Hey Ladies

Just gotta share, this made my day...
via A Cup of Jo

APTS

With trying to figure out what to do about our living situation, we've been entertain lots of different ideas. We're just not sure if buying right now is the best idea, especially with the economy the way it is and who knows when or if its going to get better...
Anyway, we have to take into consideration living in an apartment again. This apartment that I found on sfbaygirl's blog makes it not seem so bad:

My Ladies

One of the most amazing parts of this whole wedding week experience was having all of my best girl friends out in PDX all at once. They planned a fabulous night out the Wednesday before the wedding and it was all a surprise to me. We started off at Loyly Spa in Southeast. I have been DYING to go there for the past year and we had the whole place reserved for just us! It was amazing, champagne, chocolates, steam, sauna, masks, scrubs, honestly so amazing. After all this we got all dolled up and went out to Masu for sushi, another favorite of mine! Tons of ridiculously good food and of course, great company! From there it was time for martinis (boy do these girls know what i like!) and meeting up with some more of my local girls, lots of celebrating and fun times.
We ended up taking a Pedi-Cab which is another one that has been on the "to-do" list. It was seriously one of the most fun nights I've had in a long time. I can't even explain how wonderful it felt to be with all the girls that I love most in the world. Thank you so much to all of you and I can't wait for us to all be together again!! I love you all so much.

Ice Cream, Yous Cream

We got an ice cream maker in the mail last week for a shower gift!!! SO excited to make some soon. We got all the fixins to make coffee ice cream to bring over to S&O's but we didn't realize it would take 6-22 hours to freeze the bucket. Lame. Anyway, we'll be ice cream makin' in no time! Thanks J&C!

Fife

R & I went out to dinner at Fife on Friday night.
When we first moved here it was on our list of places to eat and for some reason we haven't made it there yet. S&O have gone the last 2 years for their anniversary and LOVED it. Can't believe we waited this long.
We ordered an amazing bottle of Rosè to start, which was a great way to end the summer.
We shared a delicious order of Fried Green Tomatoes & a creamy Butter Lettuce Salad.
Then an order of medium rare Albacore over a bed of shredded cucumber, basil and red pepper.
The highlight of the night was our dessert which neither Robb or I would have normally chosen, but the waitress said was fab, so we went for it.
Some sort of peach cake with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce drizzled over top.

If you haven't been to Fife yet, definitely go soon. It's such great food.

Engagment Sesh

We met with our wedding photog a couple weeks ago and did an engagement photo session. The pix came out so great and we're so excited to have HVK shoot our wedding!

Cai Guo-Qiang

R just reminded me of this artist we saw a couple years back at Mass MOCA. We both LOVED his installations and it was great to take a look at some of his work again. Check him out here. I love the Inopportune Stages:

Honestly these photos don't do these installations any justice. Those are actual size cars above, suspended from the ceiling. Same with the tigers, it was surreal.
Thanks R, for the reminder. That was such a great day with you.

We're Back from ACK

Sorry for not posting in a while. We've been on the east coast for vacation and I tried to stay as far away from a computer as possible. I'll give an update on the shower and the rest of the trip soon.
Just wish I was back on that island instead of at my desk...

There Once Was a Man From Nantucket...

Wow, it's been a month since my last post. Time flies, sorry about that!
We leave tomorrow morning to head to the east coast for 11 days of vacation!!! Such a long time, I'm so excited. I just really wish Mona was coming with...
Anyway, we fly direct (yesssss) to BOS tomorrow, my step sis is picking me up at Logan and we're headed up to York from there. I'll be up in ME solo for Friday, prepping and getting ready for the shower on Saturday. Saturday afternoon we're having a small gathering of friends and family for a little east coast bbq/shower. I can't wait to see everyone!
Sunday will be spent at the beach with my parents and hopefully some other peeps that have stuck around and then back down to Boston we go! We'll have Sunday night in BOS with the Farrington sibs and then we all head to Nantucket on Monday morning for 7 days!! I really can't wait, it's one of my favorite places on earth and Robb & I both have a special place for it in our hearts.
We've already got a list of things we're going to do, clam chowder at The Brotherhood of Thieves being one of the first!

2 Months from today...

... I'll marry the most amazing man in the world.