Mellow Makes For a Good Life

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In the last few weeks, I've been hearing some crazy stories and it just makes me think back to a quote I read by Anne Hathaway in last year's Harper's Bazaar about her quiet and relatively calm Hollywood relationship with Adam Schulman:

"Mellow doesn't always make for a good story, but it makes for a good life." 

Perfectly said. M, I love my good life with you.

{By the way, have you already watched Caine's Arcade?  If you want another smile on hump day, click the link.  You won't be disappointed.}

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The Rest of the (Long) Weekend

Pin It now! I started the long weekend on Thursday night with a free INXS concert at the Beacon Theatre.  Free!  I won them from a radio contest.  Earlier in the week, WPLJ was giving away free tickets to INXS if you were caller 95.  Michael thinks I was the only caller that morning to they had to give the tickets to anyone who called.  Whatever - I love INXS.  My favorite song is Beautiful Girl and I remember buying all their albums decades ago when I first heard the song on the radio.  M and I actually went to their concert in 2006 at Radio City Music Hall right after the reality show ended and the band found a new lead vocalist.  That concert was amazing - we didn't have any expectations and it was so much better than we thought it was going to be.  the new lead vocal JD Fortune was spot on and it was a little spooky how he sounded like Michael Hutchence.  Tonight's concert was for their Original Sin album which are remakes of their old songs. I was really disappointed because I didn't like the new version of Beautiful Girl, which was the one song I was looking forward to.  I'll see them again (if I win free tickets).

On Monday, we threw a birthday BBQ for the hubs (Happy birthday my darling!). I made a second batch of jello shots and a Macedonia berry salad (recipe is from Debi Mazar's show Extra Virgin on the Cooking Channel - recipe is here).  Meatball Shop was my inspiration of the orange creamsicle jello shot - when we went a few weeks ago, the orange creamsicle was delicious.  I couldn't resist to make it on a large scale for the party.  The party was fun and we had a lot more people than expected.  Ed Westwick made an appearance too... yeah, because we roll like that. 

(posted with L's permission)

Just a note... to my husband and very best friend.  It's been 2 & 6 years together.  I'm thankful for every day and it's definitely an amazing ride.  I get weepy because I always daydreamed how I would be all grown up, and this life right now with you is better than I could have ever imagined.

One Year Ago

Pin It now! one year ago, i stood next to my best friend and i promised to be with him forever.  he put a ring on my finger and promised me the same thing.  after what feels like the quickest year ever, i can say that i love this man more than ever.  i'm lucky to have found a person that accepts me the way i am and loves me for the person i am.  he loves me whole-heartedly and without condition, which is not always easy!  i love that we've created this life together and that i get to wake up every morning with someone i can joke with, someone who cooks for me (i know!), someone i can rely on and who supports me back.

i feel we've grown and matured over the past year and it amazes me how marriage can bind a relationship even tighter.  i'm hoping i've been a good wife and i can't wait to see what the next year brings.

The Princess Diaries, Norah Jones, and my Love

Pin It now! i'm watching The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. yes, i really am and i'm loving it. i never watched the first one, but i'm sure it's just as good. there's a scene where anne hathaway is dancing with cutie chris pine (from the new star trek) and norah jone's version of love me tender is playing and it's beautiful.



i'm listening to the song and it makes me realize that i'm totally in love with hubby. i know it's silly because i know i'm in love with him and it's not as if i just realized this for the first time, but listening to this song had such a profound emotional love reaction for me. as the awkward dorky girl growing up, i always hoped to find my prince charming and it still amazes me that i found him.