Great times with KPrime.

Oh Kprime, how I love thee. This weekend on my way to Brooklyn for Bailey’s shower I took a detour to the Upper East Side. I just needed to see my friend, Katie (aka Kprime). For both of my trips to NY in the past 2 months I’ve made sure to stop on by her neck of the woods to grab dinner and drinks and catch up. Life gets so busy we don’t get together too often so when there’s an opportunity to see her I WILL NOT pass it up.
The first time I visited this year we stayed on her side of town and enjoyed a nice meal at Fetch on 3rd Avenue. They had really fun drinks and I had a delicious order of buffalo chicken quesadillas. Katie and her friend Sam ordered the Beef Stew over egg noodles, which looked and tasted delicious. What a fun little place to try on a Thursday night in the city!

This past weekend, while back in NY for wedding festivities, again I took the route to Brooklyn via Katie’s apartment. This time she made reservations in the East Village with a bunch of her friends from NY. We went to La Palapa, a cute Mexican restaurant with the most delicious Margaritas. YUM! We got pitchers of both the pomegranate and blueberry and I think we all thoroughly enjoyed both flavors. My meal was excellent: TINGA DE POLLO chile chipotle barbequed chicken and BISTEC char-grilled marinated skirt steak. Yummy yummy quesadillas (yes, I love quesadillas) and a side of corn sauteed with epazote (grilled onions). The entire experience was muy bien. Highly recommended if you live in NY!

Bachelorette Bonanza.

This weekend I am back in Brooklyn, visiting Bails and Beck and getting excited for Bailey’s Bridal Shower today in Long Island City! But I realized I never posted about the Bachelorette Bonanza that happened just a few short weeks ago. It’s been so exciting getting all together for these celebrations– spending good time with great friends. The Bachelorette weekend proved to be a success! The meal was delicious, the Sangria was flowing, and we ended the night with karaoke (which was a blast, not to mention hilariously funny). Here’s a mini-recap of the weekend:
A little reunion at Bailey’s Brooklyn apartment before the festivities begin. Joya was aplenty. Delicious AND delicious.

The next day followed with mani/pedis at Dashing Diva and with pink champagne!!!!

The night was fabulous. We had dinner at Calle Ocho on the Upper West Side and it was absolutely perfect. Afterwards we headed out on the town!! An amazing party for an amazing friend!!

A weekend in the Cuse.

This weekend my sister and I took the bus home to Syracuse. Yay home! For Christmas my mom gave us tickets to see WICKED! And it’s this weekend! I’m so excited I could burst.
What are you doing this weekend? I hope you have a good one!

Stratton Sundays.

It’s Monday morning and I’m still on a skiing high from my day at Stratton Mountain, VT yesterday. It was a blast! This year I got the Stratton Sunday pass, which means every Sunday I will be heading north to the mountains of Vermont to strap on my skis and pretend I am Picabo Street. Whoo! One reason I am so in love with Stratton is because it’s where I learned to ski so many years ago. Ah the memories. Back in elementary school my family used to head up to VT on February break, stay at my great-aunt Barbara’s condo (RIGHT next to the mountain!), take ski lessons and enjoy the ski-side village. While at Stratton yesterday I got a chance to walk through the village and it was exactly the same as I remembered it…. just seemed a little bit smaller (isn’t it funny how that happens when you get older?). Glorious. The skiing is amazing too– they have so many lifts and trails, plus they have great snow! I’m told it resembles the ski mountains out west… hopefully I will get out there someday to experience western skiing for myself!
Here’s a map of the mountain:
Check out the snow on the trees!
Here’s the resort’s village…almost feels like you’re not in the US!
And there’s nothing better than coming in a little early from the slopes and warming up with hot tea and a good book in the lodge!!

HAPPY MONDAY!