April 2013
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Too Many Goodbyes
What a couple of weeks it’s been. Well I should say months since I have been terrible about blogging, but that is going to change! I am going to get back into the weekly blogging and might even have two a week so I can catch up on some of the adventures I’ve been having.
March flew by with anticipation of the Mountbatten March intake leaving. It seems like I was just sitting in the back seat of...
February 2013
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Land of Fire and Ice
{The crew in front of one of the volcanoes}
This past weekend I went to Iceland! I can honestly say that Iceland was not somewhere I expected to visit. My friend Amanda’s birthday is next this week, so she wanted to take a birthday trip there, and it was fantastic! The only downer being that I got terribly sick last week and wasn’t feeling great throughout the weekend. We left...
January 2013
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London Winter Wonderland and Surprise Visitors
{Winter Wonderland!}
After traveling for over two weeks, I was very happy to come back home to London! The past couple of weeks have been great, despite work being a little mental while preparing for our Sales leaders Conference coming up next week and 18 Annual Sales Meetings throughout February and March. However, despite that I have been able to have some fun! My first weekend back was...
December 2012
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Here's to a Happy Holiday and a Sweet New Year!
{The TR ladies all looking beautiful for the official holiday party}
The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of holiday celebrations! It all kicked off the week after my trip to Amsterdam. We had the official company holiday party on Thursday, which was pretty fabulous. The whole party was themed in 1800s Christmas cheer. With tons of food (I never got any), magicians, men doing...
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A weekend in Amsterdam
{Iamsterdam sign with the Rijksmuseum in the background}
Amsterdam has been on my list of places to visit as long as I can remember, and I’m happy to say it did not disappoint. Jess (my roommate) and I arrived tired in Amsterdam after waking up at 4:30, taking an hour train to the Southend airport - apparently not the most convenient - and a 40 minute flight. We walked straight to find...
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Return to London Town
{Robin, Charlene and I out dancing}
After a week of sunshine and relaxation in SoFlo it was back to London town for this girl! I must say being away made me miss my new home and all of the friends I’ve made here. But even more exciting was that my fabulous friend Charlene was visiting the weekend I returned (quick shout out to her for being such a rock star in putting together...
November 2012
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Things to be thankful for and a fabulous wedding!
{The cousins and our new addition!}
Happy Thanksgiving!! What a few months it has been! This past week has been wonderful celebrating my cousin’s wedding with my family. I have to say, while I haven’t been to many weddings, this one was definitely spectacular, but I would expect no less from the new Mr. and Mrs. Bennett. From the beautiful ceremony on the water, to the Polaroid...
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The Past Few Weeks of Fun
{Ladies at happy hour for Kerry’s birthday}
Wow it has been WAY too long since my last post. The past couple of weeks have been a blast and much more chill. The first weekend in November was my friend Kerry’s birthday so we had a weekend of festivities to celebrate. The weekend started with happy hour after work on Friday right in Canary Wharf. Saturday I pretty much relaxed in...
October 2012
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A British Halloween = Scary Costumes
Cruella Deville in the flesh!
First of all, I want to send my love to all of my friends and family in New York who were impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Luckily everyone is safe and that’s all that matters, but seeing the images of Manhattan under water was heartbreaking. I hope for a speedy recovery to all of the cities that were affected!
Second, HAPPY HALLOWEEN! This week has been a...
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Officially British
{Working on my skills}
Last weekend was super fun! It started with a cooking class with work at The Brigade. My coworkers won a bar quiz (a.k.a. trivia), and the cooking class was the prize. I didn’t actually participate in the bar quiz when we won (I participated when we lost…whoops), but they had extra spots so they offered it up to a few of us. Before we got started they told...
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The Start of Class...
{Cool TR ice sculpture at the event}
I’ve been in ignorant bliss for the past two months. Getting settled at work, aquatinted with London, taking weekend trips whenever I want. But, oh wait, part of my program is also school. After three years being out of the classroom, I am officially a (part-time) student again, syllabus and all. I had my first weekend of class, and I have to say,...
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A Scottish Weekend
{Me on the Royal Mile}
I’m so behind, so this blog is for the weekend before last, and it was absolutely phenomenal! I took my first trip outside of England and went to Edinburgh, Scotland for the weekend. It was such a great trip! A ton of people from the Mountbatten program went that weekend. I headed over on Saturday with two girlfriends, Amanda and Nichole. After an early wake up...
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Tourist at Home
{Kensington Palace}
While living in NY I had far too few “tourist at home” days, as I like to call them, but so far there have been many more in London. This past weekend was definitely one of those. Before I left for London, my wonderful coworker, Leslie, gave me a London book and city walk guides that have 50 cards of walking tours for different areas of London. My friend...
September 2012
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Parties and Praying
{Drinks with the girls - cute Jackie in the background}
I’m a little late to my blog post for the week, but it’s been a busy one with Yom Kippur falling right in the middle of it on Wednesday. Yom Kippur, as it should, always makes me reflect on the past year; think of the good things and the bad, the kind of person I am, and the kind of person I want to be. I find it to be one of...
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Days and Days of Transport
{Beautiful Brenscombe in Dorset}
This has been a fun but very interesting week / weekend full of never-ending transport, but we’ll get to that in a minute! On Friday morning half of the Mountbatten August 2012 intake left for our team building trip to Dorset (the other half went the weekend before). I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but my roommates and other previous Mountbattens said that...
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A Month in...WOAH!
That’s right my avid followers (a.k.a. friends and fam). I have officially hit the one month mark. I really can’t believe how quickly the time has gone by. In a typical mind boggling way it feels like I have been here forever and like I just moved here all at once.
The fun activities have not stopped! On Thursday night my big big boss, as I call him (yes, that may make me...
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Sports Days, Musical Nights and Unwanted Guests
{The Olympic Stadium!}
This has been an interesting week. Just when you think everything is going perfectly, something brings you back to reality. But before we get to that, let’s discuss the good moments of this week.
Most people’s reactions to me telling them that I was moving to London the middle of August was - Oh wow you’re missing the Olympics! While I do think it...
August 2012
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Getting Settled...Or Something Like That
{Gorgeous view of Bath and the English countryside!}
If possible this past week feels like more of a whirlwind than the first! Despite that, I am starting to feel settled in with all of my things tucked away in my new flat, a full week of work under my belt, and I officially took the tube all by myself and only had to ask for directions once. Mind you I totally fell into the tourist trap by...
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Week One - Wins and Fails
{The sign says good luck - thought it was a good sign!}
This first week in London has been an incredible whirlwind. Already my tearful goodbye to New York and the flight to London feels like it was a lifetime ago!
I thought it might be best to present the first week here in a series of “wins” and “fails.” So here they are:
Win: Arriving in London in one piece without seriously...
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The Start of Something New - London Calling
{Group picture at my surprise going away party!}
Almost exactly three years ago I came to New York City with 2 bags, a 2 month sublease and one job interview. A week later I was offered and accepted the job at CooperKatz (one of the best decisions I’ve made) and never looked back.
Then about a year ago I ran into a friend on third avenue who had just moved to Manhattan after a year...
June 2012
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Lessons Learned in Fire Island
This past weekend 13 of my best girlfriends and I went out to Fire Island for the weekend. Ocean Beach, FI is one of my favorite places. It’s the cutest little island with no cars, which coming from Manhattan automatically makes it the most relaxing place in the world.
However, no vacation is perfect and and there are always hilarious moments that make the weekend that much better. Here...
May 2012
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Memorial Day Weekend
I love long weekends. Well really who doesn’t? But, Memorial day weekend is one of my favorites. The unofficial start of summer as they say. This weekend was full of beach days, brunch by the water, rooftop BBQs, some delicious frozen yogurt and quality time with my best friends.
But, more importantly, thank you to all of the men and women who have sacrificed so much to keeping our...
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Cooking Up Some Birthday Fun
My birthday was already almost a month ago, but this past week my three wonderful cousins took me to a cooking class they got me as my birthday gift. We’ve past the Sur la Table on 57th and 8th in NYC about a million times and looked in with jealousy at the cooking classes that they host daily. Luckily the class did not disappoint. It was a Greek themed night and everything was...
March 2012
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A Philadelphia Adventure
{Lauren and I In front of the famous Liberty Bell}
My best friend from my birthright trip to Israel, Lauren, is coming to visit this weekend from Philadelphia and I am so excited! It’s been over four years now since our trip and while we weren’t very good at visiting at first, we’ve gotten much better about making the trips back and forth since it’s only a short trip...
Winter Weekend in The Berkshires
{View of the house and the lake}
There is nothing better than a long weekend! The whole Friday before you have that fun anxious feeling like the feeling you used to have during your last class before Spring break.
I am little late to posting about it (I’ve been slacking on the blogging in general), but for President’s weekend I went upstate to the Berkshires with my cousin and a...
November 2011
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My Sister's Wedding
Meryl & Joel during their first dance - it was adorable!
After nine months of planning, my sister’s wedding was last Saturday and was absolutely amazing. After the fun-filled Friday night rehearsal dinner, we woke up in the beautiful bridal suite at the Georgian Terrace Hotel in midtown Atlanta for a day of pampering. My sister was determined to have the perfectly elegant shabby...
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My Sister's Southern Rehearsal Dinner
It’s been way too long since my last blog post and I thought my sister’s wedding would be a perfect opportunity to upload some new posts. The wedding was this past weekend, which started with the rehearsal dinner on Friday night. It was at Mary Mac’s Tea Room, a Southern staple in Atlanta, Georgia. The food was absolutely delicious and even better were the speeches given...
June 2011
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Fourth of July Cupcakes
The 4th of July is finally almost here and I cannot wait for the long weekend. I am particularly excited for the holiday this weekend as I am heading up to Cape Cod with a group of friends Thursday after work, which means I have a full four-day vacation. I am so looking forward to a care-free beach weekend of getting some much needed sun, playing games and I am sure there will be some...
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Governor's Ball - Music Festival Anyone?
I would like to start this by saying I am so not a musical festival goer. I actually left the first one I ever went to - Music Midtown in Atl - early because I was freaking out about all of the smoking and drinking, so I called my Dad and told him I didn’t feel well and he picked me up early. To be fair, I was only like 14, but I realize that’s still pretty weak.
That being said...
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Zarkana
Last night I went to the wonderful new Cirque Du Soleil show Zarkana at Radio City Music Hall with one of my best friends. This was the second Cirque show I have seen and I absolutely love the modern circus feel. I turn into a total kid and am in awe of everyone’s incredible talents. My favorite act was definitely the trapeze. It was amazing to see the performers fly through the air...
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Decadent Birthday Desserts
My birthday was at the beginning of the month, but I have yet to post about the multiple celebrations. Yes, multiple. I was a bit of a birthday diva this year, despite the fact that my birthday falls somewhere in the middle of around six of my best friend’s birthdays.
It started with the most delicious meal at Beauty & Essex. Birthdays are really all about the desserts (especially...
May 2011
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A Preview of All That is to Come...
As I have mentioned, my sister got engaged the beginning of February. This past weekend my parents threw them an Engagement Party in Atlanta, which in reality I think was the size of many peoples weddings! I absolutely love being with my family and this was a fantastic weekend!!
Not only did I get to spend time with my Mom, Dad and sister I also finally met my sister’s fiancé’s...
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With a Little Help From My Friends
My lovely roommate (of around 5 years when you add it all up!) has had a rough few days and so I thought these beautiful flowers would cheer her up! After standing in the rain outside the flower shop for about 15 minutes trying to select the perfect bouquet (I am incredibly indecisive), I decided on Hydrangeas, which I love. The perfect mix of classic beauty and cheerfulness these are the...
April 2011
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Nothing like a journey for pizza
After a long eight days, all I could think about all Tuesday was how I would break passover and finally indulge in the delicious carbs that I love. I had been craving pizza and nothing is better than Artichoke Pizza in NYC. Their signature dish is basically artichoke dip on pizza - that description doesn’t do it justice, but just know it’s ridiculously delicious!
In order to earn...
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Mad hats on 5th Avenue
I was so happy to have my mom in town this past weekend. Though the weather was dreary all pretty much all of Saturday, Sunday we finally got some sunshine.
As us Jewish gals walked to our Kosher for Passover lunch, we stopped to check out some of the post-Easter Sunday parade festivities. Fifth Avenue was closed off and families were flooding the street in their Sunday best. I never knew...
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The Art of the Met
Ever since I can remember I have loved art. In high school my art classes were what got me through the long days (I laugh at the thought of high school days being long now). Unfortunately, through college and the past few years I have been creating art less and less. So I was thrilled to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art this weekend with my parents friends who were in town. (Also, it was...
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A Little bit o luck...
A couple of my co-workers have the same birthday. Last year we had drinks after work and then went to karaoke, which remains one of my favorite/most memorable nights in New York. This year we were determined to top that night. Our solutions…Lucky Chengs. Yep, that’s right a drag show. I was in from the beginning although a bit apprehensive. I am always up to try something new,...
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Oui Oui - A French Day in NYC
As I have previously mentioned I love to travel and I love other cultures. One of my New Year’s resolutions was to learn French, so when I saw a 3 hour French language course and wine tasting on LivingSocial I was thrilled! Me and three friends had the best time learning some French basics this past sunday. The company was called Act French and you can find more information here:...
March 2011
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My First EVER Broadway Musical Review - The Book...
One of the best parts about living in NYC is that at any moment your day can become 100X more exciting than you expected. Case and point, yesterday I thought I was going to spend my evening going to yoga and then watching TV, but then my friend Haley scored some tickets to The Book of Mormon, a brand new musical from the creators of South Park. Now, I am no NYTimes Broadway critic, but I have...
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Fire Island - Freshman Year Meets Sleep-Away Camp
I find that when I get back from a vacation it just increases my desire for a getaway from the city. So when I got back from Denver a few weeks ago I was not only itching for another trip, but more importantly itching for some sunshine on the beach!
The Hamptons is known as the summer location for the who’s who of of New York, and the entire U.S. for that matter, but for the young 20...
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A Few Hours In Eataly...
I am a huge lover of traveling and it’s been over two years since I have traveled outside the country. I thought the perfect fix for 2011 would be an Italian getaway. Unfortunately, with limited time off that probably won’t work, so instead I jetted all the way to 23rd and 5th avenue to Mario Batali’s Eataly.
I hope you enjoy the photos capturing the delicious scenery!
All my...
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Vail Ventures
One of the strange things about growing up is that all of your childhood friends are scattered. It started in college when all of my friends went to different universities from Texas to Boulder and Madison to Ann Arbor and then of course me down in Gainesville. At that time though at least we all still had the same home base (still kinda true). But being the “glass half full”...
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Shoe Traps...
There are some things in life we can’t resist. For me it’s shoes, and I am particularly vulnerable when I happen to find a steal (that goes for all items not just shoes). So when walking home from the gym this evening and passing one of the my favorite boutiques - the kind that is usually just for looking - and I saw the sign that said “First Time Ever: Warehouse Sale,”...
February 2011
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Fairy Dust Wishes
This blog post is inspired by my favorite blogger Emily of Cupcakes and Cashmere. I so look forward to her daily posts. Whether it’s fashion, food or home decor her taste is impeccable. I love her creativity and of course fabulous photos. So when I was inspired to be crafty and make, what I am calling “Fairy Dust Wishing Vases” I instantly thought of her!
I originally saw...
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