Pink Ink Blog

I’m sorry readers, it’s been about a week since I last posted.  But fear not, I will update you on what you’ve missed super quick.

I was in Cleveland eating Bacon Ice Cream (my new favorite flavor by the way).

From there, I spent several more days in Cleveland making sangria as promised in my previous blogs.  I have a new skill for my resume, FYI.

From there, I ate a giant rice krispie…

…followed by 1/2 a giant crab cake sandwich from Melt.

And that was Cleveland.

Oh, and mom graduated with a degree in Psychology.  I’m just waiting for her to get her prescription pad.  Congrats, Ma!

I left Brooklyn yesterday on a high note with a nice breakfast with Becca in an outside cafe involving Nutella and Goat Cheese Croquettes (not together). Then headed to LGA for a pretty easy check-in and flight to my layover in Philly.  I did see this amusing sign on the way out of NYC though.

Since I was in the hometown of my favoritest person in the world, my handsome colleague Michael Alberici, (all be it the airport) I decided to ask if I should do anything in particular.  Without hesitating, he said crabfries at Chickie’s and Pete’s.  They really have nothing to do with crab, but do come with this awesome white sauce.

Did I mention that I also was drinking Sam Adams Summer, and it was soooo good.  My new favorite, after Cherry Wheat of course.

After another up and down flight, I arrived in Cleveland where my favorite brother picked me up.  Then took me to my favorite place in Cleveland, The Store.  This is where we buy my favorite scratch-off tickets.  (It was already a day of favorites) I only gamble in Cleveland, and The Store usually has all the winners.  So far I am down $11 with nothing to show.

SNEAK PREVIEW: Tonight, I get to go to Lola, a Michael Simon restaurant.  I love love love Michael Simon, and my brother, Jason, mentioned I can get bacon ice cream. Yes, be jealous.

So my last day in NYC is bittersweet.  I got to do some shopping on St. Marks Street, with little luck — walking away with some sunglasses and a keychain.  However I did get to see the fabulous Linda Ong at Curley’s Lunch, and eat some of the most amazing curley fries covered in hot sauce and bleu cheese.

These are the remnants:

Oh, and this is the stupendous Linda Ong, who thinks she looks like a boy in this picture — but I am happy to have seen her and don’t agree whatsoever. Look at those ridiculously amazing eyebrows.

I did happen to find a pair of glasses that were simply too big for me, which I thought could never happen. No, I didn’t buy them, although I was tempted.

I also learned that espresso (or expresso as Becca calls it) is best when served Shakerato.  It makes an awesome mousse-like texture that Meg was super not a fan of.

After that, we went to a cute little wine bar that had 2-for-one ANY wines, and I found an amazing one called Torrontes: Avenue, Mendoza (Argentina 2007).

After that, we had great sushi at this place we think was called Sushi Park, or was bought by someone then names blablabla Sushi Park.   Then, in efforts to get my Brooklyn 4 Life badge on Foursquare, we went to another bar in Brooklyn (no badge as of yet), and met some chick from Ohio who LOVED my Barbie jacket — thus making me feel awesome as since I’ve been in NYC, I’ve felt a significant lack of style.

Also, on the way home from sushi, the girls let me take the lead in directing the cab — and it really made me feel like a Brooklyn Girl.  I didn’t even get us lost!

Goodbye NYC, hello Cleveland (tomorrow).  Can’t wait to make it back here.

Ah, the joys of being a Florida girl.  The luxury of the summer sun all year round and rain showers without cold weather.  Guess I blocked the memories of living in Ohio with the cold rain. Yesterday was pretty rainy and cold, but we still made the best of it and had an AMAZING time.  Oh, and did I mention it was Joshua Darling’s birthday!!!

We started the day with delicious lunch at Delicatessen where they have something called a Zen Martini.  All I know is that it had something to do with cucumbers, and it was epic.

After that, we made our way deeper through the monsoon that was happening outside to get some retail therapy at Top Shop.  Becca describes this place like H&M on crack, however I found it hard to buy anything seeing that I would be wearing it Orlando, not the fashion capital of the US.  Here’s a brief little fashion show from Joshua though.  I was extremely intrigued by the shirt entitled…How Low Can You Go.  Guess which one below it was…

We went back to Dos Caminos, which has this spicy guac which was the shit. And, sangria made the way it’s supposed to be with Brandy and Triplesec, although I’ll use Grand Ma when making it at home.

And this last pic is for my friend, Tiffany, who has an adorable bulldog named Lola.  These were all over Top Shop. Today’s my last day in NYC, then headed to Cleveland tomorrow.  Hopefully I can make those blogs as exciting as these.  Something makes me think not, though. Farewell for now.

Yesterday was brilliant. I got to go to Mood in the city! There are so many fabric shops out here, and it seriously makes me wonder why I am just stuck with Jo-Ann’s in Orlando. I am seriously contemplating opening up a fabric shop.

Anyway, I got some amazing vintagey and asian-inspired fabrics that you will see in execution later on after I get back home. While at Mood, Becca decided she wanted to make some chokers out of trimmings, and we of course had to try them all on.

Then we walked through times square for the obligatory “I’m in Times Square” photo. Since we happened to be right across from Sephora, we did that for about an hour then proceeded to my new favorite part of NY — Williamsburg.

We had an amazing dinner of sangria made with Cava, cheese and more cheese. My sandwich came with something the restaurant (Blackbird) calls Beet Tzatziki, but it didn’t taste much like beets. So, instead it was the perfect shade of pink — making that my standard for all tzatziki in my life moving forward.

Oh, and by the way — thank you Joshua Darling for posting the link to your network, because I reached an ALL TIME HIGH of 50 visitors yesterday.

Today was another amazing day in NYC. We had UNLIMITED MIMOSAS at some bar/restaurant — yeah, I said unlimited. And on top of it the food was fabulous 123. Crab Cakes with Hollandaise and eggs, etc. (Sorry, I forgot to take pictures) Oh, and the restaurant was called…Libations. Come on.

Anyway, I also got to experience a photoshoot from the beautiful and famous Joshua Darling at Coney Island. The only memory I have of Coney Island is from the movie Uptown Girl — but it was amazing.

We finished the day out with some of the best 4-cheese, thin crust pizza — where one of the cheeses was bleu. Amazing.

Lastly. the evening is ending with dirty martinis…no, I mean REALLY dirty, back door martinis — and Dream Phone. Does life get much better?

So today starts my vacation. I said goodbye to Orlando at about 8 a.m. and said hello Brooklyn & Becca around noon (after an idiot cab driver took me all over town, probably on purpose).

The day has been amazing so far including a fabulous Lindsaterian approved picnic and sunning at Prospect Park. Who’d have thought I’d left Orlando, went to New York and come back with a tan.

Adding to the amazing day, I saw this girl – in a dress – and heels – on a bike, and I think she’s amazing. Just thought I’d share.

Stay tuned for more.

For the past month or so, I’ve not been able to sync my iPhone.  It has made life a pain in the ass, and I’ve even missed a couple appointments because the items from my phone calendar never made it to the computer.  I kept seeing pop-ups like this…

Needless to say, I was so over the issue that I just ignored it…until I could not ignore it any longer.  That day happened to be yesterday, the 5th of May.  And what happens on this day? Everything syncs perfectly.

So, from this day forward, May 5th will be referred to as Synco de Mayo.

My friend Susan and I went over to this cute boutique in Orlando (Sweet Boutique) during lunch last week to look for a dress for her to the AAF 4th District ADDY Awards. Unfortunately we came up short, but I did find these amazing earrings.

In the past, I’ve not been too impressed with the feather/peacock movement in fashion — but whatever bird these feathers came from is hot in my book.  Check out the pics below for the bird in action — and my friend Jim Clark’s Company (who joins me in the pic)

NOTE: No animals were harmed in the writing of this blog post.

JIm Clark and MySelf at the 4th District ADDYs

So, some of you know I have been getting back into sewing. I used to make bags and purses during high school — but since I moved to Florida, I didn’t have a machine. I sucked it up and bought one about 4 months ago and have been sewing small projects on the weekends, in my spare time (literally).

I have had this pattern for a cute business card holder, and have just not gotten around to making it because the pattern looked tough (and I suck at sewing curves). But…last weekend I did it — and it’s super cute. Check it out below. Stay tuned on Etsy (or maybe this local store we have in Orlando called Sweet Boutique). My Esty name is Pink Inkling. (Just bookmark the link – there’s nothing there yet)