hey y'all!
so by now, most of you know that i went to get a free kerastase treatment yesterday. i LOVED it.
i'm what you would call a product snob (at least that's what monchichi tells me). i have used kerastase in the past and loved the products! y'all, this treatment was great. i got my hair washed, then the treatment put in, then waited for 10 minutes, and got it rinsed out. the blowdry followed, and it was great as well. my hair felt like it did when i was a kid. silky soft and so smooth!
i definitely recommend a treatment to anyone that needs a little pampering. if you are in the atlanta area and need a good hairstylist, try leo at vidal sasson at lenox. he was a pleasure!
in other news, hb and i leave for our mexico party next thursday, so we have a weekend of getting our house in order, packed, and i still need to get my brows done, pick up my dress from alterations, and get a mani and pedi!! oh, and work too :)
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
weekend update
hey y'all!
this weekend started off and ended slow, but there was a lot to do in between.
friday, hb & i went to costco to pick up a couple of things since j&j were coming to visit saturday from greenville. we got some pizzas, potstickers and of course some liquor. i highly recommend firefly and lemonade (i used simply lemonade, but i recommend using chick fil a lemonade).
saturday was an early start. i woke up at about 610 am, got out of bed at about 625, and then made it to the gym! i walked my mile, came home, and hopped in the shower to get ready for my hair appointment! y'all, i got to sit in a chair that massages your back while you get your hair washed! it was heavenly!! after the cut, hb & i met at whole foods for grocery shopping, and then went over to lenox to pick up a gift for my uncle, and i made an appointment to get a kerastase treatment done at the vidal sasson there. it felt good to accomplish so much with the rest of the day left. i started tidying up the house when we got home, and after a pizza lunch took a nice cat nap. j&j came down so we could all go to see benny benassi.
usually i don't go to these things, but i promised hb i would go if benny came, so there i was. we pregamed at home, and then headed out. y'all, about an hour after getting there i thought i recognized a guy that was standing a little behind us. well, it turns out it was my recruiter's boss! i had seen him around and spoken to him on the phone, so i went up to him and asked if he was s.k? and he said yes! well, he's about hb's age, and they are from the dc metro area, so they really hit it off. i felt a little weird about it but all in all we had a good time w/ sk and his friend.
we made it home at about 330 am. i got to bed by 4am after a hot shower, and can i tell you? i'm old! i was so tired the next day that all we did was watch tv and veg on the couch. i still felt the effects yesterday!!
this weekend started off and ended slow, but there was a lot to do in between.
friday, hb & i went to costco to pick up a couple of things since j&j were coming to visit saturday from greenville. we got some pizzas, potstickers and of course some liquor. i highly recommend firefly and lemonade (i used simply lemonade, but i recommend using chick fil a lemonade).
saturday was an early start. i woke up at about 610 am, got out of bed at about 625, and then made it to the gym! i walked my mile, came home, and hopped in the shower to get ready for my hair appointment! y'all, i got to sit in a chair that massages your back while you get your hair washed! it was heavenly!! after the cut, hb & i met at whole foods for grocery shopping, and then went over to lenox to pick up a gift for my uncle, and i made an appointment to get a kerastase treatment done at the vidal sasson there. it felt good to accomplish so much with the rest of the day left. i started tidying up the house when we got home, and after a pizza lunch took a nice cat nap. j&j came down so we could all go to see benny benassi.
usually i don't go to these things, but i promised hb i would go if benny came, so there i was. we pregamed at home, and then headed out. y'all, about an hour after getting there i thought i recognized a guy that was standing a little behind us. well, it turns out it was my recruiter's boss! i had seen him around and spoken to him on the phone, so i went up to him and asked if he was s.k? and he said yes! well, he's about hb's age, and they are from the dc metro area, so they really hit it off. i felt a little weird about it but all in all we had a good time w/ sk and his friend.
we made it home at about 330 am. i got to bed by 4am after a hot shower, and can i tell you? i'm old! i was so tired the next day that all we did was watch tv and veg on the couch. i still felt the effects yesterday!!
Monday, May 18, 2009
parks & recreation
hey y'all!
last weekend my dear friend monchichi came in for a visit. y'all i hadn't seen her in so long, and yet we picked up right where we left off. i love that about good friends - no matter how long it's been since you have seen each other or chatted with each other, you can still ease back into the friendship in a flash. monchichi flew in from chicago on friday night and got into atlanta at about 1030. we were so excited to see her at the airport! we got to our place and had snacks and wine, and stayed up chatting and catching up until 230am. if you know me, that's the latest i have been up for a while!! saturday, we went to piedmont park to walk around, and have monchichi take some pictures of hb& me. then, we decided to walk around the virgina highland area of atlanta. it was so fun to walk around the shops to do a little shopping! monchichi and i found some cute things for her house, as well as a necklace for me. i liked the necklace, and i'm considering wearing it with my dress for our mexico party! we also randomly walked into the best gelato place called paolo's. the owner is italian from venice, and such a character, he even got me to practice my very limited italian with him! if you are ever there, i recommend the pineapple, chocoloate, and chocolate chip gelatos. later that night we went to a bbq, had some great burgers (if you have a wal-mart near you, they make some good jalapeño burgers from the sams value brand), played a little guitar hero, and then fell to bed at around midnight! sunday was a quick brunch at the flying biscuit. i would highly recommend their biscuits! monchichi loved the grits there as well. hope y'all had great weekends as well - i promise to update y'all soon on the happenings of this past weekend soon!
Friday, May 15, 2009
top chef - the tour!
hey y'all!
here is the demonstration area before the chefs came out - i wish i could have this set up for me by assistants before i attempted a recipe :)
here are the chefs getting ready to cook. they told us we were allowed to interrupt and ask as many questions as we wanted. they were funny because a lot of people asked more about the recipe and cooking techniques, and they were surprised no one asked for more gossip!
here they are preparing the recipe. nikki had just blanched some kale, and richard is searing scallops. he seared one side first, then got some butter melted, flipped over to sear the other side, and started basting with butter! YUM!!
here i am at the end getting an autographed picture. the picture is from the one they took for their season, and you see on the bravo site.
so last week, on the way to work, hb & i saw that the top chef tour was going to be at perimeter mall. this mall is literally right across the street from my work, so you know as soon as i got in, i called mall information to see what time the sessions were. once i got that, i decided to take an early lunch break to go to the first session! hb & i were pretty excited, and a little nervous that we would not be able to get a seat (it was raining, and the seated tent area was an area you had to pre-register for). luckily, we got two seats, and waited for the demonstration to begin. richard blais and nikki cascone were the two chefs, and the demonstration was a recipe of nikki's - salad with scallop and red wine vinaigrette. we got to sample that same recipe after the demonstration, and it was so tasty!! hb and i are definitely going to try it once the recipe is online.
here are some pics of the day!
here is the demonstration area before the chefs came out - i wish i could have this set up for me by assistants before i attempted a recipe :)
here are the chefs getting ready to cook. they told us we were allowed to interrupt and ask as many questions as we wanted. they were funny because a lot of people asked more about the recipe and cooking techniques, and they were surprised no one asked for more gossip!
here they are preparing the recipe. nikki had just blanched some kale, and richard is searing scallops. he seared one side first, then got some butter melted, flipped over to sear the other side, and started basting with butter! YUM!!
here i am at the end getting an autographed picture. the picture is from the one they took for their season, and you see on the bravo site.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
i don't have to like you but i will always love you
hey y'all!
i don't know about y'all, but this is something that really rings true between my sibs & me. i don't know why but i have never gotten quite close to them, but i do LOVE them. i think they feel that i'm too "goody goody" for them. i've just been wondering lately, why is it that some siblings are just not close? are we just too different personality wise that if not united by blood, we would not be friends? i've got very dear friends who i love like family. i just kind of go back and wonder how we become so distant with family if we were linked together in the past. how does one go about becoming closer with a sibling? i've been thinking about this lately since i got to thinking about traditional weddings. usually a sister is your maid of honor, right? well, i don't think i would have my sister as a maid of honor. just not that close to her. BUT i do want to become better friends...how can i do that? do y'all think that planning an annual girls trip with my mom would help my sister and i foster a better relationship, or will time ultimately unite us?
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
birth announcement
hey y'all!
i just want to introduce you to the newest member of my family of bags.
i just want to introduce you to the newest member of my family of bags.
i got this right before the cherry blossom run, and can i tell you - she was worth every cent!!
Monday, May 11, 2009
les bon temps roulez
hey y'all!
last week hb & i went out to pozole with missy to bid her farewell! she will be moving to new orleans to accept a new job, and move in with her bf. y'all, even though i'm happy to have a place to stay when i'm in new orleans, missy is a dear friend that we will miss so much! we used to do sunday afternoons filled with wii and dinner, and she's been someone that allowed me to experience a lot that i would have otherwise not been able to experience (the acc tourney, a game at cameron indoor, watching the terps play ga tech). so to missy - good luck, and know you will be missed!!
last week hb & i went out to pozole with missy to bid her farewell! she will be moving to new orleans to accept a new job, and move in with her bf. y'all, even though i'm happy to have a place to stay when i'm in new orleans, missy is a dear friend that we will miss so much! we used to do sunday afternoons filled with wii and dinner, and she's been someone that allowed me to experience a lot that i would have otherwise not been able to experience (the acc tourney, a game at cameron indoor, watching the terps play ga tech). so to missy - good luck, and know you will be missed!!
Friday, May 8, 2009
another 5k
hey y'all!
soon after the cherry blossom 5k, hb and i decided it would be good to keep up with our running by doing another 5k. we chose the sweetwater 420fest 5k that goes around the candler park area of atlanta. this neighborhood has really beautiful homes, but y'all, it's uphill and downhill. it was a MUCH tougher 5k than the cherry blossom one! at one point, hb & i were the last two in the race with the police trailing us!! we did give it a go at the end and ended up finishing in an hour!! to be honest, we probably could have done better, but i just didn't have it in me to constantly run, so we walked for a good amount. i never felt so happy to finish a race! included in the entry fee, was a free sweetwater beer...i got the blue, and it was pretty tasty, but after splitting a chicken pita with hb, i had to have my ipa before i left. it is so tasty! if you love grapefruit, then you will love the sweetwater ipa! i also entered in a trivia challenge, and won a car kit and t-shirt from gas south!
here we are sitting after our lunch and trivia!
soon after the cherry blossom 5k, hb and i decided it would be good to keep up with our running by doing another 5k. we chose the sweetwater 420fest 5k that goes around the candler park area of atlanta. this neighborhood has really beautiful homes, but y'all, it's uphill and downhill. it was a MUCH tougher 5k than the cherry blossom one! at one point, hb & i were the last two in the race with the police trailing us!! we did give it a go at the end and ended up finishing in an hour!! to be honest, we probably could have done better, but i just didn't have it in me to constantly run, so we walked for a good amount. i never felt so happy to finish a race! included in the entry fee, was a free sweetwater beer...i got the blue, and it was pretty tasty, but after splitting a chicken pita with hb, i had to have my ipa before i left. it is so tasty! if you love grapefruit, then you will love the sweetwater ipa! i also entered in a trivia challenge, and won a car kit and t-shirt from gas south!
here we are sitting after our lunch and trivia!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
cherry blossom 5k
hey y'all!
so the weekend after nyc, i flew up to dc to run in the cherry blossom 5k. i had a goal of finishing in 45 minutes. my final time was 45:57! so close! i have to say we had a lot of support during the run. jl ran the 10 miler and had his parents there rooting him on. our mutual friends ajg & steven also came out to support. here i am posing for ajg and steven when i finally saw them for my run.
i was so happy to complete it! i was especially thankful to everyone that came out to support. ajg, steven, k&c rop, hb's sis aki, alice, and of course jl's parents! they were the sweetest, and hearing them cheer us all on was great! jl finished in about 1hr 20 mins for the 10 miler, and unfortunately hb had some really bad knee pain at mile 6 that he made the decision to stop right there, and did not finish. we are all looking forward to running more races soon! my ultimate goal will be to do the 10 miler eventually!!
so the weekend after nyc, i flew up to dc to run in the cherry blossom 5k. i had a goal of finishing in 45 minutes. my final time was 45:57! so close! i have to say we had a lot of support during the run. jl ran the 10 miler and had his parents there rooting him on. our mutual friends ajg & steven also came out to support. here i am posing for ajg and steven when i finally saw them for my run.
i was so happy to complete it! i was especially thankful to everyone that came out to support. ajg, steven, k&c rop, hb's sis aki, alice, and of course jl's parents! they were the sweetest, and hearing them cheer us all on was great! jl finished in about 1hr 20 mins for the 10 miler, and unfortunately hb had some really bad knee pain at mile 6 that he made the decision to stop right there, and did not finish. we are all looking forward to running more races soon! my ultimate goal will be to do the 10 miler eventually!!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
nyc
as promised a post on nyc!
at the end of march, i got to see my very dear friend scriv in nyc. he lives in chelsea, and has a beautiful apartment. it was definitely a change of scenery from atlanta! i arrived, and we went to a diner for dinner and then met up for some drinks with his pals that night near nyu. y'all i walked so much on this trip! the next day we headed to soho for some shopping. if you are ever in nyc, check out uniqlo. they have really nice basics and also some great cashmere blends for pretty cheap! i got a cashmere/cotton tee for $19. i wish i had a uniqlo nearby, but then again i might be there 24/7 so it could be a good thing! we walked through the park that is close to the flatiron building a lot, and there is a shake shack there! friday we were walking back to the apartment, and wanted to stop but the line is so long! we opted for sushi instead, and i'm glad we did! it was so good!! the next day, before i left, we did make it to the shake shack, and y'all i promise this will probably be one of the top burgers you will ever eat in your life! i'm not a big fan of milkshakes, but scriv got one and he thought it was quite tasty!
the celebrity sighting was on saturday at the shake shack! y'all tyler florence must have been doing a segement on the place because we saw him filming right by it!! check out the pic! i wasn't able to go and get his autograph, but i did get to take a pic while he was filming!
at the end of march, i got to see my very dear friend scriv in nyc. he lives in chelsea, and has a beautiful apartment. it was definitely a change of scenery from atlanta! i arrived, and we went to a diner for dinner and then met up for some drinks with his pals that night near nyu. y'all i walked so much on this trip! the next day we headed to soho for some shopping. if you are ever in nyc, check out uniqlo. they have really nice basics and also some great cashmere blends for pretty cheap! i got a cashmere/cotton tee for $19. i wish i had a uniqlo nearby, but then again i might be there 24/7 so it could be a good thing! we walked through the park that is close to the flatiron building a lot, and there is a shake shack there! friday we were walking back to the apartment, and wanted to stop but the line is so long! we opted for sushi instead, and i'm glad we did! it was so good!! the next day, before i left, we did make it to the shake shack, and y'all i promise this will probably be one of the top burgers you will ever eat in your life! i'm not a big fan of milkshakes, but scriv got one and he thought it was quite tasty!
the celebrity sighting was on saturday at the shake shack! y'all tyler florence must have been doing a segement on the place because we saw him filming right by it!! check out the pic! i wasn't able to go and get his autograph, but i did get to take a pic while he was filming!
slacker city
hey y'all!
it's been so long! i know! i've been in slacker city. work has been super hectic, and i finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. i've been super stressed, not exercising, and eating terrible. BUT today is the first day of the rest of my life...i did the 30day shred workout this morning, and i hope to continue doing it throughout the month. one day at a time! i have taken a couple more trips since my last post, and i hope to share some pictures with y'all soon!
at the end of the month, hb & i have our party in mexico to celebrate our union. i'm kind of nervous about it with the swine flu, and also, i have not gotten our tickets, nor have i gone to get my dress altered! i've got a lot to do and work on, but i'm trying to stay cool, calm and collected. i have my list and i just need to start scratching things off :)
i really have to thank y'all for keeping up with your blogs as it has allowed me some time to just take a breather and not think about work! more coming up soon, I PROMISE!
it's been so long! i know! i've been in slacker city. work has been super hectic, and i finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. i've been super stressed, not exercising, and eating terrible. BUT today is the first day of the rest of my life...i did the 30day shred workout this morning, and i hope to continue doing it throughout the month. one day at a time! i have taken a couple more trips since my last post, and i hope to share some pictures with y'all soon!
at the end of the month, hb & i have our party in mexico to celebrate our union. i'm kind of nervous about it with the swine flu, and also, i have not gotten our tickets, nor have i gone to get my dress altered! i've got a lot to do and work on, but i'm trying to stay cool, calm and collected. i have my list and i just need to start scratching things off :)
i really have to thank y'all for keeping up with your blogs as it has allowed me some time to just take a breather and not think about work! more coming up soon, I PROMISE!
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