Bracelts

Apparently, I have discovered, I was years ahead of my time in high school when I used to wear entirely too many bracelets.  I thought that was just a terrible fashion faux paus for the longest time.  Now it's super trendy.  haha.

I tried to find evidence of my doing it, but I've managed to destroy most of those photos over the years.

Productive Week

Beached, ate all the good food in Miami, and hung out with my beeestie.  Now he's back to new york city again :(  But!  it was nice to catch him twice in four months, haha.

btw, never go to the bar called "the bar" in coral gables.  ever.  seriously.  don't do it.  what a bunch of jerks.  I got pulled outside by my friends and separated from my boyfriend.  He had opened a tab, but when he noticed I was missing, he came to find me.  However, he hadn't closed his tab first.  They wouldn't let us back in to close the tab and told us to get in the back of the line. when we finally managed to get inside, they had lost his credit card.  Terrible people who run their business in a great way to lose customers.  It's not even like they're some hot shit club on South Beach that can pull that nonsense.  They're just some dingy bar in Coral Gables that is dead 6/7 nights of the week.  Get over yourselves, for serious.

My Other Brother

loooves him!!!

Best Frienddddd

IS IN TOWN.  YAY.  Law is super excited to do alll the things he finds exhausting this week.

As A Side Note...

I am super excited to see who is going to control planning my wedding most of all.  Since everyone seems to be prepping themselves to do so!

My Favorite Top Dog

Easter!

waving good-bye to the cruise ships!!!

HERSHEY IS THE CUTEST!!!

Happy Passover and Easter!

Hooray for interfaith marriages!  You get the best of both worlds.  

Also, my mom still sends me an easter basket every year:

With extra peeps, because I effin love peeps.

Laila says OH HAI! (こんいちわ！)

Hair Do's

I'm pretty proud of this hair right hurr.

did it myself.  :)

Victoria Secret: Sans Photoshop

via The Frisky

Sometimes, we all hate the way our bodies look.  I think this has always existed, but has recently been horribly exacerbated by the proliferation of photoshoping on every image we consume, even graduation photos!  At any rate, every once in a while, we need to remind ourselves that the images we see are not reality as it is.  Take a long at some unphotoshopped VS models, namelyAlessandra Ambrosio, Crystal Renn and Brooklyn Decker.  This was taken at a VS catalogue shoot.

Still beautiful women.  Just not as flawless as we perceive. 

Penne Bolognese

My boyfriend told me once that his favorite dish was a bolognese sauce.  Since I enjoy making dinner for him, and he loves homemade food, I set out to find a good bolognese recipe for him.  So far, this has been a big winner. See the recipe below.

2 ¼ oz butter

1 onion, finely chopped

1 carrot, diced

1 ¾ oz pancetta, diced

1 lb 2 oz ground beef

1 tbsp chopped oregano

1 cup dry red wine

2 cups beef stock

2 tbsp concentrated tomato puree

1lb 12 oz canned, crushed tomatoes

14 oz penne

2 garlic cloves

3 tbsp grated parmesan

Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.  Add the onion and cook for 2-3 minutes, or until soft.  Add the garlic, celery, and carrot, and cook, stirring, over low heat, for 5 minutes.  Increase the heat to high, add the pancetta, beef, and oregano, and cook for 4-5 minutes or until browned.

Add the wine, reduce heat and simmer for 4-5 minutes, or until absorbed.  Add the stock, tomato puree, and tomatoes and season.  Cover with a lid and simmer for 1½ hours, stirring occasionally.  Uncover and simer for a further 1 hour, stirring occasionally. 

Cook the pasta in a large saucepan of boiling salted water until al dente.  Drain and return to pan to keep warm.  Top the pasta with the sauce, serve with the parmesan.