I'm BACKKKKKK!

I had the BEST time with BLC & Mamatella... I got back late last night and had to rush straight into work bright and early at 5AM this morning. Suffice to say I am tuckered out and taking it easy today. I'll have a full recap of the trip up tomorrow but for now... a picture of one of the most important bits of the trip.

Greek Salad.

IN.

GREECE.

Y'all, they don't use lettuce.

And I *L.O.V.E.* it... It was literally had by us all at every stinkin' meal because it was THAT good.

Stay tuned for more delicious & fun pictures!

How was your weekend?

Give me them BRIGHT LIGHTS, LONG NIGHTS....

I'm headed here... 

To celebrate PB & I doing this...

With my closest BFFs... 

We'll be going here for dinner...

having copious amounts of these...

and doing this...

And this...

I can NOT wait. Stay tuned on Monday for a recap!

Have a GREAT WEEKEND!

(PS: Don't forget to enter my $75 CSN Stores Giveaway this weekend!)

*All images from GOOGLE*

Girls, just wanna have fu-uuuun!!

So last night I met up with some of my favorite bloggers for cocktails. Black Lab & Lilly, Pink Maple and KAG were all DELIGHTFUL! We had great cocktails at Marliave and spent some cals on a little welsh rarebit (which was delish). It was a blast! I honestly feel like I have known them forever.

*SO CUTE! PM on the left, BL&L on the right*

*KAG & Me*

(In my defense my dress was tulip shaped and when I sat down it bubbled up. Turns out its not so flattering sitting. Don't judge me people.)

I really had a great time and can't wait until we meet up again!

Thanks girls!

Tomorrow: Review of the Connaught's Tea Room in London!

Kiki's Wedding Weekend! (And hilariously random video)

As a hilarious side note, I found the video below while I was uploading/cleaning up my camera today. Madre thought she was taking a picture. Turns out she was taking a video.

For some reason it CRACKS me up.

Seriously.

ANYWAY...

Moving on to my besties bridal weekend.

We kicked off the weekend with a delicious bridal luncheon at Croasdaile Country Club...

*Bridesmaids & the Bride*

*Kikibikiboobear & Me*

Then we had a quick and efficient rehearsal and then jetted down to Treyburn Country Club for the rehearsal dinner...

*Dapdap, Me & Kiki*

*Gorgeous flowers on the tables...*

*We had fun.*

*Me & lil' britches at dinner*

*Then it was the big day...*

 *JCF & Toni and I were playing while we waited to get our hair done...*

*Me & Kiki*

I had an absolute blast... I'm so glad I got to be a part of my best friend's big day!

She was the most beautiful bride ever and I'm so happy for her! 

CONGRATS Mrs. cWe!!!

(Also, it should be noted that she was sweet enough to take me to Bojangles on Saturday morning! ON HER WEDDING DAY. If that's not love I don't know what is!)

Stay tuned tomorrow for a tour of my new town: Basingstoke!

Tag Time!

My fellow blogger and bff HFG tagged me on her blog with this fun TAG! I thought it'd be super fun to play along!

Favorite color: PINK! (Agreed!)

Favorite Brands/Designers: Love Michael Kors, Lilly, Marc Jacobs & Oscar de la Renta

Favorite Restaurant: SOOOO many... Crooks Corner (in NC), 4th Street Deli (in PA), Toscano (in Boston), Momofuku (in NYC), Lady & Sons (in Savannah)... I could go on and on and on and on...

Hobbies: Cooking, baking, reading, playing tennis, blogging, volunteering, politics, etc.

Favorite thing about yourself: My favorite thing about myself is that I am super opinionated and not afraid to be exactly who I am regardless of what others think of me and my opinions!

What does your room look like (color scheme, theme, etc.): I LOVE my room! I have massively high ceilings, a brick wall behind my bed, platform bed. My bedding is simple and cute- white duvet w/ my monogram in pink in the center and a green pearl border, pink quilt and shams are also on there. Also my favorite Hillary poster framed on the wall beside my bed that has her and says "She's the one!" in shades of pink. Wait, did I mention I like pink?

If you could have dinner with 2 people (dead or alive) who would they be: Queen of England and Audrey Hepburn. We know I'm obsessed with the queen and Audrey needs no explanation... I mean really.

What is your next “big splurge”: Hmm. Since I've been preparing for this wedding I've been trying super hard not to spend money... HOWEVER... there is this certain bag I may or may not be lusting over. My grades were absolutely STELLAR this semester... so mmmaaayyybbbeee a new bag!

What is your favorite joke, quote, or saying: Favorite saying "Bless her heart" and favorite quote "If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit next to me!"

Anything else you would like us to know about you (random fact)!? I used to be obsessed with Dolly Parton. I was a member of her fan club when I was little and we went to the opening day of Dollywood one April specifically because she was in the opening day parade. I saw her and stood there and cried the entire time because I was so overwhelmed! I still, to this day, LOVE her and get excited whenever she is on anything!

Now it is time to tag six fellow bloggers to answer the above questions! Each person that is tagged must tag six new bloggers. Be sure to link to the person that originally tagged you and comment on their TAG post so they can read your answers.

BLC

Seersucker Scrapper

Little B

Sara

ACL

Chloe

Let the games begin.... TAG, YOU'RE IT!

My weekend in numbers...

10: The numbers of hours I have spent on a bus in the past 4 days... (TOTALLY worth it.)

9: The approximate number of cocktails that I may or may not have ordered on Saturday night...

8: The number of hours that MCW slept on Sunday morning... (*please note my glare*)

7: The number of delicious dishes we ordered at Stanton Social... (give or take one or two)

(6.2: Number of miles RPT and I walked on Sunday morning during the AIDS Walk...)

6: The approximate number of times I mentioned hot dogs in any given 2 minute stretch this weekend...

5: The number of the hour we were kicked out of the most amazing dive bar I've ever been to... (As in AM.)

4: The number of cupcakes I wanted to inhale at Butterlane... (I restrained and only had uno.)

3: The number of hours of I slept on Sunday morning... (*please note my second glare*)

2: The number of hot dogs I inhaled...

1: The number of bedrooms MCW will be adding to her apartment for my move in...

PS- My bff/bridesmaid LD sent me this card today... Perfect advice, no?

Weekend Fun!

Last weekend (or the one before last) I was invited to attend a bridal shower for one of my law school besties at The Chart House. I'd never been to the Chart House before and got a little confused as to its location and ended up at the Custom House. Whoops. 

Anyway, I finally found it and had a blast. I hadn't seen the bride, MK, since she graduated last year! She sat for the bar in February so she wasn't able to come to my wedding (because of all the time she had taken off of work to study) so it was wonderful to see her and to catch up!

*Obviously I got the lobster roll... Perhaps this was where my huge gain at WW this past week came from!*

*I went with another friend from law school NB.*

*The cake and custom cookies were ADORABLE!* 

(and supppeerrr tasty)

*The bride MK (on the right) and some of her sweet bridesmaids!*

*Bride & fiance cutting their cake. SO cute!*

(Sorry for the terrible picture!)

*All the law school girls with the pretty bride in the middle!*

So then we all got changed (I crammed for tax for a bit) and then met up for dinner at Sonsie. I didn't take any pictures at dinner but it was fun and delicious. We then hit MK's favorite nightspot, Alibi at the Liberty Hotel. It was *PACKED* and crazyyyy. I ended up having to leave somewhat early (thank you tax exam) but it was still tons of fun!

I'm going to miss MK's wedding because I'll be in England but I know she'll be a stunning bride!

PS- Don't forget to enter my GIVEAWAY!!!!

One-Way Friendships

Do you ever feel like you're in a one-way friendship?

It dawned on me yesterday that aside from maybe 3 or 4 of my friends, all the rest of my friendships are one sided. I was thinking about it and I thought...

When is the last time someone asked ME out for lunch?

When is the last time someone initiated a G-Chat convo with ME?

When is the last time someone invited ME out for a girls night?

When is the last time someone asked ME how things were going without me having to ask?

When is the last time someone asked ME to visit and not vice versa?

I can't remember the last time anyone other than the said 3 or 4 friends (none of which are in Boston) or PB asked me to hang out, grab a drink, see a movie, go shopping, go on a trip.

I can't remember the last time anyone other than said 3 friends initiated a phone call, chat, email, letter, BBM, text msg, anything.

So I've decided that no longer am I going to initiate ANYTHING!

I'm not trying to be a good friend anymore, I'm not inviting, I'm not calling, I'm not g-chatting, I'm not extending dinner or drinks invites. Nothing.

I am OVER it. It seems that most of my friends only feel the need to contact me when they need me or have a catastrophe. I just am sick of putting forth effort and getting nothing in return!

Therefore, I'm cleaning house, people, and if you want my friendship (and I'm an excellent friend, if I do say so myself) then you people are going to have to work for it! I'm not perfect and I too fall into the trap of getting busy and forgetting to call, but I try really hard and unfortunately, that hard work is almost completely one-sided

The end.

(PS- This is not intended to be whiney, annoying, or guilt-trippy. I just wanted to share my epiphany... and It's my blog and I'll rant if I want to dang it!)

Gimme them BRIGHT LIGHTS, LONG NIGHTS...

I'm back from my whirlwind trip to NYC. It was SUPER fun. I ended up not doing MOMA because it was packed beyond belief. The sweet girl at the desk warned that it was really busy and suggested I might want to come back a little later. That is when I scrapped those plans and decided to head straight for Saks.

On my way there I noticed this guy on the sidewalk holding a big sign thingy and I was wondering what his deal was. I got close and looked to my right and LITERALLY right beside me was this tall, beautiful blonde known as Stephanie March (aka Alexandra Cabot... former DA on L&O SVU.) I DIED. They were literally filming as I walked by so I couldn't stop and get a picture. I crossed the street but a stupid van was in my way. I wanted to yell "ALEX! I LOVE YOU! COME BACK TO ELLIOT AND OLIVIA!" Clearly I love me some Law & Order SVU.



Then we went to Magnolia Bakery and I got some cupcakes and we tried their banana pudding. One word: BAH-NAN-NAS! So delish. I could've died a happy person right then. I, of course, bought a few extra cupcakes to bring home. They've been calling from the fridge since 3AM but I'm ignoring.

It was then time for Kleinfeld's! They WERE filming Say Yes to the Dress but I didn't get to see the brides they were filming. I did recognize a few ladies from the show. I was underwhelmed by my experience. I went to try on ONE dress and I was very upfront about that I already bought a dress and just wanted to try that one specific dress. So, she brought it but did NOT bring me like a strapless bra or anything to try on with it. So I tried it one with a black bra and blue undies. Um. because that helps me get SUCH a good idea of how it really looks. The top was too big and she didn't even clip it back for me nor did she hold up a mirror for me to see the back. It was obvious that she just wanted to get me in the dress and out the door. I was pretty disappointed in the level of customer service from the bridal consultant. Suffice to say I did NOT like the dress and am sticking with the original. (That dress was also 3x as much as the one I've already bought. Good thing I didn't LOVE it!)

Then RPT and I hit Los Feliz for dinner since Barrio Chino was packed with an hour wait. It was AH-MAY-ZING! Literally was the best Mexican dinner I've ever had. We ordered 3 sets of tacos to share. We got the Pez Dorado (Crispy sea bass, valentia aioli, avocado, cucumber-ginger relish) , Camaron Enchilado (Sauteed shrimp, peanuts-red chili paste, pickled carrots, sesame seeds), and the Chicharron de Pollo (avocado,panela cheese, mixed greens
Adobo chicken crackling, guacamole, grilled pineapple, red chili aioli, cotija cheese) tacos. We also were given a brown paper bag full of homemade tortilla chips and this DELICIOUS smoky, creamy salsa. To drink we both ordered a jalapeno margarita.





I literally have no words for the deliciousness of it all. The chicharron de pollo were my favorite. They were super spicy (not heat, but just covered in spices) and they had this little orange slice that just cut the spice and in my opinion, made the dish!) RPT's favorite was the Pez Dorado. The sea bass was perfectly seasoned and I think the avocado really added something to it. Both of us would have passed on the Shrimp tacos. They almost had an asian flair and I think we both would have liked a little more heat with maybe a mango salsa with them instead. If you are in NYC- RUNNNNNN and go ASAP! I already told RPT that we MUST go back when I'm in town again.

Then RPT deposited me at the bus station around 10PM and I was homebound. The bus driver got us into Boston at 1:30AM. Only 3.5 hours??? Methinks he was going 90. I'm trying not to dwell on it!

How was y'alls Thursday?!

Concrete jungle where dreams are MADE of...

(Side note: Um. When I typed the lyrics as the title of this post it dawned on me that it makes no sense. Grammatically. No sense. Alicia and Jay-Z need a little English assistance.)

SO! Today I have class, class and more class then hitting the gym (pushing for 25 mins on the stairmaster. We shall see how THAT goes) and then running home to get to bed early because I have to be at South Station at 6:30 to head to NYC!

What's in store for my ONE day in NYC?

*First: Grabbing a coffee with this gorgeous man upon arrival into the city*

*Then going to the following*

*Then meeting the aforementioned gorgeous man and going to try on ONE dress here*

*Then going here for dinner with said gorgie male and heading back to Boston*

Will be back Friday with a recap and a CUPCAKE (or 5)!

*PS: Today HFG is debuting Chixie- Don't forget to wish her luck!*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABYGIRLS!!!

3 of my besties have birthdays today and tomorrow so I thought I'd wish them a Happy Birthday all at once!

*HAPPY BIRTHDAY LD & MB!!! Two of the best friends and bridesmaids a girl could ask for!*

*HAPPY BIRTHDAY RPT!!!! LUHHHH YOU!!!! Can't wait to spend the evening with you next week in NYC. Have fun in Malibu*

Mama's birthday dinner and such...

It was Mama's birthday (as mentioned below) and so I made reservations and took her to The Melting Pot, which is one of her favorites. CC and Chris came down to join us and we had a blast!

*Me and the Birthday Old Lady*

*MMM! Fondue!*

*Flaming Turtle Chocolate dessert fondue*

*Me and CC going crazy over the chocolate*

*Me and CC again. I was wearing 5 inch heels to be taller. LOVE!*

It was really fun and yummy but I have 2 complaints. 1- When I made the reservation I made a note that it was my mom's birthday in hopes they would bring her something or sing, and they didn't and 2- PB called, apparently, 2 days ago and ordered a bottle of champagne for the table and said it was for A BIRTHDAY, and it was NOT delivered! It was fun, but I don't think we'll be going there again for a special occasion. They really dropped the ball... twice!

PB and I got Mama one of these bags. I'm going back today to splurge on a hot pink one for myself. Don't judge me. Trust me, it's very necessary.

How was your Sunday?

I'm BACK!

I've been in Austin, Texas for a few days longer than planned. I went with PB for the weekend because he had his company's annual meeting. Austin was cute and much larger than I expected!

I spent Monday with HFG. We had SUCH a great time! We became blog/BBM friends over a year ago and meeting her in person finally was even better! I felt as if I'd known her forever! We had lunch at Bess Bistro, which is Sandra Bullock's restaurant. It was delicious and we had a blast (Even if Sandy wasn't there to greet us). After lunch we walked around Austin for a bit, shopped at the Domain (where I discovered that Lilly Pulitzer does NOT make dresses to fit my body shape!) and then headed to the Four Seasons, where PB treated us to Champagne Tea.

*Us in front of the picture of Bess, which is the mascot*

*HFG was so thoughtful and brought me a gift bag from her party with one of the gorgeous Tory Burch cookies!*

*HFG during our tea at the Four Seasons*

I was supposed to leave Tuesday but it "snowed" in Austin. And by "snowed" I mean it flurried for about 20 minutes and apparently JetBlue ran out of deicing fluid so they cancelled every single flight for the rest of the day. I was FURIOUS! Not only were they lying to the passengers and trying to claim it was because the weather was so bad (please note there was LITERALLY no snow) but they failed to change the status of the flights in the terminal, and if it hadn't been for HFG getting an email about it accidentally and BBMing me, I would have been sitting in the terminal for hours longer! They refused to put me on another airline and then they tried to tell me that they could not get me on a flight until Friday. Oh, and they would not reimburse for the $75 in cab rides to/from the airport, or another night in a hotel. At that point I absolutely hit the roof! How ridiculous is that!? I raised my voice and stated that it was absolutely unacceptable and ridiculous and I would not settle for that remedy. After my blow up they managed to "find" me a seat on a Thursday morning flight to JFK. I've never been so angry at an airline! The other crazy thing was NO OTHER PASSENGERS WERE UPSET! Maybe this is the Yankee in me, but I was seething and the Texans were like "Ohhhhh, ok. No problem, I don't mind waiting until Friday."

So anyway... I'm back, I'm grumpy, and I have a to-do list from hell.

But HOW ARE Y'ALL!?

Check back tomorrow for a post about this amazing jewelry designer based in Austin I discovered.