If Only...

Some girls plaster posters of boy bands and Edward Cullen on their walls, not me. No sir.  I am hopelessly obsessed with Jeff Lewis from BRAVO's "Flipping Out".  Granted, he is not single and I will never be his type (a.k.a. male) but man o man, he is a stone cold fox!

Perfectly coiffed 'do

Bedroom eyes

Look at those lips!

World Market Fabulous-ness

I have come to the conclusion that World Market is the best place on earth to buy beer.  I had previously written about their make your own 6 packs which I am in love with, but today I stumbled upon a little gem.  Apparently they do "Featured Formats" of selected brews from time to time, and this weeks/months featured gem is none other than Unibroue's amazing La Fin du Monde. This beer is amazing for so many reasons:
1. Its a Belgian
2. Its fruity AND floral
3. It pairs well with most everything
4. EVERYONE likes it... no joke


When people come into work and want a fruity, floral, or Belgian beer I always encourage them to give La Fin du Monde a try. I highly recommend buying this bad boy for yourself, I bought three! Cheers!

Duckies

A week ago I was in Florida with Ryan and a week from now I'll be in Milwaukee and Chicago with my duckies, these next few days can't go by quick enough!

Quack, Quack, Quack!

Things I Miss From My Childhood

Things that I miss from my childhood:

Squeeze-It Drinks

Skip-Its

DunkAroos

Ft. Myers, FL

Ryan and I went to Ft. Myers this past weekend for a friend's wedding and had THE most amazing time!  We had the cutest hotel right on the beach, equipped with a full kitchem and a walkout patio overlooking ocean for miles and miles!  The wedding was beach-side and absolutely beautiful, it was even Michigan themed with the groomsmen wearing maize and blue shorts and the bridesmaids in navy dresses with Michigan jewelery!  After the wedding we had a yummy breakfast then spent the rest of the day running up the room tab by ordering every type of drink possible from the pool-side cabana!  I am newly obsessed with a drink called "Dirty Monkey" which has banana liqueur and Godiva liqueur all blended up and served with a dollop of whipped cream! SOOOOOO good, highly recommend that you try it (but only if you don't care about calories!) The weekend was spent just lounging around and swimming in the pool. On Sunday we, along with 10 friends, went on a local jet-ski dolphin tour and had the most amazing experience.  In case you did not know, or care to know, I am deathly afraid of the ocean and sharks, so much so that I do not go in past my knees. So anyways, we're on the jet-skis when we spot a friendly manatee swimming up by us and quicker than you can say "BAM!" I was swan diving into that water to try to pet it.  That sucker swam right around my leg, it was so amazing! One actually surfaced under Ryan, it was such an amazing experience. But i would like to say that we spotted a shark and a 75-ish pound stingray right after we got out of the water! Here are some pics from the weekend!

The wedding venue overlooking the beach

University of Michigan-themed wedding attire

Shell with the Hermit Crab still inside!

Ryan and I in the ocean

Missour-ah Celebrit-ahs (a.k.a Missouri Celebrities)

A few days ago I ran across a girl at the pool who had a gigantic tattoo of the outline of Missouri on her side.  When I say gigantic, I mean that it was almost big enough to go pit to hip. This little

gem perched on Miss Daisy's side got me wondering about a few things:

#1 Is she from Missouri or MissourAH (cue banjo and cowbell)

#2 How drunk was she to get this atrosity

#3 Who else boasts (or at least admits to) being from Missouri

I decided to do a little googling to find out and the following is what I was able to come up with

-Sheryl Crow- Kennett

-Maya Angelou- St. Louis

-Eminem- St. Joseph

-Samuel Clements a.k.a. Mark Twain- Florida

-Mr. JC Penny himself- Hamilton 

-Jesse James the outlaw, not Sandra Bullock's douchebag ex-husband- Clay Country

-John Goodman- Afton

-Kimora Lee Simmons- St. Louis

-Alexis Bellino from Real Housewives of Orange County- Hannibal
-Brad Pitt- Springfield

-Andy Cohen from BRAVO

I would like to end this informative and riveting little blurb with a video i found which is entitled What Celebrities Would Look Like If They Moved to Missouri from dalport's YouTube site!

J.T

I have recently decided that I am going to dig up some of my old writings and put them on this bad boy every now and then.  The following diddy is something I wrote for my mom concerning her James Taylor obsession....
-James Taylor

My whole life you never sang any words but his

Every night your tone deaf lips would lull me to sleep

With images of cowboys and moon light ladies

Coloring my thoughts with greens and blues, I still hear you

Perched by my bed as you would pat my back

Beckoning sweet dreams to come my way

And every night they would come like clockwork

Erasing the troubles of my 5 year old world, shooing away all of the bad

Singing so all my eyelids could see was you

Monster Gus

Gus has reached his "terrible twos" only 7 months into his little puppy life.  His crazy antics have left Ryan and I more frustrated than you can imagine and constantly short-winded from yelling.  He is well-aware of how to behave ( no jumping, barking, biting) and knows all of his puppy commands (sit, down, shake, stay) but for one reason or another he chooses to completely ignore us. From what I am told, this is a phase that he will grow out of, but my question is "How soon", because momma is loosing patience and fast.  

look close enough and you can see his horns

The Dark Side of Groupon

As you know, I LOVE Groupon.  However, after working at a restaurant and experiencing Groupon first hand I can now safely say that it is a sneaky little menace.  Blanc sold over 20,000 Groupons, which means over 20,000 people coming in looking for a deal.  I understand the rush of Groupon and saving some money, but this does not mean that people need to be unnecessarily rude or cheap.  I recently ran across an article about Groupon etiquette at restaurants and I feel more than compelled to share, hopefully save others from my Groupon-induced fate that I am going to be forced to live out through January 26, 2012, a.k.a. the day that this particular bad boy expires. Until then,  I pray that patience remains a close friend.... 

Who The Hell Wastes Food?!

This past weekend, aka Memorial Day weekend, marked the beginning of pool season.  It also marked the end of pool season at 45 Madison, thanks in large part to some asshole who decided to throw sandwiches, thongs, and glass beer bottles in the pool.  I have 3 big qualms with this:


#1: Why the eff would you put your britches in the pool? What do you do from here, just walk around nekked?
#2: Glass bottles in the pool, really? There is a trashcan right next to that bad boy.
#3: Who wastes a perfectly good sandwich?!?!


So thanks to this ass the pool is closed for at least 2 weeks and I'm left with an uneven tan.
Moral of the story: sandwiches are for eating, not swimming.