Spring Kicks

After wearing my white Keds from last summer to bits because they were so comfy and easy to bum around in, I've decided to invest in another pair of sneakers and discovered this Superga brand. Although they may look like your grandmother's orthopedic shoes at first glance, I love their classic style and they come in such fun colors! Below are a few of the colors I'm currently contemplating - I know, I think I picked the 5 most neutral and least exciting colors available, but I want to be able to wear them a lot - plus pastels are fun for spring!

Which do you like best?

I'm leaning towards the light blue or maybe the mint - and there's always my favorite neutral, white...

In Bloom!

Literally arriving overnight this past weekend, SPRING IS HERE! It not only brought along sunshine and warm temps to the district, but CHERRY BLOSSOMS too! Because who knew a city needed to have a whole festival honoring these little pink things. Now that the blossoms have bloomed, I finally can see them in all of their flowery glory - and let me tell you, I totally understand why tourists would come in droves to see these things in action. They are like little pink marshmallows floating overhead, and they are EVERYWHERE. I spent my lovely lunch break in their shade today, and with the high reaching nearly 80 (say what?!), I definitely appreciated it.

Although I am so grateful for these spring months (especially now that it's warm), it's also the busiest and most stressful time at work, leaving me exhausted and cranky come 7pm - wah wahhh - hence the absence and lack of creativity in the blog (except at 1am...). Things should start calming down soon (I pray) and I'll be able to concentrate my attention on something for more than 5 minutes after work, other than Bravo and Househunters, of course!

Hope you're doing well, and I hope you enjoy multiple photos of the same stinkin' flower!!

"Why of course you can"

I cannot stop watching this.

I first came across The Great Gatsby when it was required reading for my English-Lit class in 10th grade. I remember how I kept putting off starting this book, waiting to see how long I could get away in class discussion without actually reading it (thank you, Sparknotes!). Now I wasn't a bad student, I was surprisingly nerdy in highschool, but reading was the first thing to go whenever I was stressed or had too many things on my plate. (Sidenote: To think I ever thought highschool was stressful, pains me. PAINS ME.)

Turns out, I was pretty successful at procrastination, and my class moved on from the book before I barely even started it. A few weeks later it was our Spring Break and I decided now was that time to pick up this little novel (I do my best reading at the beach :) Believe it or not, I loved the book and couldn't put it down. Surprise, surprise - my teacher was right! 

I may even try to re-read the Gatsby before the movie is released, which I NEVER do. For some reason, I have always been staunchly against reading books more than once, I just don't get those people who read Harry Potter five times (and I LOVE Harry Potter) - However, I may just have to break my own rule, because my memory is seriously failing me whenever I watch this trailer - only adding to my confusion/mezmiratmon/fascination/drooling.

It will be released to theaters May 10th - and can you believe May is like, next month?!

Last Weekend

Last weekend was such a welcomed break. I took the train once again to NYC (whole row to myself, what what!) and was greeted by all my boys who were in town - my dad, my brother, and Browning - I felt like one lucky lady (my mom and sister were too busy spring-breaking it in Florida - poor them). It's always so fun exploring the city and obviously, new restaurants - although I think my brother was about to kill me with my indecisiveness to choose a place to eat - ohhh, sibling love :) I do have to say that eating every meal with three males is quite the experience - I think I carbo-loaded enough last weekend for quite a few marathons - spaghetti and bread for lunch? and pizza for dinner?? let's do it!

As an added bonus to the weekend, we traveled to the Jersey Shore via Ferry to visit my dad's family in Monmouth. Not only was the ferry a beautiful way to see the entire city on a clear Saturday morning, but it was so nice just relaxing and catching up with family that I don't visit with enough. Plus, I love finding old, embarrassing photos of my stylin' father from his childhood (see photo evidence below).

As always, it's sad saying goodbye as we all depart to our respective cities (Dallas, DC, Atlanta), but it gets me excited for the next time we'll all congregate in one place. It's a rare occurance, but a special one.

My daddy and his mama + Old Sweeney fam photo: my dad 2nd, back row - glad to see he was workin' that hair when he had it ;) 

Mad cheesin' in the elevator + My failed attempt at fitting everyone in the elevator selfie

^^ View from my Aunt's apartment in the city - love this skyline ^^