Less than 72 Hours to Go!

NYC 1/2 Marathon is Sunday morning! Wish us luck. I went to the gym at 5:30am this morning to get my last workout in before the mandatory 48-hour resting period.

Forecast is suspect...mid-80's and high humidity.

We're off to WH for the week after we finish the race on Sunday (with a brunch stop along the way to see Hart, Adrienne and baby Dax!). I'm looking forward to a break and I'm crossing my fingers that the husband doesn't have to work (too) much.

Weekend recap and posts from the beach to come! Stay tuned.

John Hughes

What would Saturdays and Sundays be on TBS and USA without John Hughes movies? Where would we be without Mr. Mom, Molly Ringwald and the National Lampoon's movies?!? And let's not forget Ferris...brilliant.

What's your favorite?

Our Honeymoon in The Knot!

I couldn't fit these in the last post, so here you go! I was going to wait and post these around our anniversary in September, but why wait!?! At the time of planning, I had a profile on theknot.com. One of the editors saw a few pictures, contacted us in March of 2007, and the next thing we knew we were in the magazine. It's a fun memento. I still need to print and frame the layout. Oh, and order wedding pictures and an album. It's on the list for this Fall!

Etsy Purchases

I just purchased these on Etsy. The store is too cute, it's coco + milkweed. I'm a little behind on baby gifts for all of the Spring/early Summer babies. I can't wait to wrap these and get them out the door!

Photos courtesy of coco + milweed.

Show us Your Life - Wedding Reception & Honeymoon

It's Friday over at Kelly's Korner and today is all about Wedding Receptions and Honeymoons! Our ceremony and reception were at Tribeca Rooftop. One of the best parts of the "party," as my Mother-in-Law calls it, was our band, Current Affair. They played everything from Rob Base to Frank Sinatra and the dance floor was packed until midnight. I wish I had more pictures, but everything was on film.

But I can show you about a million pictures from our honeymoon! We spent 7 days in Dubai and 8 days in the Maldives. It was the trip of a lifetime and we were even featured in The Knot magazine about a year after the trip.

Busy Weekend!

We had such a fun weekend with friends in NC. I've known Christina for 13 years and I couldn't be more thrilled for her as she starts her life with Mark. The smiles on their faces said it all!

We snuck in BBQ at Macs and lunch at Chic-fil-A (there's only one in NYC and it's in the NYU food court). Did I mention that Blue Eyed Bride was there? It was so nice to chat with her. She's great and if you follow her blog, you already know that. She's a talented writer and very honest. You have to love that!

And, Vella was a superstar during her stay at Camp Krasny (aka Erica and Drew's apartment). A huge sigh of relief for me! Maybe we'll actually take a vacation in the next year :-)

Remember THAT girl?!?

Every class had one...she was just a bully and an all around bad seed. I just met her on the street and her evil little black pug! I took Vella out for her after-dinner walk and there was a black pug tearing down the sidewalk (side note: who lets a dog off of a leash in NYC?). Vella immediately stopped in her tracks and sat down. This is her way of coping with rowdy dogs since she's still a baby. The pug was jumping all over us, so I politely asked the owner to call her dog so we could continue down the block. She started YELLING at me, telling me that her dog wouldn't do anything and to mind my own business. I held my tongue, picked up Vella and started walking. So what did she do? She kept YELLING at me as I walked down the sidewalk, saying how embarrassed I should be to have to pick up my dog and walk away (there was an obscenity in there that I won' repeat and let's just say the accent was NJ or SI). Um, I should be embarrassed? Now, I've lived in NYC for nine years and after you're here for a few weeks, or maybe hours, you quickly realize that this can be a cruel city. It's times like this that I 1. Want to call my parents and thank them for raising me to always treat people with respect and 2. Want to run and move back down South!

Next time I see her, I'm reporting her for having her evil dog off leash on the UES! Crazy girl.

Off to NC!

We're off the Charlotte this afternoon for Christina and Mark's wedding (pray to the weather gods b/c it's nasty here and LGA can get really backed up in Summer storms). I can't wait to see friends, especially those who don't live in NYC. Linds is flying in from Dubai and none of us have seen her since last year. I have necklaces for four of my ladies to say thank you for their years of friendship. It's so rare that we're all together, so I thought this was the perfect time. It's going to be a fun weekend at the Ballantyne. The hubby is bummed though b/c the golf course is closed.

I'm wearing this dress that I picked up last year for $40 during one of J Crew's final sales. I made a necklace to wear too, a triple-strand of pink peruvian opals. Pics to come!

This will be the first time we'll be leaving Vella in NYC. I'm praying she behaves for Erica and Drew, most importantly at bedtime and in the morning. She totally knows something is up because we took her crate over to their apartment last night and we packed our bags this morning. Be good Vella Violet, see you on Sunday afternoon!

Show us Your Life Wedding Party and Flowers/Ceremony

I'm participating in Kelly's Korner "Show us How You Live." Today's theme is your wedding party and flowers, so it's a fun way for those of us married a few years ago to reminisce!

We were married September 29, 2006 in New York City. I'm from VA and my husband grew up on Long Island, so it felt right to have the wedding here in NYC where we met. We had the ceremony and reception at Tribeca Rooftop, which in my opinion, is one of the most beautiful venues in the City. The weather was gorgeous after a stormy morning and we were lucky enough to have the ceremony outside overlooking Manhattan. For those of you who haven't picked up on this, my husband is Jewish and I'm Catholic. Interfaith marriage is fairly common here in NYC, so ceremony planning was surprisingly easy and both faiths were represented. We had a rabbi and a priest who incorporated traditions for both sides of the family (and we had a very fun hora at the beginning of the reception!).

I had three bridesmaids, my sisters and Matt's sister. They carried hydrangeas, which are my favorite. My bouquet was white amaryllis and our Moms carried white dahlias. We carried this them to the tables and used all white flowers, hydrangeas, dahlias, orchids, etc. And before I forget, the bridesmaids dresses were JCrew and they wore necklaces from KEP Designs.

We opted for almost all film when we chose Sheri Whitko as our photographer and we couldn't have been happier with the pictures! That said, it's almost three years later and we still haven't ordered our album or pictures...I know, I know, it's pathetic. I plan to get to it in August before our three-year anniversary. So the pictures I have are those shot by family and friends. Enjoy, Happy Friday!

Brazil

It's being storming all day and I was reminded that we were in Brazil one year ago this week! Why did the storms remind me of this? Well, we sat on the runway at Newark for 4 hours, made the 12-hour flight, missed our connection in Sao Paolo and arrived in Rio almost 24 hours after we left our apartment. Fun! We had a great time in Brazil, but it was exhausting on so many levels. We went to a wedding in Rio (by the way, they have a room with nothing but candy and desserts at Brazilians weddings! Yum!), then we were off to Praia do Forte, Salvador and Natal. Brazilians speak Portuguese...I'm fluent in Spanish. Doesn't help and it's actually offensive to try the old Spanish! So, I could read everything, but he had some trouble getting around. All in though, we really look forward to vacations and I'm glad we had the opportunity to make this trip. The husband works crazy hours, so we take every vacation we can get.

We'll take another big trip later this year or early next year. The current contenders are Northern India or South Africa.