have you heard: blackmail material

i listen to a wide array of music...from rap to country, as long as it's catchy, i'm in.  sometimes i listen to really cool music...and then there are times where i'm embarrassed to admit what's been stuck in my head for days.

like these two gems:


now i must say that i had no idea what these boys looked like before posting this video, so no i don't like the song because i'm a 12 year old girl and think they're super dreamy...in fact i don't even want to go so far as to say that i actually LIKE the song.  but i can't deny that i listen to it in its entirety when it's on the radio...and sing along...and catch myself singing it throughout the day.

don't worry, the fun continues...


the first time i heard this song, mz and i were driving to pick up chinese food and what seemed like a clown car full of 10 year old girls had all of the windows rolled down and were singing this at the tops of their lungs looking like they were having the time of their life.  i showed a little restraint and didn't immediately go home to google the catchy song that made me feel like less of a person.  but after hearing it later that week on the radio i did play it, purposely, on spotify.

in the slightly less embarrassing music categories, Drive By and Starships (explicit...gotta keep up the street cred somehow!) are playing on repeat in my mental jukebox lately.

make sure you make a mental note of this for the next time you need to make fun of me or blackmail me for any reason :).

lookie here...

did you notice my new widget over there on the right hand side of the blog??  it's where you can check out my recent Instagram photos (aka pictures from my phone that have been through the awesome Instagram app that's FINALLY available for my android)!! woo-hoo!  if you click on a pic you can see it nice and big and read any captions too. chances are the pics will get updated more frequently than the actual blog posts so hopefully they'll hold you over during the lulls.

enjoy!

a little rhody easter

totally out of order of things i need to blog but i wanted to get these pictures up before it was june!

we spent easter in rhode island and it was a bit thrown together as nana was in the hospital until saturday (after over 20 days in that place, ick).  mz and i decided to do our best to keep easter going even though we weren't sure who could/would attend.  so thankful that i had blogged our easter recipes from last year because they were sure fire items that were easy to make and quite tasty!  mz grilled up the lamb, mom made some potatoes, i made a ricotta pie (didn't work quite as well as last year!) and heated a ham for good measure.

when it was all on the table it looked like we had been planning it all along...and we ended up filling the dining room with family and friends, which was very nice!

the rest of the weekend was spent driving around RI, making pasta and collecting sea glass down at nana's.  i also fell hard on the rocks...first time ever, must be because i'm so dang old now.  i'm obsessed with sea glass, always have been...luckily i had some great helpers on my treasure hunt!

click here for more pictures! 

little beach!

beavertail lighthouse

sister & CT

i got the kitchen aid pasta attachments for my bday and we've used them 4 or 5 times already, so in love!!  thanks to my awesome brother&sister-in-laws!!

mercer museum

when my parents are in town it's always a bit of a challenge to find something to do that's new and exciting...there are just so many things to pick from and so little time to pack them in to a quick weekend visit.  it takes a little extra creativity when the weather's going to be rainy and chilly, but i found a quirky place up in doylestown, pa that was awesome!

now doylestown is a place i'd love to live but i rarely frequent because it's nearly an hour from my house, so it's not one of my go-to places...might need to change that.  there are so many charming houses with historic elements like original gas burning lanterns that are still going strong.  totally different feel from the city or my neighborhood.

and tucked into the town is the Mercer Museum.  it was built to showcase every trade imaginable and the tools associated with the industry.  Henry Mercer was really an astounding guy and the concrete castle that he constructed was amazing.  i think we could've spent the entire weekend exploring it!  next time gotta hit henry's house and the tile factory museum that we only drove by.  here are some of the pictures from inside the museum (click here for more!):

we also walked around town and through the neighborhoods but my fingies were chilly so the camera stayed in my purse!

the night ended with a very tasty meal at Bar Savona...finally got to cross that off of my restaurant wish list!  only about 15 more to go!