Amish Country

I took a lovely work trip to Amish country, here are the highlights!

Lititz, PA

My wonderful B&B: The Lititz House

Reading on the back porch

Wilbur Chocolate Co.

Heavenly Soaps & Scents ~ the cutest store with natural & locally made bath items!  Check out these wine candles made in old wine bottles, they all were different wine scents! Syrah was my favorite.

A Tea Affair was wonderful for a tea lover!  And the owner was great to talk to :) I came home with Provence {rose, lavender, elderberries} & Palace Marzipan {very almondy}.  They had so many delicious flavors & can't wait to order Mexican Winter {chili, orange, cinnamon, coconut & red pepper}!

Beautiful old church

I adore The Tomato Pie Cafe! I loved them so much I ate there twice!

Delicious chocolate ale at Bulls Head Public House 

Catching some Amish ladies buying shorts at Target?!?!?!

Left:  Bobbi Brown Treatment Lip Shine SPF 15 

in Pink Seashell & Orchid Pink

Right: Bobbi Brown metallic eye shadow

 in Gold Dust & MAC eye shadow in Neo

Lovely mani to wind down the week :) Essie Shop Till I Drop

 Best part of the trip home ~ Cantina Laredo in the Philly airport! 

B*Fest 2013 ~ Chicago

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!  I love seeing my sweet friends from ACU, sorority sisters, bridesmaids, besties ~ isn't it great to have such fun friends???

This year for our annual girls trip Kylee Ann, Elizabeth & myself had a lovely long weekend in Chicago!   Welcome to the post of 1 million pictures!

We stayed at the Chicago Getaway Hostel in Lincoln Park.  Elizabeth & I have stayed there before, it is a great location, very clean & they offer individual rooms with bathrooms.  The rooms are very sparse, cinder block walls painted white, bunk beds & a desk.  Basically we relived our lives in Gardner Hall :)  Without the curfew! haha

Our weekend was filled with girl talk (obviously), seeing a gorgeous city, taking pictures of architecture, enjoying the quirky neighborhood, sight-seeing, eating tons of delicious food, drinking many a delicious beverage, just doing what we do best!  (Ash I missed you every second!)

The Chicago Getaway Hostel

How nice of the hostel to suggest activities :)  

My dream house is for sale! 

 Meatball sandwich!!!!!   From The Pasta Bowl

Sangria & more from Taco Joint ~ a FAVORITE in Chi-town!

Guacamole sampler!

Tacos!! 

It was so cold for July!  Warming up with some Irish Coffee at The Galloway Arms. 

This was my favorite house!  Would you like to come over for a rooftop party? 

Mimosas & bellinis taste so much better with fresh squeezed Juice! 

At Orange Contemporary Brunch

The Art Institute of Chicago

Rothko

 Rothko

 Pollock

 Pollock

 Monet

 Monet

Monet

 Van Gogh

Picasso

Dali ~ you crazy man you

Chagall

My nerdy fun moment ~ the reassembled original trading floor from the Chicago Exchange!

Bridge from the Art Institute to Millennium Park

Chicago Blues Festival

Buckingham Fountain

How many Elizabeth's do you see?

This is my new favorite place!!!  And they started following me on Instagram after this photo!! 

Tiffany's had Gatsby themed window displays! 

And absolute wonderful Italian place! Chicago Pizza & Oven Grinder Co.

The mediterranean flatbread appetizer! 

The house specialty "Pizza Pot Pies" ~ fabulous!

Our last brunch of the weekend!  AKA I really love food pictures... AKA Kylee really loves sausage...

The Crazy Bag Lady

Goodbye photos on the El !  Much love to you sweet girls, this trip is the highlight of my summer!

Until next year.... :)