It's Coming..

 Chilly mornings, pumpkin spiced lattes, boots and cozy sweaters, pretty trees - I could keep going on forever on the reasons I love fall.  I went for an early run this morning and felt the first hint of a chilly morning.  Don't get me wrong it's still absolutely summer and I'm loving it, and I'm actually hoping for a little extended summer so that when 10/13 rolls around it will be that just beginning of fall kinda crisp chilly but yet warm weather (yes temperature can be crispy). I haven't even be able to glance at any fall lines that are coming out with all the wedding projects to do, but I plan on taking an afternoon sometime in late September to put down all things wedding and prepare for my favorite season. Two absolute musts on my list:

 

Polka Dot Silk Blouse / Chambray Top

Life Update

No, I haven't given up on blogging, but the past 3 weeks have been some of the most difficult/crazy weeks of my life, that said I know it could be worse so I'm am grateful for every day we get closer to the big day - as of today it's 2 months away and it seems like just yesterday I was saying 'yes'.  So back to life, right now DSG is already out in Ohio while I'm living up in Westchester with my FILs as I'm still working in NYC and trying to find a job out in Columbus.  So I am basically living out of suitcases while trying to finalize the wedding, find a new job and keep on top of everything at my current job - not the easiest of tasks.  Honestly, while there is so much to do over the next 2 months and I love planning all the wedding stuff and am having a lot of fun with our DIY projects, I really cannot wait until the day after the wedding when I realize I am married to my best friend and can go back to just life.  We have a great apartment in Columbus that I am so excited to spruce up but I know I just won't have the time to before the wedding.  So we'll kinda be camping in our new place until things settle down.  I promise to start posting a little more on pre-wedding things (I started my beauty regiment that I'll share later this week) and once the wedding is over I'll have some fun wedding posts as well as a large amount will be dedicated towards apt before and afters.  For now here's a sneak peak of the new place and what we're living in as of now:

Yes, that would be DSG thumb in the upper left corner - such photo skills he has :)

Mulberry Project

Last night I met up with my friend who was visiting from Cali and a few other girls at Mulberry Project.  If you live in NYC you need to go here.  Granted you most likely will not find it unless you are going with someone who's been there before - the entrance has no sign whatsoever and the place is down a set of dark creepy stairs but once you enter magic happens and I'm not talking about their food (which was delish) but it's the cocktails that are the highlight.  You know when you think you can be a really creative bartender and make something with no recipe and just a bunch of fun ingredients and you fail – that does not happen here.  These bartenders are magicians, seriously.  Yes they have a drink menu that I’m sure is fabulous but if you go you go for the Bespoke Cocktail - choose your liquor (vodka, gin, tequila etc.), flavor (sweet, sour, spicy ginger or spicy Thai chili) and ingredients which range from honeydew and cucumber to mint and basil and everything in between.  They take your choices and create the most delicious cocktail I’ve ever had.  Between 5 of us with 2 rounds each there must have been at least 8 different concoctions and all were amazing.  My 2 were - vodka, ginger spicy, with watermelon and vodka, Thai chili spicy with watermelon and cucumber.  Yum.  Amazing.  Go now. 

End of my blabbering. 

Happy Friday!

Adventure

With my 4th move since college coming up, and to a state I never thought I'd be living in, the adventurous part of me is getting really excited!  When else but in your 20's can you just pick up and move!  I've been lucky to experience life in Boston, Chicago, Stamford (CT), NYC and coming up next Columbus!  What a way to start our marriage in a new and exciting city that I have never been to and DSG has only been to once!  I can't wait to see what Columbus has in store!  Adventure here we come!

Weekend Recap

Just a bit late - but I did have a great weekend even in the midst of mass chaos of planning how to move/plan a wedding from Columbus.

 Some wedding DIY projects/afternoon tennis

Fun pool time

Wine tasting/BBQ/ best dessert ever - Grilled peaches with vanilla ice cream with strawberries in brown butter yum

Heading west!

I'm terribly sorry for the radio silence over the past few days. We were thrown for a bit of a loop when DSG found out last thursday he was accepted into (little drumroll):

Orientation starts 8/9 so we are in a mad dash to try and figure out what happens next.  Tricky thing is we still have a wedding to finish planning and as of Friday less than 3 months to do it in!  Our lease it up this month which works out pretty nicely but there is still  lots to do! Let's review - my 2 bridal showers (I'm that lucky to have my mom and FML throw me one), a friends bachelorette in Miami and wedding in CT, pack up our NYC apt, move out, find a new apt in Columbus, move in, finish up things at work in NYC, find a new job in Columbus, start said job, finish wedding planning, and get married - the "I can do this" mantras are in full gear :)  

Who knows anything about apt hunting in Columbus?

Wedding Wednesday

This Friday marks 3 months until the big day.  We still have lots on our to-do list including Welcome Bags.  I think these are great for destination wedding and am looking forward to creating ours!  Issue is there are so many options as to what you can inlcude it's easy to have these become expensive very quickly.  What do you think make a good welcome bag?