Everything & Nothing

4-day weekends are the best. Because 1) you get 4 whole days of no-work free-time and 2) there are 2 consecutive 4-day work weeks. Brilliant!

This particular 4-day weekend was the 4th of July and the beginning of Jamie's 10-day visit to NYC. And it just so happens that the other 3 roomies of 9A were out of town for the holiday. So naturally me, Bethany and JMart did what any besties would do on a 4-day weekend staycation...

Reunion Sleepover! At 9A! All! Weekend!

We stayed up late giggling, catching up on everything we haven't g-chatted / emailed / texted about in the past 6 weeks since we'd seen each other. Ate unhealthy amounts of puppy chow, new fave pretzel m&m's and chips & homemade queso. We laid on the Great Lawn in Central Park. Getting sun, reading magazines, chatting and people watching. We watched Clueless, decided Paul Rudd might be one of our top 5 fave actors. Sat in Madison Square park plotting fundraiser plans that would help pay for a visit to Orlando and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Because we. must. go.

It was one of those wonderfully lazy and loungy weekends spent talking about everything and nothing. Just soaking up the summertime sun and each others company like no time has passed at all. It was really quite lovely.

Saturday night we had a West Village dinner at BOYB fave, Tartine. Surprisingly, no line. Guess it's a holiday weekend and everyone is out of town? What's going on here New York? A few bottles of Rose and 2 delightful french desserts later, we had a small photo shoot. With iPhones, Blackberrys and ultimately succeeded using actual cameras. With actual flashes. Hah.



On extra steamy 4th of July Sunday, one of our friends planned an afternoon fiesta at an amazing apartment where she was cat-sitting. We picked up the ingredients for Southern Caviar - one of Jamie's specialties and a guaranteed party crowd pleaser - and were off for an afternoon of 4th of July fun! Documented photographically because pictures are sometimes better than words...

See? :)

Susan & Bethany = Festive! Sparkles & flags & coordinating red / white / blue dresses!

Hanging out on the patio - Where we discovered that my new navy dress maaaaay not be so great for twirling...

...And that we really like colorful sandals & toes.

A quick walk down to Riverside Park for firework watching!

Shannon joined us from Long Island City for the fireworks too!

Oh how I love these girls. We are fun.

And then it was back to work for the week. A crazy 100 degree blazing hot week. Poor Jamie, it would happen that she'd visit NYC on the hottest and most humid week of the year. Ick.

But at least there was more time for playing! After her Cow Appreciation Day duties were done of course. 10 days of Jamie in New York?! Oh yes please.