happiness is ...

mother's day weekend consisted of nothing but

things that make me happy :

east hampton , walks on the beach & beach glass ,

lobster feasts , starbucks & walks through the town ,

& brunch / quality time with my family ( & my dog ) .

though this was a great weekend , I seemingly 

opted to capture more pictures of the food 

I was enjoying , like :

[ bruschetta from napoli's ]

[ yummy chicken piccata joey & I made ]

[ yes it was delish yes I feel guilty no I will not eat again in near future ]

[ mango margs by joey ]

[ orange , mango , & banana puree ]

summer @ h&m

I love that the h & m website

finally has an online store .

as I was browsing the site recently ,

I came across a few accessories 

that I absolutely need to own myself to make

my wardrobe a little brighter .

( p s , they are all under $ 35  )

sloppy joe pockets

this may weather has seriously put me in a funk .

I've been feeling so tired , have been wanting to do

everything / nothing at the same time , & 

especially picky regarding my food choices .

I've come to find , however , that the times

joey & I are the pickiest in respect to our meals

are the times we end up with the best outcome .

we've been wanting to use spring roll wrappers for 

quite some time now , so stuffing ingredients into the shells

seemed like the best idea last night . enter : sloppy joe pockets .

[ joey made his own sloppy joe mix -

no canned stuff here ! ]

crispy sesame beef & sesame noodles

recently, joey & I have been craving chinese food 

but I've been refusing to get take out ( sorry joey ) .

I am hardly ever satisfied with take out post-eating -

home cooked meals always taste better to me , 

are less costly & healthier .

with that being said ,  we decided to make

crispy sesame beef & lo mein noodles turned

sesame noodles ( we cooked the noodles plain & added

chunky peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar , 

sesame seeds & sesame oil ) as a side .

the outcome was exactly what I wanted :

a chinese meal that satisfied my taste buds &

wallet more than any take-out dinner ever could .

happiness is ...

[ piling up of the bracelets ]

[ essie's to buy or not to buy - new favorite lilac ]

[ yes we bought entemann's donuts for breakfast ]

[ monotone blues ]

[ apples @ the union square farmers market ]

passionfruit margaritas

in honor of cinco de mayo ,

joey & I concocted these amazing drinks .

ever since our first time traveling to puerto rico 

last march , joey & I have tried out just about every

passionfruit drink there is , trying to find the best one .

when we found a new brand of passionfruit juice ,

we knew immediately that we'd be adding them 

to our margaritas to justly celebrate the holiday .

obviously any excuse to drink my favorite alcoholic beverage

is fine by me , & it is so simple to make .

lime juice , triple sec , tequila , passionfruit ,

of course salt on the rim , & you've got yourself

an amazing reason to take part in cinco de mayo !