ny pre-wedding fun

over the weekend i was on an adventure for jeanne's shower & bachelorette weekend. lots of travel by different methods but it was worth it! thursday evening i flew up to philly where amy & kaity picked me up at the airport and we headed back to jeanne's for a quick catch up but amy & jeanne had to work the on friday and we didn't get to their house until after midnight. friday morning kaity and i worked on some of the decorations and things for the shower, ran a few errands and then drove from philly to westchester, ny, then jeanne and travis met us later and then amy after she drove up from work. we spent friday night at the lake house hanging out and talking and just relaxing.

saturday was jeanne's shower so we spent the morning getting ready, decorating and then wedding showering it up. it turned out great with minimal drama and it was fun to see a bunch of college friends who i haven't seen in a while! 

amy, me, kaity & jeanne at the shower

friends before we hit the city

 then right after the shower we headed into nyc for the bachelorette! after checking into the hotel and getting ready we started our evening of fun! we got recs for places in the city from one of my hs friends as well as a few of jeanne's hs friends who were meeting us in the city. we went to teqa for dinner which was amazing! the best margaritas, the guac & nachos were to die for and then we all had different types of fancy tacos. i had a potato taco and it was amazing. it was fried potatoes with all the traditional toppings. so it was delish! i will have to go back next time i'm in the city! then we headed out to a few bars and just had fun being silly and dancing and laughing. i was a bit mad watching the end of the devils game 2 where they lost again in overtime. so they are down 2-0 right now in the finals. then after the bars we headed to a karaoke bar where we ended the night singing a ton of songs and just generally laughing and having a fun night! we crashed around 2am

ready to hit the city

we got so many cat calls walking to dinner

with kaity at dinner

with b&b at karaoke

karaoke

sunday morning after we all got up we headed to a diner for a greasy breakfast and then they all 

delish cupcakes! 

headed back to westchester to head home. but my flight wasn't until 8pm out of newark so i spent the day with my friend susan. it was a chill day we spent most of it just talking and catching up but also getting some shake shack! yessss - finally having it in nyc! (i had it at a washington nationals game last summer in dc) and then to suz's favorite cupcakes in the city - two little red hens!  we were going to walk around central park but it started to rain so we skipped that.

shake shack! love love love!

so i was going to take the train to newark airport from the city, but suz recommend the bus, it is quicker and i wouldn't have to make a few transfers and that's what she uses. so perfect. my flight was at 8 and it is newark so you never know what security will be like. so i figured get to the airport around 6:30. so i leave suz's at 5 to take the subway to grand central to get the bus. i'm there at 5:30 and the next bus was 5:45 - perfect. well at 6 and it still hasn't shown up i start to get nervous - i text suz who calls and says there should be a bus there in the next few minutes. (they are supposed to be every 15 minutes) so I look and see the next train times and by then it would be like 7:30. (flight was boarding at 7:37) and i was like shitttttt. and i knew my only option at this time was a taxi. and i knew it was going to be expensive. luckily there were 2 asian guys also waiting for the bus so i asked them to share a cab with. so at 6:30 we get a cab - oh yea it was raining so there were no cabs! the driver was great especially with my i need to be there asap and despite some bad traffic getting into the lincoln tunnel gets me to the airport at 7:15.   and the security line actually wasn't horrible but for someone who only had 15 minutes that wasn't going to cut it. (it looked to be about 30 minutes, which for newark terminal c is good!) so they let me into the priority boarding security line so i was at my gate with a few minutes to spare. so then and only then did i actually breathe. the flight home was long - were were on the ground in newark a long time and i had a killer headache from the stressful getting to airport experience. so luckily i slept 3/4 of the flight. it was soooo nice to sleep in my own bed last night after that!

today was quiet - enjoyed a lazy morning and i thought about going to the beach but it rained on & off most of the day. booo. i had my dress for jeanne's wedding altered and started packing for my trip to colorado focusing on the camping aspect and making sure i had everything i needed and making a list and figuring out how i'm getting all my camping gear in my big suitcase and then my regular conference things in my carryon. so funny to attempt to pack for 2 conferences and then 3 days camping, but i am a packing wizard. i am just soooo excited to head back to colorado and even more excited to go camping in the rockies!! so tomorrow is just actually packing, maybe the beach and then going to the first outdoor concert series down at waterfront park! then i'm off to colorado on wednesday! woooo!

annnnd over the weekend was little brother's prom! i can't believe he is that old!