30 before 30- Update

A little update on my 30 before 30 list. Truth be told I am not making the best progress. I have 21 days left and I can only really cross 5 off of my list. The starred ones are still kinda doable.

I'd be lying if I didnt tell you that it has been a pretty rough year, as could probably be deduced by all the missing posts on my blog. I even forgot to celebrate my New York anniversary this year. It was five years on October 5th and I didnt do anything new to celebrate this fair city. I had a pretty great summer though. I had some girly beach excursions, saw a handful of awesome open air concerts and tackled that tricky lobster cooking thing!

30 things to do before 30

1. make french macarons *
2. update my portfolio*
3. go to a black tie affair *
4. bowl  a turkey this is actually really hard
5. perfect crow pose in yoga
6. buy a couch i love
7. plant a tree
8. get rid of clothes I dont wear
9. find my perfect hairstylist soulmate Jaime & I are "hair dating" but I cant be sure yet if hes my soulmate.
10. put some money in my savings account and leave it there
11. go to the dentist
12. take a trapeze class going this Tuesday!
13. get new business cards
14. make 1000 paper cranes. (why not?) probably not gonna attempt this afterall
15. catch a fish season is over for this :(
16. ride the staten island ferry *
17. get up while water skiing same seasonal restraint, plus i dont have a friend with a boat
18. drive cross country
19. do a cartwheel
20. go for a hike I sorta did this. but didnt break a sweat. not sure if it counts
21. make a perfect souffle *
22. walk the length of manhattan *
23. see a drag show *
24. get photographed by a street style photographer
25. Eat at WD-50 *
26. invest in something
27. cook a lobster
28. Have high tea at the Carlyle I misunderstood this. Tea with Eloise is actually a kid thing
29. go to atlantic city *
30. have a picnic *

New business cards via Oh Happy Day

Attempts at a cartwheel

Found hearts- catch up style

jeans heart

tomato hearts

pita chip heart (in a cab)

upside down scallion heart (in soy sauce)

chicken mcnugget heart

martha's vineyard beach rock heart

hydrangea heart

pickle heart

chocolate chip heart

Its been a very long time since I blogged. So much so that I am getting a back up of found hearts! Heres a little catch up for now of the hearts I have found recently, and soon more about what I have been so busy with! xoxo.

Heirloom tomatoes

Stuffed. Baked. Tomatoes. from Happyolks on Vimeo.

So many celebrations of tomatoes have been catching my eye recently. And not just as a salad type of deal, but with this humble ingredient stepping up to the plate as the main event!

Get the recipe for Heirloom Tomato, Rice and Almond Tart here, the Scalloped Tomatoes with Crutons is Smitten Kitchen, and the cute and appetizing vid is from Happyolks! Or think up your own recipe and enter it here. May you have as much luck as I did!

My Fourth of July Weekend

Ok  I am slowly trying to come back from my blogging hiatus. Here's some snaps from my lovely weekend up on the Nowrth Showa, as they say. Fresh blackberries from my dad's yard- a new favorite haunt of my city dwelling dogs. They absolutely loved sniffing the fresh air and as you can see didn't leave each other's sides the entire trip. Swimming was at the top of my list, but apparently the ocean didn't get the memo and decided to stay at arctic temperatures. I finally took a much needed dunk in one of my very favorite places on this earth. AHHH quarries!

Watermelon salad

Here's another salad I crave from mid-May all the way through August: Watermelon salad with feta, mint parsley and kalamata olives. Add drizzle of olive oil, lemon juice, and thinly sliced red onion if you desire, and presto! You have got a refreshing snack that for picnics and cookouts that will yield zero leftovers, guaranteed. Oh and heres some summer music for ya. Love it!

Strawberries and Peonies

Brunch at egg 

Flowers at the farmer's market

Found heart!

Flowers at home

Strawberry rhubarb pie I made for a cookout tonight. Sorta overflowed, but very proud of my first stab at a lattice crust! Recipe here.

Steven Alan

I have said in the past that I want a boyfriend that I could just dress up in Steven Alan 100% of the time. Whenever I go in the store I become completely enamored with the stacks of cozy, washed men's shirting. They just have a knack for that casual, yet work appropriate, hunky guy attire. Well, I am happy to announce that there is finally some cute stuff for the ladies as well. And have you ever seen a laptop bag as chic as this? LOVE!

Curried chicken salad

Everyone has that one dish that always reminds them of home, and for some reason for me, it is my mom's curried chicken salad. It immediately brings to mind sunny picnics and lemonade. I don't know where the recipe originally came from, but this is one of my mom's old standards that I love to make a big batch of and snack on all day long. Get the full recipe here.