mamaaaa

my mom was in town this weekend, she just left this morning, and i was so sad to see her go. seeing her is always the very best thing. it's strange to think that i'll never live in the same house as my mom. that for the rest of our lives we'll be visiting each other in our respective cities. it's wild. i can't be so grown up yet.

adulthood aside, it was a girls weekend fit for real queens. manicures and pedicures uptown followed by hours spent lost at the met. a day in brooklyn at the flea where we bought so many books we could hardly catch the train home. a night under the stars in bryant park watching monty python. all the while eating so much sushi, i swear we might get mercury poisoning.

as she bordered her plane today at lga, i got the sweetest bbm (i know! carol ann is so hip!) saying, "i'm such a lucky mom." lady could not be more wrong, i'm such a lucky daughter.

ps. when i was a little girl my mom used to make me drink chocolate milk every night at dinner. i absolutely hated it, maybe one day i'll thank her for my strong bones, (never broken one once!) but not anytime soon. i still hate that stuff.

independeeeence.

hope that everyone had the most amazing fourth of july. i spent it with friends in the district. it was filled with lots of dancing, cheesing in front of the memorials, and the very best butterscotch ice cream i'd ever had while watching not one, not two, but THREE different fire works shows.

happy birthday america.

wowwwwiewow.

what a weekend. so much so, its only now sinking in that it's back to the real world. visiting best friends do that to you.

kelly ann arrived friday night and it was off to the west village for yummy pasta and then a long walk with kgarvs. we even went and stalked the novogratz house on the west end highway. debated taking pictures outside, decided against, and then instantly regretted it. if you're going to stalk, might as well go all the way out.

saturday was spent mulling around soho and then that night we went out in the east village. some of the most fun i've had yet in new york. the best part? watching the sunrise while munching on an appetizer sampler at my now go-to diner.

KAC and i had a killer brunch sunday, where, for the first time ever, i tried eggs benedict and am now certifiably obsessed. we spent a lot of time getting lost in the lower east side afterwards, but not before we checked out zarin fabrics hoping to spot jill. for dinner we met up with casey and her co-worker neely, the genius behind fossil's fantastic blog, and had the greatest time swapping stories at this gem of a spot.

whew. it was the happiest of weekends dudes. i wish it never had to end, but dc in two weeks with conlin and co. should make for one hell of a fourth.

ps. kelly and i are actually incapable of taking a decent picture together. this gem is from three years ago. isn't my mardi gras mask TDF? (to die for, duh.)