NYC Weekend Recap

Last weekend I had the pleasure of visiting NYC for a girls weekend with my college friends.  We had an awesome few days of eating, drinking and checking out the city!  Here's a photo recap of some of the highlights.

Saturday brunch at Tom Colicchio's Craft Bar.

Breakfast cocktails - Kristen and I had the "Dallas," which was tequila, grapefruit juice and sparkling white wine. 

My brunch - spagetti squash, roasted tomato and gorgonzola tart with a balsamic-glazed salad. 

We shared dessert; pineapple upside down cake with coconut ice cream!  

Inside Craft Bar

 Then we did some strolling..

Flat Iron building looking grey and dreary 

Kristen picking out some vino

Shameless "I LOVE NY" selfie, hahaha

Afternoon drinks at ABV in the Upper East Side

Interesting fixtures / industrial decor inside

Delicious Milk Stout

Kristen and Ang

Our fabulous hosts for the weekend, Amy and Zach!

Kappa Sisters

 Saturday dinner at Top Chef Angelo Sosa's Anejo...the Carne Asada tacos are a must-try, they were amazing!!

Kristen looking fierce

Amy & I

Angela and Kristen showing some Angelo Sosa love

Blurry group shot outside

 Saturday night bar hopping...

Angela and a big pig

Me showing some ExxonMobil love (this is the account I work on at my agency) 

Sunday morning

Picking up some real NY bagels to take home to the hubbies.

Delicious chocolate croissant; brunch appetizer at Marche du Sud, an excellent French restaurant that Angela's cousin owns . 

Waiting for the bus home

First in line!

Best seats on the bus!

Weekend Recap

Hope everyone had a fun weekend!  It was a long one for me here due to President's Day, and I am lucky to say that the hubs and I enjoyed every minute! What did you do last weekend?!

Saturday AM:  Sweetheart Spin at Healthworks with my hubby!  I'll give the full recap on the blog tomorrow!  We followed this with haircuts by the awesome Debbie at Zani Salon in Melrose (sorry no pics of those!)

Saturday PM:  Our friend Dustin's surprise 30th birthday party out at the Luxury Box in Leominster.  How come Boston doesn't have a hockey bar?!?!  We need one!

Sunday AM:  Brunch at Trident with friends visiting from Vermont, followed by really big Starbucks coffees for the snowy, windy walk home on Newbury!

Sunday PM:  North End adventure with two of our best friends, Jon and Jamie!  We had dinner at Antico Forno, got take-home sweets from Bova's, and sat down for coffee and desserts at Cafe Paradisio.  I got the Afocato with coffee gelato and Bailey's Irish Cream.

Monday AM:  To-do-list-writing with greek yogurt for breakfast.  Nothing beats a productive day!

Weekend Recap

Happy Monday, Sweets.  Hope the week is off to a good start.  My work week sure didn't start off great, but thankfully I was one of the 30-something lucky ones to get a ticket to Ride! tonight so I spun off my frustrations and am now sitting on the couch feeling pretty great.

Keeping the happy thoughts alive, I thought I'd share a weekend recap.  I shared a few of these on Instagram this weekend; you can follow me there @staceycl.

First up- sundaes from Cabot's in Newton!  One thing Boston is lacking is a place to get a really good, old-fashioned, classic Sundae.  And no, don't tell me Emack & Bolio's, that place stinks- bad ice cream, worse service and the grossest hot fudge I've ever had in my life.  And I love chocolate.  The real deal is at Cabot's.  I got a frozen yogurt sundae with hot fudge and butterscotch, and the hubs got a peanut butter thing.  I know we're on a health kick, but everyone needs a treat now and then, right?! All in moderation. 

Lulu the Sous Chef, love my kitty :)

Copley Square on a rainy saturday morning was quiet and peaceful.

Saturday afternoon visit with my sweet Grampy.  He's living with Alzheimer's and hasn't been doing too well lately, but we were lucky to have a really great visit with him.  Instead of being quiet and sleepy like usual, he was in a great mood, and though not fully aware of who we were or where he was, his true personality was there, for the first time since he went into the nursing home!  He was cracking jokes, making faces, and was just so sweet.  We felt blessed to have a nice afternoon with him. 

Rainy date night out, took this in front of Woodward at the Ames Hotel.  It was our first time eating there, and we had a great meal.  The charcuterie is excellent, and I got the lamb shank with veggies and herb gnocchi for dinner which was delicious.  I would definitely recommend it. 

Sunday night football food.  Despite spending a lot of my day doing work (boooooo), I took some time to make us a healthier version of a football classic for dinner- buffalo chicken lettuce wraps with homemade blue cheese dressing, both from Skinnytaste.  Check out the recipe here.

That's it for tonight, have a good week, sweets!