On our first full day to explore in Galway, Ireland, I picked up this adorable little bear and decided to take his picture everywhere we went... needless to say... both bear and I had a fantastic time in the Emerald Isle...
Bear on my Connamara pony... Spike
Bear at the beach
Bear at Abbygate Castle... where we had dinner 3 nights
Bear with the Clifden Castle/ D'Arcy Castle in the background
Bear enjoying the rocky sceneryAs Betsy was finally done with her grad school at Harvard University a couple of the girls and I decided to go visit her and tour around Cambridge and Boston. We did the Freedom Trail and went to the Aquarium and rode the T. :-D A great time was had by all!
Brynn, Betsy & Allison
Paul Revere
Bunker Hill Monument
My Lobster... Mmmm...
Myrtle the Turtle... No... really...Salt Springs State Park... I kidnapped Joe and we went for a picnic and some hiking... there are so many more trails here to explore... a return trip will eventually be had...
falls
Joe walking across the falls...
Ancient Hemlock Trees
Wild Iris
Llama!
Pretty Falls...
Pretty Trail...
Me by the falls...
Beautiful view of the lake...
Joe and the swings...This time I made my chocolate cake with strawberry whipped cream filling and decorated it with chocolate covered strawberries... it was good... mmmm...
Close up of my decorating genius...
Yep... it was good... too bad you can't cut through the chocolate on the strawberries... oops... lol.Last Sunday Mom and I went up on the hill to deliver my Dad and Uncle lunch, as they were up in the back field getting firewood, while walking out to get them we heard a very loud and constant "meow"ing... This is when my Mom mentioned that the week before when they were up there they had heard a cat meowing and she was stuck up in a tree. THIS WAS OVER A WEEK AGO. So my Mom and I went over and saw this little black and white kitty stuck thirty feet up in this tree with no branches... so we coaxed her down intending to catch her in our hoodies... but she jumped down the other side of the tree, hit the tree bounced off and landed hard on the ground... she got up and ran over to us meowing... she was the skinniest thing I've ever seen... so we fed her some pizza and water. She was so sweet she won over even my mother and as we couldn't just leave her out there, she came home with us... I call her Lucky... Mom calls her dumb ass cat... and either way... we have a new outdoor kitty who is going to the vet tomorrow... she is such a sweetie...
We were only fifteen minutes away... so I had to go while I was up there... :-D
Horseshoe falls
Daffodils and there's still snow on the ground
Geese in the rapids
American Falls
Double rainbow and striped snowA quick trip to Geneseo to meet up with the ever lovely Brynn and Sarah. Dinner at GFR, cake at the Union, a walk around town, exploring the new Seneca Hall (lucky English majors) and a sandwich from my favorite place in Ithaca, the Shortstop Deli. lol. After that I followed Sarah to her house and spent a couple days with her. We went to mass, went bowling, shopping and to the falls. I had a great little mini vacation.
Brynn and I
Chris and Sara
Sarah and I at the fallsApparently I've been obsessed with food lately. But I can't help it... so many wonderful places to eat...
On Friday Sarah, Chris and I went to The Beach House for what Sarah claimed was the 'best fish fry in western NY'... and she was right... and I would even go so far as to argue that it's the best in all of New York... it was delicious... It's amazing that the best food comes from the smallest places.
Tiny isn't it. lol.
MMMMM...How did I spend four years at Geneseo and never eat the chocolate cake... omg... I didn't know what I was missing... It was soooooooooooo... delicious.
Mmmm...
Mama Giuseppa's
It's a tiny little place, but the food has big flavor
Penne ala Vodka... My favorite...I would, under normal circumstances, share the recipe for this delicious cake with you all... but as I will probably make it again and would like you to try it without judging it by it's ingredient list... I will hold off on the sharing. It is a delicious recipe that a friend from school shared with me from a magazine she had with her in class, and believe it or not the chocolate cake is actually not that bad for you, as it is a healthy alternative... and is, surprisingly enough... delicious.
They kind of look like giant cupcakes sitting there...
Mmmm... mint whipped cream...
All filled... now where's the frosting?
YUMMY!!!
Cake complete.I was sick of my room being the same since... well... middle school really... so I got some new curtains and bed spread and finally put pictures in all my previously empty picture frames... yay!
you can see one of the empty frames above my bed
I like to keep things messy...
Kitty says hi
All clean and organized...
The pics I put in the frames...
