summer love

currently listening "dearest" by buddy holly

this past weekend was my grandlittle's wedding in houston.. it was so wonderful to catch up with my sisters over dr peppers and food truck burgers (best idea ever!) -- congratulations to the happy couple!

{anthropologie dress}

saint genevieve

currently listening to "keep it for your own (yours truly session)" by pop etc -- skip to 2:07

salivating yet? you will.

{waffle battered sausage}

had brunch on sunday with some of my very favorite people at this magical place. i dont even know where to start to explain the reasons why and how i fell madly in love with saint gen's.

{egg white frittata with goat cheese and arugala}

maybe it's the fact that we had incredible service. maybe it was the bloody mary bar where you can make your very own perfected concoction (we loaded ours with cheese, celery, olives, bacon, and a very healthy dose of sriracha).

or maybe it's because they had a DJ. or could it have been because they have bottomless mimosas for $12?

{burger with house cut fries}

yea, i think that's it.

last weekend

currently listening to "welcome home" by radical face

a few photos from kathy and ryan's beautiful wedding this past weekend in houston. apparently my love for food is grossly very entertaining to my friends. i went texas ranger on that steak.

simple pleasures

currently listening to "somebody that i used to know" by gotye

{cupcakes i made for bub's birthday}

what a whirlwind week! scratch that. what a whirlwind month! i feel like this year has just flown by; i cant believe it's already easter tomorrow. and with all of my traveling/ schedule planning, its always nice for me to look back on photos from throughout the week of the little things that made me smile.

{repeat repeat repeat}

{new favorite snack: roasted cauliflower}

{failed mirror shot attempts in the limo at the bachelorette party}

{new ray ban aviators}

bachelorettes

obviously obsessed with lana del rey's "video games" -- this is the club clique for the bad girls remix

for those of you who don't know the story on how me and chelsea met, i feel the need to tell you because it was so divinely planned. me and chuls met because both of our families moved our junior year of high school from texas (she from austin and i from houston) to the same small town in massachusetts. we both knew absolutely no one and everyone in that town had basically been friends since they were born. needless to say, it was not easy to fit in. i remember going home that entire first week of school and just crying.

one day during lunch, we both happened to be primping hiding out in the bathrooms to avoid going to lunch cause we didn't know anyone (sad, i know). well, i recognized her from new student orientation day so i measly asked "aren't you chelsea?" she nodded. i then bravely proceeded with "are you having lunch with anyone?" she replied no. "do you want to have lunch with me?" ... the rest is history. 

we went through the toughest transition of our lives together and i feel as though god was truly watching out for me by bringing chelsea into my life so i could have someone to cry to when i missed texas or complain with when there was no decent mexican food. she was my strength and comfort when i needed it the most. 

and what do you know? 7 years later and she's asked me to be a bridesmaid at her wedding. never again will i doubt that even the most seemingly difficult situations can actually bring out the greatest gifts.

[kensie dress, steve madden heels]

htown

currently listening to "you make my dreams come true" by hall & oates

[free people waffle top, polka dot top from a boutique in taiwan, aviators from a japanese boutique, vs swim]

my heart will always hold a special love for houston.