My Brother-in-Law, Steve Hollister.
I really haven’t seen anyone Instagram better than him. I mean look at these pictures…he is brilliant!
(His Instagram name is sdhollister….you should go follow him!)
Happy Birthday Allie
April 3, 2013 By 3 Comments
Yesterday was Allie’s 26th birthday!! She keeps saying that age 26 sounds so old. And when my mom tells her that she had two babies at her age…it does sound pretty old! Also, when you compare her age to mine, it does sound pretty old! But, despite how the age sounds, I think she is closer to the picture on the left at heart. And that is one of the many reasons why we love her so much!
We started off the day with a walk (while our mom began getting ready).
Then, of course, we had to go to BLD for breakfast so she could eat the best blueberry pancakes!
And, then, we did lots of shopping!
MADEWELL
JCREW
SEPHORA
And many more shops after these too!
Once we felt like we were about to drop, we headed over to Mozza for dinner! It is one of Mario Batali’s famous restaurants and everything we ate was so wonderfully tasty! That Mario knows what he is doing. (Unfortunately, none of the pictures from dinner turned out…forgive me? I’ll tell you what we had so that your imagination can create more beautiful pictures!)
First Course
Allison – Butter Lettuce, with bacon, gorgonzola dolce, hazelnuts and egg
Mom – Little Gem Lettuce, with asparagus, peas, walnuts and pecorino
Emily – Roasted cauliflower and red onion with mint yogurt
Me – Insalata Mista
Second Course
Allison – Burricotta with radicchio, spiced walnuts, honey and fried rosemary
Mom – Burrata with grilled asparagus, brown butter, guanciale and almonds
Emily – Burrata with grilled asparagus, brown butter, guanciale and almonds
Me – Buffalo Mozzarella and Crostini with pesto, salsa romesco, tapenade, and caperberry relish
Third Course
Allison – Garganelli with ragú Bolognese
Mom – Orecchiette with sausage and Swiss chard
Emily – Bucatini all’ Amatriciana
Me – Tagliatelle with lamb ragu, olives, and mint
Doesn’t it all sound divine?? I probably could have picked anything on the menu and it would have been delicious. I was so impressed. And very full by the end of the meal! We all felt like we were in a food coma!
We had such a fun day and we were all so happy to be together to celebrate Allie’s birthday! (We missed you, Dad!)
April Fools Day
April 2, 2013 By 1 Comment
I can’t believe how quickly April Fools snuck up on me this year! I love playing pranks and I had good pranks lined up for my suitemates, but April 1st came so quickly I didn’t find the time to plan out my best pranks. (Which I will be saving for another year.) But, I was not going to let the day go by without at least a little something. So, I decided to play the prank that my mom played on me a couple years ago – Oreos filled with toothpaste! Simple, easy, and totally worth it!
^^Can you tell which one of the three oreos is the one with toothpaste??
I’m going to start planning right now for next year. I can’t wait! So, it’s best for your sake that you watch out (:
