Insta-week.

Insta photos of this past week consisting of all things I love...

Food, wine, flowers, Twilight, manicures, and inspiration courtesy of Rihanna and Kelly Osbourne.

I'm pretty obsessed with them both lately and Rihanna at the Grammy's was so bad ass I wanted every item of clothing and accessory she had on her body. I follow Kelly on Instagram which is where she posted these pics of her amazing mani (last two nail shots). She also looked stunning in this sparkly number by Tony Ward.

Went shopping at LF's 60% off sale yesterday and got some goodies, stay tuned!

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Happy Saturday Eve! Harry Potter marathon time with the boy's.

xx A

garlic breath.

shots from Garlic Fest this weekend.

It was a little packed this year compared to the other times I've gone but we fought the crowds and all in all it was a fun time! The pizza is amaze-balls and they have some very talented artists to check out. I of course gravitate to the jewelry ;). It was cold and windy so I wrapped myself in my comfy aztec-ish sweater and my fave minnetonkas.

Everyone enjoy the rest of your weekend, can't wait to check out the Grammy fashion tonight!

xx A

insta girls night.

delish flat bread and extra dirty martini.

butternut squash tortellini.

Christian Louboutinilla cupcake ;)

cheers.

kate, my new love.

Jeffrey & Foley and Corinna.

girls nights are the best - lots of good wine, good food and good friends.

din and drinks @ Vic and Angelo's and dessert via Cupcake Couture ;)

Couldn't have asked for a better Thursday night.

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xx A

how to: tasty snack.

Kale Chips.

so I figured since there are all those New Year's resolutions out there to be healthier I would share one of my fav healthy snacks, kale chips. They are so quick and easy to make and a great snack to grab for instead of regular potato chips.

What you'll need:

A package of Kale (however much you want)

Olive oil

Salt

A baking sheet

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
Rinse kale to clean off any dirt
Rip off bite sized pieces of leaves and spread on baking sheet
Drizzle with olive oil
*note: too much olive oil will make the chips more soggy rather than crispy
Sprinkle with salt (add any other spices you'd like)
Pop in the oven for 8 to 12 minutes (or until edges are a little brown and leaves are crisp.)

Remove chips from baking sheet and enjoy! I promise you will be pleasantly surprised with this healthly alternative. :) They really are delish!

xx A

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!!!

Just a few pics from Christmas Eve...

1) Plaid is the new black.

2) Cubano Christmas Eve dinner.
3) Dad's riceballs.

4) it's Christmas!

5) best gift ever!!!

Hope everyone had a very merry and joyous Christmas with people you love. :)

xx A

insta diary: my weekend.

Pardon my lack of posting, I worked all weekend so there wasn't much excitement going on. ;) The first set of photos is from WOB one night and Dad's birthday was also this past week so we celebrated Saturday night. My Dad is Sicilian so we went to his favorite Italian restaurant for dinner, bomb ass food is all I can say. I had mahi with artichokes and a delish sauce and the other pic was the bf's lobster ravioli...i die.

How fab are my new Gee WaWa's?!?! Thank you Solestruck! ;)

xx A

insta thanksgiving.

my Thanksgiving. consisting of, but not limited to:

1. 3 dogs (cousins)

2. my favorite cheese dip

3. turkey

4. begging

5. birds (Tito)

6. boyfriend

Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas dinner are my two favorite meals of all time. I have to say I could die happy after eating them, my Gram makes the best food ever.

Hope everyone had just as good and turkey day as i did &

here's a toast to having survived Black Friday ;)

xx A

food and wine photo diary.

1.Chanelly and Tino

2. the entrance to happiness

3. bunny

4. one of the countries we visited

5. Epcot Center

6. the lighting was perfect

7. fried cheese in Greece

8. tuna poke in Hawaii

9. Family Photo

10. my "things" on the drive home.

the food and wine festival at Epcot was amazing! i now plan on making it an annual trip. the food is fantastic and who wouldn't want to take a trip to the happiest place on earth?!

xx A

sobe [miami]

i live in South Florida so this passed weekend a few of my girlfriends and i decided to take a day and a half trip to South Beach! we had a blast, we stayed at the posh Gansevoort hotel on Miami Beach and had lots of good food, drinks, and laughs! we also saw Busta Rhymes at the roof-top pool [random i know but i was so stoked!] and we tryed to secretely stalk and snap pics of him :) Saturday night we had dinner at STK which is a restaurant inside the hotel. they have great everyday american food with a bit of a "fancy" twist added to it. After dinner we went to LIV which is the popular club down there that is inside the Fountain Bleau hotel and ended at Louis which is the club inside the Gansevoort. Warning: South Beach is tons of fun, it is not fun for your funds $$. here are a few pics from the hotel of drinks, busta, and food :) ill post outfit pics when i upload them!

"pink elephants" rock my world!!

roof-top pool @ the gansevoort

busta ;)

"mini big macs" @ STK

truffle cheese fries @ STK

**Have a great week!!** :)