bon appe-treat

one part of my job at bon appetit magazine is to brainstorm, create, and source client gifts. each sales rep is alloted a specific qty and takes them on sales calls when needed. this month we hired danny meyer's union sq events to create the halloween peanut butter and toffee candy bark from our october issue. they came in this morning - look how cute the packaging is!



going to make a batch tonight for my small group - and with my mom this weekend for Parker's first birthday party! ;)

my church family

i started attending aposltes church nyc in july 2009, and recently became a member :) i attend an all girls community group in the lower east side and recently attended the womens retreat in september. we took buses to the pocono mountains in PA and had the most amazing weekend of worship and fellowship. i met some amazing girls...

mckinsey (CA), emily (TX), me and elizabeth (TX)
@ womens retreat

murph (TX), me, rachel (SC) and kaylie (AZ)
@ apostles 5th anniversary party at the NYC Fire Museum

fine, i'll do it

with much hesitation and resistance, i have decided to start a blog. the title sums up the reason - for my mom. i've lived in nyc for over two years now and i hate not being able to share things with her - events, moments, friends, clothes, images of the city i love... life. granted, this means i'll have to actually take pictures and make posts... but im actually looking forward to it. i used to scrapbook, yes - scrapbook - when i was in high school, so this will be my virtual scrapbook. not trying to be insightful or intuitive. just keeping my mom (and the rest of the family in Alabama!) up to date...here we go!