Sundays Are For....Cooking!!!

Blast From the Past

Last night was really great because I got to meet up with a very very good friend of mine from college. It's weird always referring to college in the past, like it was sooooo many years ago. It makes me feel old. Back in the day Haddie and I hung out ALL of the time and did everything together. We planned parties, group date nights, dinner parties, etc. We were an inseparable duo my senior year of college. I really miss it. 

Now fast forward 3 1/2 years since I've been living in New York, Haddie met and feel in love with her husband that I met for the first time last night!! I was like, "I can't believe I haven't even met your husband!" Haddie, her husband Tanner, me and my boyfriend Paolo met up last night for dinner in the city! We started at a rooftop lounge called the Skylark near 42nd Street, Time Square and then ate really yummy Mexican food after. It was so good catching up and I am really happy she came to visit!!

Farewell Summer 2017

Summer 2017 was a good one. It went by waaaay too fast and it was filled with a lot of really good times. Most of the summer was spent with friends at the beach, roof top parties and of course my very  adventurous trip to Europe with my fam. Summer in New York City is really really great. There is a lot going on and I have to say this summer has been a very mild one in terms of the weather. I look forward to fall each year but September and Labor Day weekend sometimes feel a little somber. To me, the month of September means the "end of summer" not the "beginning of fall." I don't really welcome fall until October has started and October is one of my FAVORITE months— it's so festive!

Anyone that knows me well, knows that I like to celebrate and I hate when the party is over. I have to watch The Office every Sunday night before I go to bed to cheer me up from the Sunday blues and when I was a little girl I use to bawl my eyes out every time we came home from a vacation. I also start making my weekend plans on Monday because I like having activities to look forward too. Last weekend was Labor Day weekend and Paolo, me, and our friends took ONE LAST trip to the beach. It was sad but great. Sad because I love the beach and I won't be able to go back for a while but great because we all had such a good time. We drank pinacoladas, listened to music and swam in the ocean all day! At the end of the day we took a stroll to some lighthouse to take pictures (which Paolo was not a fan of). He was like, "So why did we walk all this way and for what?" haha. We finished off Labor Day with a BBQ that included lots of hot dogs and hamburgers. It was such a good way to end the summer.

Bye bye summer 2017— you've been a good one!!

One Year Ago....

Land Thai Kitchen, 

Upper West Side, NY

One year ago today I met Paolo (can't believe it has already been a year....) We met through a mutual friend, not from being lined up on a date or anything but just by chance. He approached me while we were all hanging out and then he invited me to the beach the next day!! The day at the beach really solidified everything because we had SO MUCH FUN. I met his friends and I got to learn his personality and humor right away. Not too mention I knew he was SOOOOO sweet from the very beginning which is what attracted me to him the most.

We did a little mini celebration to acknowledge our one year mark from the day we met. We went to one of our favs, Land Thai Kitchen then to Levains cookies and toasted with champagne on the roof top of my apartment. It was nice!

Last night, he randomly surprised me with a bouquet of flowers. He came to my apartment after work because we had made plans to cook dinner and watch Game Of Thrones. He goes, "babe there is a surprise in your room, go look!" and a bouquet of flowers were sitting on my bed! It was such a sweet and thoughtful thing to do. There was nothing special about last night, he just wanted to do something special (because he knows how sentimental and romantic I am). Love you Paolo!!