Drop it like it's hot

I actually just fell off my desk chair. I'm beyond obsessed, in LOVE, dying over these shoes.

$2000 tax return= sooo dangerous.

So springy

Such a rainy, gross day here in NYC but with such ah-maaazing weather on the horizon..it ain't no biggie. SPRING IS HERE!!!! How bout some inspiration shall we?

Pimm's cup!

Missing home

I LOVE Jewish holidays. Love love love. They make me giddy. Holidays in general make me giddy...but those Jewish ones? Love love love. While being away from home totally and completely SUCKS, it does make you realize what traditions you really value. For instance: I knew I needed to buy plague masks to pass out at seder. Values, people. They're very important.

For four years the Jewish holidays at the Wilinsky house were a full out party. We might as well have had neon glow sticks and techno beats. Year after year, we were fortunate to play host to all of my friends who were unable to spend the holidays with their own families. We welcomed everyone around the table-clothed ping-pong table and introduced some of our traditions. I don't think we realized it at the time but by the end of college- the Wilinskys had built all new traditions with our new extended family.

During Jewish holidays away from my family and my extended family of friends, I desperately miss so many things. Ping pong ball props for hail during the seder, plastic frogs on the table, silly plague masks. My mom has a way of making every holiday feel electric and full of fun. One time my dad dropped the entire brisket upside down on the ground, then my mom picked up and and served the parts that didn't touch the floor. It was hilarious. Every year my dad asks if we want one [matzo] ball or two then announces he's a two ball man. Every. Year. It's all those little things that make holidays great.

For the first time ever, I'm making my own seder this year. My table seats four and my living room has a maximum capacity of about 6. But we're hosting a 13 person sit down dinner. It's going to be wonderful. I'll incorporate old traditions of the past with fond memories and a heavy heart and smile at the thought of brand new Jewish holiday beginnings with my family of friends in New York.

We set the table 2 days. We cooked in advance too. Is this what being a Mom feels like? Weeeeird.

How is this for improvisation?

Neon nightcap

7 o'clock is the best time to play,

It's not quite night and it's not quite day.

As the sun says its final goodbye,

The moon sits and waits for its time in the sky

For 100 reasons dusk gets the rhymes to flow,

That 7 o'clock hour that makes my nails GLOW!

What a wonder

The month of a million visitors unsurprisingly turned into the month of the binge eat. I'm in need of a major detox before Rachel comes to visit and the whole cycle starts again. So I've stopped eating carbs (or my version which means no like bread bread-rice, pasta, sandwiches etc) and of course, BREAD is all I've been thinking about. If my thoughts could talk they would sound something like this:

"I really don't want to wake up for work"

"BREAD"

"Quick! Catch that train!"

"BREAD"

"Schedule a 2oclock meeting"

"BREAD"

breeeeaddddddddddddd. You get the idea. Then, an article came out today about the best mac and cheese in the city. BREADD.

FETTUCCINE WITH ASPARAGUS AND GOAT CHEESE taken with love from Framed

SHRIMP, TOMATO AND BASIL LINGUINE WITH GOAT CHEESE ROUND

I think I might have posted this one before probably because I want to make it soo bad! Goat cheese rounds? Just shut up.

God. Look at that. Kind of looks like the meal I ate at Frank with my mom. BREAD.

Daily dose of tunes

Reason number #43268 chat roulette is AWESOME.

Stereogum.com explains the video:

For background: A couple weeks back a guy named Merton started posting videos of himself improvising piano tunes on Chatroulette. NY Mag’s Vulture guessed that Merton was actually Ben Folds. He’s not Ben Folds, but it was enough to get the attention of the real Folds, who paid tribute to Merton at a show Saturday night in North Carolina. This YouTube document of the night has all of the penises edited out, but Folds and the audience of 2,000 did sing to a guy on the can, and covered “Free Bird” for a middle-aged guy holding a lighter. The best tribute though, is the fact that Folds’ video can’t match the original. Also this seems pretty special, but honestly, musicians are on Chatroulette all the time. You just have to know when to catch them (between 4-6AM).

Office Musik (Dwight K. Schrute vs Weezy F. Baby).mp3

This has been on repeat on my computer for the past 45 minutes and I just realized it. And I've been dancing to myself the entire time. Oooo ooo can't get enough of this song.

Robyn- No Hassle.mp3

Robyn+Diplo? Oh boy.

Smile!

Look at that smile! Ben took this of Sophie today. Have you ever seen a more "I'd like to get to know ya" kind of face?

Are you dying? How funny is this? Sarah sent this to me last night, we don't know the pup but look at that funny face!!! And that hat!! hahaha makes me crack up every time.

HAPPY FRIDAY!!! HAPPY NEW YORK IS WARMER THAN SAN DIEGO!!!!