Trip to Astoria Skate Park

My friends wanted to take a trip to Astoria to go to the skate park, so I came along for the views.

View of the RFK Bridge, I think!

New sneaker shot while the guys were skating.

Drew + View.

Hope you enjoyed your weekend too! 

MALIBLUE

I went to Malibu beach club with Drew today.

We worked on a mural for the shower in his cabana.

Later we went to lunch at the new restaurant of the beach club, Maliblue.

My first time trying baked clams!  Not bad, but I don't think these guys are my cup of tea...

The pulled pork sliders were really yummy! 

Poseidon's still at the the cabana! ...And in the cottage! ;P

Hall&Oates constantly streaming out of the cabana.

Relax time at the beach!

Trip to Brooklyn for lunch and Dinner

My friends have an apartment in Brooklyn so I took a trip over there for the day on Saturday.   

We got lunch at a place called Lokal in the Williamsburg/Greenpoint area. 

We ate a nice lo mein dinner at M Noodle before taking a trip into DUMBO to check out the view of the park.

It was a hot trip with a lot of walking and subways to get to DUMBO, but the view was definitely worth it.  Just too bad my camera died before we got there!  Cell phone pictures will just have to do.

A very nice mini-vacation for my weekend, what did you do during yours?

Merry christmas and happy new year!

Christmas chocolates that I made!

Me and my little cousin, Abigail, on Christmas. :)

Sideways blizzard of 2010! I couldn't get the photo 
to flip. Oh well, you get the idea!


Merry Christmas to all and enjoy the new year!  I've been pretty stressed out recently with school but thank goodness the semester has finally ended (good grades! ;] ) and now I can get back to blogging...kind of.  It's just weird thinking that I only have ONE more semester of school... AAAHHHHH!!!! 

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Cottage view.

Holiday cottage.

Julia, Kara and Shauna while out in NYC.

Happy Thanksgiving weekend!

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The past few weeks I've been on vacation from work and just a couple weeks ago I started school... MIA! Here's plenty of random pictures to make up for lost time,

Birdhouse by the cottage-- now you can see it since I trimmed all the ivy! 

Here's a little package I put together to bring to Kara Ann's house lunch! Our famous (and to be blogged about in the future) quesadilla pockets! Or pockadillas, we like to call 'em.

  

Simple ingredients. oil, cheese, salsa and tortillas.   

Dinner and dessert with Kara and Kevin after lunch. Orzo pasta salad, mmm.

 
Step one: Make orzo.  Boil water, let sit, strain, stir, you know the drill.

 
step two: dice up some cucumbers, cherry tomatoes and cucumber

 
step three: mix it up!~!

  
step four: add some spices and/or dressing (we used a little italian dressing when we got it to our plates)  and gobble up!!! 

And for dessert........... 

 
CUPCAKES!!! and yes, they're in ice cream cones. :) 

ACTIVITIES:

My vacation was filled with lounging around, hanging out with

 
Last shot of the cabana season!

 

 

Am I obsessed with birds or something?

 

CRAFTS:


DIY glass mosaic table I made with Drew.

 

 

 

 

 

Love my close-ups ;)

THRIFT STORE/GARAGE SALE FINDS:

 

 

Look how cute the ads are in the bicentennial book!

 

 
New cottage treasures:P

 
Close up shot on this baby, I love it!

Aren't these little slipper socks super cute?!

 


Next table project!

Cracking wood makes for wobbly tables.. I have to sturdy it up!

 
Now time to paint and mosaic.

and last but certainly not least...

  
My first etsy purchase!! I love these baby compasses! They're so small and cute, I can't wait to use them for something, I just don't know what.  

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

rain, rain, go away.

Huge and intricate spiderweb right by the cottage!

I FINISHED my Mediterranean style table! Let me know what you think!
Remember the cheap, old table i found at a garage sale in my projects galore post?
Here's what it looks like now!

Phase one - finished laying and gluing pieces of glass, ready to grout!

Phase two - heavy coat of grout to get in all the crevices!

And, taadaaa, the finished piece, wiped down and shined up! Top view

Table view :) I LOOOOOVE it! 

Also had a great day out with Kara and Hammy (who I hadn't seen in ages!) We went to Moe's

Embrace the rainy day!