Months In Review: January & February 2020

JANUARY
♥ Spending time with my cousin while she was visiting.
♥ Going to the vineyard with Justin, Day, Toni and Maddie.
♥ Watching all the John Wick movies with Justin, Gino and Christina.
♥ Planning mine and my coworker's trip to Nashville for PLA 2020.
♥ Celebrating Max's first birthday party.
♥ Attending "Favorite Page #1's" baby shower.

FEBRUARY
♥ Going to Nashville to attend PLA 2020.
♥ Seeing Brass Against at Le Poisson Rouge with my friends from work.
♥ Mimi being my Valentine (Even though she broke up with me after lunch).
♥ Impromptu dinner with friends.
♥ The first Fat Kid of 2020.
♥ Hanging out at Phil's house with the crew.
♥ Picking out the date for Beer Olympics 2020.
♥ Justin getting me a mini box of roses from Venus et Fleur for Valentine's Day.

 

JANUARY
♥ Getting Ready For PLA 2020 In Nashville

FEBRUARY
♥ This Just Pinned: Valentine's Day Edition

I went the entire month of January without posting a single picture on Instagram

Captain America (2011)

Captain America Winter Soldier (2014)

The Outsider (2020-Present)
The Avengers (2012)
John Wick (2014)
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
AJ and The Queen (2020-Present)
Lego Masters (2020-Present)
Cheer (2020-Present)
Bonding (2019-Present)
Haunting in the Heartland (2020-Present)


"Know My Name" by Chanel Miller

Lisa's Vineyard Hopping Birthday

Over the weekend we celebrated Lisa's thirty-second birthday by hitting up a couple of vineyards in the Hudson River Valley here in New York.

We started off the afternoon by meeting up at Lisa and Andrew's house in Westchester and then driving up about an hour to Nostrano Vineyard, where Andrew had made a reservation for the eight of us to do the wine tasting (Which included seven of the estate wines) and eat lovely charcuterie board.

When we were done with our tasting we decided to go sit outside and enjoy the prefect weather. 

While we were outside we drank more, ate another (bigger) charcuterie board and just enjoyed each other's company. It was honestly the epitome of #WeekendVibes.

At some point while we were just hanging out, a staff member rudely informed us that a private event would be starting at 5:00pm. So we decided to leave and go check out Benmarl Winery and Vineyard, which was only fifteen minutes away from where we were.

While at Benmarl we ordered a few bottles of wine and a couple of pizzas, and just enjoyed the view (Which was spectacular) and each other's company.

Eventually we decided it was time to pack it up and end our lovely day because four out of the eight of us had to drive back to Long Island.

It was honestly the prefect day to do what we did. And aside from the rude employee at Nostrano we had an amazing day hanging out and celebrating the birthday girl.

Month In Review: May 2017...

♥ Seeing Hamilton: An American Musical for a second time on Broadway with Justin.
♥ Going to Las Vegas for my sister's bachelorette party.
♥ Spending Mother's Day with my family and then with Toni & Day's family.
♥ Attending "Favorite Page #2's" wedding.
♥ Trying Dole Whip for the first time.
♥ My sister's surprise 30th birthday party.
♥ Having random breakfast and lunch dates with Toni.
♥ Planning things to do while in Colorado for Phil's bachelor party in August.
♥ Spending a lazy Sunday brunching and drinking wine at the vineyard with my friends.
♥ Getting beach passes for the season.

♥ Forgotten Photos From My iPhone: Brooklyn Street Art
♥ Remember Me? | Chaotic Mini Life Update
♥ Adventures In Asia | The Other Half Of Our Trip

 

♥ Studio Bicyclette ♥
♥ The Crafted Life ♥
♥ DIY In PDX ♥

♥ Talking With Chris Hardwick (2017 - Present)♥
♥ Charles Manson: A Life Of Scandal (2016) ♥
♥ Bong Appétit (2016 - Present) ♥
♥ BBQ Rig Race (2017 - Present) ♥

♥ "Alex and Eliza: A Love Story" by Melissa de la Cruz ♥

Months In Review: February & March 2017...

FEBRUARY
♥ Celebrating mine and Justin's fourteen year dating anniversary.
♥ Going bridesmaid dress shopping with my sister and Lisa.
♥ Getting tickets to see Incubus at Jones Beach with my sister, Erik and Nicole.
♥ Coming up with an initial game plan for Phil's bachelor party.
♥ Finding Loughlin Vineyard and spending an amazing afternoon there with my friends.
♥ Celebrating my birthday early with an attempted mozzarella stick cake from Toni.
♥ Video games, sushi and beer at mine and Justin's apartment with Phil.
♥ Planning my sister's bridal shower with our mother.
♥ Justin booking Airbnb's for our trip to Spain.
♥ Playing Stardew Valley on PS4.
♥ Not being sucked into the cult that is LuLaRoe despite Nicole's attempt at it by giving me a pair of leggings (Not gonna lie, they are comfy leggings but I'm a Cuban chick with a fat ass and that is why LuLaRoe and I can't be friends).

MARCH
♥ Celebrating my thirty-second birthday with my friends and family.
♥ Seeing My Favorite Murder live at the Beacon.
♥ Attending Then She Fell with Justin, Phil, Rob, Other Justin & Jackie.
♥ Eating ramen at Ichiran with my boys.
♥ Booking Phil's Colorado bachelor party.
♥ Hanging out with my college friends in NYC.
♥ Going to Albany with Nicole for Library Advocacy Day.
♥ Brunch. Lots and lots of brunch.

FEBRUARY
♥ Preschool Yoga & Wary Grandparents
♥ Being K's Bridesmaid | Bridesmaid Dress Shopping
♥ Brunch & Wine
♥ My New Obsession | Stardew Valley

MARCH
♥ Library Life | Naked Man In The Restroom
♥ Birthday Recap | Boozy Brunch & My Favorite Murder
♥ Then She Fell
♥ K & P's Bachelorette/Bachelor Parties

 

♥ Alex In Wanderland ♥
♥ The Only Living Girl In New York ♥

♥ The Girl With All The Gifts (2016) ♥
♥ Beauty & The Beast (2017) ♥
♥ Vinny & Ma Eat America (2016 - Present) ♥
♥ The Great British Bake Off (2010 - Present) ♥
♥ Talk Show The Game Show (2017 - Present) ♥

 ♥ "You Don't Look Fat, You Look Crazy" by Ashley Longshore ♥
♥ "Who Killed These Girls?" by Beverly Lowry ♥

 ♥ Dumb People Town ♥
 ♥ The Purrrcast ♥
♥ True Crime Guys ♥

♥ Stardew Valley ♥

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.