We're off to New York!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9nVq_yvKYn5YE89luxfe1Q2MgcUzCNhyDZToBUb5K5kMKqKZaW3QdQeM9rLWkUNn1T_ZCJoIroZYqobyQtOp5Q2mOL091_uEpz7e1b-WAzBY2ESfR3oVmEDf4tGRODDwRCwaHMGi5ws8/s1600-h/greetings+from+nyc.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" height="231" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094504508497686050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9nVq_yvKYn5YE89luxfe1Q2MgcUzCNhyDZToBUb5K5kMKqKZaW3QdQeM9rLWkUNn1T_ZCJoIroZYqobyQtOp5Q2mOL091_uEpz7e1b-WAzBY2ESfR3oVmEDf4tGRODDwRCwaHMGi5ws8/s320/greetings+from+nyc.bmp" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="371" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Fabian and I are headed to New York for a long weekend. I'm so excited about spending time in Manhattan! I've been to some fabulous cities, but the feeling in New York is so different. It is such an exciting city. I'm looking forward to getting to know the city a bit better, though I know it will take many trips to see everything. Let me know if you have any last minute suggestions for places to see or eat. Have a great weekend!</span></div>

We're off to New York!

Fabian and I are headed to New York for a long weekend. I'm so excited about spending time in Manhattan! I've been to some fabulous ...

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Style Me Pretty

<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> It's already been two years since my wedding, but I still love the romance, glamour, and beauty of weddings. Style Me Pretty is an amazing wedding-planning blog. They're known for their inspiration boards and are currently having a contest in which people submit their personal wedding boards. I find the different textures, colors, and stories very inspiring.</span><br /><div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">See for yourself: </span><a href="http://abbyjean.typepad.com/style_me_pretty/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://abbyjean.typepad.com/style_me_pretty/</span></a></div><br /><div><img alt="" border="0" height="332" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093859309920546306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAcubi0KU7zArL9fL2cDrc7Gb52h86EOFrt9YUMF9JtxDT948YX-3WGXTZHu2okacc0i3N8WEXLr5tlCb41cY-qGIkB0L9eV0EU6vtx-1eBN2nhyphenhyphen3eBADNfI7oi3d-589CkTem-WeQMd09/s320/romantic+board.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="245" /><img alt="" border="0" height="316" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093859593388387858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJS_TbUyJMIFxGtsidcm-rwl_6OvAsVv40Qpz9Uh1Hygsewld3qZe2kkIj324pej7HAsxG1n5Qh2dl948G5qJTzdQ1H-HQDSjhf7hN5bL-HzHkUXuVBvDRev_QGKDmVsWXB9MK8rGhEDXM/s320/chocolatebrown.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" width="243" /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><p></p><br /><p><br /></p><br /><div></div>

Style Me Pretty

It's already been two years since my wedding, but I still love the romance, glamour, and beauty of weddings. Style Me Pretty is an amaz...

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The Sound of Summer

Lately, Fabian and I have been going for bike rides in the evenings. It's a lot of fun and it's a work out, which is a good thing, considering I have gotten too lazy to go to the gym this past month.<br /><br />Last night, we found a road, which for whatever reason was never incorporated into the nearest subdivision. It is lined with houses, both new stucco construction and old, one story ranch houses. As we rode along the road, Fabian commented on how it felt like we were out in the country or something. The area is still heavily wooded and the air felt thick. It is seemingly out of place in a suburb where the developers have basically cleared the land to build houses and then planted teeny, tiny saplings to act as "trees". The lack of trees is also the reason for the absence of what I consider to be the quintessential sound of summer: locusts. There is something about the noise they make that takes me back to the summer days of my youth. It makes me think of lemonade, swimming, and fleeting summer love. Anyhow, last night, I heard the locusts along that country road for the first time since we've lived here. It was music to my ears.

The Sound of Summer

Lately, Fabian and I have been going for bike rides in the evenings. It's a lot of fun and it's a work out, which is a good thing, c...

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