Parent's Weekend

This is way after the fact but we're trying to get caught up on updates :)

Our parents came to visit the last weekend in March which also happened to be Ethan's birthday weekend. We all met up near our parents hotel at a whisky bar to catch up.

The next day was Ethan's birthday and we all met up for brunch at Sebastian's on the Lower East Side

Happy Birthday Bubba!

After brunch, the girls went shopping! Because, duh. :)

Mom was on a hunt for a new jacket for our upcoming Europe trip. She found exactly what she was looking for at Zara, isn't she cute?

That night was Ethan's birthday party at the martini bar where he works- Simone

It's a great place and was a fun night

The next morning we set off to try brunch at the new Laduree in SoHo

The food was good but the service wasn't as good as one would expect

After brunch we walked over to the Alex and Ani store to show Mom some bracelets we thought she would like. 

Then we continued our shopping trip uptown to the new H&M in Times Square. My initial instinct is that location would be crazy busy and very unorganized but it's similar to the Forever 21 in Times Square...they have so much staff that it's actually way more organized than many of their other locations. Dad found a chair and asked me to take his picture with Elmo (the red dot in the background on the street below)

That afternoon we went to see Cabaret with Alan Cumming and Michelle Williams at Studio 54. Sadly, Alan Cumming was sick so we saw his understudy (who was great!) and Michelle Williams was fabulous as far as her acting but the vocal solos didn't blow us away.

Family Selfie!

After the show we grabbed an early dinner at Dos Caminos which is one of the only decent Mexican restaurants in the city. 

This was the world's most expensive bowl of guacamole...but worth every bite. Apparently we didn't like it.....

And that was our weekend! Thanks to the parental units for coming and playing with us.

Until Next Time

XOXO

Ashley

Let's Catch Up: Our Summer

Sorry for the unintentional summer break. Turns out we've had way to much fun just hanging out this summer and blogging has fallen to the back burner. Let's catch up!

I turned 27 in June. Shelby and I had the perfect NYC summer day starting with brunch...

 ...and ending with a Broadway show. Which just happened to be staring our friend Chandler (yes that's her face on the posters!)

Post show cookies at Schmackary's

In July Shelby dragged me to a One Direction concert in New Jersey that she got last minute tickets for. You can tell by the look on my face how excited I am ;)

Later in July Shelby and I both ended up in Dallas the same week. She had a trip planned and I ended up having to go the same week for work. So, we spent a little time with the family and took in a baseball game. 

Go Rangers!!

We had fun but it was SO hot!

Looking a little rough by the end of the night but it was worth it

 

Nothing beats a Texas sunset...

...except maybe a koloche from Czech Stop in West, TX

 

  

I had the privilage of spending time with friends visiting the city and friends back in Dallas. 

 We enjoyed a day in Brooklyn at Brooklyn Bridge Park (Shelby had never been) and ate some yummy treats at Smorgasburg.

 

I visited the cities most popular attraction this summer- the Rain Room at The MoMa

 

We celebrated the Royal Baby's birthday with cupcakes from Sprinkles

 

 

And we've enjoyed taking walks along the East River to our little secret park watching the sunset. There is a dog park there that Pixie LOVES. 

We are going to try to soak up the last few weeks of summer before a very busy fall starts for both of us. We have lots of fun things planned. What did you do this summer?

Until Next Time
XOXO
Ashley