Happy 30th, Kim!!

Spent a lovely evening in Williamsburg, Brooklyn last night as we celebrated Kim's 30th birthday at Berry Park. We had a little sprinkling of rain while on the rooftop, but it cleared up and ended with a beautiful sunset over the Manhattan skyline.

Lychee, red bean & green tea ice cream cake from Chinatown Ice Cream Factory.

Allyson's Last Weekend of Freedom!

Allyson and I have been best friends since the 7th grade and now she's getting married!  We've gone through a lot in the last 18 years, but this summer is going to be one that we'll remember and cherish until the day we take our final dirt nap.

For her bachelorette party all 8 of Allyson's bridesmaids traveled from all over the country to meet up in Old Orchard Beach, Maine to celebrate the single life.  We did this by prancing around in our bathing suits, eating everything in sight, drinking all day long, and watching every single episode of The Hills.

Allyson wasn't quite sure what to do with this display, but it doesn't matter the shape or size, a Funfetti cake never disappoints.

On Saturday, if you looked forward, this is what you saw.

But, if you looked behind you, this is what you saw.

Either the world was about to end or it was about to rain.

It rained.

He is a very scary man.

Jill caught Whitney getting scrambled on the Scrambler.

Getting seriously about organizing our koozies.

R.I.P. my little koozie.  You were a casualty of the night.

Love you, Allyson!!!  Happy Bachelorette Party!  "I misss Miiiikeyyyy!"

God Bless America & 3-Day Weekends!

Fourth of July weekend 2010 was a good one.  Lots of hanging, eating, drinking, whatevering....

On Friday we went to Dutchess Stadium for the Hudson Valley Renegades game.  Abe and I enjoy a sporting event so we're pretty psyched that there is a minor league baseball stadium in our town (well, technically the next town over, but it's super close).

On Saturday Jaime and Ezra picked up Wes and we said our goodbyes.  I miss him already.

Saturday night we picked up Preeya and Dave and headed to Pennsylvania for Alex & Becca's annual 4th of July celebration.   Those two know how to throw one hell of a party. Tent City quadrupled in size this year.  It's was like summer camp!

8 am Sunday.  Seriously.  It was amazing.

Ella was the star of the show this weekend.  There's nothing like an adorable, funny toddler who likes to talk.

Look at all us completely enchanted as she smashed water balloons on the ground.

Stefan brought the kitten he just rescued. Her name is Batman and I love her.

Delaware River dip.

Abe observes the new frontier.

Colleen & Kenny Wedding Festivities Begin!

This weekend was one of the best times EVER. Not only was it my birthday, but this weekend we also celebrated Colleen and Kenny's wedding shower and on Saturday night the girls took Colleen out for her bachelorette party!

Andy + Maria

Margot + Matt

Brooke thinks to herself, "What is marriage?".

Meredith made this and it was goooood.

Pre-bachelorette party I spent a couple hours indulging myself in honor of my birthday.

Mmmmmm....Peter Pan Donuts.

Abe got me a bird house for my birthday!

Piper made me this for my birthday breakfast!

I can't really show photos from the bachelorette party.  Not because we did anything bad, but because we were a pack of feral dogs and I don't think we need the world to see us in feral dog mode fully accessorized in bachelorette party supplies.  Let me just say that I love my friends and I can't believe how lucky we are to have each other.  We started off real classy with a wine tasting at Bottle Rocket and then moved downtown to Biny for several hours of karaoke, and then ended the night at Enid's in Greenpoint.

It wouldn't be a birthday if I didn't end up with dessert on my face.

Brooklyn Comes to Beacon

Had a fan-freaking-tastic weekend in Beacon with Abe, Preeya, Dave, Luke and Kim (and a surprise appearance by Piper on Sunday night).   They all made the trek from Brooklyn to spend some time in the country.  We went through 20 lbs of charcoal, 2 bottles of whiskey and just acted like irresponsible adults for a couple days. Obviously this means we went to cosmic bowling.  I also got some stellar yard sale finds.

Preeya and I made silhouettes of each other and we came out looking like Beavis and Butthead.

This weekend we decided to start marking everyone's' heights in the door jamb.

Preeya frolicking.

Abe bowled a 168!

Post-bowling fuel.

Chocolate chip pancakes with syrup made from leftover red wine.  Yum!

Yard sale score! Best $2 I ever spent.