Babylon Bean

I was a busy bee this weekend. Somewhere between making dark chocolate cake pops in my Babycakes maker, thrifting with Ali and Jasmine, working on a really fun project (that you'll see more of later on. my first blog collaboration!), and catching up on Parks & Recreation while making a delicious breakfast for Andrew and myself.. I found some time to really relax (you know, after all of those daunting tasks) and sit down at Babylon Bean with two of my most favorite people in the world. Andrew, obviously.. and Amy! I brought my sketchbook and we drew and talked of future goals and phone sex grandmas. If you ever find yourself at Babylon Bean, get the almond joy latte. You won't be disappointed. My only complaint was that my time with Amy was way too short. I just love that girl.




And back to Parks & Rec. Can we just?


Because Adam Scott really shines in this episode. But doesn't he always?

I'm a little obsessed. But I'm done now.

Weekend Warrior

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I am THE weekend warrior. On opposite day. My ability to just relax and do very little has to break some sort of world record. Especially this weekend, since I'm having the brakes of my car worked on. Just spent the day in a cut-off Shook Ones t-shirt and yoga pants. Though I did go for a bike ride, since it was about 55°. In January, on Long Island.

Spent some time straightening up my room today. Hung up those framed pressed flowers that I thrifted earlier in the week for a buck. And played around with my new tripod!

The better part of my evening was spent enjoying the sunset with Andrew. I sat on the lawn fiddling with my camera while he did 180's over and over again on his bike. We then ate homemade mac & cheese while watching Regular Show. And giggling. Because we're adults. And on that note, I just got quite the look while buying some Blue Moon's in my raccoon hat. Gonna go spend the rest of the night with my beer and my boy.

Life feels so colorful lately. I really really like it.

sapsuckers saturday

for the first time in what felt like forever, i had the weekend off from work, and took full advantage of it with a bunch of friends. on saturday, we drove around and found some out of town garage & estate sales (it still amazes me what iPhone apps can help you do). i picked up some fun stuff, but really i love these trips because i, for some reason, thoroughly enjoy rummaging through people's garbage.

afterward, we headed to centerport to the vanderbilt estate and planetarium! we watched a light show that used songs by the beatles as inspiration and then we roamed around the grounds. the vanderbilt estate is a super interesting place. it's incredible what people used to do with their money. lots of freaky taxidermy and beautiful architecture.

after spending half the day entirely too active for long island's recent heatwave, we were all starving and met up with some more friends in huntington for dinner. with the help of yelp (once again, iPhone to the rescue), we all agreed to try sapsuckers (which was especially exciting for me because new restaurants give me more to do now). it was awesome! thanks yelp!

the menu was short but sweet, with some creative takes on old favorites and a bunch of vegetarian options. sapsuckers is well known for their beer selection also, and half of the restaurant is actually a bar. i decided on some summer blend of dogfish head (the. best. beer.) and the veggie burger,

which was less burger, more chopped spinach and artichoke and mushroom and sheer deliciousness topped with melted cheese and a tomato slice. oh man, it was great.

then, chris had a groupon for a dozen free cookies at a chocolate shop nearby called chip'n dipped. like a good dad (my cell phone service is under his family plan), he let all six of us choose which kind we wanted. i, being me, chose chocolate chip.
and it was yummy, as all cookies should be.

the rest of the night was spent in a swimming pool and in port jefferson eating the frozen goods of our choosing (i went with my tried and true red mango). i slept like a baby well into sunday afternoon.
next entry: cake pops and trader joe's thai!