Entertaining

Bucket List Game Night

Mid week last week, Colleen and I decided we were not being proactive enough about our summer bucket list.  So we emailed some buddies and invited them over for a game night on Friday.  Luckily, the weather cooperated and we were able to hold it in my backyard under the bistro lights as it was

Cocktails

Monkey Business Cocktail

Well I’m going to share something pretty special with you today.  I have mentioned before that after the wedding, Corey and I honeymooned in Costa Rica.  We stayed at Arenas Del Mar which was basically paradise.  Highly recommended if you ever want to visit Costa Rica.  During our stay, I fell in love with a

For the Love of Friday

For the Love of Friday- Summertime

It is quite fitting that this week was the official start of summer because all of a sudden it officially got HOT around here.  Like I got in my car today and the temperature thing (?) read 117.  Holy bananas.  It has only been in the mid 90s (only.  hah.) but when you are getting

DIY

Braided Bracelet {DIY}

When Bean and I were in New York a few weeks ago, we went to a Club Monaco store and I found this little bracelet I really liked.  It costs $30, which isn’t so bad for the world, but I felt was a little steep for this particular bracelet.  The majority of it seemed to

Wedding Wednesday

Non-Floral Ceremony Decor Ideas

Flowers, particularly for a wedding, are pretty expensive.  We actually got really lucky by finding a reasonably priced florist, but it is not unheard of to see flower budgets of $3000-$5000.  Traditionally a major component of flower costs is spent on altar and ceremony decorations.  A more recent trend is to use alternative methods for

Film

The Last Mohican

If you know our family well, you might know that one of our all time favorite movies is The Last of the Mohicans with the eternally fantastic Daniel Day-Lewis.  I have watched it countless times, can quote most every line and spend 50% of my time in the woods pretending to be a Mohican.  Because