concert catchup

some of the shows we have seen (dates mid june to beginning of july)

small black at brooklyn bowl

small black and a lightsaber

secret cities

 

allo darlin

batter up

i was going through my photos and it felt like my brain was completely shut off trying to place names with teams, and shows that matt and i have seen lately, but i am powering through it! (this is one of the main reasons i need to blog more frequently!) haha

anyways, a few weeks ago, we went with some friends to a yankees vs brewers game on a weeknight, so much fun with good friends! there is something so nostalgic for me to attend a ball game! unfortunately for matt the brewers were not victorious :( but we did drink some huge brews and dine on some terribly delicious and equally bad for your wasteline ballpark eats! the evening was a blast, i love going to baseball games!

view from our seats



garlic fries, hot dogs, and a giant budweisers



old news, but news...

although, i am sure those of you who are out there and are reading this know pretty much everything about me... but a few months ago i became an aunt to the cutest little boy! in a few weeks, james or "little J" (as i will kindly refer to him, without his mom's approval) will finally meet in which i will become the fave aunt! sorry fris ;) jk. here are some very cute pics... but for many more head to see my sister's blog http://ilookbadinhats.blogspot.com/ 

i can' wait to pinch these cheeks!

mmm.... i wish i were napping...
xoxo

so sorry

hey lovelies,

so i know that i have been incredibly unreliable when it has come to my blogging, sorry sorry sorry! things have been very busy here at work, so needless to say my blog has suffered. i will be updating and adding new posts about a lot of things that i have been up to lately... so sit tight ;) i promise i will try harder at this!

this face sums up how i feel... forgive me?

and again... i am sorry...

new phone... old memories

Hey Guys!

while i am happy to post that i recently went from a blackberry bold 9700 to an iPhone 4... it was unexpected... and i had to go through the pain of trying to get people's numbers and addresses via facebook and emails... my BB completely died with no resurrection, luckily i had been uploading and updating my photo file... which i went through (some images were from over a year ago!?) and it gave me some great memories. some of which are random but i would like to share with you.

enjoy!



first gumbo! yumm!



for this christmas i went home to ohio and was supposed to return to nyc on the 27th (the day before my birthday) but instead the great blizzard hit leaving me "stranded" at my parents (not too terrible when your mom likes to shop and has work off that week too!) before the trip i had eben craving my cajun grandpa's chicken gumbo (and when the boy got wind of it that my mom knew the recipe he quickly begged her to give it to me... she was trying to hold it for ransom until he was able to visit...) as luck would have it the day i flew in we were having that for dinner!!! Aaaand she had schedule a mani-pedi for herself in the midst of the cook time... so i did some very observant spy and jotting down the recipe... and low and behold the boy and i have it as often as possible...

so i feasted on some falling off the bone chicken gumbo with andoullie sausage over rice with a piece of crusty french bread! mmmm!

 my family was very impressed that the boy has changed me from a chicken and fish kinda girl to one who has now ventured to pork and sometimes has bites of beef! crazy... my middle sister now claims i am much cooler for it. ;)

My oldest sister's birthday is christmas day and we often like to do an at home xmas dinner my mom and i came up with an amazing menu... most of which was not pictured... but consisted of the pork, panchetta, and lemon roulade pictured below (the lemons melt and were soo amazing!)  

my mom found a recipe for this filo, carrot, turnip, and sage dish... which too was yummo! i had also just been to a restaurant in NYC that had warm popovers and a recipe that came out with the basket so we whipped up some of those (not in popover pans, but muffin pans) they werent as big... but still delish!

filo, carrot, turnip, and sage dish

While i was "stranded" my mom tried to get me to go through my entire childhood closet... but i was so enthralled with looking at old hilarious photos! check out the creepy santa (i was NOT happy one bit!) but my boy receieved a text with this gem and thought it was too funny!

creepy santa, i have been asked several times if this was in the scary santa book... answer: not to my knowledge!

 here is another one of his faves... he says it looks like to alligator was trying to not be eaten by me... i (and my mother calls it "cute" ;)

mmm.... gator

my middle sis and i with out kitty "whisper"

 just being a "wild thing" (one of our fave books growing up)

mmmm... chocolate! birthday fatty ;)



 this is my favorite picture of me from when i was growing up... at my middle sis's birthday pool party



 

 this post got very long... i will do another old phone picture installment soon!

ciao!

how 'bout a game of roulette?

this is by far my favorite new bookmark... it will get you out of any funk in a second.... and if not, you may want to go to the doctor.... so cute!!!!
just a quick something to brighten your day! ;)

matchy matchy

so a few weeks back one of our textile sales reps came to our office and brought us some fun shwag... nailpolish! i have been trying to brighten up some of these dull rainy days by wearing this bright fun shade (knoll red). unfortunately i dont think these are available in stores, but a reddish coral would do the trick! and on this particular dreary monday i wore a matching horizontal stripe shirt. which i normally dont match so much... but this seemed to be a fun way to brighten a rainy monday. i hope everyone's week brightens up!

here we go!

so i decided this week after many years of tossing around the idea of starting a blog, that i myself would create my own. i have been an avid follower of many blogs for some time now, and seen most of them develop and become something wonderful, something so wonderful i have to check many of them multiple times a day. i am a lover of so many things {fashion/design/food/drinking/travel/DIYs/exercise} that this may begin as a schizophrenic notebook, of not necessarily items or things i happen to have or have done, but more of a running list of life tasks. so bear with me as i develop it. and i hope you enjoy it... and once i get started i would love your feedback!

a little about myself:
26 years old.
youngest of three girls.
interior designer.
snuggler.
post-college jock.
capricorn.
"chef".
multi-tasker.
quick learner.
messy.
shopaholic.
sports fanatic.
clean-freak.
music lover.
clothes horse.
magazine reader.
list maker.

so... wish me luck! :)