bundle boondoggle

in the past i've given horseface a hard time for 'bundling' my birthday and anniversary gifts.  he apparently does not care because he continues to do it.  this year, the birthday-anni-bundled-gift-trip was off to a rocky start when we watched the grey lady disembark from the hy-line terminal . . . without us.  but it was the beginning of our trip not going according to plan, yet going even better than we probably could have planned.  

starting with hopping on the "slow" boat, hy-line style, aka the great point.  has anyone ever been on this?  i'm hesitant to let this secret out, as it's quite a glorious way to get to nantucket.  horseface bought us "first class" tickets {for same cost as the high speed} and even tho the boat ride was twice as long, it was full of couches and table seating, and best of all, like 5 other pax.  it was basically a booze cruise all to ourselves.  no racing for a seat or waiting in line for anything.  recommend.

a few days before we left, CBC had let where we were staying slip {ahem, told me after i asked 750 times}.  the new 76 main.  place looked legit and i was pumped.

adorbs, right?  

one teeny problemo.  it's not open yet.  BUT gracious hoteliers kate & scott called CBC on friday to let them know they had made arrangements on our behalf over at the white elephant residences {at the 76 main rates}.  and they were terribly sorry for the inconvenience.  and by inconvenience they meant THIS:

we thoroughly enjoying basking in the lap of luxury at the white elephant and furthermore can not wait to show our patronage at 76 main when they are ready for us!  huge respect and gratitude for what they did.  thank you!

other highlights of the trip . . . cru . . . for 3 meals {yikes}

can you blame us? 

AND we also had the pleasure of dining at the new restaurant, the proprietors, from the same peeps who brought us American seasons, a fave.

It was only their second night open for business and everything was so yummy.  love-love the atmosphere and cannot wait to go back, and i'm anticipating it will get even better. {horseface and hands were a teeny bit jammed up about the slow service since there was a certain game on but they were great sports . . . no pun intended}

ahhh. . . what else?  we squeezed a lot in and this is getting boring.

a few rando shots below but my piece of shiz phone kept dying.

ventuno back bar, boarding house, space,  rando champers deliveries from new friends, ducklings, straight wharf, sunshine, stubby's, milly & grace, fireflys, juice guys {doug's special smoothie recipe}, brewery, "lunch" from dupree & co., supermoon, island creek oyster fest {doh! may or may not have blacked out had a great time at this event}, qt with brothers meagher . . . all of these activities may explain why i feel like i'm 108 today.  womp.  oh well, always worth it. . . .

and of course the highlight of the trip was time spent with the ash, there's even a teeny bit more of her to love these days.

i haven't loved a bump this much since '08.

oh and big thanks to the bundler for everything.  

xo

ACK winefest: love, loss, and what i wore

love: 

the gaggle of marblehead mamas that went to winefest, the glorious 15 gardner street and all of its trappings, STW, firefly & waters, julie shelter reunion, the fast ferry, stalking elin hildebrand at the box, egg sammys from stubbie's, my beautiful ash, free jerry t-shirts, team meagher, club car sing-a-longs, milly & grace, the pharmacist, the weakest link, cuzzies, the st. germaine table, and oh well, just about everything about nantucket in general.  worship.

loss: 

brain cells, probably some dignity at some point {par for the course}, my mostest specialest necklace evah which was later found by new top 5 status the bob! a lot of mulah, waistline, eyeglasses, voice

what i wore:

1. jacket 2. necklace 3. top {contact best store evah milly & grace for this parker beauty} 4. earrings 5. sunglasses 6. clutch 7. wedges 8. jeans 9. bracelet

thanks again to HB for being such a fabulous cruise director!  and to my bunk mates for tolerating the rants of the obliterated elephant.  i despise you biatches! {in the most loving way possible of course}

SB, JB, MN, & MF we missed you.

xoxo

the gale

i've been traveling to south beach for over a decade. {holy. shiz. i'm old} 

i used to hit up mango's and the clevelander and stay at the marriott and eat every meal at the big pink.  ha!  {i obvs still eat at the big pink at least once a trip} but my restaurant and nightlife choices have matured a bit {since i'm old}.  on my most recent trip last month with the ash we discovered the gale.

 ate din at dolce. it was delish and didn't leave us famished like the molecular gastronomy BS at the SLS.  {where we dined the previous night and had to stop at sbarro on the way home.  foul. but i admit the SLS is pretty ridic for people watching}

after din we headed to the regent cocktail club for about one million cocktails.

case & point.

then onto the rec room, modeled after a 70s basement. they only let about 2 hundo people in, unlike the other cray ginorm clubs in miami.  and they played the mostest funnest music evah {i think}.  holla!

okay so this place was totes my scene.  one stop shopping and old school good times, of course i had the best company, so that helped.  {until i had to carry her around like a little stuffed animal at the end of the night.  doh!}

highly recommend to all you peeps headed south this spring.  i know of a certain gorge bride-to-be and her bishes headed to sobe for some bachey debauchery.   have fun,  ladies! xoxo

slacking. . . again

obvs.

i am so sorry i've been MIA.  i didn't fall of space mountain.   we did have a big fun disney trip, many more deets to follow {horseface might have a slightly different opinion} 

then i got wrapped up in a photo shoot, which went down yesterday,  for my new {ad}venture.  cannot wait to share!

AND i took on a juice cleanse this week.  

aaaaaand today, i'm warding off this yuck weather so i can go meet the ash on a girl's weekend someplace where wintry mix is off the radar.  wish me luck!

wanted to check in quickly and say i'll be posting again next week {ahem, slacker}

thanks for your patience.  and happy weekend!

xoxo

boxers or briefs?

horseface's birthday gifts were fairly unimaginative this year.  i'm still creatively tapped from Christmas.  but he seemed pleased with his new duds.  he's not exactly "designer jeans guy" but I love these AGs on him.  he was excited about the blundstones, too.  and obvs he was over the moon over the framed picture {totes kidding, he could care less about that shiz}  but I worship the images from the ash's wedding from white loft studio and this is one of my very faves.  sneaky heidi caught us holding hands under the table.  love.

1. blundstone's boots 2. AG jeans 3. patagonia beanie 4. brooks brothers boxers 5. lacoste scarf  6. kate spade picture frame

monday fun{ny} day : globes aftermath

there's nothing too funny about today, as i am very tired and have serious january monday blues. 

 seems we got the big girl beds set up just in time for play-off season as i bunked with C after horseface gave an unprecedented pats celebratory performance last night.  i might talk to him again by march.  

and phoebe broke the TV during sgt. brody's acceptance speech.

globes = bust. 

thank gawd the ash was here to keep my loffing through it all.

amy & tina kept me smiling, too.

best line of the night:

"This presenter is so handsome, he makes a young George Clooney look like garbage. Please welcome, a middle-aged George Clooney." (Fey and Poehler)

so true.  

facts of life clooney . . .

 has got nothin' on this guy.

obvs.

worst line of the night:

every word out of jodie foster's mouth.

now for 

the fashions

{was zoe on strike last night?}

the select few that nailed it:

alba

olivia munn

hayden

julianne hough

kristen bell {plus 1}

eva {usually black isn't my fave but she rocked it}

on the fence:

kerry washington

lucy liu

the hair is all wrong but the dress - love-love or not so much?  can't decide. . .

boring but gorge:

jen

connie

claire gets props because her baby is still wet.  she like gave birth in the limo on the way to the globes and she looks like this.

{and extra points for being amazebalz on homeland}

sophia

epic. FAIL.

halle

giuliana

seriously tho WHY this color?  i can't. . .

cannot end on that note because hoot likes happy things not browntown dresses.  so i'll congratulate ben for argo.  totes deserved the win on that one.

{see the complete list of winners here}

and just a final shout out to BC.

i forgive you. . .

now please, please, come whisk me away from this: