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the one and only coney.

May 24, 2012

Yesssss.

Coney Island!

I’ve always heard about this place, but this past weekend was my first actual visit, and what a perfect time it was.

First off, there was hot dog eating. Gloooorious.

Coney Island is home to the World’s Famous Nathan’s Hot Dogs and even better, the International Hot Dog Eating Contest. Meaning, people come from all over the world to just stuff these hot dogs in their face. No shame, NO SHAME.

I myself had one and I’m strictly a mustard girl. Call me boring, but I like to keep things simple. Sharon went for the sauerkraut and Beck opted out of this adventure. She missed out, right?! You can’t tell me a hunk of pork isn’t totally worth it every once in a while. Because oh, it is.

Yeah, that hot dog tasted real good.

DELICIOUS.

After that we explored the boardwalk and carnival rides. We even took a whirl on the Tilt-A-Whirl. I can’t even put words to how much fun it was. I felt like I was 10 again and it was the most amazing carefree feeling I’ve felt in a long time. We laughed so hard we cried. And we screamed like there was no tomorrow. And then we laughed some more. I got that incredible roller coaster feeling– you know the one where you feel like you’re flying and your stomach does flips flops? I LOVE that feeling. To me there is no better feeling in the world.

After that we did the photo booth and I desperately wanted to ride the Wonderwheel, but it was closed for maintenance. Better safe than sorry, I guess, so instead there was walking on the beach and dancing on the boardwalk…

Have you ever been to Coney Island before?

“If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good.”

-Dr. Seuss

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brooklyn, brooklyn, take me in…

May 23, 2012

I arrived in New York late last Thursday night practically giddy with excitement about the weekend ahead of me. A weekend with my best friends? I’ll take it any day.

Have you ever spent time in Brooklyn?

It’s such a fun spot, with all of the awesome and none of the crowds. And it was nice to have a change of pace, too, since the last time I visited the city. My friend Rebecca lives in Park Slope and I spent the day Friday with her and her oldest friend from childhood, Sharon.

We had a blast, just the three of us, sipping coffee and popping into shops. Beck’s just one of those people who’s easy to be around. The kind you end up laughing with over the littlest things, plus she’s always got a killer story to tell. Oh, I love her stories. When she’s through telling them I always end up thinking one of two things: Only you, or, only in New York.

And Sharon? I feel like I’ve known her for years. Love that in a new friend.

We were totally spontaneous on this day and every one of us was loving it.

I feel like I’m an excitable person, and Sharon and Rebecca are too, plus Sharon was visiting from San Francisco, so she was eager to experience anything and everything that came her way. About halfway into our morning, while thinking of possible things to do, Beck offered up the idea of going to Coney Island.

Do you know it?

Think world’s famous hot dogs and lots of amusement park rides.

Well, I was sold! Plus, I’d never been before, so what better time than now? I’m a firm believer in the whole “live in the moment” mentality, and it was easy to see my companions were too, so in no time we were heading toward the subway and on our way to the land of fun. I decided last night Coney Island is getting it’s own post because 1) I took a ridiculous amount of pictures there and 2) it’s just that special.

Here’s some of my favorite shots from Friday in Brooklyn:

Brooklyn on the whole is just really, really cool.

I love the architecture and the coffee shops and the bakeries.

And the Ample Hills Creamery is one. of. a. kind.

YUM!!

Oh!, and were you wondering about that guy in the swim trunks??

Yeah, he’s as amazing as he looks.

And clearly, very ready for summer.

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snapshots.

May 22, 2012

“THIS IS LIVING!” I basically yelled, over and over and over again this past weekend because, really, it just couldn’t be helped.

It was the kind of weekend that great times were made for.

That, and instagram.

Always instagram.

The fancy cam saw a fair amount of Brooklyn love this weekend, too, and I can’t wait to share it all with you. We’re about to talk hot dogs and crazy Googa, people. And by crazy, I mean CRAY-ZAY. The good crazy, the bad crazy, and the crazy crazy.

If I could go back and do it all again? Oh, I would in a heartbeat. But since we haven’t happened upon the secret of time travel yet, I suppose pictures and memories are the next best thing…

Good thing I’ve got both. ♥

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blogger meet-ups and must-do-in-life-lists

May 18, 2012

There is so much to see and do in life sometimes it blows my mind.

In Boston alone, which I consider to be a pretty small city, there are still things I am discovering all the time.

Do you ever think, how on earth will I ever see it all?

I do. But Lord knows I’m willing to try.

This weekend, for instance, this very minute actually, I am waking up in New York City getting ready to stroll the streets of Brooklyn. I’m checking things off on my must-do-in-life-list as we speak! (This list? I haven’t actually written anything down yet, per say, just merely making it up as I go.) This weekend I’m letting the good times roll with my high school girlfriends at The Great Googa Mooga Festival in Prospect Park. I don’t know much about it yet except that it’s going to be AWESOME.

Speaking of awesome, let’s talk Blogger meet-ups.

I love ’em, guys. Seriously, I do.

But I think you already know that about me at this point.

Last weekend Natalie, Melissa, Smita, Elizabeth and I planned to meet up Sunday for a little blogger get-together. This time around we did breakfast and then spent the morning browsing the goods at the SOWA Open Market in the South End.

And interestingly enough this all came together after I posted about my love affair with the South End last Friday. Love it when things work out perfectly like that.

We started off at The Buttery (a personal favorite) and then worked our way over to SOWA, the cutest little market you ever did see. If you’re ever in Boston on a Sunday you should seriously consider checking this place out. It’s vintage market, craft fair, farmer’s market and food truck heaven all rolled into one.

Yes, PLEASE!