SUMMER

just a chubby baby poolside on her first vacation [to vegas!]

summer is in full swing and ive been having such a good time! there have been bbqs, happy hours, and even an impromtu party at my friend's music studio [i mastered the drums]. aside from some trips i plan to take, i compiled a casual list of other things i would like to do during this vacation and i wanted to share it:

go to the casino
go to some outdoor concerts
go to an art gallery [my friend asa has a show in july]
go to a baseball game [go phils!]
go to some sort of food festival
make all sorts of mixed cds for summer drives [im currently burning a justin bieber/willow smith/miley cyrus/taylor swift/selena gomez mix]
do karaoke
go to franklin square to play mini golf, ride the carousel, and get a butterscotch krimpet milkshake [yikes]

ill keep you posted as i cross things off!

APRIL, MAY, JUNE...

senior formal

graduation!

j and i on the beach for memorial day weekend

at bloomingdales' "girls' night out" event where they served cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and mini ice cream cones with sprinkles. my sister and i had so much fun

ava making a kiss face xoxoxo

sorry for the lull in posts, here's what ive been up to: during april i was partying hard with my class [there were soooo many events for seniors, including several bar crawls] and trying to prevent my senioritis from ruining my gpa. in may i finished my final exams and then i GRADUATED from college! i moved out of my apartment and back home with my parents for the summer. now it's june and the living is easy. i pretty much just hang out with j and the rest of our friends in the city and at the beach. ive also been doing a lot of shopping with my sister. and of course hanging out with my little baby niece who i adore!

AVA

[clearly she didnt like the flash of my camera]

my niece ava was born on march 25th and weighed in at 9 pounds, 8 ounces! she's sooo chubby and everyone is elated!
congrats to my big brother and his wife :D

MARDI GRAS

[a tamborine]
[heart shaped glasses i caught at the zulu parade]
[j with a man in a pompom suit]
[a float]
[beignets from cafe du monde]

[we used j's iphone to get the old school camera effect on these photos]
i went to mardi gras for spring break with j and some girls from our schools. it was such a wild time, definitely something everyone should experience once! going to new orleans however, is something everyone should do over and over again - if only for the food! [red beans and rice, jambalaya, beignets etc]

BEEN GONE FOR A BIT

while watching the oscars i got the urge to blog and realized i hadnt posted in a very long time; sorry 'bout that. how was everyone's valentine's day? mine was sweet [my boyfriend made all my favorite foods for dinner]. but now february is almost over and that means one thing........spring break!!!! im super stoked and cant wait to jet off with my girlfriends. when i get back ill really try to post more often!

CRAVING

happy new year! winter break was epic but im happy to be back at school, just in time for restaurant week! im totally craving buddakan's five spice sugar doughnuts served with blackberry jam, chocolate sauce, and gingered cream cheese. #fatkid

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS...

im up wrapping gifts with my family so i thought id post a lil something. this break has been kickass so far.. ive been to a bunch of christmas dinners/parties and even took a trip to the casino [we lost it all at the craps table]. ive been really excited for christmas gifts [and christmas food] all month so i made sure to spread the excitement and cheer by buying toys for a less fortunate family. i hope the kids are soo happy tomorrow when they see all their presents!! also, did you guys see the lunar eclipse the other night?? my mom and i went outside at 3 to marvel. i loved it, always good to see God's work! i hope everyone has a lovely christmas,
xoxo lil bits

ALMOST DONE

another semester is ending which means finals are currently kicking my ass. aside from copious amounts of work, ive been eating a lot of cereal [especially the original flavor of these] and take out and watching a lot of football on tv and in person [i went to the eagles-colts game a month ago]. ive also been compiling a pretty stellar christmas list and planning all sorts of holiday events [parties, dinners, game nights, karaoke, etc.] im done with school friday and i plan to celebrate with cocktails around the tree my parents drove all the way to the mountains to cut down. ahhh the christmas season! so close and yet so far away

CAPUCCI

i went to an early morning event with my mom at the philadelphia museum of art today. it was geared to create a buzz about their upcoming roberto capucci exhibit and they served bellinis [my favorite brunch drink] and mini bagels with lox. i interned at the museum during highschool so im really familiar with their vast textiles department and i was also a big fan of the schiaparelli exhibit [about 5 years back] but capucci's art blew my mind!!!!! if youre around philadelphia, the exhibit begins in mid march, definitely go!!!

MY BIRTHDAY

sooooo my birthday was almost a month ago [in 8 days] and i havent posted anything yet, better late than never though!! for my birthday me and 7 of my friends flew to las vegas for the weekend and had a wilddddddd time. we had a sick suite and spent time gambling [blackjack], laying by the pool, getting wasted, and looking for trouble. xs was definitely a highlight, best nightclub ive ever been to. as far as daytime activities, the new york roller coaster is sick and you have to, have to, have to get an in and out burger. we had a fuckin ball. las vegas i misssss youuuuu

MY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY

speaking of kendra wilkinson-baskett [her hubby plays for my team], sunday was my sister's birthday and we [along with our brother and our uncle] went to the eagles' home opener to celebrate. like last time the eagles lost but it's always fun to be at the games regardless of the outcome. i do miss mcnabb and westbrook and dawkins and trotter but im still here bleeding green for my team, go birds!!!!!!!!!!!!!! after the game we changed and headed to tequila's [our version of cheers "where everybody knows your name"] which was fitting because my sis lovessss tequila. [how cute does she look making a wish on her eagles cake?]

FASHION'S NIGHT OUT

j and i ventured into the city for the second annual fashion's night out. we met up with my aunt honey and headed straight to barney's for karaoke with the olsen's, liya kebede, and the proenza schouler boys jack and lazaro. unfortunately it was super dooper crowded so we decided to leave. as we were turning to go we noticed a small commotion coming toward us. in the center of it was liya kebede herself, on the way to take a seat with her fellow judges. she was very friendly and posed briefly for j's iphone. the picture [above] shows how close we were to her and its blurriness gives you a sense of the crowd's frenzy. thanks to liya, we werent disappointed as we made our way down to the 4th floor and away from the chaos. the 4th floor [home to the shoe closet of my dreams] was much more low key and i enjoyed browsing the familiar shelves at a new time [it was around 1030 and barneys usually closes at 8]. after i finished flirting with a salesman who remembered me from an earlier trip [because i was asking his opinion on forrest green suede ysl tribute pumps over and over again] we made our way to the basement where j got her makeup done. then we had dinner at the sky bar [sliders and truffle fries] and saw kendra wilkinson-baskett, very random.