yes, i said meadow setup.  how else would you have a do-it-yourself, cooke-crafted matrimonial bit of ballyhoo?  exactly.  the hike was beautiful, full of butterflies and wildflowers – so many photo ops it took the troupe 4x as long to get out to the waterfall as it did to get back.  as for the meadow, cooke had vision and it was amazing, as per the usual.

when we returned, the rest of the umass contingent had arrived (yay!) and the festivities really got rollin’ …

en route to yosemite for the amazingly crafty and homegrown cooke-russell wedding festivities.  a bit of smoke on the way, but that did not keep me from putting the final touches on the 'ol wingwoman speech.

photo of my new chapel hill street.  how is it possible that i just met it and already ... i am in love?  then ... breakfast with lysandra before she drove me to the airport in her new fancy red car.  on the other end of my flight? san francisco, my bestest bud, her comfy couch, some wedding craziness, and →

Went with my new favorite concert contingent to see Phoenix at the Koka Booth Ampitheatre in Cary.  I was told the show would "rock my face" ... fact.

En route to start the first week of training for my summer internship at B Lab (two days in Pennsylvania, 3 in NC, and 7 weeks in San Fran).

um, yes there is.  and her name is doctor sam.  super fun evening catching up with west siders and providence peops to celebrate mrs. o'connell's newly minted PhD in psychology (sam, can you spell that backwards?).  i would like to give a special shout out to those who rock down to ... ely avenue (as well as those who rocked →

the best recipes are hand written, fact. i also washed the last copy of a 10 year old workout plan (thanks to amanda for finding the newer modified version so i didn't cry). i also recently found this ring my sister and i bought (yes, together, we had to pool our money to get it) back when i was approximately →

a trip to the local driving range for a mini lesson from pops.  turns out i'm best with an iron and even then, mostly i hit air.  baby steps ...

we took a trip back to sicilia by eating cheese from the market in catania, olive oil from rosa's farm and drinking, of course ... some nero d'avola. the food was amazing, as was the company.  ridiculously good time.