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..

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!

snowpocalypse 2011

sometimes i wonder why i live in the northeast...especially this winter! every week there's a new snow or ice storm. hoping this is the last of it, but while it's here..trying to make the best of it!

here's a few photos of my winter in upstate ny.