About Me

I'm an Urban Girlscout in New York City. I live on the Upper East Side and I always carry a camera - whether it's just my cell phone, a disposable, a toy camera or my DSLR, I'm always prepared to document the events of the day. (But mostly I use a rough & tough Pentax Optio H90)

April '10, I started almost-daily bicycle commuting. I try to ride in the clothes I plan to wear to work or whatever event I'm going to, and I take a lot of Bicycle Outfit photos and discuss that here, but I also talk about random stuff, adventures, stuff I bought, etc.

Photo by Dmitry Gudkov

I work as an in-house fit-model and receptionist at a Junior/Women's clothing company in the Garment District. I'm 31 years old.

Something else very important about me - My husband and I live in a 375 square foot apartment in a Historic Landmark Tenement building. Yep, NYC tiny. I have had a professional home organizer come over and talk me through some things.



My street-cred is deep in that I appeared on Martha Stewart for a craft that I created. You can read about that here: My Martha Page on JPHardee.com and see my Flickr photo album here.

I also worked for Patricia Field, the stylist from Sex and the City for 2.5 years. I learned a lot and I got to go to some fashion shows and fabulous parties.

Please visit my website: www.jphardee.com

Other fun facts: I have had a pen-pal for over 25 years and she is one of my best friends and most-favorite people. We are both wearing weaves in this photo and I partied so hard I had to throw my dress away at the end of the night. I busted an iPhone the night before the wedding too!


I met Bill Clinton & Chelsea Clinton at the Brownie Girl Scouts in 1988 because it was held at my school. I was born on the same day as Chelsea and we were both born in Central Arkansas.


In 2008 I got to "hug" Hillary Clinton at a pep-talk she gave for Barack Obama in Little Rock.

The Secret Service broke my arm, but I was still beyond happy.

I attended Obama's inauguration. I was there and I'm so happy I went!