Issues I’m Loving Friday #606

Hello buddies! How are you? How is your Friday going to this point? The solar is shining right here after two full days of rain that ushered in some cooler fall temperatures. I’m unsure if it’s the April birthday in me, however I like a wet day so I used to be all about it. I’m additionally ALL in regards to the sunny mid-70s climate we’re purported to have this weekend which ought to be ideally suited for a weekend crammed with children’ sports activities. We now have plans to see buddies as we speak however apart from that, it’ll be a fairly chill weekend saturated in soccer and flag soccer video games!

As for as we speak, it’s time to dive into this week’s roundup of favorites, Issues I’m Loving Friday fashion! Let’s do that!

Issues I’m Loving Friday

• NYC/CT Women’ Journey

I obtained awfully sidelined from my preliminary plans to recap my weekend journey to NYC/CT with my faculty buddies once I apparently wanted to get out some swirling emotions I’ve been having about Pepper. (Thanks guys for being so splendidly understanding about that, by the best way.) I nonetheless needed to, on the very least, share some snapshots and highlights from our journey even when I simply do it rapid-fire fashion.

Up first: NYC! We spent all day final Thursday and Friday exploring town, popping out and in of eating places and cafes, procuring and exploring. One main perk of visiting a metropolis two of your pals used to name house is that nearly every little thing is deliberate for you… and deliberate properly! We ate superb meals, sipped superb drinks and totally loved being within the metropolis collectively.

I joked that my single contribution to our NYC journey was the present all of us noticed collectively. Everybody agreed that we needed to see a Broadway present and once I recommended SIX, a musical that reimagines the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII in a humorous, upbeat and extremely catchy approach, everybody was sport.

The present ended up being an enormous hit with our entire group, together with those that aren’t as into Broadway and musicals. (It was additionally below 90 minutes which was a perk for the non-musical-loving members of our crew!) The expertise was next-level spectacular and the music was simply as phenomenal as I’d hoped it could be after streaming the soundtrack continuous for months. I LOVED IT.

Late Friday afternoon, we caught a practice to Rowayton, Connecticut, a superbly charming coastal city two of our buddies now name house.

We beloved strolling across the city, popping into native retailers and sipping afternoon cocktails aboard the Pearl, an oyster boat completely docked within the harbor exterior of Rowayton Seafood.

Our time aboard the Pearl was a spotlight for all of us. We had a blast day consuming (day consuming > night time consuming x 1,000!) and laughing so onerous our stomachs harm earlier than making our approach out to Roton Level the place we spent the remainder of our time by a firepit close to the seaside.

I left Connecticut on Sunday with drained eyes and a really full coronary heart that felt additional grateful for this group of girls I’d beloved for 20+ years.

P.S. For outfit hyperlinks + every little thing I packed, you possibly can see all of it rounded up right here: NYC + CT Women’ Journey Packing Roundup. Additionally, if you happen to want a pair of nude heels which are walkable/not sky-high, I rolled the cube and wore these round NYC Thursday night time with out breaking them in they usually had been implausible! I sized down 1/2 measurement. And this bolero sweater was PERFECT for draping over my shoulders within the bizarre in-between summer time/fall climate.

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