A Joke Of A Valentine's Day

As one of my least favorite holidays, Valentine's Day became a girls night out, with comedy and drinks. I bought tickets to a women's comedy show at Le Poisson Rouge. We sat down and ordered a bottle of wine and got ready for a packed show. I didn't expect great food, but when our truffle mac and cheese and chicken satay came, it looked fantastic and it tasted even better. This was far from bar food, and we were pleasantly surprised. So I guess Valentine's Day wasn't so bad.

Atlanta!

Off to Atlanta for the weekend for a leadership conference, wish me luck ya'll!

Birthday Weekend!

Being a big birthday I decided that I had to have one crazy night in New York, and that's exactly what happened. It was a weekend filled with great music, great food, and great fun! Being overly involved with work and school I could only take off friday and cancel sunday meeting for my birthday weekend, so I took full advantage. I started off with breakfast at Sprinkles, which are the best cupcakes ever and New Yorkers just don't appreciate this Beverly Hills obsession quite yet, everyone needs to try Sprinkles red velvet cupcakes. This month they have this amazing salty caramel cupcake that I could eat a dozen of all by myself. Then it was off for a bit of birthday shopping for the afternoon. The next day we checked into the Gansevoort Hotel in the Meatpacking District, where all the great restaurants and clubs are located. I have to say the hotel was gorgeous and in the most perfect spot! We all grabbed dinner at Poco, one of my favorites before we headed back to get ready to go out. After some explosive champagne and midnight toasts we went out clubbing for the rest of the night. After living here this long I've never gone out clubbing before and now that I have it's fun, but not something I will start doing regularly. After getting home early in the morning, everyone slept over and we were starving in the morning. What better than Shake Shack! Since it was Superbowl sunday we went uptown to beat the crowds and patiently waited for our cheeseburgers, milkshakes and fries. As an avid In n Out lover, I have to say Shake Shack is the best burger on the east coast. It was truly the best birthday meal ever. The weekend was so much fun, I was so happy to be with my closest friends and and even some family.

Birthday Brunch

After some amazing weather in Los Angeles, I decided before I leaveI I would love to have lunch somewhere outdoors. Since I always head back to school right before my birthday, we celebrated a little early. Eveleigh is a great new restaurant off sunset, named best patio in LA, so we went for sunday brunch on sunny Golden Globes day. With an Australian themed menu in a beautiful cottage restaurant, it's very different than anything else in West Hollywood. From vintage lamps and furniture to large chalk boards and bird cages, the restaurant have a homey and rustic look. We started out with with a great cocktail, a chamomile-infused tequila with lemon juice and honey, making for the best lemonade I've ever had! I ordered corned beef and fingerling potatoes with a scotch egg. A scotch egg is a soft boiled egg, that is then fried and it was amazing. My friend got spelt pancakes with pear syrup and we also ordered french fries with truffle aioli, that no one could stop eating. Not only was the food really good, but it was also very different than your usual sunday brunch, which made it interesting. Between the food, the fantastic patio view, and most importantly all the Aussie/actor waiters I had so much fun trying out Eveleigh.

Happy New Year!

Looking back through my posts of this year, and my goals from last New Years, I can't help but to feel proud. I told myself I wouldn't have any regrets this year, and I haven't. I tried to push myself to become a better person, and find more balance to my life. Although there has been some hard moments, I have strived to find more joy and happiness. I have surrounded myself with more positive and motivating energy and learned more about myself and what I want out of life. My family and friends have been my solid support system and helped me every step of the way and for that I am always grateful every year. It has been a year of change and growth, but I will always be humbled by the wonderful people around me that teach me every day how to be a better person. I've been thinking a lot about what my goal would be this year, and I've decided that I don't want to set one. I just hope for health and happiness and to enjoy the journey along the way. This year I am putting more joy, love, understanding, passion, forgiveness, excitement, and laughter out into the universe and hope everyone else does too! Happy New Year everyone!