State Pride

State steaks! Dominic Episcopo, a photographer out of Philadelphia, cut state shapes out of steak in his aptly titled exhibit "The Unites Steaks of America." Pretty amazing.

Even though I haven't lived in the state where I was born and raised for almost a decade, that's where my heart and pride will always lie. Never am I so giddy, sleep the deepest, and eat fresher food than when I'm back home at my parent's house in our sleepy, small town in Indiana.

AHeirloom is an etsy shop where the owner cuts a cheese board into your state's shape. And you can have the designer engrave a heart or star where your home town is located! I bought my Mom one for Mother's Day this year and she loves it.

I wear this exact necklace everyday (in gold!). It was a gift given to me by my little sister. The designer Maya Brenner makes all 50 states and just launched country shaped necklaces too! I always get compliments when I wear it. Once a man yelled to me from a couple people deep in a jam packed subway, "Are you from Indiana??? I'm from South Bend, Indiana. Go Fighting Irish!!" State pride runs deep.