Happy Mother's day!

To all the mother's out there, hope you have the most fabulous day...xoxo

FINALLY! A tray for the Bugaboo...

So one of the features of the Bugaboo strollers that was a HUGE turn off for me was the fact that you cannot attach a tray to it.  All of the other strollers I looked at has this option...but of course I still went with the Bugaboo anyway despite this...
Back when I was trying to decide if I should go with the Bugaboo my friend told me she has a friend in San Diego, CA who's working on creating a tray for this stroller.  I was super excited at the time and immediately signed up for her wait list so I'd be the first to hear about this tray...Well guess what?  I got the email today.  eeeee!!  I'm so excited.  I just placed my order and cannot wait to get this tray!  Now I'll be able to put a toy, snack or drink in front of LM while strolling along to keep him entertained when needed (ie. in Whole Foods when he starts the "dead fish" move and tries to slither out of the stroller so he can run around each isle causing havoc).
And if I wasn't excited enough about this tray get this - quote from the founder:
Beyond the tray’s design, quality and safety have been my highest priorities from the beginning.  I have gone to great lengths to make sure my product is safe for your child. I have not only followed all FDA guidelines for a food contact surface, I have gone even further by contracting an environmental  testing laboratory to ensure my trays are free of lead, bisphenol-A, PVC and all phthalates.
Just makes this tray that much more appealing!  I cannot wait to get this in the mail...can't wait!
For more information on this tray click here...and be sure to place your orders right away!

Cherry blossoms...

From my very own front yard out at the house!
Wish they'd last longer...next time I come out they may be gone.  Big saddies.  Wah....

Missoni for Bugaboo

My friend just brought this limited edition Missoni collection for Bugaboo to my attention...

I quite literally got weak in the knees when I saw this.  I'm totally obsessed with the bold pattern and fantastic use of bright colors.  Since my current Paul Frank limited edition for Bugaboo fabric is totally worn out, filthy and I'm pretty sick of looking at it...maybe I can swing this for LM's stroller?  But would he hate me forever?  How girly is this?!  Oh boy...decisions decisions.
For more information on this limited edition Missoni for Bugaboo stroller click here.

A few of my favorites...

~ Class for LM:  Baby Moves NYC - Messy Art Class.  This is the most wonderful 45 minutes of singing, crafts and playtime for toddlers.  The space is clean, bright and very comfortable.  The people who come to these classes are laid back and easy to talk to.  And Dawn the teacher and owner is the just fabulous.  Very attentive to the children and adults - we just love coming week after week and look forward to our 2's program starting next year!
For more information on Baby Moves check out their latest page on Facebook...where the LM is featured!  And here is the LM making a bumble bee in class today...

~  The Standard Hotel's Biergarten:  What a fantastic place to break away for a drink after work or a long day or...even to bring the lil one!  I was surrounded by babies at this place, one cuter then the next.  It was a loud and fun scene so the babies were only there to be viewed and could not be heard which was great.  You purchase tickets upon entry to use for beers, bratwursts and pretzels.  This is where I went to break Passover...where I had a large doughy pretzel and a beer while celebrating my friend's birthday.  Great spot for singles, groups (you need to go early) and dates.

~ SJP:  Sarah Jessica Parker.  I walked by her today on the way to Messy Art class with LM.  We purposely walk down Charles Street every Wednesday in hopes of seeing SJP.  Well today was our lucky day.  She was leaving her Charles Street brownstone and had to actually wait for LM and I to walk by in order to get out onto the sidewalk.  Unreal I tell ya.  Unreal.  Unfortunately she wasn't in any kind of exciting outfit...but it was still pretty cool seeing her.

~ Crewcuts:  I used to do the production for the Crewcuts boys line at J.Crew managing all wovens.  I would always melt over the samples that I used to recieve and talk about how I wished I had a boy to dress these in one day...well that dream came true and now the LM is starting to fit into their size 2's.  Bingo!  I ordered the most adorable graphic tees, hoodies, shirts, shorts and bowties for the Guncle's wedding that we have coming up in Mexico in just a few weeks!

Egg Dying 101

Thanks to Martha Stewart, more often than not, my go to guru for everything home + family related - I put on a lovely little Easter brunch today.

This Easter weekend LM spent 2 nights with his Grandparents.  They always have the best time tiring each other out and my hubby and I got to party down.  While LM was on the car ride back to the city with his Papa, I had some time to get some imporant work done to prep my Easter brunch.

We just had a couple of friends over for 12 noon and since it was during the 8 days of Passover where we did our best to keep Kosher (no bread, but yes bacon) I had a nice challenge on my hands.

Here's the menu I came up with based on these data points...
* Scrambled eggs with roasted red pepper & feta
* Brown sugar topped bacon
* Herbed cream cheese with matzo for spreading
* Lox, lemons & celery...
* Fruit salad
* Coffee & OJ
Breakfast was easy, delicious and beautiful.  Took me less then 2 hours to prepare...
10am - Took out 8 oz block of cream cheese to soften; set the table - used paper plates with blue + white stripes which were in the shape of eggs (very cute, got at Target).
10:30am - Took a walk to Murray's Bagels to pick up fresh Nova Lox.
11am - Got the bacon into the oven.  For the recipe click here.

11:30am -
~ Plated the lox with lemon wedges and celery sticks leftover from the Spring Fling party on Friday.
~ Chopped herbs, celery and scallions that were leftover in the fridge and combined well with the cream cheese (seriously, to die for delish)
~ Took out the bacon to cool
~ Set out the leftover fruit salad
~ Whisk together 12 eggs
As our guests walked in the eggs were made and LM had already started to sample...the food was a huge hit.

LM is wondering why the mozzarella balls are falling...I was a bit hungover.  Couldn't strive for perfection at this very moment.  Give me a break would ya?!

Now - you're probably wondering when we're getting to the eggs?  So after looking at a million sites and studying Martha's tricks here's how we dye...
1.)  Boil your eggs + cool; save your egg carton for drying the eggs; set out newspaper on your workspace.
2.)  Using a glass jar for each color, fill halfway with water and add a good splash of distilled vinegar.

3.)  Squish out 5-10+ drops of food coloring into the water mixture.
4.)  Wrap your eggs with rubber bands if you want to create a white design on your egg.
5.)  Dip your egg.  And let it sit in the mixture for a good 5-10+ minutes.
The longer you wait...the darker the eggies get.

6.)  Scoop your egg out with a spoon and place in the reserved carton for drying.

7.)  Once your eggs are dry...go nuts!  Hide em, eat em or throw em in a bed of wheat grass...ha ha ha...

Have fun...We sure did!!  And Happy Easter to all of our friends.

Spring time cherry blossoms

As you may know from my recent postings, I love cherry blossoms.  For the spring fling party that I was having tomorrow night I decided to use cherry blossoms as my main back drop + centerpiece.  They are branchy tall and pink which was one of my theme's colors.  They also...make a huge mess.  No joke!  But that's ok, I still love them.
Anyway, I had placed an order at my favorite spot for flowers on 28th street earlier in the week while there getting white arrangements for Passover.  I ordered one bundle amateurly thinking that this was normal.  Well, guess what one bundle was?  That's right, this forest you see here laid out in my guest bath...
It took me a good hour to weed through this beast of a bundle but once I did...boy did they look good!  For more details on the set up and final outcome of the cherry blossoms for the spring fling party click here!