aka 13 days until my birthday

//happy cinco de mayo//

ok true these pictures really have nothing to do with cinco de mayo except for that fact that cinco de mayo makes me think of pinatas, which makes me think of candy, which makes me crave a blow pop. haha

¿whats your favorite flavor?

its a toss up btwn cherry and watermelon for me

pink lemonade is pretty legit too

a drink with jam and bread

There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.  ~Henry James

 
a couple weeks ago I invited the girls over for tea and biscuits

here is the table semi-set, I totally blanked taking one with everything out, but this will do

fantastic.

I am a FIRM BELIEVER in girl talk
{whatever that means to you}
its refreshing to sit down with women you admire, respect, and appreciate
and just talk
let your walls down...
or blab about the frivolous things.

I swear after every outing with these girls I come back a new woman.
uplifted/motivated/renewed

if you haven't recently I highly recommend carving out sometime to connect with the ladies in your life. just laugh and do girlie things.
it feels lovely

xxoo

as per your request

some peeps who don't usually go to trader joes asked about my favorites. so here are a few:

peppermint joes cookies

mac and cheese

olive oil popcorn

dark chocolate covered: cherries, pomegranate sees, and edamame

pre cut veggies: butternut squash, roast mix package, sweet potato slice for fries

ruby red sunrise grapefruit juice

simply almonds trek mix

whole wheat nan

guacamole

poppy-seed rolls

fresh herb pizza dough

milk chocolate crisps

flax seed/veggie chips

all of their jams are divine
olive frozen pizza
chunky apple sauce
sutter's formula cookies: especially the peanut butter and chocolate chip
vanilla almond milk
molasses chews
meyer lemon cookies

and the list could do on and on

I got this cookbook which is meals with all trader joe products and literally rocks!

mum, keri & sky

VISITORS 

in march we had my mom, sister & niece to visit over st. patrick's day

hence all the green

this is my happy place

//eataly//

is basically like hopping a plane to italy for lunch

we had a LOT of good food

{which we always do when visitors come, which means I'm always breaking my eating rules and therefore rapidly getting un-skinny. awesome}

we got a box to see phantom of the opera which I've always

LOVED

I swear its better every time I see it

think of me, think of my fondly...

music of the night

mascaraed

BRAVO

with raoul at the stage door

we even did the statue and ellis island, which I hadn't done since I was 12.

mr & mrs uber weird

we stopped at alice's for a spot o tea

I love all their dishes.I never thought I would have such an obsession with dishes, it just sort of happened after I got married and now it cant be stopped.

we even had some nice weather for a bit while they were here.

thanks for stopping by

socialite

so apparently we are socialites now
see us in the...

new york social diary

a few weeks ago J and I plus some friends attended a charity event for a program called C-CAP

"Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) works with public schools across the nation to prepare high school students for college and career opportunities in the restaurant and hospitality industry. A national nonprofit, C-CAP provides teacher training, scholarships, cooking competitions, job shadows, training and internships, college and career advising, and product and equipment donations."

 restaurants/chefs from all over the city donated their time and talents for this amazing tasting

//and it was SO GOOD//

the highlight for i was meeting his all time favorite top chef contestant and chef/owner at one of our favorite places Barbuto

//we call him chef obi wan//

here were our favorite's if you fellow new yorkers want to try:

Park Avenue Winter (which changes its name, decor, and menu for each season and is now Park Avenue Spring)
Primehouse
Daniel
Blue Hill
PORTER 
HOUSE
SouthGate
Asiate (where j I and went the night we got engaged)
Fishtail

bon appetit!