So Long, 2014

2014 has been an outstanding year. I am so lucky to have shared it with many old friends, new friends, family and my wonderful husband John. I'd like to highlight a couple personal and fancy things that made this year really special:

Fancy Things:
-A fresh new look on my website (check it out!)
-New Facebook features, like #FancyFridays--art-related videos that I post every Friday on my page
-111 Facebook likes! Over 100! Whoo!
-188 Instagram followers
-1,094 Instagram photos

Personal Things:
-John's parents, Roger and Ann, came out to visit
-John's brother, Michael, visited us as well
-Met my friend Angela in Las Vegas in February
-Met my dad and his three sisters in Las Vegas in July
-I went back to New York City to celebrate my birthday with Angela and visited Ladurée's newest location in SoHo

It's been a great year and I'm looking forward to the next. So many things to be thankful for and so many fancy things to appreciate!

 

Ladurée SoHo

As a lot of my friends know I am huge fan of anything from Ladurée, which is known for their amazing macarons, beautiful pastries, and how they package all of their wonderful confections. It only makes sense that I would believe that Ladurée SoHo is a very magical place in New York City. Unlike their store on the Upper East Side, their newest location, that opened this past February, contains several sit-down areas including an outside patio. When I was in New York a couple weeks ago I was able to finally try out the new location, which was a wonderful experience that I shared with my friend Angela. Check out my photos below of our great morning together:

Back to Manhattan

Long avenues and tall buildings are only a couple of things that make me love and miss New York. Almost a year after John and I moved to Portland, Oregon I figured it would be good to 'check-in' with the city that will always be close to my heart. It was also my friend Angela's birthday. We like to celebrate together, because we're proud Leos. I also caught up with some good friends as we walked through Greenwich Village and the Highline. Below are some pictures of some of my favorite places in the city. In the coming weeks I'll add more photos of specific places I went to including the new Ladurée store in SoHo and Coney Island. Please stay tuned! 

Jessica, Andrew, and Sami