Month-In-Review: September 2021

♥ Justin and I celebrating our seven year wedding anniversary.
♥ Seeing Pitbull and Iggy Azalea at Jones Beach with my sister, Erik, Day, Toni, etc.
♥ Block parties with friends.
♥ Finally getting a new phone after being stuck with a refurbished iPhone X for years.
♥ My parents coming over the house for Labor Day.
♥ Being uninvited to Justin's aunt's wedding.
♥ Friday nights with my sister and Mimi.
♥ Spending the day out at Orient Beach State Park with Justin.
♥ Brunch with Day, Toni and Amanda.
♥ Getting ready for spooky season.
♥ Justin and I having lunch with Gino and Christina at Lucharitos.
♥ An epic trip to Dollar Tree with Eileen, my sister and Mimi.

 

Metal Shop Masters (2021 - Present)
Sparking Joy with Marie Kondo (2021 - Present)
The Toys That Made Us (2017 - Present)
Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed (2021)
Bake Squad (2021 - Present)
Mythic Quest (2020 - Present)
Houses With History (2021 - Present)

Brunch With My Love

Last weekend Justin and I went back to Salt & Barrel (The place we found in the post "Brunch & Wine") for brunch and I took pictures, so I thought I'd just share them...

Birthday Recap | Boozy Brunch & My Favorite Murder...

This past Saturday was my birthday and in true me fashion, I went into New York City with my sister, Day, Toni & Erin and drank a lot.

We kicked off the festivities of the day early in the afternoon by popping a bottle of champagne on the LIRR and annoying everyone else in the surrounding seats with our loud chatter until we arrived at Penn Station.

Once in the city we headed to PS 450 for brunch with unlimited mimosas, bellinis, etc. and an amazing selection of hip hop (You all should know by now, I love me some rap music) playing loudly in the background.

We ate, we drank, I cried, we drank, we laughed, I cried, we danced in our seats. It was a good time.

When our two hours was up at PS 450 we hopped in another Uber and went for few more drinks and a couple of "moments" at The 13th Step. I don't remember how long we were there because by the time I had to leave I was double fisting drinks, which is never a good thing for my liver or memory.

But yeah, we parted ways outside of The 13th Step and earlier than we'd normally stop partying because it was time for my sister and I to head to the Beacon Theatre to see My Favorite Murder live.

Unfortunately when we arrived at the Beacon we were pretty drunk, so my sister bought us a couple of boxes of popcorn and we devoured them in an attempt to sober up. Which surprisingly, at least in my case, worked. So I got to enjoy an hour-ish of seeing Karen and Georgia live, with a pretty interesting hometown murder from an audience member -- My sister not so much so, she fell asleep during Karen's murder (She's not a Murderino, she didn't know what I was taking her to, so it's okay).

After the show we got an Uber and headed back to Penn Station to go home because we were pretty beat by then.

All in all it was a very good birthday. I'm so grateful for everyone that came out and dealt with me. I can honestly tell all of you that I have a pretty amazing group of friends and a bad ass little sister.

Brunch & Wine...

While mostly everyone I knew had a three day weekend this past weekend, I only had Sunday off. So since it has been unseasonably warm here in New York I made sure to take advantage of it on my day off.

Sunday started off with me pouting at Justin that I wanted to do something because it was supposed to be sixty degrees in the middle of February. So we decided that we'd go have brunch a few towns over and go for a walk at one of the near by parks which is close to the water.

We went and had this fantastic brunch at a restaurant called Salt & Barrel, where I got tipsy right quick because I hadn't eaten all day (And I'm getting old).

While tipsy I ended up texting Day about how I wanted the next Fat Kid them to be brunch with all the bells and whistles. And in the middle of that she informed me that she, Toni and Toni's sister-in-law Jamie were heading to this little hidden vineyard about fifteen-twenty minutes from where Justin and I were having brunch.

So I ask Justin if he minded joining the girls at the vineyard. He didn't, so we finished our awesome meal (This place was really fantastic, we made a reservation to eat there for our anniversary next week and I'm going to contact the manager about possibly throwing my sister's bridal shower there) and drove out to Loughlin Vineyard.

We spent hours just sitting outside drinking bottles of their South Bay Breeze (Which is a blush wine), enjoying the warm weather and chatting about various things.

Eventually Alana saw on Snapchat that we were at the vineyard and she texted Day asking how much longer we'd be there. We told her we had no plans on leaving just yet, so she showed up and we hung out until right before the vineyard closed.

It was just this awesome impromptu day and I cannot wait to do it again.

Month In Review: May 2016...

♥ Having an awesome little Mother's Day lunch with my family.
♥ Celebrating my sister's 29th birthday with a whole weekend full of events.
♥ Getting tickets to the Studio Ghibli Museum for when Justin & I are in Japan.
♥ Booking all of our Airbnbs and hotels for Japan & Hong Kong.
♥ Having an amazing day in NYC with my sister, Day, Toni, Liz & Rob.
♥ Making vegan dinner for my friends.
♥ Hanging out with Day in Brooklyn and attending the Homegrown Heroes Music Festival.
♥ Celebrating my friend's son's 5th birthday.
 

♥ Japanese Drugstore Beauty

♥ LASIK Enhancement
♥ Fat Kid | Not So Grand Fiesta
♥ Slowly Booking Japan & Hong Kong
♥ Bottles Of Champs & Hotel Parties | Brunch
♥ Night Out In Brooklyn | Homegrown Heroes Music Festival

 

♥  Hideous! Dreadful! Stinky! ♥

♥ The F Word/What If (2013) ♥

♥ Deadly Possessions (2016 - Present) ♥

Bottles Of Champs & Hotel Parties | Brunch...

Over the weekend myself, my sister, Day, Toni, Liz and Rob went and had a brunch outing in New York City. And even though we tend to be creatures of habit we decided we need to try a different restaurant, and this time we had our brunch outing at Il Bastardo in Chelsea.

As we did last month, we woke up way too early to catch the LIRR into New York City. When we got to Penn Station we found Rob, who live near a different line than the rest of us, and then walked over to Il Bastardo. Where we had to wait on a line to get in -- Which should have been a warning.

Once we got inside Il Bastardo and were seated we knew we were under dressed but we honestly didn't care because nothing mattered but the six of us eating mediocre good food, getting tipsy (Everyone gets their own bottle of champagne or other liter beverage) and enjoying each others company. Which we did for not even exactly two hours and then our server rudely made us leave our table.

Instead of sticking around and spending more money there (Which Day, Liz and I did last time we went to brunch because we were just having the best time at Vamos Tacos & Tequila), we moved on.

Some how Liz and Day ended up in Chelsea Kennel Club looking at puppies. Annoyed, the rest of us ran across the street to Zagara Wine Bar for some wine. Eventually they joined us.

After one glass of wine each; Rob decided to head back to Long Island, while the rest of us headed downtown to the Andaz Wall Street, where one of our friends had a hotel room for the night.

We had a "sexy" hotel party for about two hours. Which just involved us drinking more, dancing around the room and making fun of our friend.

When we had our fill of oversized bathtub selfies, we walked over to a bar that I still don't remember the name of. Ate a bunch of appetizers and drank some more, before we decided it was time to go home.

So despite the fact that Il Bastardo being just meh, we had a great day with each other. And I'm pretty sure that brunch at different restaurants in New York City is going to become our other monthly (Fat Kid Dinners being the other) tradition. Which I'm not mad at...

What are your thoughts on brunch? Do you go often? Not at all? Lemme know!

PS - The original title of this blog post was going to be "Five Spanish Chicks White Girl Wasted" and then Rob decided that the was joining us and I thought better of making the title "Five Spanish Chicks & A Gay Dude White Girl Wasted." Just thought that might amuse some of you...

Month In Review: April 2016...

♥ Brunching in New York City with Day and Liz.
♥ Getting eyes touched up with a second round of LASIK.
♥ Helping Phil make a big collage of Rafting Trips past to hang in the trailer on the property.
♥ Fancy Fat Kid Dinner.

♥ Celebrating Justin's cousin's 10th birthday.

♥ Random Saturday night playing darts at the bar with Justin, Day, Toni and Michael.
♥ Crashing Toni's daughter's seventh birthday party.
♥ Nights in with my friends.

♥ Fresh Ink | Getting A Matching Tattoo With My Sister

♥ Saturdays Are For Brunch | Day Drinking In NYC

♥ Getting Ready For Japan & Hong Kong
♥ Podcast | You Must Remember This (Charles Manson's Hollywood)
♥ Doodlegraph | Tomfoolery In Party City

♥ Les Babioles De Zoé ♥

 ♥ You Must Remember This (Charles Manson's Hollywood Series) ♥
♥ Sleep With Me Podcast ♥

♥ Krampus (2015) ♥
♥ Kiki's Delivery Service (1989/1998) ♥
♥ Flipping Vegas (2011-2014) ♥
♥ Listed Sisters (2016-Present) ♥

♥ "Pretty Happy: Healthy Ways to Love Your Body" by Kate Hudson ♥