{long} weekend in pictures

How was everyone's long weekend? Only 16 more days until Halloween! Are you ready? The three of us have like 1/3 of our costume; so together we have a whole! Seriously, we better get our shit together. I've been so focused on decorating our place that costume planning has fallen by the wayside. Now that I'm satisfied with how our decorations look, I have some researching to do.  My frye boots look as good as the day I got them! Can you tell these babies are 4 years young!? Frye boots are like fine wine, they truly get better with age and are worth every damn penny. And can I tell you how perfect they are for running after a toddler at IKEA all day!? Truly. 
I love this city Sunset view of the Bay from Brooklyn  My boy is such a little man...he finds climbing steps entertaining. :) Which begs the question, when exactly do we lose our innocence and become so cynical and nasty?! Buuuuut, that's a story for another day.  Apple Picking=Apple Overload=Apple Crisp

By the way, please help me in wishing my little blog here a happy 2nd anniversary! Thank you loyalists for sticking with me here, reading my crazy talk day after day, and coming back for more! I'm sending each and every one of you a virtual hug. Spread the love! 




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weekend recap

How was your weekend? This was one of the best weekends on record, so much so, we were sad to see it go by so quickly. *sad face* We took Noah apple and pumpkin picking up in the Hudson Valley, or north of New York City on Saturday. The day started out foggy and a little rainy, but it was actually the perfect weather for going out to the farm because it later turned cool and overcast. I'm sorry but hot, steamy days are not ideal conditions for picking in my opinion. Fall picking should be met with Fall weather, feel me? I would take days spent like this with my boys any day. Carefree days spent up in the valley watching the colorful leaves roll by outside my window, munching on apple cider donuts, picking out the juiciest apples and the biggest pumpkins, watching my baby run around absorbing new surroundings, warm my very soul. We vow to have more days like this. 
My Sunday went something like this: lounge in pj pants, eat, drink, watch a little football, nap, repeat. We all should have more days like this. Perfect end to the weekend if I do say so myself. ;) 





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the county fair

We took Noah to a Fair on the Upper West Side this past weekend and although it wasn't exactly what we expected, it was still fun to get out and enjoy the beautiful day as summer quickly winds down. As I've mentioned before, we love to explore this beautiful city we call home and any chance we get to be outdoors and tasting local eats we are game. See, we're not hard to please. :) Wherever we go, food follows us. Or we follow it. Tomato, Tom-a-to!  He was more interested in chasing after other little kids, and picking up sticks and leaves than posing with mommy.  I have to be honest; I have no idea what they were singing but the backdrop looked pretty.  This was the extent of their "petting zoo." Not very exciting. Moving on.  Not the prettiest water to look at (ha, ha) but kayaking is one of the very many free activities NY has in the summer. That should count for something, right?! ;)  Any day spent with these two men is a happy one in my book! Photo 5 by Larry; all others taken by me


HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND! 









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weekend recap

It's Monday again, folks! Hope your day has been easy and productive. How was your weekend? The temps around here were be-au-ti-ful! The perfect weather for some outdoor fun in the sun and clearly there was lots of pizza involved. Yummy! Here is my weekend in pictures. 

• If you live in New York and you haven't been to L&B's in Brooklyn - you. have. to. go. like now! And get their sicilian (pictured above). Let me just warn you now that people line up for these things so get there early. 

• A hot little number I wore this weekend; full outfit post coming this week. 

• We made this BBQ Chicken Cauliflower Crust Pizza and loved it! Only 150 calories per slice - ummm yeah! 

• My accessories for the day included this necklace, a vintage one, and this denim vest. 

• We took our little man to the Queens Farm Museum and had a great time feeding the animals, watching him run around, and picking out fresh produce to bring home. 

As always, thanks for reading! Xo

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sweet simplicity

al fresco dinin' at The Smith Liberace's blinged-out car Section of the Berlin Wall erected in the Museum of American History in Wash, D.C. vintage bike skulls in the Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.


Happy Friday bloggies! Hope your week was productive. Friday took a long time to get here; and yet here we are. What are you lovelies up to this weekend? We have a friend's wedding and hopefully lots of sun worshipping this weekend. Looking forward to it! 
I finally got around to uploading a few pics from our road trip to Washington, D.C. No matter how many times we go to the National Mall, we are always awed by the exhibits and the amount of stuff to take in and see. The good thing is that some exhibits are  changed up so there's always something new to see if you go every few years. The last time we went we got to see the actual radio antenna that sat on top of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, at the Newseum in D.C. Just seeing it in person brought back so many memories of that day, and it was humbling to say the least.  Before this post turns into a Debbie Downer of a post, I'll end this right here bidding an adieu to the week and heller to the weekend! See you guys back here on Manic Monday. 
Have a great one! :)

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sweet simplicity

purple brownstone in the west village
Happy Thursday, bloggies. This week has been a busy one and I definitely thrive on busy. We took Noah to his first baseball game at Yankee Stadium this week and although we thought he was going to be a fussy butt, he turned out to be the complete opposite. He was in complete awe at seeing "little men" running around on the grass (as they looked from our seat viewpoint). We are definitely looking forward to our next game and although he can't yet verbalize it, I'm sure he is too. Yesterday, I took my Stuart Weitzman wedges out for a walk to the Live With Kelly & Michael show. Not only was it May Day, apparently it was also Lei Day in Hawaii. :) I wonder how many babies were conceived in Hawaii last night!? Ahem! Moving on. So, my girlfriends and I had such a good time and it was great seeing how really nice they are in person. Kelly is definitely tinier in person (i'm pretty sure i could have fit her in my pocket) and Michael looks exactly the same as he does on TV. He's crapinyourpants funny! 
New York is looking especially charming lately, and there are flowers blooming up everywhere. I would ideally take photos of each and every single tree and flower I come across, but I think after awhile it would get awfully boring and monotonous. On that note, what is most definitely not boring is ending the week with some chit-chat and girl time at Aria tomorrow. Let's hear it for Fridays.  i love spring and its blooms abandoned and rusted train car sriracha veggie fried rice

Happy 'it's almost friday so let's get stoopid' Thursday! 





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