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Trainin’ to Greenwich

It’s a beautiful day outside. My thoughts—why not a day trip outside the city?  I’m heading to Greenwich! Off to Grand Central I go, hop on the New Haven line, grab a warm coffee from Dishes to go, and what do you know…in no time flat, I’m on the train to experience a new place! [...]

Stumptown Coffee

On those lazy Saturday mornings when its cloudy and dull outside and you’re just looking for a way to relax or ease off the hangover from the night before. I have two words for you: Stumptown Coffee Conveniently located near my apartment on 29th between Broadway and 6th, this barista-staffed coffee shop is cheered on [...]

Girl’s Dinner Party – Part II

It’s all in the details. For my recent Girls ‘n Pearls dinner party, I had a ball combing the city for flowers, the freshest ingredients and fun favors for my friends. Today’s post is about where I found each item, details about the stores, and conversations I had in the process! A Rose by Harvest A Rose [...]

Girl’s Dinner Party – Part I

Theme: Girls ‘n Pearls After cleaning my apartment one afternoon, I thought ‘why not have a few girls over for a fancy little dinner party?’ – So that’s exactly what I decided to do! Complements of my absolute favorite invitation website, Paperless Post, I was able to create the perfect invitation to quickly send out to [...]

Bikin’ to Brooklyn

Starting off my weekend with an intense spinning class at Soul Cycle? That’s pretty standard. Starting off my weekend biking over the Williamsburg Bridge to Brooklyn with my friend Tom for the day? Those are words I never believed would come out of this Southern Belle’s lip-venomed lips. But they officially did just a few [...]

Oscar Party 2011

The Oscars come but once a year and the best part is the gossip next day: critiquing the red carpet fashion, who walked away (or didn’t) with awards and who looked down right fabulous….or so unfortunate you know they want to hide under a rock today! I was going to post a totally different topic [...]

The Little Owl

Located on the corner of Bedford and Grove in Greenwich Village, The Little Owl is a neighborhood favorite. Consisting of just ten tables and 28 chairs, the intricate dishes prepared by Joey Campanaro are crazy delicious. I love going to this restaurant.  I’m always warmly greeted by Jared and my favorite waiter somehow remembers (surprisingly!) [...]

Big Event Night

Oh my goodness! After getting ready for a Bon Jovi event this past week, I couldn’t help but think of a better way to launch my Bonjour + Hola blog than preaching to the choir about what an event in itself it is to get ready for a big event in nyc! Here are some [...]