our new bar

what's up, peeps?  i can't pull that off, can i?  ho hum...  well, i hope you all had a great weekend.  i did.  i wasn't hot in the least.  nope.  this weather did not make me feel like i was crawling around inside of satan at all.  wait, no it did make me like i was crawling around inside of satan.  holy mother!  it was sizzlin'.  and not in a good way.  i actually took a nap yesterday.  a nap.  and i'm not 5.  or 80.  this weather kills me.

moving on... i did have a great weekend despite mother nature trying her best to hurt me.  i cooked, i had new cocktails with friends, and i saw the alexander mcqueen exhibit at the met.  hello, gorgeous (in my best barbra streisand voice)!  it was unreal.  it felt like theatre to me in some ways.  my only complaint was that it was so crowded.  i have never seen anything like that at an exhibit.  never ever.  the line to get in was blocks long.  on a hot sunday.  bananas!  but, once i got in it was totally worth it.  if any of you in nyc can make it before it closes (august 7th), go.  you will not regret it.

and after my fun weekend was almost done josh and i decided to do some rearranging.  we've lived in this apartment for a little over a year.  it is super tiny, but we love it.  and we don't feel smushed which is bizarre.  a couple of weeks ago, josh picked up a cabinet from one of our local antique shops.  i saw it in the window and josh did his bargaining magic and now we have an awesome cabinet from 1965.  woop woop!  we use it as a 2nd bar.  (our first bar is this really cool 1920s radio cabinet.)  now, i need to restain this piece, but we're in the middle of sanding, priming, and painting our microwave cart and there is only so much room for home projects in this joint.  in the meantime, we've set it all up.  i wasn't sure what i wanted on top.  did i want some of my liquor and bar tools or did i want to keep it clean with a vase of flowers?  well, i played around last night and loved the showing of the liquor.  josh then had a brilliant idea (this is why we love him) of putting my super pretty and feminine bedside lamp on top as well.  i wasn't sure at first, but it looks awesome.  when the main lights are off but the lamp is on it looks so warm and cozy.  i want to sit on my rocking chair with a sazerac and read away.  in the winter with the fireplace going it's going to look extra rad.  what do you think?  should we give josh an ol' pat on the back for this one?

btw, i now need a new bedside lamp.