Hi! My name is Katherine Aden Emerson, Kari for short. I am a 30-something living in the greatest city in the world- New York City. I was born and raised just a short drive from NYC, in Wilton, Connecticut, and went to college in New Hampshire where I studied English and Art. I now work as a model, content creator, and social media manager, enjoying every second and romanticizing city life with every chance that I get.
At a young age, I began expressing my creativity with whatever method brought me joy at the time- writing, photography, dance, drawing, makeup, painting, cooking, fashion, the list goes on, if you can believe it. I began writing in a journal even before I can remember. I have always felt like expressing myself in some way was very important, and that I have always had something to say (whether it was heard by anyone or not).
I have always wanted to share my voice, but never thought I had anything important enough to say, despite how important it felt to me at the time. In high school, I decided that important or not, I wanted
to be heard, especially if there was any chance of reaching someone with feelings of empathy, inspiration, humor, comfort, or just entertainment. I started a Tumblr blog called “The Important Things” and soon thereafter added “And The Not-So-Important Things.”
In 2020, unknowingly on the precipice of a worldwide pandemic, I decided to breathe life back into that blog with a similar goal, but maybe a bit more maturity (key word: maybe).
Now, in 2023 (just after entering the my third decade of life), I’m relaunching the blog once more! I recently decided to rebrand as Kari E. NYC in order to merge my personal life and my blog, as sharing my life with all of you is what I love the most about all of this.
With this blog, I hope to entertain, teach, inquire, hope, imagine, describe, create and comfort. If I can reach even 1 person in these ways, 12 years of working towards this wild dream will all have been worth it.
I hope that you will enjoy reading along with me as I clumsily navigate life as a 30-year-old teenager in NYC, including fashion, friends, food, fun, frolicking, and more. You can also expect my experiences as a model, constant comedy, a minor shopping obsession, and most importantly, my dramatic, opinionated, sarcastic commentary on all the crazy things life is throwing at me.
Thank you ALL for joining me on this wild ride and supporting me through thick and thin. I couldn’t have done any of it without you.
xo kae