Since I started blogging over a year ago, I've been really fortunate to meet some ah-mazing people within the blog community! From bloggers that lived in my area or across the ocean (hey Malou!), most of my blog (now IRL) friendships all began with the initial action of someone leaving a ...
Sixty One
This past weekend, Charles and I rode down to his parent's place out in the Tidewater area to celebrate his dad's 61st birthday. In typical familial house party fashion, the event was full of food, laughter, birthday shots, cake and most importantly, love. Needless to say, the day to night ...
Happy New Year!
Charles and I brought in New Years on the Odyssey Cruise with friends! We cruised around the Potomac River with views of the DC capital and monuments. The food was soooo damn good which was enhanced by the 5 hour open bar we partook in.. (love you grams) And you know what else? I ...
I Guess I Was A Good Girl This Year :)
Dropping in real quick to share the most awesomest surprise present I got yesterday! Yuppppppppp, (as you can see in the photo above) Santa Charles got me a Canon Rebel T3i! As some of you may know, I had been saving up to buy myself this camera in the spring for my birthday but I guess my birthday ...
Holiday Shenanigans
It's been 75 degrees down here in Northern VA for the past two days... Annnd raining. This weather is no where near conducive to the holiday spirit but sometimes you just gotta go with it. My dad, brother and sister came over to our place yesterday evening to hang out. Right before they came, ...
Thursday Night Thoughts For Friday Reading…
I'm sitting here eating a makeshift strawberry parfait that Charles just whipped together. It's a mixture of granola, strawberries, cool whip, greek yogurt, craizens and a raspberry chocolate bar... See even our chocolate has fruit in it. This is how far we've gone to be healthy this past ...
In Case You Were Wondering…
1. I Woke Up Like Dis... In honor of Beyonce's "Flawless" and the general movement to embrace natural beauty, here are a few selfies of what I look like post-snooze-ville. And when I think about it, it's been a long while since I've worn makeup.. #nofilter 2. I usually blog ...
From Long Distance To Living Together | Lessons Learned (So Far)
Some of you may or may not know this but Charles and I were in a long distance relationship for the past 4 out 6 years that we've been together. Since moving in together this past August, I can definitely say that life has been anything but boring. Whoever said "you don't really know someone until ...
Sunday By The Hour…
^^10:00am: Woke up to snow!! ^^11:00am: Grocery shopping before the snow got heavy. Trust me: You don't want to see what my morning face looked like. ^^12:00pm: Honey Nut Cheerios for lunch... Duh. ^^1:00pm: The apartment lobby at our friend's ...
Thanksgiving Photo Dump :)
^^Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner at my Dad's place. ^^My Supercute Nephew. ^^My Bro, Charles & Lil Sister :) ^^Me & My Grams^^ ^^Got up early Thursday morning to watch Charles and friends play Turkey Bowl Flag Football. ^^The event was sponsored by Court Play & We Cater. ...
A List For As Of Lately …
feeling// super sad that 5 Pointz has been completely painted over!!! I wrote a post about my visit to 5 Pointz last year while living in NYC annnnd my heart breaks just thinking about everything that has recently happened to this wonderful place of free expression... RIP 5 Pointz :( eating// ...
’88 In The Academy
^^^Me, My Mom & My Dad on the day of his graduation from the DC Police Academy in 1988. ^^^ 25 years laters and my dad is preserving quite nicely. Don't ya think? ^^^ My Brother, Gino, Dad & Charles My dad joined the Metropolitan Police Department of D.C. at ...
