Sunday, July 28, 2013

rooftop "party"

One of the things I really wanted to do this summer was go to a rooftop party.  I lived in Washington, D.C. for five years where rooftop parties and pretentiousness was a common way of life.  Although I would never move back to the rush-rush snobbiness that is the District, sometimes I miss my lifestyle there.  Often my husband and I would go out to posh restaurants and cute bars and it would make me feel glamorous.  Now that we are in Texas (I'm actually from here, but hubby isn't), sometimes our lives seem devoid of glamour.  Texas is a simple place, folks.  Very little allure here.  I wanted to go to a rooftop party just to have some semblance of what our lives were like before.

So this past weekend was a colleague/friend's birthday.  We decided to make a stop at a new rooftop bar here in Houston.  It is called Proof.  I don't know if this counts as a "party" but that's what we were trying to do there, anyway.  The bar was pretty cute and I was satisfied with being on higher ground in the outdoors.  This was rooftop enough for me.

Me on the rooftop at Proof!
Top - H&M
Necklace - Jewelmint

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Summer Bucket List


Summer is going by so quickly!  I saw a couple of folks creating summer bucket lists--things that they want to accomplish during the summer, and so I decided to do one!  What is on your summer bucket list?
  1. make an awesome sangria
  2. have a summer party with lights
  3. go swimming!
  4. watch an outdoor movie
  5. go to the mountains Done!
  6. visit a taco truck
  7. create a summer playlist Done!
  8. make a new friend
  9. play beach volleyball
  10. lose at least 10 lbs
  11. eat oysters
  12. finish a book
  13. visit a cute bar
  14. shisha outside
  15. create and blog a fresh summer salad
  16. have a beach day Done!
  17. get an ice cream cone covered in sprinkles
  18. do a water activity i've never done before
  19. make fresh jam
  20. go to a rooftop party  Done! 

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