Apartment Art

So begins the task (albeit fun) of finding and collecting ideas for our new apartment decor. Evan and I, while in Memphis, and not gorging ourselves with bbq, went to the Perry Nicole gallery to take in some of the new collections they were showcasing. Artist Peter Hoffer's work immediately caught our eye. Subtle, sublime, and soothing– yet curiously dramatic. Solitude, the piece pictured above, was our favorite. I hope that one day it will hang from our Tribeca walls.

Apple Pickin' and Blue Hill Stone Yum

Last Saturday, Lee, Katie, Ev and I headed out to the great outdoors (otherwise known as upstate New York) and spent a beautiful fall day picking what few apples were left at a nearby farm. Forgoing the usual device needed to reach highly placed apples, Evan decided to bring out his NBA basketball player skills and tackle/dunk/ grab every apple out of reach. It brought us endless comedy-- but perhaps scared nearby children. Afterwards, we rewarded ourselves with a superb meal at Blue Hill Stone Barn in Tarrytown... one of the best tasting menus I've had to date. We also strolled around the farm and found creepily large swine that will bring me nightmares for many years to come.

Scottie's Bday at Otto

Last Tuesday, the girlies got together for some delicious grub and vino to celebrate Miss Scottie Watson's 25th birthday. How is it possible that a girl, who was so beautiful even back in the 6th grade (as evidenced by the middle school dance photos on facebook), is still a hot tamale? I can only deduce that she has made some sort of deal with the devil. And more importantly, where can I sign up?

More Reunion Pics

Later that evening, we headed to the Blue Star for our reunion dinner--- a tradition since our sophomore year in college. Afterwards, we headed to the big tent for the dance, where I started to feel like an old grandma, what with all the young twentysomethings bopping around. Unfortunately, the running man and the roger rabbit just aren't that cool of dance moves anymore.

Denver, the Springs, and the Gang

After arriving in Denver Thursday night, I immediately became excited about waking up Friday morning to Colorado weather-- blue blue sky, with mild temps. Unfortunately, we didn't get that 5 star day. Instead it rained incessantly, and was freezing cold. After driving around and looking at some of my old haunts in the Big D (such as my old house that I shared with Lizzie back in '99-'01), we drove down to the Springs-- and what a drive. The clouds cleared, and the mountains started to emerge. I was itching for some Rusted Root soundtracks while bopping down I-25.

Headed to Homecoming

Last weekend, the Colorado College class of '98 regrouped in tiny Colorado Springs to relive old times. I decided to bring the evster with me so that he too could experience such Springs treats like Wooglins, Garden of the Gods, Blue Star, terre verde, and much, much more. We flew out of nyc on Thursday evening, and because of the departure time of our flight, decided that taking a chopper out to the airport would ensure not getting stuck in rush hour traffic. It was my first time on a helicopter... and I was pretty terrified. There is something not quite right about them-- they look so heavy in the front– seemingly they could tip over at any moment. But the ride was really pleasant (and short!) and landed us straight at our gate. Gotta love door to door service.

My Hero

I will forgive her for those awful fish lips as of late for this beautiful photo. You know what really brings it all together? Her dark brows. Clearly I'm a believer of the power of the brow, or as my father calls them, "face caterpillars".

Julie's Baby Shower

The next morning, I headed over to a very fancy baby shower in Buckhead for the lovely Julie Mellon. It was a huge turnout with some of the most fashionable women--- this season's YSL heels at 11am is no small feat! They are one inch away from being technically stilts, and yet, someone was dressed to the nines, braving the height factor. I stuck with a slightly lower pair of Louboutins that my sweet, sweet boyfriend bought for me. Yeah, I've got a good one ladies.

Saturday Night

On Saturday, Anna, Bird, Lizzie, John, Ev and I went out to dinner, and then headed to an assortment of parties. One of our stops was at Five Paces-- it's amazing how an old school favorite dive bar suddenly seemed populated with kids--- and then I remembered it had been five years since I last visited the watering hole. My, how time flies. Lizzie won the award for having the worst/drunkest guy at the bar hit on her. Apparently announcing that you're married is no deterrent to someone seeing triple.

Fat Matts Such As

Feeling a little hungover the first morning of our trip in Atlanta (after a fun dinner out with Julie and Dean), and having the brain capacity of Miss Teen South Carolina, we were capable of demanding only one thing: BBQ. It was the only thing that could save us. John and Lizzie obliged and took us to Ev's favorite little bbq shack-- and slowly, but surely, we began to feel human again.

Leaving for the Atl Today!

And I'm so excited to see all my friends there... We are staying with Lizzie and John (and the Franster, their beagle) at their incredible home in the virginia highlands. We are also meeting up with Julie and Dean later this evening for a delicious dinner at Fritti. ATL, here we come!

Bar Italia and Vino Galore

Last night I got together with the Wakeforest crew-- and even though I didn't attend the school, I still feel like a honorary member (read: mascot). We had a fun little dinner at a new-ish venue on the upper east- bar italia. And while the food wasn't 2die4, the chit chat plenty made up for it. We took a few pics, and the thing that concerned me most this morning when scrolling through the photos, was the fact that I look like I'm submitting an application picture to be a contestant on Flavor of Love 4. I mean, WHAT is with my face? and the high-school-yearbook-fist-under-chin routine? double up, woof woof. of course, Allison looked like a fox, as did the other ladies. Little Effers.

GNO

Tiff's seems to throw quite a few Girls' Night Out events... which sound pretty terrific. Fun cocktail parties with goodie bags. Wish I had more of that in my life. Anyhooz, here is the fun invite I'm fussing with at the moment.

Lucky Shopping

Lucky Shops is coming up soon and I plan to get my ticket. This was me at the event last year-- in front of one of the banners I created. I definitely miss my family over at Lucky-- such a great group of chickies. And I pine for that easy access to fresh hot fries at the cafeteria. Things I don't miss? Getting the stink eye on the elevator from the ladies who were eating lettuce for lunch. Yeah, I'm talking to you, Vogue.

Some of the Out Takes

Ren's Baby Shower invites

My favorite person in the world, Rennie, stopped by yesterday to help in finishing up with the design of her baby shower invites. Though we had some options, we both agreed that this one was the winner. The color combination of both robin egg blue and chocolate brown never seems to get old to me.

Today was a good day.

Getting to work exclusively on creating new lines of invitational cards for Tiffany's makes me a very happy nugget. Well, that and a vanilla latte-- and a great playlist on my ipod. I'm super lucky to have a job that makes me want to get out of bed in the morning... and for deep discounts on trinkets--- although those discounts could very easily be my downfall too.

Beams and Things

Evan and our apartment architect went to our new home last week for another inspection. Since we are gutting the apartment, Evan wanted to get a better understanding of how everything is structured. Low and behold, he was able to get a sneak preview of what our apartment might look like bare bones-- he visited an apartment two floors down that is also being renovated. Right now, we have drop ceilings--- but apparently, once we tear it out, we will find beautiful, original wood beams (our building is pre-war) as evidenced by ev's snapshot of our neighbor's. AND super high ceilings. Hooray!

Missing My Peanut

I couldn't love this song more.

For those of you who also have had a long day.... This is like a warm bubble bath for the soul.