Meet My Crew Monday: Meet Jessica

A late comer to the pool, Jessica arrived in stylish pool attire. I didn't know Kate Spade made bathing suits... A lake girl at heart, she was eagerly awaiting her first visit to the pool! Quickly she became a frequent walker of the diving board but was hesitant to actually make the jump. It was the strikingly tall lifeguard that give her just the nudge (or 2 handed push) she needed. Way to make up for lost time! After surveying the crowd she jumped both athletically and gracefully off the diving board. Not even a splash detected! Surely, she's done this before? She lingered just a moment before she confidently proceeded out of the pool with none other... than the lifeguard! What a striking pair.

Brown Bag Lunch Revisited

Just the other night, I was sitting around the living room with roommates, friends and moms and somehow my love for hot dogs and macaroni and cheese surfaced. Which led us to this question: What did your mom pack in your school lunches when you were little?

I remember what my mom used to pack....

Middle School. Every lunch period was the same. I would sit down with my friends at a portable table with attached plastic seats, trying to ignore the school cafeteria smell. I would get out my rumpled brown paper sack and wonder what in the world I would find today. More often that not, I would find this:

A Hot Dog (with ketchup) wrapped in foil

A Can of Pepsi

A bag of Cool Ranch Doritos. 

For some reason, I was so embarrassed by this lunch! Don't know if it was the fact that I actually liked hot dogs or that they were wrapped in foil! Why not a pizza lunchable like the other kids?? Come on mom, I just want to blend!

In hindsight, that was a ridiculously cool lunch!! Seriously? My mom packed Hot Dogs and Pepsi?? What more could a squirty little 6th grader with frizzy curly hair want??

*This sounding familiar? Right. It's because I took it from the old blog. I'm in the process of meshing the two. Bare with me.  

Attn: Rico and C-Flo

Come visit me and I'll take you here!

It's a little Belgium bistro in the neighborhood with the craziest selection of mussels and beer.

Went there with the roommates last night. Loved it. 

Sasha Fierce

Last night I saw Beyonce at Madison Square Garden with a dear (and pregnant) friend.  It was unreal. She was an amazing entertainer. Stunningly beautiful. Pulled off a gold sequenced leotard like no one I've ever seen.  We had a ball. There was people watching that only Beyonce could bring out. And everything was gold sparkly.  Which I, of course, loved. 

Now - I'm not about to break out a gold metallic leotard, but I would love to break out a few of these gold and shiny things!

From Top left to bottom right: 1. Festival Pillow, Anthropologie 2. Gold Gathering Cuff, Anthropologie 3. Prada Saffiano Wallet, Neimans 4. Sunflower Mirror, Target 5. Garden Gild Lamp, Anthropologie 6. Round Gold Mirror, Target 7. Watch, Swatch 8. Kate Spade

Meet My Crew Monday: Meet Lil' Kim

KIMBERLY, AKA Lil' Kim: Kimberly is often found running on the slick pavement around the perimeter of the pool. She'll stop occasionally for a Corona Light and some fried okra but this girl will do cartwheels off the diving board until she is blue in the face. Kim is happy to frolic in the pool, but is more entertained playing practical jokes on old ladies sunbathing in their lounge chairs. Despite her high activity level around the pool, she often dips her feet in the water to cool down. Kim is just waiting for someone who can make a bigger splash than hers. Can't wait to see who's up for the challenge!

*A note from the pool monitor: Kim is now making her way over to the stairs in the shallow end (ahem.... Tuscaloosa) to take a breather. I believe this is just the cue Kim's crazy pool partner needs to approach his one.