aurangzebakkhan #amelierooseveltjacksonhook #aurangzebandlaila #lawyermomsofamerica #threebarsandapiano #rooseveltfamily #yaleuniversity #connecticutgram
Happy World Piano Day! It’s the 88th day of the year. 🎹@metmuseum #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #pianopiano #worldpianoday #pianists #pianistsofinstagram #newyorkpiano #connecticutpiano
I gave away my digital piano, when my beloved acoustic keys arrived, as I thought it would be irresponsible & greedy to keep both, hoping someone else could use it to learn to play, nevertheless, sometimes, I want it back. 🎶 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #pianists #pianistsofinstagram #pianolove #pianodreams #newyorkpiano #connecticutpiano #tomorrowhouse #pianistas
If only we could hear the music. 🎶 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #musiclovers #artaddicts #newhavenct #yaleuniversity
A brief recess with magnolias on a late March Tuesday morning. 🎶 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #happiness #pianopiano #dolcepiano #pianists #pianistsofinstagram #newyorkpiano #connecticutpiano #piano #magnolias #connecticutgardens #connecticutgardeners #classicalpiano #tomorrowhouse #tuesdaymorning
“Don’t waste your tears on me tonight, we were born and raised, in black and white” 🎶 There are so very few things, that can go awry, in my life, and so much, that can go more beautifully, than could ever be imagined, as long as I have my piano. The piano obsession began, somewhere in my childhood, growing up across the world, and the keys remain, the only thing, that feels like home. 🎹 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #oldsongs #magnolia #pianopiano #dolcepiano #connecticutpiano #newyorkpiano #pianolove #willienelson #thehighwayman #pianistsofinstagram #piano #thirdculturekids #tkc #thirdculturekidproblems
subliminal ✨ #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #lifestyle #happiness #artaddicts #artgallery #yaleuniversity
Sunday art hop at @yale. 🎶🌙🙏 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #happiness #aurangzebakkhan #amelierooseveltjacksonhook #aurangzebandlaila #artaddicts #newhavenct #juliadeburgos
The earrings are meant to be persuasive. ✨🎶🙏 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #jewelbabes #antiqueearrings #heirloomearrings #attorneys #pianists #bejewelled #bengali #threebarsandapiano #newyorkattorney #californiaattorney #ontariobarrister #tomorrowhouse
All my photos are of my children, piano and flowers, and then occasionally, I’ll come across, evidence of the only slightly less than inspiring way, I pay my bills. #dayjob ⚖️ #theloveatelier #love #bliss #happiness #attorneys #barristers #solicitors #legallegal
Only time, will tell if any other book, will move, awaken, or send me spiraling into a dream, as “my year of rest and relaxation” by Ottesa Moshfegh, has done, thus far, this year. 🙏 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #bookish #bibliophile #ottesaamoshfegh #bookstagram
missing Arizona, always, in my heart. 🙏🌙🌴 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #arizona #ilovearizona #attorneys #pianists #bougainvillea #missingarizona
There is something so inchoate, charged & exhilarating about a Persian carpet, as if, you could be reckless as you please, whilst flying through the mystical, jasmine cast, star tempered night. ✨🌙🎶 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #book #booklovers #bookstores #greenwichct #writersofinstagram #persiancarpets #persianrug #writerly
reach for the stars (but target fear).🌙✨🪽 #diana #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #artlovers #artaddicts #augustussaintgaudens
Two Truths & A Lie 1)When I play piano, I feel no pain. 2)When I play piano, I feel the purest love I have ever experienced. 3)When I play piano, I have no fear. 🎹 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #happiness #pianopiano #dolcepiano #pianists #pianistsofinstagram #pianomusic #newyorkpiano #connecticutpiano #pianodreams #pianodreamers #composers #pianocomposer
It’s National Sons Day; here is an old picture of baby Aurangzeb and I, at our Spanish Harlem apartment. 🎻🎶🙏 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #lifestyle #borninnyc #aurangzebakkhan #manhattan #nyc #nationalsonsday
Tuesday night music by the sea. @ctsongwriters @parkcitymusichall 🎶🌙🌊 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #lifestyle #music #musiclovers #connecticutmusic #blackrockct #songwriters #connecticutgram
card catalog 📚 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #lifestyle #happiness #libraries #writers #writerly #library #nyc #manhattan
And so it begins. #snowdrops 🐝 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #gardens #gardeners #gardenersofinstagram #pianists #pianistsofinstagram #pianolove #snowdrops #tomorrowhouse #connecticutgram #connecticutgardens
MTA love 🙏 #connecticutmoms #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #happiness #lifestyle #aurangzebandlaila #aurangzebakkhan #amelierooseveltjacksonhook #manhattan #nyc
Compulsively checking last frost dates, hoarding seeds, ordering bulbs, until it’s go time. #gardenseason2024 🐝 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #gardeners #gardenerslife #gardenersofinstagram #poppylove #poppy #dreams #dreamers #tomorrowhouse #connecticutgardens #orientalpoppy
Happy World Book Day. 🙏 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #happiness #bookish #bibliophile #worldbookday
Thank you for tolerating my piano obsession; my vision of a perfect world is where everyone plays the keys. #nevertoolate 🎹 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #happiness #pianopiano #dolcepiano #ilovepiano #pianodreams #pianodreamers #tomorrowhouse #threebarsandapiano #newmusic
Dragonflys & damsel flys, have always been such a powerful totem for me; I can’t wait to see a few of these delicate, magical fairies, in the coming months. 🧚 #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #happiness #gardeners #gardens #gardenlife #gardenmagic #dragonflies #damselfly #totem
Hauntingly musical. 🎶@metmuseum #theloveatelier #love #joy #bliss #joy #magic #alchemy #gypsy #bohemian #happiness #pianopiano #dolcepiano #artaddicts #artlovers #pianists #pianistsofinstagram #pianista