The Post-Thanksgiving portion of my holiday weekend was spent doing homework and hanging with the fam. Ahhhh....
I swear my mom likes me more than this photo indicates...
Hangin' around with my baby sis.
Realizing what a train wreck my hair was...
And getting it chopped! Looks like it needs some color, too, but one step at a time!
Stealing my sister's awesome green and pink Chucks that she's had for AT LEAST 7 years...
Breakfast out with the fam! We hit up Forever Young in Johnstown. Very delicious in a greasy, diner-y sort of way!
Joe and I are a bit scary pre-breakfast...
Forever Young makes their own cinnamon raisin bread- HEAVEN. We always get some to share for the table.
Momma got a belgian wafel with strawberries and bacon.
Joe jammed on a ham & cheese omelette.
Shawn got a bulgogi omelette.
And I get the croissant french toast with ham!
We played with the pups when we got home. Emma is regal and sassy.
Liam is naiive and bold.
I got to have lunch with some of my high school besties, Christa and Sheena, (aka Donger and Chefna- we had the best nicknames) and Sheena's handsome little man, Lincoln!
Blurry, but I still love it! Lincoln is looking right at the camera! Wahoo!
These girls have been my homies since I was in 8th grade and I'm so glad I got to catch up with them!
After lunch I headed back home to say goodbye to my mom, youngest sister and the pups.
And then we headed to my middle sister's apartment in Albany for the night.
As I've expressed before, I'm committed to buying Fair Trade coffee, but I'm also a flavored coffee junkie! I was SOOOO happy to see they had both! I got a French Vanilla and a Chocolate Almond to bring home. Reviews coming soon!
They also had a whole shelf of yum-in-a-jar, which I happily partook of, purchasing a Maple Cashew Butter (not pictured).
The feel is very artsy-student chic. I can see why my sister does homework here so frequently!
I got... an iced coffee! Surprise!
It. was. great.
We stopped at Kieren's apartment (my first time seeing it- it's adorable!) to drop off our stuff and do some homework (Kieren's a grad student too- getting her certification in TESOL- Teaching English To Speakers of Other Languages). Once our assignments were done, we were starving!
Off to Bombers on Lark we went!
I've heard everything here is delish, but I only ever get the burritos, and they NEVER disappoint!
Shawn and Joe had matching grown up beverages.
Kieren and I got fancy with our water.
Someone take the camera from me...
I ordered a "Red Stripe" Jerk Pork Burrito. Heaven.
Joe got enthusiastic about his Pulled Pork Burrito...
Kieren is a slob... or a vampire...
So. Much. Beautiful and Delicious. Food.
Full to bursting, we muscled through to take advantage of my last chance to chow down on some Stewarts Ice Cream for a while. I stuck with my classic- Crumbs Along the Mohawk (Graham Cracker Ice Cream w/ a Caramel Swirl and Graham Cracker Pieces) and mixed it up with a scoop of Pumpkin Pie. My tongue cried happy tears.
And then my sister introduced us to this gem, and we laughed until it hurt.
After a few short hours of sleep, we were up to catch an early train out of Albany back down to NYC. The sky made waking up at 5-something not suck so bad...
All in all, it was a jam-packed four days full of some of my very favorite people. A much needed weekend oasis from my intense but wonderful life. And now... back to the grind!
