{ beantown! }

beantown: back in colonial days, a favorite boston food was beans baked in molasses for several hours. Back then, Boston was sort of awash in molasses - it was part of the "triangular trade" in which slaves in the Caribbean grew sugar cane to be shipped to Boston to be made into rum to be sent to West Africa to buy more slaves to send to the West Indies. Even after the end of this practice, Boston continued as big rum producing city - the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 (which killed 21), ocurred when a tank holding molasses for rum production exploded (wikipedia).

LOVED my boston weekend! girl talk. guy talk. road trips. getting lost. being found. plush hotel beds. NY friends. CA friends. reunions. speakers. witches. salem. bus friends. bad costumes. good costumes. pei wei. cartwheels. truth or dare. masks. thriller. masquerade ball.starbucks oatmeal. cheers. the el. new friends. old friends. hugs. commons. friendly toast. leaves. fall. ray. PERFECTION.

{ truth or dare }

I gave in and got an iphone this summer so I could be like the rest of the cool kids. I knew I would love it and I do but my love grew when I discovered the truth or dare application in boston...thanks H! It was the perfect distraction while waiting for our food at the Friendly Toast (if you're in beantown...go!).
I always chose truth but next time, I'm ready for a dare.

{ faith }

{ just you, me & ray }

ray lamontagne.

if you haven't heard of him, you should.

warning though!

listen to ray and you will fall in love.

he has that effect on people.

LOVED the concert

LOVED the Beacon

GOOD

GOOD

night!

{ flashback brooklyn }

it's easy to get behind...things get busy and you forget to do things and somehow 

I forgot to post this pic of one of the greatest girls nights ever.  

brooklyn, NY. june 2009.

{ with the band }

thanks to a good friend,
in the middle of nowhere rochester,
I had a dream worth FRIDAY night.

I'm not going to lie,
getting the VIP concert experience is kind of as cool as it sounds.

I think I like rockstars again.

{ applewood }

if you live in the northeast, I think apple picking should be a rite of passage each fall...

especially if you live in a concrete jungle like I do.

fall leaves...fresh air....nature...apples...pumpkins...friends...

and a stop at woodbury commons on the way home

(only the greatest outlet mall EVER!)

makes for the perfect fall saturday.