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Top Five List – Thanksgiving Overseas Style!

November 20, 2012 7 Comments

Our friends, Johnny & Lara (who you might remember from my wedding!) will walk down the aisle together this coming Sunday. As with any wedding in which you know the bride and groom, I am beyond excited. However, this wedding will take place in London, England — not exactly our backyard. This is the perfect excuse for a trip abroad!

And since you can’t go to Europe and only visit one country (at least in my book you can surely try to see more than one country!), we’re taking a side trip to Paris. No big deal.

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The top five things I am looking forward to while on our trip to the other side of the pond:

5. Sightseeing – Four years ago we found ourselves in London for another couple’s wedding and had a chance to do the tourist thing. I’m excited to see some new and maybe not-so-mainstreamed sights this time. The last time I visited Paris I was a teeny 3 year-old. I can’t wait to check out everything there, including the beautiful Eiffel Tower and The Louvre !

4. Eating out every day – Let’s face it, taking a break from your kitchen great, especially when it will involve a few days of fancy Parisian food! Thanksgiving in Paris is sure to be a treat.

3. Ladurée – I know I already said food, but this pastry shop in Paris is partially credited for the modern day french macron. We literally stumbled upon their only American location while in New York for my 30thbirthday. That was my first macron experience and nothing else ever compares. Hello Caramel with Salted Butter, Blackcurrent Violet, and Pistachio tiny pockets of yum!!! There’s even a line of Incroyables Macrons. Incroyables people, Incroyables.

Also this video. It makes me shiver with excitement.

2. Photographing ALL THE THINGS — I love taking my camera with me to see and do exciting things. Expect wonderful, photo-filled blog posts upon my return.

1. Celebrating friends! – friends getting married, friends with a new baby girl, friends just being with friends!! And let me tell you I can’t wait to hug Jacki’s face right off. We met at BlogHer and she is graciously opening her home in Paris to Mike and I. This is sure to be EPIC.

Do you have a top 5 list for Thanksgiving?

Also, any last minute recommendations for London or Paris?

Au revoir!!

Filed Under: awesomeness, besties, Mike, party, wandering, wedding

Socially Appropriate Mustaches

November 18, 2012 2 Comments

You know those moments when your life becomes so busy but you can’t in your right mind complain? I’m totally living in one of those social-butterfly times, right now. Between meeting friends for dinner and drinks, celebrating with bachelorette parties, and just general brunching, my liver is all, “WOAH! Don’t forget the water!” And don’t worry mom, I’m not overdoing it.

In recent exciting-fun news my girl Ali came to town for a conference and I stole her away from the boring and into the fun. ~~Not too long ago~~ at the end of our college careers we were roomies. Now we continue our friendship over the interwebz and always fall back into sync when we’re together. It helps that she lives in the same town as my parents, so we always get some “in real life” time at least once a year. This year lucky me will see her twice!

So Ali came to town some of our fun looked a little like this:

And this, with added other ladies:

Oh and this, too!

Mike, and many other men (much to their significant other’s dismay), grow mustaches for “Movember” in honor of prostate cancer awareness. We attended a fundraiser and enjoyed our own mustaches, mustache placement, and mustache jokes. I’m sure you can think of all the corny things we repeated all night. But really, I mustache you a question… just kidding.

And sometimes you get tired of putting mustaches above your lips and want to be Frida Kahlo instead.

We managed to explore/eat/drink in other parts of the city and even get mah hairs did.

Folks, that Ali girl — she’s good people, the kind of people who enjoy a good mustache party. And no that’s no innuendo.

Filed Under: awesomeness, besties, dorklove, party

(Wedding Recap) Dance the Night Away

October 27, 2011 7 Comments

The remainder of the night passed in a blur of music, dancing, and fun. In fact, I took a little break to cool off. All that dancing in a dress made out of the “best” (translation heaviest) fabric in 80 bazillion layers, can really tire out a girl!
[Note to designers: make detachable wedding dresses that turn into short, cute, dancing dresses for the reception. One dress, two ways.]

The guests danced on….

and LOVED the photo booth, which we turned into our guest book!

The photo booth props turned into an opportunity to have more fun…

and you KNOW where you can find me when the Electric Slide hits…

My last present to Mike -

my rendition of (Mike’s least favorite band) Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing.

Because honestly, who doesn’t love Journey?!

(This took some creative scheeming and planning with the band)

((and we majorly butchered this song))

(((because all my friends sang along and embarrassed my new Hubby)))

It was awesome to the max.

…and during the after party I went to the ER due to heat exhaustion & low blood sugar.

(apparently you’re supposed to actually eat at your wedding? and for the record, I stopped drinking halfway through the reception)

((I wish I was kidding to the max))

The first time Mike referred to me as his wife, in public,
was at GW Hospital.

There’s a story for your grandkids!

THE END.

Filed Under: DJ or Band, eat your heart out, family, favors, party, recap, the big day, wedding dress

Checking In

June 18, 2011 7 Comments

I seem to wake up earlier than my alarm, every morning, these days. No matter how much valium lulls me to sleep, I open my eyes to see that the clock has yet to even hit the hour of my rise-and-shine time.
That’s ok, though, because I can use that precious time to blog!
And take it all in.

A huge thank you goes out to Lara, who stayed with me while her man gallivanted with Mike and company on his bachelor party. Having a cool headed, creative, meanwhile easy going and not related person with you leading up to your wedding is clutch. Lara was just that. and then some. This girls deserves a “putting up with a bride just before her wedding” medal, award, and recognition.
So thank you, Lara!
(btw, I also plan on saying this in real life)

My good friend Ali was the first to arrive. In the lobby of the hotel we stifled squee’s and our giddy excitement. We enjoy happy hour, briefly, but long enough to reminisce and get some good stories out there.

Then my mom, dad, sister, brother in-law, and sweet nieces arrived. I about died of excitement then! I took my mom, sis, and 4yo niece to get their nails done. Let me just tell you: sparkle mani/pedis are the cutest things evah.

Meanwhile, trying to catch up with friends who flew all the way from London, we grabbed a bite and some drinks.

OH oh, and what they say about eating: that you’ll have no time? totally true.
Also my stomach goes from being in knots to non-existent, so there’s that too.

And if the last tangent didn’t illustrate such, there’s a heavy case of “wedding brain” going on right now. It’s like ADD with a veil.
Start this.
Walk over to work on this.
Remember that you need a check for this.
Go back to the first thing,
only to remember that there was something else about the other thing….

Right.
Someone told me to enjoy the craziness.
Because that’s exactly what it is: PURE exhilarated joy.
And I rather like it.

Now off to synagogue for our Auf Ruf!
(No post on that, no time, just go here: Aufruf)

I’m getting married tomorrow!

(please excuse anything wrong about this post. I checked for squiggly red lines under words. I clearly didn’t even re-read it. There’s no time for anything! Only fun!!!!)
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