Look What I Bought Today!

So I made an impulse purchase today:

(Image from One Kings Lane)
I just decided that it was too cute and affordable to pass up!

What you should know is that I have a small obsession with travel bags- duffles, large purses, pretty much anything “carry on.” And this bag just called out to me, plus it will be adorable for weekend trips, beach outings, picnics and other summer fun! I can’t wait :)

Plus the beauty of a backpack is that I won’t be left with one shoulder in total pain from hoisting the weight of all of my things! I love backpacks for this reason and yet have trouble finding one cute enough that won’t make me feel like I’m back in middle school, which made the discovery of this bag all the more exciting!

Can’t wait until it gets here!

xo

A Late Recap of My Weekend

I realize this may be coming a tad late but seeing as I had to do a “I’m rejuvenating my blog” post on Monday my “Recap of the Weekend” post had to wait until today. 

So for your entertainment- my weekend in photos!

I may have cheated a tad with these and taken most of them while out on just one run.... to be perfectly honest I spent the majority of the weekend inside. The weather was muggy and yucky, most of my friends were out of town and quite frankly I was feeling very lazy the result was the images above annnndddd my introduction to Die Hard. Which I’ve now discovered is one of my favorite movies.

I also got a lot of room cleaning done so don’t think too lowly of me.

But as I said before I went on a very long adventurous run (probably close to 6 miles). l went through the many parts of Queens I had left unexplored until now. Starting with a giant park with a wonderful lake, lots and lots of families out having picnics some people playing cricket. I also fell upon the grounds from the old New York World Fair, City Field (a number of areas I don’t want to go back to ever), the Queens Zoo as well as the Queens botanical gardens. I took a quick walk through Flushing Queens as well and saw a lot more of Forest Hills. It was fun to see more of my neighborhood than I was used to seeing (aka more than the 5 blocks to the gym and the 3 blocks to the train station).

Plus then after I was able to make myself a delicious balsamic and thyme burger with avocado, onion and tomato and not have to feel too guilty about it (sorry forgot to take a photo of this :/ I’m still getting used to the whole "blog about everything therefore take pictures of everything" idea)! I've found that the best reason to work out is to be able to eat guilt free.

I also painted my nails quite elaborately. A feat I'm very proud of though they are already chipping :(

Hope ya'll had a great weekend as well!

xo

Making A Comeback

So I’ve been inspired lately to start fresh with my blog- thus the format, font and name change. The new title, “Thinks and Links” stems from my constant compiling of links that I come across every day. That or the thoughts I write down with the hope that one day I would have time to get back to them. Truthfully most of them get lost in the array of lists that I have now curated never to be seen again. So here is my spot to condense my thoughts, give you my inspirations and suggestions and in return occasionally get your opinions on what you suggest should be done ASAP and then of course what you may deem totally not worth my time. So you can look forward to an array of posts about random tidbits-  but then again I suppose that’s essentially what blogging is!

To start off Starbucks recently launched their latest “Refresher” drinks and thanks to their kindly email (and my gold card) I was able to get a free taster of one. I went for the berry blaster which was pretty yummy-ish. They put real berries in (not fresh) but berries none the less. Of course, the issue with this was that now there were pieces in my cup that made the entire enjoyment process a little strange only because as I sipped I would randomly get a very hard seed that needed to be chewed not sipped, for me that kind of ruined it but the taste was otherwise good only slightly too sweet but pretty refreshing! Unfortunately, the seeds mean I probably won’t buy it again but rather stick with my passion fruit and lemonade beverage. 

Have any of you tried these new drinks? Do you think you're going to? If you do wind up being adventurous, be sure and write about your experience in the comments!

xo

still not keeping up

So I realize I'm still not keeping up with this blog. buuutt since I last wrote I had a birthday (21 part 2); because there are just too many adventures needed for being 21 and 365 days wasn't enough- heck if Harry Potter can do it so can I.

For my birthday I went to Boston with 8 of my friends which wound up being quite fun. 
Pictures!:

We went and got a tour of the Sam Adams brewery, which was AWESOME!

The whole team!

Of course there's always the drama that comes with trying to do anything with 8 people but it worked out quite delightfully in the end :)

In other news the weather is starting to get amazing- though I can't say it was ever really bad... I think it snowed twice in NY this year and once was on Halloween. Regardless the sunshine and the lack of having to wear 20 layers is a nice change.

Now this weekend is Passover and Easter and I'm spending it with Cal and meeting his entire family (lots of Gefilte (sp?) fish and matza!) which is going well so far- wish me luck on the rest of the weekend!!

Keep you posted... or at least try
-Megan

I can't believe it's been so long since I last wrote!
To be fair I've been extremely busy and scattered and all over the place (literally). I believe the last time I wrote I was still living in Staten Island. Since then I've lived in New Jersey, I've gone back to California for 4 weeks and I've gotten hired as a full time employee at the company I was interning for anddddd the biggest excitement: I GOT AN APARTMENT!!! More or less it's still sinking in and the internet is a fairly new addition (and so nice to have!) but I love that for the rest of my life I'll be able to say that my first apartment was in New York City (a thought that only occurred to me this morning).

Me and my roommate have already started breaking in the apartment: we've had friends over every weekend. We had a taco bar dinner party for Valentine's Day and have had a couple people break in our couch.

We also are loving the fact that our landlady who lives on the first floor of the house has already cooked for us a couple times and she makes the MOST AMAZING homemade food. Which is a nice addition to our haphazard quesadillas, mac and cheese and baked veggies.

But hopefully with a little more stability and internet I'll be able to write more often- no promises ;)

Till then I leave you with some images of the new place :)

Kitchen

Dining Room- the lamp came with the house, totally groovy

Coat Rack :p This hall leads to the master bedroom (which is currently empty and looking for an owner) and D's room.

The Pink Bathroom

Half the Living Room

Entry Way

Other half of the Living Room

My Room

My Bed

The Post You've All Been Waiting For

We Start! 7:30am

Breast Cancer Walk Pictures!

Me and My Walking Buddies! 

He's so cute :P

There were so many people!

And then there were even more!

We Finished!

                                                     

 It was so fun! We had great weather and a wonderful time and all for a good cause! Can't wait to do it again next year! (though next year we won't wake up for an "8am walk" only to realize that registration BEGAN at 8am)

Also news this week: I moved into my new room!! That means I have a place to call my own again! Of course it's in the same house and with the same people buuuuttt its a newly renovated/painted room and it's offically mine! (rent and all :/ ) but now it's time to decorate the walls! (any one know some good DIY??)

But that's all for now! Hope you enjoyed the pictures! and thanks again to everyone who donated on my behalf! :)

RIP Steve Jobs

(Taken from Steve Jobs Wikipedia page)

I can't believe it! Steve Jobs died! I'm in shock! 

But I did have an awesome weekend last weekend and on monday night I was lucky enough to get to stay at the Marriott Marquee in Times Square because Danni's mom was there for a work conference and so we were able to crash on the pull out bed!

This is actually a picture Danni took on her iPhone- (RIP Steve Jobs)

Now I can't believe its already Wednesday and this weekend I'm going to a Giants game!! Sure... they aren't the Packers.... but it will be my first professional football game so I'm excited! Next time I'll get picky about the teams that are playing ;)

Also, I've started fundraising for the breast cancer walk that I'm doing on Oct 16 which is hosted by my alma mater and organized through the American Cancer Society sooooo (WARNING: shameless plug) if you feel like donating to an awesome cause and helping me and my team raise money..... 

Click Here!

A HUGE Thank you to everyone who already has donated! I really appreciate it! and I'll be sure and post some photos from the walk afterwards! :) :)

Thanks everyone!

More at a later date,

MM

And one final RIP to Mr. Steve Jobs. I love my Apple products.