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12 Tuesday Jan 2016

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averie cooks, new york blog, new york blogger, thrillist, travel

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check this list out for some of the best movies that are coming out soon 

my travel lust is so real… new orleans, seattle, austin, ireland, and many other places are calling my name.

a list of cool places to eat on the lower east side

i love this banner so much

simply, healthy, and SO good 

new years resolutions for new yorkers

looking forward to cooking this honey mustard chicken

this top looks so beautiful

use this list when shopping at trader joe’s

this sweatshirt is right up my alley

can’t wait to try this cookie recipe 

a day in the life

05 Monday Oct 2015

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dc blogger, georgetown basketball, georgetown university, inslee, inslee by design, lifestyle blog, new york blogger, red hook lobster, smorgasburg, travel, urbanspace vanderbilt

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{ getting the new room all set up }

hello and goodbye to september, you were here and gone oh, so quickly. i’ve been told that you won’t really realize college is over until you get to october, and it starts to hit you. this is true… i’ve started to realize now more than ever, “here i am in the real world, and i’m not going anywhere.” it’s been a realization, but that’s what happens when you’re growing up… or so i’ve been told. here’s a little look into my september, which i still can’t believe is over.

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{ my bed has become my haven after a long day at work… so has “friends”}

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{ magnolia bakery making an appearance at work baby showers}

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{ strolling through the high line}

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{ brunch at 44 & x, my new neighborhood spot }

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{ quick trip to dc, forever my home away from home }

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{ union market in d.c., killing the shrimp sandwich game }

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{ great falls, va: the hike where i decided to break in a new pair of sneakers…}

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{ making sure that georgetown is well represented here in the city }

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{ although rock center will be crazy at christmas, still happy it’s so close to work }

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{ the pups a few seconds before trying to attack a fish }

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{ the new subway stop near my apartment is a+ }

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{ a little bit of nola at smorgasburg }

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{ saturday afternoon activities include strolling the met and meeting statue boyfriends }

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{ popping into urbanspace vanderbilt for lunch breaks }

inslee

{ per usual, inslee making her monthly appearance }

hello, san francisco

07 Sunday Jun 2015

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'47 brand, fashion blogger, food blog, foodie, golden state warriors, jack's sf, jackssf, lifestyle blogger, nba finals, nba finals 2015, san francisco travel, steph curry, travel

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{ j.crew flats make for perfect exploring shoes }

i spent the last few days in san francisco and was able to experience one of the coolest trips ever. it was my first time going to san francisco/california, and i loved it. from the food to the different neighborhoods, i embraced the city with open arms (as cheesy as that sounds) and it was well worth it.

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{ paris or san francisco? }

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{ ridiculously delicious fried chicken at hops & hominy }

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{ having a princess diaries moment on a cable car }

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{ a very cool store doing a very cool shoutout }

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{ some of the best ice cream in the game }

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{ sightseeing at its finest }

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{ delicious lunch from super duper burger }

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{ we ❤ the golden state warriors }

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{ the scene after golden state won }

the big easy

19 Thursday Feb 2015

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blog, bourbon street, college, college blog, crawfish, dat dog, food, lifestyle blog, lifestyle blogger, magazine street, mardi gras, new orleans, po boy, southern charm, travel

IMG_0247{ prettiest water meter i’ve seen }

there aren’t enough words to describe how much i love new orleans (and the south). yes, i’m a new york girl through and through, but there’s a certain charm down south. it helps that when i got to new orleans the weather was unreal (sunny and warm) and my first was a shrimp po boy, so i started off on the right foot. the mardi gras parades were unreal… my roommate (who is from nola) gave us tips on which beads you should save and how to catch them (no public indecency required), but i still managed to get annihilated by bags of beads hitting me in the face. i was able to get some beauties, but the beating i took on bourbon street one night from one solitary necklace was brutal. there’s pain and then there’s “getting whipped in the face at high speed with beads being flung from balconies” pain. i had my fair share of hurricanes, fried chicken, bourbon street, mechanical bulls, warm weather, front porches, southern charm, bead-related injuries, and crawfish and i absolutely loved it. so until next time new orleans, i’ll be missing you.

IMG_0135{ getting dressed up for day one of festivities }

IMG_0142{ this is february in new orleans… }

IMG_0151{ preferred method of transportation: the streetcar }

IMG_0217{ god bless chicken on a stick… what would i have done without you? }

IMG_0165{ rocking the blurry friendship candids on bourbon }

IMG_0202{ found the love of my life (sorta) in the french quarter }

IMG_0232{ a little bit of some fried crawfish, hushpuppies, and crawfish étouffée }

IMG_0241{ my kind of restaurant vibes }

IMG_0243{ a hotdog with crawfish étoufée and sour cream was a gamechanger }

IMG_0238{ snapshots of jackson square }

hello, new orleans

11 Wednesday Feb 2015

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districts donuts sliders brew, fat tuesday, french quarter, jackson square, louisiana travel, mardi gras, new orleans, parade, travel, visit new orleans

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tomorrow morning, around the crack of dawn (which is what it will feel like to me), i will be making my way down to new orleans for mardi gras. after visiting new orleans last year, i fell in love with city and had an experience that showed me just how amazing nola is in two days. i know that mardi gras is its whole own experience and i’ve been resting up (or trying to) in order to get ready. once i get back i will without a doubt be posting photos from my trip on here, but until then i have some “filler photos.”

by the way, there are just a few things that i will be needing to get through the weekend…

my trusted white lo-top converse // a purse to hold a ton of stuff // sunglasses (that hopefully make it through) // a shirt that can weather the storm // a visit to get the most delicious doughnuts ever // a return to jackson square and many trips back to the french quarter

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05 Thursday Feb 2015

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blogger, fantastic four, fashion, fashion blogger, free people, lifestyle blog, mardi gras, new orleans, novella royale, sincerely jules, thrillist, travel

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i am way too excited for the new fantastic four movie and the trailer is great 

this article gives me major wanderlust

i would wear this dress with tan leather sandals all the time

sincerely, jules kills it with this outfit  

i’m a fan of this t-shirt 

god bless will ferrell 

these are right up my alley

shoutout to thrillist (and my roommate) for getting me ready to return to nola

if you need a bag for the weekend, this one is for you

on the road

20 Tuesday Jan 2015

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blogging, elvis, forestbound, johnny cash, memphis, nashville, road trip, travel, united states

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right after posting my golden globes blurb my computer decided to die, first week back at school. so that’s great. my laptop was sent off by apple for repairs and hopefully i should get it back soon. i’ve been borrowing my roommate’s laptop (bless you, annie) and hopefully i get mine back soon so i can upload more posts that i have saved on my mac… which may or may not happen if everything is lost.

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now that i started off with that intro, i’ll get to the real point of this upload. post-graduation i plan on doing a road trip across the u.s. with my friends, which has been on my bucket list for the longest time. my mom’s had this dream of taking an RV across the united states (which i still want to do, mom), but there are so many places and cities that i want to visit. i may or may not be a history freak and i love traveling and food, good food, so i’m more than excited for this trip. there will definitely be a lot of stops on this trip, but some musts include tennessee (memphis and nashville… elvis and johnny cash without a doubt influenced these choices), texas (austin), arizona (ghost towns and the grand canyon), and a number of other places. last spring break we road-tripped throughout the south and i got to see so much of louisiana and mississippi, and promptly fell in love with every place we visited. i’ve been using this website to do some research and pinterest to start organizing/planning, so expect some more posts on the post-graduation whirlwind adventure. (also, the duffel bag above seems pretty perfect for this trip)

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12 Wednesday Nov 2014

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austin, baking, basketball, breakfast food, elvis presley, johnny cash, memphis, nashville, nba basketball, travel

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i’ve done this once before, but i figured it’s time for round two…

1. from the picture above you may be able to tell what i’m getting at… i love elvis presley. love. i’ve seen all his movies, been to graceland, have an elvis pillow, books, and shirts. i also love johnny cash, but there’s something about elvis.

tumblr_ne5eatEyem1rl727go1_12802. showers are amazing and i love them. there’s nothing like an amazing shower, but i love taking baths. if i could take a bath everyday i would. give me candles, a book, and bath bombs and i am happy.

3. i am very particular about certain things, especially when it comes to organization. if i notice something is a bit messed up, i have to fix it. if i’m stressed out i clean to calm down, and it actually soothes me. (i get it from my mama)

tumblr_nel50jiQ4h1rqy6sqo1_12804. breakfast food is EVERYTHING. i love eggs, bacon, sausage, waffles and i love to make them. there’s something special about making breakfast food and i think it goes back to memories of growing up.

5. i usually need to listen to music to fall asleep at nighttime, but it has to be soothing… so edm is avoided and i stick to m83, bon iver, hozier, kodaline, etc.

6. more often than not you can find me baking. i’ve loved baking since i was little, and my dream of all dreams is to one day open a bakery. i even have plans for it in a notebook that i’ve had for years…

tumblr_ndwl2jjQzI1qe7cyro1_5007. rainy weather is where it’s at. yes, i love the sun, and i love fall days and snow more than a lot, but there’s something about rain. i love curling up with a book or watching tv, a chai latte and a cup of soup, and just being cozy. best feeling in the world (not to be dramatic or anything)

8.  i have a serious love/hate (emphasis on hate) relationship with chocolate. i can’t eat chocolate by itself, it makes me sick. i don’t like chocolate ice cream, or brownies, or sweets that are too chocolatey and end up being way too rich. on the other hand, i love reese’s peanut butter cups, chocolate chips that don’t have too many chips, etc. basically i’m a diva about chocolate and you get the idea…

austin-postcard-mural-19. something on my bucket list is traveling the united states. there are so many cities i want to see (austin, nashville, charleston, denver, portland, and seattle to name a few) and my hope to travel to them is growing. i already know i’m going to fall in love with all of them.

10. i’m a really big basketball fan. while the knicks are my home team, my love isn’t limited to them only. i love nba basketball in general and like to watch almost any game. also… my #1 nba crush is marc gasol.

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home sweet home

08 Wednesday Oct 2014

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beyonce, college, fishing, georgetwon, home, long island, montauk, travel

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tomorrow i am heading back to good ol’ long island. there’s something so nice about going back home, eating your favorite food, seeing family, and watching more tv/movies than you should. even though it’s only a few days, in typical “meg fashion” i’ve made a little list of things i need to do, and what my family plans to do before my brother and i head back to school. this list has been deemed blog-worthy, for whatever reason i don’t know, but i figured i would introduce you all to my version of long island living.

1. get a bacon, egg and cheese on a roll and a large half & half

2. head out east and go fishing in montauk

3. stay up way too late watching sons of anarchy and the on the run special

4. bake an insane amount of cookies, specifically gingersnaps

5. curl up in front of the fireplace with the pups

6. buy fall decorations (PRIORITIES!!!)

7. relax with the family, eat chinese food, and watch movies

8. walk along the bay with my mama

9. shake shack and late night movies with the best friend

10. and most of all, just enjoy being home


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hello, my name is meg

22 Saturday Jun 2013

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about me, basketball, blogger, geek, graceland, greece, lotr, man of steel, rome, the breakfast club, travel

tumblr_mdcpomnN3N1ribwnro1_500something i’ve done on this blog is covered multiple things i love: fashion, beauty, stripes, decorating, parties, serious posts, silly posts, and everything in between. this time around i wanted to do something a little bit different, kind of like a more in-depth about me. some of these things may hopefully make you think, “wow that’s cool”, others could also elicit a “wow, what a weirdo”, which is totally understandable. so here we go…

i am an emotional person, in the sense that movies, commercials, books all can make me cry in a heartbeat. for instance, after finishing my sister’s keeper by jodi picoult i proceeded to lock myself in my room and cry myself to sleep (true story). i mean i just finished watching brave with my younger sister and even though i’ve already seen it i still cry at the end… same thing happened in the movie theaters, and i’m pretty sure i was the oldest person there, and the only one crying.

 speaking of brave, i am and always will be a fan of the wonderful world of disney. my family still has our vhs tapes and i refuse to let those go, never can, never will (even though the majority of them have been replaced by dvds). every movie has been seen and as a result i don’t know if i should be proud to admit that i have never lost a game of disney scene it. also whenever some of my brands have disney collaborations i go crazy… mac’s release of venomous villains is one of those times and sephora is about release an ariel collection. i will most likely lose all self control.

 i am a huge basketball fan, especially of my home team, the new york knicks. i will love them to the end, and support them through thick and thin. we were so close this past season, and losing to the pacers wasn’t easy, but we still have next season. even though i am a knicks fan, i definitely have other teams i like and players i love. (seeing tim duncan at the end of the last game of the finals kind of killed me). so while i may seem like a girly girl, i most definitely have my guy side.

tumblr_moevl02s5B1qcvq4wo1_500 on the same note of being a girly girl, i also have an inner geek within me and i let that flag fly. lord of the rings, a song of ice and fire (aka game of thrones), superheroes, and mythology (classics minor, woo) all are near and dear to my heart. you can bet your bottom dollar that while i was painting my nails before work the other night i was  watching the new hobbit trailer, and proceeded to freak out. literally freaked out, and even when i went to see man of steel (henry cavill, i’ve loved you since tudors, even in immortals, which was tough, and i’ll continue to) , my reaction to the trailer in theaters could still be considered a minor freakout.

i’ve let on a few times how much i love makeup, but i don’t really know if you guys understand how much i love it. i can list of different releases of different products and collections from different brands, and am able to offer an opinion on the majority of products at sephora. the amount i happen to own is kind of insane since i don’t wear a lot of it (i do the whole natural makeup look during the day, and i love doing my makeup when i go out), but i used to post looks i did online and i love doing my friends makeup too. since i own a crazy amount i figured i should explain why… i want to go into the beauty business, but the marketing/creative side, or even some kind of beauty editorial. i’m not really sure yet! currently i’m doing an internship for l’oreal which has been eye-opening and taught me so much in three weeks. as you guys know i do love fashion too, but beauty has kind of always been number one, but as the saying goes no one knows what the future holds. i guess i’ll have to wait and see to find out.

my favorite drink is diet peach snapple

tumblr_moank8EKui1qgez5jo1_500i’m kind of obsessed with elvis presley, no joke. (may or may not have shed a tear when i finally got to go to graceland)

my favorite animal is a lion and i will buy almost anything having to do with my astrology sign (leo), the king of the jungle, and simba, my homeboy

i love music and have quite the eclectic taste. i love my indie music, but always find ways to mix in rap, oldies, and other random tunes. for example i was switching between frank ocean, kanye’s new album, and classical music on the train to work..

tumblr_mopm05B7ue1sv8p2eo1_500i can watch breakfast club on repeat and almost any 80’s movie on repeat.

i can bark like a dog. literally. not a little baby dog, but something along the lines of a rottweiler. maybe one day i’ll share it with you guys.

tumblr_m7u4hk5GK91r06q46o1_500i really want to travel the world and visit ancient sites, especially the ruins of greece and rome. after studying them for the past year my curiosity is more intense now than ever. post-college the one thing i really want to do to is travel and finally see all these places i’ve learned about.

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