Colleen & Kenny Get Married!!!!!!!!!

On September 25, 2010 our little baby elephant, Colleen, married Kenny in Brooklyn, New York at My Moon.  There is only one word to describe Colleen on her wedding day:  radiant.  The couple glowed with happiness the entire weekend and you could just feel magic in the air.  It was absolutely amazing to have all our friends in one place to celebrate two people we love soooo freaking much.  Congratulations, Kluttzogs!!!

Time to get ready!

Colleen's sister & nieces -not flower girls, but Princess Assistants

The Kluttz family

So much love!!

It's ok, I know him.

Lydia & Starr

During the couple's first dance we decided to form a weird woman circle and danced around them.

I don't think it's possible to smile any harder!

What?  You've never played Blanket Bride?

Ari has a book coming out next week - make sure you buy a copy of Herding Donkeys.

Erin, get under that dress!

Starr's turn!

For all you Real Housewives of New York fans:   ever been to a wedding where Money Can't Buy You Class is played?  Watch out cause the dance floor turns into a catwalk  (and many confused people stand in a circle and watch).

Happy Birthday Siobhan and Meredith!

On Labor Day, Ari organized a surprise party for Meredith's birthday. It was awesome and, even though she had just gotten off a plane, we partied pretty hard for 31 year olds on a school night.

And on Thursday we continued to party as we celebrated Siobhan's 30th Birthday with an amazing dinner at Rye!!!!

Happy 30th, Kim!!

Spent a lovely evening in Williamsburg, Brooklyn last night as we celebrated Kim's 30th birthday at Berry Park. We had a little sprinkling of rain while on the rooftop, but it cleared up and ended with a beautiful sunset over the Manhattan skyline.

Lychee, red bean & green tea ice cream cake from Chinatown Ice Cream Factory.

Colleen & Kenny Wedding Festivities Begin!

This weekend was one of the best times EVER. Not only was it my birthday, but this weekend we also celebrated Colleen and Kenny's wedding shower and on Saturday night the girls took Colleen out for her bachelorette party!

Andy + Maria

Margot + Matt

Brooke thinks to herself, "What is marriage?".

Meredith made this and it was goooood.

Pre-bachelorette party I spent a couple hours indulging myself in honor of my birthday.

Mmmmmm....Peter Pan Donuts.

Abe got me a bird house for my birthday!

Piper made me this for my birthday breakfast!

I can't really show photos from the bachelorette party.  Not because we did anything bad, but because we were a pack of feral dogs and I don't think we need the world to see us in feral dog mode fully accessorized in bachelorette party supplies.  Let me just say that I love my friends and I can't believe how lucky we are to have each other.  We started off real classy with a wine tasting at Bottle Rocket and then moved downtown to Biny for several hours of karaoke, and then ended the night at Enid's in Greenpoint.

It wouldn't be a birthday if I didn't end up with dessert on my face.

I Would Drive 500 Miles

I had a freaking whirlwind of a weekend.  I believe I drove about 700 miles this weekend.  Left Beacon Saturday morning, went to a family party in the north part of Massachusetts, went to Shrewsbury to catch up with my BFF Allyson so we could talk details about her upcoming wedding, then Sunday morning I drove back to Beacon to wrap up a few things before heading down to Brooklyn for WORD's Momma Said event. 

Why was it worth a 3 hours round trip to go to Brooklyn for 2 hours?

Check out her new earrings.  Love.

Cause Piper, author of the blog My Mom the Style Icon was one of the hilarious writers reading a little something in honor of Mother's Day next week!

Packed house!

So packed people were forced to sit in mini chairs.

Congratulations to Margot & Matt!!!

This weekend Matt proposed to Margot!!!  This was a day we've all been waiting for since they magically found each other 6 years ago.   I couldn't be more excited for them, and it makes me so happy to see them so happy.



Last night they hosted an engagement party at their apartment.  I forgot my camera, but I think my iPhone was still able to capture the happiness.

I'm also really loving that me, Colleen & Margot are all engaged at the same time.  It's so awesome!!!

Enagagement Party Week

Last week Abe and I got engaged (still can't believe it!). One of the best parts of getting engaged is that everyone wants to celebrate with us!

During the week we met up at the Robeling Tea Room with a bunch of our NYC friends and family.

On Saturday we drove up to Massachusetts and my parents had a little BBQ with some of their friends (practically family) and Dave and Brit were able to come by for a little bit too.

On Sunday, Abe and I woke up super early and drove our butts back to New York to see my sister and her boyfriend. They were visiting his dad, which is awesomely near Beacon, so we had another BBQ, got to meet his dad, played with Wesley, and chopped down a cherry tree.

Abe and I also did a ton of yard work this weekend. Can't wait to share photos of the garden plans!

Introducing....Wonton!

Piper got a new baby named Wonton!

Brooke, Abe and I hung out last night and consumed several pounds of cheese, olives, crackers and kitten.






Abe's dad is visiting and our parents are going to meet for the first time this weekend. I'm very excited and can't wait to do some home & Beacon stuff.

BTW - did you happen to catch Real Housewives of the OC? If so, you may be interested in a link to Alexis and Jim Bellino's pastor Jentezen Franklin.

Beer, Belts & Buddies in Brooklyn

Last night Meredith, Margot, Colleen and I went out to dinner at An Nhau in Williamsburg. Well, first Margot and I met for beers at Mug's Ale House and then we met the other two for dinner. Since I was sleeping over in Brooklyn I knew I could sleep in until 7:45, which feels luxurious compared to 6:15. This made me think it was okay to drink wine and beer for several hours.

I realized that I forgot a belt and needed one for my pants that I was wearing the next day. Luckily the Salvation Army was still open on Bedford and I magically scored this little macrame number for $1.99.



The food at An Nhau was goooood. We sat in a large, circular booth and felt like we were in an episode of Real Housewives of OC.



After dinner Colleen and I hopped a bus to Greenpoint and met up with Kenny at The Habitat. I saw that my old apartment is still for rent, which makes me a little sad. That building is gross, but a lot of good memories were made there.



Then we went back to Colleen & Kenny's apartment where we listened to the Suckers album, Colleen tried on her wedding dress for me (it looks awesome on her!), and Colleen and Kenny had some kind of dance off.



Walking over the Pulaski Bridge this morning I noticed this bench someone constructed. It's been there for a while, but I never paid attention to it until today. It's kind of neat.

Brooklyn & Beacon Long Weekend

I took a 4 day weekend and for once it actually felt like it was neverending! I spent Thursday in Brooklyn and the rest of the time was spent up in Beacon getting tons o' work done.

While in Greenpoint I got this dress from Hayden-Harnett for 70% off. Yay!



You'll notice that I changed the banner of my blog, which was one of the many things I accomplished while watching 2 seasons of Greek. Have you seen Greek? I'm beyond addicted. Please watch it so we can talk about it.


This photo will make sense once you watch the show.

Friday night Abe and I decided to get out of the house and go bowling at Southern Dutchess Bowl. Best. Idea. Ever. Stepping into that bowling alley is like stepping into a time machine to the 1980's, which is exactly how I like my bowling alleys and roller skating rinks.




Abe in action.

Sunday I gave the local gym a whirl - it's a pretty awesome fitness center, but it's a 15 minute drive and I'm really not sure if it's worth joining considering I don't get home until 7:30pm. I just don't know if I'll go - ugh, I know I have to make myself go. Maybe I'll just join a gym in the city and go during the day. Isn't this the most interesting one-sided conversation ever?