party on the bridge!

saturday was the big "margaret hunt hill bridge" opening celebration and it was the perfect opportunity to see the fabulous bridge in all it's glory while taking in some of dallas' local treasures.  i was volunteering with bcworkshop, a nonprofit architectural firm, interviewing attendees about their neighborhoods and communities within the city.  it was such an amazing thing to talk to all of these people and get their different perspectives of dallas, the bridge and how it will affect the city. one of my favorite quotes was from a boy about 8 years old who, when asked what could be done to improve his community, said "stop all the sagging!" ha! indeed. 

i also got to watch my friend and true talent, lauren adelle crowder perform. she was amazing and i was proud to watch her on that stage!

during my break, i enjoyed a scrumptious bbq grilled cheese sandwich from ruthie's rolling cafe food truck.

the bridge at night was incredible. when taking pictures all we could say was "wow it almost looks fake!" because of the contrast of the clear night sky on the bright white cables. truly an amazing structure.

stephen and i went back on sunday during the day to walk across the bridge again.  we really wanted to take advantage of this opportunity, since it will never be open to pedestrians once it is a fully open and functioning roadway.

it was really wonderful to be a part of history in dallas.  bravo, mr. calatrava, you did an amazing job creating a beautiful structure that will forever change the dallas skyline.

(all photos by me, on the ol' iphone)

so i just posted about last weekend...

and it's already friday again! woo hoo! yay for a quick week :) we've been busy busy this week, had some dear friends in town last night and plan on having a nice, long weekend...we will be visiting friends again for the 4th and getting in some more, much needed lake time!

what are you kiddos up to this weekend?? pool times? lake times? inside staying cool times? :)

either way, i hope you all have a fabulously awesome long weekend!!

CHEERS!

(photo from our sushi/sake adventure with friends last night)

have a silly weekend

what are you all up to this weekend?? tomorrow is our anniversary (yay!) and we are going to the lake with my family...should be a riot since lots of fam are in town from far away!! the forecast calls for laughing till we cry, eating till we're sick, and drinking till we tell secrets we shouldn't!

hope you all have a sillyfun weekend :)

xoxo

(photo from the photobooth at the legendary may wedding)

feel the burn

gone too soon, yet again...the weekend was quite fun. saturday was my little brother's birthday (he's 20...20!! gosh i'm getting old...) it's hard to be apart from family during big birthdays and holidays, but somehow we get through, right?! i celebrated his birthday by laying out at the pool too long and getting a vicious sunburn.

sunday stephen gave me some beautiful flowers from roxy & bowie and stuffed me with delicious breakfast tacos. after making our calls to mom, we went out to rangers ballpark to see them play the yankees...they lost but it was still a lot of fun! when i got home, i discovered that even though i put on 60+ spf sunscreen on all my exposed parts (day late, dollar short, i know) i had a bonus sunburn that occurred through my tshirt on my back. wow!! didn't see that one coming...

so the moral to this story is, put sunscreen, all over, no matter what.

how was your weekend??

overgrown

• crawling vines add a little whimsy to the no parking sign
• wisteria are overtaking everything in our neighborhood...it's so pretty :)

i am heading to eureka springs, arkansas today for a little bachelorette shenanigans...full report upon my return!

hope you all have a lovely weekend xoxo

film on friday

recently i finally got some film developed of the doggies.

here are just a few of those shots:

happy friday everyone!! hope you have a fabulous weekend...don't forget tomorrow night at 8:30 is earth hour...i mean, you love the earth right?! ;)

xoxo

spring rejuvenation

good morning lovelies!! how was your weekend? hopefully fun and relaxing :) i got to spend time with a dear friend, take our little ones to the dog park (bowie is a RIOT at the dog park, pure entertainment...), and listen to some fun music on a beautiful patio while eating delicious food and catching up with old friends. all in all, i'd say it was a success!

it's officially spring, a time of renewal and rebirth...so what do you say we shed some winter skin? maybe it's feelings you've been harboring, something in your life you're ready to leave behind, maybe it's just changing our winter coats out for sun dresses and sandals, or maybe it's a completely new leaf you're turning. today, i'm going to let go of things i can't control and leave it up to the universe. i feel relieved and rejuvenated already!

happy spring everyone :)

xoxo

(photo of beautiful tulips at home, taken with the instagram app...i'm obsessed!)

girls weekend in san antonio

 

from the top:

• beautiful fountains at the shops at la cantera
• italian cream cake for my mom & aunt's birthdays
• fun "art stop" near the blue star brewery
• the blue star brewery
• me in front of the guenther house sign where we ate the most delicious breakfast
• biscuits and gravy, how could you go wrong?? (you can even buy their biscuit mix! and i also highly recommend the sweet cream pancake mix)
• left to right: my sister, me, mom, cousin kristina, aunt karen, and cousin emily

such a lovely weekend with the ladies!!

tip o' the hat

saturday was my mom's birthday (another happy birthday to my amazing, beautiful, strong, hilarious mom) and we had a girls' weekend in san antonio to celebrate! i have more pictures and adventures to share soon, but for now, here is one of my favorite pics of the weekend.  we were shopping and came across the most amazing hat collection... i mean, how could we resist?!

hope you all had a fabulous weekend!

(ps. i really, really would love to have a place where i could wear a hat like that!)

hooray!

first, thank you so much for your comments and suggestions on my post yesterday! feel free to chime in anytime, cause i'll be changing it up soon and am still eager to hear your thoughts & suggestions :)

second, on our walk yesterday, we met the cutest little basenji rescue who's name was marcel! how cute!!

third, we are going to katy tomorrow to go to my parents' mardi gras party - i am SO excited!! tonight i'm making the king cake for the party...this is only my second time to make it so wish me luck.

and last but certainly not least, i just noticed i have 51 followers on my little blog here...i just want to say thank you to everyone reading, it means a lot that you enjoy this space and i always love seeing your comments, it truly makes my day :)

so there you have it! happy friday sweets and y'all have a great weekend!!

xoxo

(photo from a recent brunch at mattito's)

a little road trip

well folks, i'm venturing off to katy this weekend to visit with my family (specifically my beautiful nieces!!) and bowie and roxy are coming along for the ride. roxy, as you know, is a champion road-tripper...however, bowie, it seems, is not much for the car rides. i'm a little nervous having them both but hopefully with a little luck and some good tunes we will prevail and have a successful trip!

what are you up to this weekend?! whatever it is, i hope it's FUN!!

xoxo (photo)

...and a real snow day

another storm blew through last thursday night that called for "a dusting up to 1" of snow" and holy moly i wonder what measuring tools they're using!

all in all we got about 5" of pretty, fluffy snow...on top of sheets of ice so it was fun but a bit yikes if you know what i mean! by saturday night the snow had melted substantially and by sunday it was pretty much all gone (from our area, anyway). we watched the big game with some friends and enjoyed the last day of what seemed like an extra long weekend after all those days off!

did you all have a good weekend?? are you freezing still wherever you are?!

oh and ps. what's with all the violence and throwing stuff at people in all the super bowl commercials?! i swear there had to be at least 5 commercials with people throwing stuff at each other!

nobody dreamed you'd save the world

stephen and i just got the robert plant's band of joy album and it is amazing. i've searched high and low for videos and this is one of my favorites on the album...it's a low cover of "silver rider," haunting and beautiful.

enjoy :)



hope you have a fantastic weekend!!

xoxo

lazy sunday

it snowed here yesterday (well as much snow as you can really get in dallas...) so we decided to stay in and be lazy...i made an executive decision not to get out of my mukluks all day and do nothing but cook, eat, sleep and read.

that is until stephen had the bright idea to go out to ikea...we made out like bandits at their sale and proceeded to come home and redo our entire living room.  so much for the lazy day!! the snow was not enough to get the schools closed so i'm at work wishing that it would snow just a little more so i can have a real "snow day" at home :)

how was your weekend??

a very dallas weekend

did everyone have a good weekend? i had quite the fun weekend and feel very 'dallas' today...on friday night we had our girls' night at the mavs game (we beat the suns, woo hoo!) that's us with our reindeer antlers :)

then on saturday some friends came in town from las vegas, we ate at the Y.O. ranch steakhouse, which was so delicious (highly recommend the sea bass, yum!!). on our way out, while passing the neiman marcus downtown, we saw an insane amount of santa clauses. come to find out it was the dallas santacon! here's a photo of the scene we saw, found on their flickr account.

it was hilarious and crazy, i've never seen so many santas!!

after our fun night out at cameo, stephen and i got to go with our friends to the cowboys game! it was our first time to see them play and they beat the redskins so a good time was had by all. however, i felt like a little bit of a traitor cheering for the 'boys since i'm such a huge saints fan...and my saints lost...oh my. here is a view from our awesome seats:

so that was our dallas whirlwind adventure weekend :) kinda made me fall in love with this city all over again...

looking forward to an easy week at work and CHRISTMAS this weekend!! eeeeeep!

friday funnies

just thought we could all use some funnies this lovely friday...

• roxy in antlers
• how to gift-wrap your cat
• a hilarious hamster commentary
• the funnest mittens i've ever seen
• a clever & cute print
• the perfect funny (and useful!) gift for your gal pals
• an adorable, guilty dog
• and a christmas ninja

hope you all have a fun-filled weekend!

xoxo

dreamy weekend

what are you lovelies up to this weekend? i hope to: 1. get some laundry done, 2. cuddle with roxy, 3. catch up with friends! that's it...easy to please ;)

these photos are some more of my hipstamatic fun, i took them on wednesday night while i was waiting for the class i was speaking in to start.  this is the main street garden park in downtown dallas and it's such a neat little spot.  the photos look dreamy because i used the kaimal lens with the dreampop flash, and voila!

i hope you all have a fabulous, dreamy weekend!

xoxo

have a snuggly weekend!

what are you all up to this weekend? it finally got (a little) chilly here so i plan on curling up with roxy as much as i can and snuggling for warmth :) maybe i'll make some chili or bake a lot of cookies...cool weather turns me into a baking machine, does this happen to you?? i simply can't get enough of the baking when it's cold.  maybe it's because our apartment is pretty cold and the oven keeps me warm, haha!

well whatever you do, i hope you enjoy it! have a fantastic weekend xoxoxo

hi!

we're in beautiful gatlinburg, tn for a wedding and i'm missin our lil rox...so i thought i'd post this pic of her sweet face. i hope you all are having a lovely weekend :) xoxo

sushi psycho

well it sounded funny to me last night anyway...stephen and i enjoyed a nice little date night at home, complete with alfred hitchcock's psycho and some sushi from one of my local favorites, oishii.

i was kinda bummed that i wouldn't be getting to attend any of the hitchcocktober flicks since my month has gotten out of hand busy, so we took it to our place instead :)

did you all have a great weekend? anything super exciting happen??