Mexico!!!

February 4, 2014 By Leave a Comment

My friend Amanda is getting married!!!  Amanda and I met in Aspen 6 years ago where we spent the winter as Ralph Lauren girls and ski bunnies.  She is one of the kindest, most thoughtful and sweetest people I’ve ever met and I am so happy that we’ve remained friends over the years.  Her lovely sisters, Jessie & Erika, organized the all time greatest bachelorette trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.  There were 11 of us and we had the best time.  We relaxed in the sun during the day and ate delicious food and enjoyed some cocktails in the evening and we did that on repeat for 4 days!  Arrriba!!

Here is the lovely bride to be! MMamandaMMpalmsMMbeachMMbeachtimeAmanda being serenaded! MMbandVictor came by every morning with fresh coconut juice!MMVictorAfter we finished our juice, he came back to cut them open so we could eat the coconut meat.  He topped it with lime juice and chili flakes.  It was so delicious and refreshing. MMCoconuts

Taylor, Amanda’s sister in law, Erika & Jessie, Amanda’s sisters. Cuties!MMsippingAnd what would a trip to Mexico be without the cheese ball guy who tried to hang out with a bunch of girls?  Meet Michael.  MMmichaelParty props!  MMfavors MMjen&mandiMMmeandmandi2Highlight of the trip?  We hired a boat for an afternoon.
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MMgirlsMMyatchjumpingThe sunsets were amazing every night! MMsunsetAmanda – it was amazing.  Your family is so loving and your friends are so sweet and so much fun!  I  cannot wait till the wedding!!! Only 5 weeks away.  Eeek!

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Same Page Monday

February 3, 2014 By 1 Comment

1.  Broncos lost.

2.  My TV froze on this commercial for the last 10 minutes of the second quarter, the whole half time show, then the first half of the third quarter and all those commercials in between.  Luckily, Home Alone was on TBS.  I heard I didn’t miss much.

TV Froze during superbowl

3.  People on Twitter were pretty funny during the game last night!  It was a little bit more entertaining than the actual game.  Aziz Ansari was probably my favorite.  He was tweeting as if Friday Night Lights was in the Super Bowl.  His knowledge of the show is unreal.

Aziz-SuperBowlTweeting

4.  I heard Bruno Mars sent a text to Peyton after the game saying,  “It’s ok, Peyton.  You are amazing… just the way you are!”  JK.  Lame joke.

5.  I went to a Lakers Game on Friday and ate sushi while watching the game.  It was so LA.

SushiandLakersGame

6.  Paula Dean Magazine named (my favorite breakfast place on Nantucket) The Downeyflake one of the Top 10 Pancakes in America!!! OHHHH YEAAAHHHH!! The Blueberry Pancakes really are amazing.  Ohhh, I want some right now.  Her magazine is still a credible source, right?!

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7.  There was a monkey in my coffee yesterday morning.  Does anyone else see it?  Or am I crazy?

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7. I had an actual freak out the other day about how I am turning 27 in 2 months.  Scary.

8.  I  am really sad about Philip Seymour Hoffman.  I hate that his craft of acting that he adored so much was what drove him to a horrible place.  In interviews he would talk about how absolutely torturous it was for him to be great.  (Everyone: Read this interview if you want more insight into his creative world.)  Every role you watch him in you can see the creative genius at work.  I think he was divinely inspired in each of his roles.  It reminds me of the Ted Talk on Creative Genius.  I know Caroline shared this on her blog before, but it is a great one to watch, especially, if you are in a creative industry.  I’ll leave you with this…

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Happy Super Bowl Sunday!

February 2, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Happy Super Bowl Sunday, Everyone!

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL?!?  And Commercials and Food and Beer and Bruno Mars?!?!

Fun Fact: Did everyone know that Super Bowl Sunday holds the second place spot (behind Thanksgiving) for most food consumed on that day!?  Better wear your stretchy pants.

Another Fun Fact:  Did everyone know that this is the 10 year anniversary of Miss. Jackson…If You’re Nasty’s wardrobe malfunction with JT?

Whoopsy Daisy.

Janet Wardrobe Malfunction

And now to get us in the patriotic mood (and because we have no idea who Renee Flemming is and not sure how we are going to feel about her opera version)…

What is known as the Best Ever Rendition of The National Anthem performed by the amazing Whitney Houston at 1991 Super Bowl…

We love more than anything that she is rocking that baggy track suit.

No offense to past and future national anthem singers but we think they should hologram her and play this every time for the rest of time at every event.

If Brady can’t win it then we really want Peyton to win it!  We think it would be amazing to come back after all his neck problems and win another Super Bowl.  We think he is so funny too and a great sport about everything!  Here are two of our favorite Manning commercials…

We hope it is a great football game!  (Really, Allison hopes it is… because Caroline probably isn’t watching in Switzerland and Emily will probably be Pinteresting the whole time except during half time.)

Janet – Photo Credit: David Phillip/AP

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