lettin' loose.

i hate to say it, but summer is coming to an end, 

and so is my "healthy" eating. 

one would typically call my habits letting yourself go, but i'm better than that...

i like to call it happy eating. at any time of day. despite if i just ate. 

so on this particular morning, syd and i were craving donuts,

but not any kind.

i was in a donut pub-boston creme-kind-of-mood and syd was

feeling a doughnut plant cinnamon roll. 

no biggie. 

we would just stop at both. 

which we did. 

and we enjoyed every. last. calorie. 

beach and tacos.

rockaway tacos + beach + friends

= 

perfection!

beating the heat with the yanks.

 

although this was the hottest weekend of the summer, 

we somehow ended up spending every moment outside.

to kick it off, we took a trip up to the bronx with the egan's 

to watch our yanks play!

{well, my yanks. todd's more of a red sox kinda guy}

we got our ice cream on, ate our fair share of hotdogs, and enjoyed a slight breeze.

the baseball part wasn't too bad either! :)

july+weekend+photos

we had such a fun-filled weekend

here are just a few snaps i managed to squeeze in—

1} grimaldis yet again. oh so good.

2} early viewing of harry potter with the hubs...

...ps i had never read or seen all hp's before this, but now i love!

3-4} a new potbelly restaurant has arrived in town.

5-7} la esquina brunch

8} beautiful sunset on the hudson

9} date with the hubs. scored a hole-in-one!

10} crossed paths with a flash mob

11-12} enjoying time with todd. i can't get enough of that boy!

subway stds.

 i always curse my phone when—

phone calls drop

a high-scoring game of bowling suddenly shut down

apps move to slow

...the list goes on....

but after having to personally retrieve it from the subway tracks after a near fatal flinging-onto-the tracks, i love it. 

i love love love my phone.

and i love it even more after i thought i heard it crunch as the subway went over it.

{natalie caught me in action as i swiftly moved on and off the tracks before i was crunched too}

dear crappy iphone, please don't leave me until i can replace you with a newer, hotter 

version of yourself in september!

a day in the hamptons.

 

after spending saturday in the hamptons with friends, 

i'm not sure that any other new york beach is going to cut it for me anymore. 

cooper's beach was so beautiful!

white sand. blue water—

i thought i was in mexico!

and nothing beats seeing todd at the beach.

that boy gets so giddy in water, it's adorable.

he and lyle body surfed all afternoon while ciara and i

stayed dry and comfortable on the beach,

reading mags and catching up.

july 4th.

we had a lot of fun with friends last night in the park

blowing bubbles and eating delicious {& patriotic} treats!

and the fireworks show?

well, it is rated the largest show in the nation,

so it was pretty spectacular!!

i love being american!

this appears to be our weekend ritual now.

 call me ridiculous, but i never realized that brooklyn 

is just one stop from my new apartment. one stop!

do you know how many doors that just opened?

brooklyn flea

peter pan donuts

my secret flea market

bk botanic gardens

hipsters

and....

freakin' brooklyn ice cream factory!!

so now that i've figured out that little fact, 

we seem to be craving brooklyn ice cream a whole lot more.

can you blame me?

it's creamy, chocolatey and closer than {insert any restaurant name here}.