12.31.10

It's the end of the year, so might as well do a photo dump post instead of just one picture.  This one deserves lots of images anyway.  So here goes...

Lindsey, Nancy and I hosted what we dubbed a "Fabulous New Year's Eve Baby Shower" for Tim and El.  (Here we are!)



And I must say, it was quite fab. Let me take you around for a tour of some of the highlights of what we had to offer. Most fab I think was the crostini bar. We got this idea from the gals over at Haute Apple Pie. What a fantastic idea it is - you can spend a lot or a little, takes very little preparation, and looks really impressive. I think the tags in front of each item adds to the fabulosity

and check out this tiny little play on grilled cheese and tomato soup!  They were as delicious as they are adorable too...courtesy of the always reliable, Ina Garten and Ree Drummond.  Here is the recipe for the roasted tomato soup (which I have always had available in the freezer since I made it first a couple months ago.  so good.), and here is the cheese puff recipe...but we (Nancy) sort of made them cheese toasts instead of puffs.



And then to not let the baby shower theme get lost among the new year's revelry, I froze some plastic babies in ice, which everyone had fun with once they thawed out.





We also had a baby pool.  Not a completely new idea, but I think it was a good one for a co-ed shower.  We split the days in 2 (am and pm) and sold each spot for $2.  And now we all just wait to collect our winnings!



Here are the guests of honor with some headwear we bought for them at the party store.  There was a plethora of tiny hats available at the party store. It was odd.



And I think this picture pretty much sums up the good times that were had this new year's eve!  On our end, this is the first year in many many years that we actually did something.  We have spent at least the last 3 years with each other, going to dinner and catching a movie.  We always had a great time doing that, but I think this was the most fun new year's eve I have had in a long time...possibly ever.

(as a side, this is the second year in a row that there has been a "fabulous" party thrown by members of our group. Last year, Nancy had a "Fabulous Holiday Party". We are hoping to make this a tradition and have different fabulous parties every year.)

7.28.10

A couple days before Nancy and Tyler were officially out of their apartment, they asked that I take a few pictures from across the street so they could have a memento of this time in their life. Luckily there is a rooftop restaurant directly across the street and I was able to get this shot! Afterward we headed up the block to Concert on the Square and then to Graze for a late night bite to eat.

7.21.10

I skipped this day the last time I did a mass update on this blog. What is my problem with updating this thing? It is pretty much officially the end of summer and I have not even done one update for August. extreme lameness.

Back to July 21st. Nancy and Tyler (Mr. and Mrs. Madison as we lovingly called them) had only a couple weeks left in Madison before they moved, so El and I threw a little going away get together for them at the Terrace. While we were organizing it, we decided we would bring some light dinner food for everyone to snack on and we would buy pitchers when we got there. The day of the party, I was talking to El and I start second guessing our plan and say, "they allow us to bring food there, right?" to which she says, "yeah. I mean, I think so. I've brought Chiptole there, why can't we bring sandwiches?"....

....well, as it turns out you cannot bring carryins. Maybe if one had a small group and were subtle about it, it wouldnt be a big deal. In our case, we had about 25 people and large quantities of sandwiches, chips and desserts. Woops. We got a slap of the hand and were told the rules, but they were nice enough to let us stay and keep our food. thanks, Terrace workers, for not breaking up our party!

4.24.10

On Saturday, we ran the Crazylegs....

....then we went to celebrate Tim's 30th birthday and did some shotskis

11.12.09

Ex-cuse me, but will you please look at these amazing invitations!

A couple weeks ago, Nancy and I went to Archiver's to get some supplies to make invitations for her holiday party. You see, for years Nancy has wished she could attend one of those chic, fun holiday parties you always see in magazines, but that no one ever really has in real life. (No one we know has them anyway) Completely bummed, but not discouraged, she decided to take matters into her own hands and throw this very kind of party herself! And since this is going to be such a classy affair, an evite just wasn't going to cut it. This is where she commissioned my help to put together a super cute invitation to mail out.

We have to extend some credit to tiny prints for some of the inspiration. Most of it was all us though. Actually, it took us longer than I'd like to admit for us to arrange those dots in the perfect way. And you can't tell in this pic, but those dots are fun shimmery paper. Isn't it the best? And you should see them with in their black shimmery envelopes and coordinating labels! We were so proud of ourselves.

7.13.09

I have very few pics to choose from for this day...this is the only one that turned out half way decent.

We got together for some Monday night margaritas at Frida's...because why not, right?

1.24.09

*nancy is 27*

I had one of the most pleasant evenings I have had in a long time celebrating Nancy's bday on Saturday night.

And I had 2 delicious martinis to boot.

Not bad.