7 simple things

i haven't done my weekly post in awhile not because i haven't wanted to, but because unfortunately my hard drive crashed a few weeks back and i lost all my photos i just updated on my macbook. lesson of the year: use the external hard drive.

in the past few weeks i have had many moments to share. this has been a very exciting month so far with my family that all have returned back to albany for the summer, will's brother just got out of the navy and has returned home, and my sister graduated college! Looking forward to spending the summer with all of them.

sisters reunited

brothers reunited

family pizza nights

choo's welcome home party

family taco nights

my little graduate

rainy days spent at the cafe.. with my new ext. hard drive:)

friday the 13th

feeling witchy yet?

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photo credit: http://ilovewildfox.com/iloveyouwildfox/2010/2/16/wildfox-fall-2010-its-witchcraft.html

tulip fest

this past weekend was the 63rd annual tulip festival in albany. probably one of my favorite weekends in albany all year! washington park showcases over 200,000 beautiful tulips. the festival brings together thousands to enjoy great music, food, art, and craft vendors. the park was just absolutely gorgeous this year!! here's some of my favorites..

vintage loves summer

shop vintage loves at free people 

inspire me

it seems spring weather is never going to come in upstate ny. we'll get one warm sunny day, and then ten cold rainy days. i've been feeling so uninspired lately.. trying to get myself out of this mood and bring in some inspiration!

a few inspiring thoughts for today..

{remembering how beautiful italy is}

{picnics at the park}

{becoming familiar with western decor}

{vintage jewelry}

photo credit: http://pinterest.com/

7 simple things

{buying italian cheeses from cardona's market}

{being obsessed with opi shatter}

{finding my missing pair of converse at my parents house}

{decorating for easter - we're hosting easter dinner at our apartment this year}

{easter candy}

{new placemats that add a little spring mix to the room}

{comic buttons from albany comic convention}

7 simple things

{babysitting 2 year olds}

{cuddling with miss beans}

{ipad pinball}

{at home cosmos}

{this cute owl fan}

{weekend getaways to vegas with my best friend}

{western styles}

opi shatttter

my sister just bought me OPI black shatter from the katy perry collection. i've heard of it before but never seen it on anyone except in pictures. i put it over top a hot pink color i already had on, and now i'm going to have the urge every time i put on my nail polish to add the shatter. it's used as a black top coat, that shatters as it dries. very cool stuff! i guess shatter comes in a variety of colors, but black is definitely a favorite. 

weekend road trip

this morning i woke up and felt like going for a drive. my sister's college, cazenovia is a little over two hours away so i figured it would be the perfect day trip! cazenovia is a really small town. there's not much to do there at all, but they do have this beautiful park 10 minutes outside of town, called the chittenango falls state park. much of it is still frozen over, but still so beautiful. made for the perfect sunday adventure!

all decked out

this weekend will and i plan to clean up our beautiful deck that has been winterized for the past 5 months. we've been thinking of new ideas for our set up this year. i've been looking at many different outdoor patio sites for ideas, such as all decked out. i love some of these nyc patios!!

last year we used our deck almost every day, for morning coffees, cocktails, parties, tanning, bbqing, dinners, and hang outs with friends. will's mom works at a green house and brings us these gorgoeus potted plants, can't wait to see what she bring us this year! we're so lucky we have such great outdoor space with an amazing view of the city skyline. especially, for the fireworks on forth of july!!

{my deck photo diary 2010}