Dawson's Creek

Dawson's Creek is is streaming on Netflix, oh my goodness yay! I went on a marathon this weekend when I was stuffing invitations and discovered this little goody. Does anyone else remember Rachel Leigh Cook from She's All That on the show? I'm exctied to get to season three when Joey & Pacey hook up. I was definitely Team Pacey. 

One Year

Well it has been a year since Zach completely blew me out of the water with an amazing surprise proposal. It was completely beautiful moment, and it just shows what an amazing person he is to me that he had it photographed! According to theknot.com we have 83 days to go until the big day, and I can NOT wait until we are married. Time please hurry up. 

To celebrate the beautiful day I have decided to try to recreate our celebratory meal we had at Tommy Bahamas after he proposed. I didn't remember the whole meal, but tried my best. 

The Menu

Drinks: ice cold Coronas - check

Appetizer - coconut shrimp

I remember being shocked when Zach ordered this, because he is not a seafood fan. I wasn't that ambitious, I just went for the already prepared version.

Main Course - Key West Grilled Chicken

I do not remember what we had for the main course, but I found this on Pintrest and it seemed to fit the theme. It was very easy to make and very tasty. I recommend it as a nice end of summer meal.

Dessert - Frozen Reese's Peanut Butter Pie

My sister had ordered us dessert and champagne for the end of our meal. The chocolate peanut butter dessert we had was one of the tastiest things I have ever had, but I guess they took it off the menu. I turned to pintrest and found this. I understand why people buy pre-made crusts. This was my first attempt at a pie. It did not look pretty, but it did taste pretty good! 

NYC

Two weeks ago Zach and I drove up to NYC for the day. The Rangers were starting a series with the Yankees, and the Zach's mom, sisters and James came in for it. Unfortunately Mr. Reed was still at a day game so we just missed him. 

We got there before everyone so we started the day off in Central Park. I always see this part of the park in the movies (Home Alone II, One Fine Day, 27 Dresses, etc..) but have never been, so Zach helped me cross that off the list. We saw the fountain, then watched a few park performers. I would never want to live in NYC, but I have to admit it has its charms. After the park we walked to Magnolia Bakery in Times Square. Evidently they were the start of the whole cupcake crazy. Personally, mine was a little dry, but Zach thought his blew Georgetown Cupcake out of the water. 

Once the girls got to their hotel we headed straight of for a 'surprise' - DryBar! We had gone there for Becky's bachelorette and Zach's sisters treated their mom and I to another round. We got all dolled up with Zach and James had boy bonding time across the street at Chopt. So excited for them to come to DC! 

After we got all dolled up, we took James to FAO Schwartz. Let me tell you, our nephew loves NYC! He was just checking out all the action, loving it. When we got to FAO I put him on a three foot stuffed  dog, and he was just in heaven. I mean he is just the cutest. 

And finally, we capped our busy day off in Little Italy. Zach led us to this restaurant with a hidden back  patio decorated in twinkle lights. It was simply gorgeous. The pizza was delicious and wine was tasty. We bought street side gelato for dessert to cap off a perfect day in NYC. 

Random Wednesday

I know, I know its been awhile. I'll right a real post in awhile, but in the mean time, here are some lovely things.

Steve Madden Boots - Fall shopping goal

Pintrest Startbuck Cup - how lovely is that

love a good stacked arm

My Commute

Different things I could have done today in the time it took me to commute to and from work:

• Drive to North Carolina
• Fly to Texas
• Run a half marathon
• Watch four episodes of Dawsons Creek on Netflix 
• Do four loads of laundry
• Go to back to back happy hours 
• Take a really awesome nap

... I'm SO ready to move!

Wedding Wednesday

This photo session is all about love, DC and a bulldog ... clearly I am in love.

The 25 Douchiest Bars in D.C.

I've been to 17 :( uh oh.

http://www.complex.com/city-guide/2012/08/the-25-douchiest-bars-in-washington-dc/

Saturday in the City

Zach and I had an absolutely wonderful Saturday! It started off Saturday morning with a walk-though of our wedding reception venue with our caterer. My biggest worry about the whole wedding has been fitting everyone into the reception space. It fits our dream number of people, but being from LARGE families, I think we are going to be a bit over that dream number mark. The caterer somehow worked out a configuration that would get everyone in there, and the space seemed so much bigger to me! It was like a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders and I am feeling a lot better about every thing. I think it is just going to be stunning :)

After the walk though we headed over to Capitol Hill to get pizza at We the Pizza. We both had a slice of the Coletti Smokehouse (bbq pork, cheddar, crispy onion straws) and I had a slice of the spicy mexican. Delicousness. We followed that up with a quick stroll through Eastern Market.

Zach's buddy was being thrown an a fancy surpise 30th birthday party at a steak house later that night, so we decided to cash in a hotel credit we had a make a night of it. The second we waked in the door of the hotel, and three hours before we had to leave for the party, I realized I forgot to bring the dress I was going to wear to the party. Gaah!! I frantically jetted over to Chinatown and started the search. I pulled together a nice little outfit - pink dress from H&M, and snakeskin pumps from Macys. The shoes were a complete splurge that I didn't need, but I said hey, I can always return the dress tomorrow.  Three ladies visit DC gave me the sign of approval, "Girrrrl, you are going to look goood." So that kind  sealed the deal.

The surprise party was held at the private room at BLT Steak. I guess someone had let the secret slip to the birthday boy, but he seemed really please. His parents were super cute, and had lots of fun special touches. The food and wine wasn't too shabby either ;) After the party we went to a cigar bar so any hopes of returning the dress were vanished. I guess I just found an outfit for my bachelorette outfit!

I hope you all had a great weekend!!

Running

I rarely enjoy running. I run a lot, but it takes a very special set of circumstances for me to truly enjoy running. It is AFTER the run that I love. The feeling when you are completely out of breath but you just accomplish 30 minutes of really pushing yourself. This morning I told my self I would cut my run short, but I ended up conquering the major hill on my run that I despise. And it felt awesome. 

Signing up for the Clarendon Day 5k tomorrow. Hopefully it will keep the motivation to get up that hill every morning.