My Brother-in-Law, Steve Hollister.
I really haven’t seen anyone Instagram better than him. I mean look at these pictures…he is brilliant!
(His Instagram name is sdhollister….you should go follow him!)
Happy Birthday Allie
April 3, 2013 By 3 Comments
Yesterday was Allie’s 26th birthday!! She keeps saying that age 26 sounds so old. And when my mom tells her that she had two babies at her age…it does sound pretty old! Also, when you compare her age to mine, it does sound pretty old! But, despite how the age sounds, I think she is closer to the picture on the left at heart. And that is one of the many reasons why we love her so much!
We started off the day with a walk (while our mom began getting ready).
Then, of course, we had to go to BLD for breakfast so she could eat the best blueberry pancakes!
And, then, we did lots of shopping!
MADEWELL
JCREW
SEPHORA
And many more shops after these too!
Once we felt like we were about to drop, we headed over to Mozza for dinner! It is one of Mario Batali’s famous restaurants and everything we ate was so wonderfully tasty! That Mario knows what he is doing. (Unfortunately, none of the pictures from dinner turned out…forgive me? I’ll tell you what we had so that your imagination can create more beautiful pictures!)
First Course
Allison – Butter Lettuce, with bacon, gorgonzola dolce, hazelnuts and egg
Mom – Little Gem Lettuce, with asparagus, peas, walnuts and pecorino
Emily – Roasted cauliflower and red onion with mint yogurt
Me – Insalata Mista
Second Course
Allison – Burricotta with radicchio, spiced walnuts, honey and fried rosemary
Mom – Burrata with grilled asparagus, brown butter, guanciale and almonds
Emily – Burrata with grilled asparagus, brown butter, guanciale and almonds
Me – Buffalo Mozzarella and Crostini with pesto, salsa romesco, tapenade, and caperberry relish
Third Course
Allison – Garganelli with ragú Bolognese
Mom – Orecchiette with sausage and Swiss chard
Emily – Bucatini all’ Amatriciana
Me – Tagliatelle with lamb ragu, olives, and mint
Doesn’t it all sound divine?? I probably could have picked anything on the menu and it would have been delicious. I was so impressed. And very full by the end of the meal! We all felt like we were in a food coma!
We had such a fun day and we were all so happy to be together to celebrate Allie’s birthday! (We missed you, Dad!)
Happy {Late} Easter!
April 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
My family is in town and honestly nothing makes me happier! Family is everything to me. (We are just missing our sweet dad…wish you were here, Dad!)
My mom arrived on Saturday and Emily arrived yesterday morning just in time for Easter brunch! Once we picked her up from the airport, we headed straight to Silver Lake for breakfast.
We went to a whimsical restaurant called Cliff’s Edge that from the outside looks like it wouldn’t be worth your time, but once you step through the entry way….you feel almost as if you are in a tree house!
^^Aren’t those pillows so cute?!
^^My cute Hannah Banana tagged along too…because she is family to me after all and I wasn’t going to leave her eating caf food on a special holiday!
This week I took a break from Eggs Benedict to try Fried Chicken and Waffles. It was probably one of the most delicious dishes I have ever had. And I’m still day dreaming about every bite.
Hannah had the berries and waffles!
Emily had the Eggs Benedict (which I did taste just to make sure I wasn’t missing anything amazing…and I wasn’t. It was very tasty, just not the best ever).
And my mom and Allie had a Bacon & Cheddar Frittata.
Oh, and we had lemon ricotta pancakes with blueberry sauce on top for dessert!
I really enjoyed the weekend with my family and am so excited to see them as soon as I’m done with classes for the day! (They are coming with me to Tom Shadyac’s class tonight!)
P.S. Happy Opening Day to all you baseball fans out there! I am wearing my Red Sox sweatshirt and my dad has his Red Sox tie on! We are so excited for this season and to leave last season behind us!
