Birthday at the Ballpark

July 10th was my BIRTHDAY and the night before I got treated to a Nationals game (that they lost to the Rockies, LAME)  and then a night out on Barracks Row or more specifically Molly Malones. I am an Uber birthday nerd where NOTHING is ever too much and strongly believe in birthdays because they celebrate people. I always love sharing and celebrating my friends and family soooo that means yours is next Meg Tay (AUG 10th) and I may already be plotting. 

Hil, Tay, Heather, Kelly, et moi 

sister Hil and me 

Kelly and me 

Thennnnnnnn.... 

 we walked... 

 took pics there, Heather, Kelly, Sam 

 more pics... 

 .... more 

 caught some connections being made... 

 took pics of creepy random older people... 

 which made Kelly shocked by their behavior 

 and even more perplexed by their dancing... 

all while signing or interpreting the whole night. 

Thanks to all my friends for making the NIGHT before my birthday fun and really allowing me to celebrate it for the FULL weekend! 

merci! 

PS I already am not posting on time.... BLAH BLAH BLAH, working on catching up on it this week, so be aggressively checking if you care, and if you don't... uhhhhh thanks for checking just this once. 

look forward to the, 

Philly post 

possibly the first fashion post 

and the 

ATL and still alive to tell about it post 

Inspired by Grey and Yellow

I think the title speaks for itself. I am currently crushing on the previous items from World Market. What is it about the grey and yellow that I am drawn to? I'm not sure, but I think its the bipolar combo of bright&bland or  country yellow vs. modern grey. Needless to say I dig it and resisted the urge to buy any item so that calls for a HUGE pat on the back for me (YAY for saving!)

OH WAIT, I did just buy a grey and yellow dress though that's a size too small, guess its design inspiration as well as a little workout motivation :/

What do you think? Do you hate it. are there other color combos that just "speak" to you?

Family Reunion

My family is large, loud and Italian. Last week we got together in RI from all over (NY, CA, FLA,VA) to celebrate dear Liz who graduated High school. One significant thing about my family is, no matter how long we have been apart, we can still all laugh hysterically over God knows what. 

P.S. Don't worry cousins, I was being very observant and took notes for more stuff to add to the family roast. Until next year! 

Healthy Fries?

YUMMMM! ENJOY ALL, and I thiiiiink it's fairly salty

James Taylor @ Tanglewood

HOLLA! I may be 24 but I still appreciate some awesome folk music. My family has been listening to James Taylor since birth and LOVE him. He came to Tanglewood this summer and months ago my oldest cousin Ali started plotting and planning on how to get as many of us there as possible. We had 23 of  my family members make it and we really rallied through the rain (note classy ponchos) to enjoy the concert.

We had legit front row lawn seats. Left at 9:30am to arrive at 12, concert started at 7pm

Uncle Cru in a trash bag poncho 

Staying positive... 

posing for pics

Boy Cousins: Jon, James, and Mike 

and again... 

Ludmila, Nina, Genc, and Mom

JT

JT with hat

And Now through the eye of an iphone...

room mate sam came with her family as well 

moi 

Ann and Ali 

Uncle David #PLANKIN' and he does this in real life... 

Genc and Auntie

Ana and Louisa napping

My Genc, AKA 'the man'