I’m totally obsessed with...

Chocolate Chip Cookie Snowballs with marshmallow in the middle. I crave these every night of my life, since I discovered them three weeks ago. Baltimore Snowball Factory on Mace Ave, the best snowball stand EVER! (They even have Reese’s pieces sundaes, yes. They are divine).

Francesca’s. Just went for the first time today in Towson Mall. This is literally the store of my dreams. I have always rocked a kind of 1960’s style and this store is right up my alley. I die. Everything I love, this store has. Can I just work there?

Here is their website: I’m in clothes and accessory heaven

http://www.francescascollections.com/home.do

Outdoor Restaurants. If Matt and I are going out to eat (which we do every weekend) I have to go somewhere where we can sit outside. I love soaking up the sunshine and savoring every summer day.

Our favorites.

Carson’s Creekside (Matt’s band is actually playing here Saturday night- Double Score!)

Wild Duck (If you couldn’t already tell with my hundred post involving Wild Duck)

Bay Café

Canton Dockside

Coconut Vanilla Spray. Yum. So summery and delicious. I could eat it.

1980’s Sunglasses. I just purchased a pair of red 80’s sunglasses from PacSun. Yes, red. And I love every second of them.

This is them. I will have to have a photo shoot with them on.

Barefoot Moscato. I could drink a whole bottle of it. Wine, Champagne mix. Goes down so easy. :-)

Just a nice update on things I can't live without at this moment. Try some. I'm sure you'll also enjoy. :-)



Total Beach Bum!

This weekend Matt and I went to Ocean City, Maryland with a group of our friends. We had a wonderful time! It was amazing to work on only one thing, my tan! (And dang, I got me one) We spent all weekend relaxing on the beach and enjoyed a few yummy cocktails at night.

The guys got Bud Light Limes- They were going down easy :-)

 Dan and Matt got these "Tootsie'" (that's what I kept calling them). As you can see, (in the background) they literally made Matt sick. Poor guy came out of the shower sweating and physically sick :-( As you can see, Dan couldn't of been (crazier) happier. lol

 Friday night we went to Fagers Island for dinner. Random: Matt's friends band was playing there- we didn't even know. How fun!

 

We spent everyday, all day at the beach. Literally from 11-5, just the way I like it! Came home with a nice tan! I love me some sunshine.  

 The guys treated themselves to Thraser's Fries- Yum!

 We also got these huge lemonades. $1.95 refills- we def. took advantage of them!

 This is the famous Josh dolphin dive. The guys insisted on me taking a photo of it.(Can't believe I actually got most of them in the air- Yay!)

 

The ocean water was so calm. Perfect, really. Dana and I spent most of Saturday sitting on the waters edge. Only downfall, clumps of sand in our butts. Made for an awkward walk to the bathroom.

 Saturday we hit the boardwalk. We got a late start since we were on the beach for so long. So we decided to walk the boardwalk. You have too hit the boardwalk at least once when you go down the ocean, hon.

Saturday we did Dough Roller pizza for dinner. Tradition.

 Look at my hubby, so handsome :-)

 We all decided that we should treat ourselves and spend the $.50 to go down the pier. It was worth it- great pics and we saw lots of fish.

 Matt and I really enjoyed our weekend with our friends. We needed it. It was nice to get away and leave the pressures and stress of house hunting behind us. A fun weekend like that makes it hard to get back into the routine of work. (Boo work.)

I think Matt ended our weekend on high with his delicious dinner that he made. Shrimp, veggies and a baked potato. Mmm Mmm!

This is our last planned vacation this summer. Tear. I hope we can get down one more time. If not, def. next year we'll have to plan for a week down OC. I'm such a summer girl. So many fun things to do!

Bad Blogger

Geezz, I've been a bad blogger this week. I'm forcing myself to post something. I want everyone to stay interested in "Life as Bogdan." (“everyone” meaning, my sister).

This weekend Matt and I had a total M&M weekend. We hung out together every single day. (That actually doesn't happen a lot with our busy schedules and my love for the pool and Matt's hate for the pool). But we actually went to the pool together Saturday and had so much fun! It was over 100 degrees in B-more so we were forced to stay in the water the whole day. I got a great tan because of it- Yay!

After the pool we visited my father in-law in the hospital (sad face). Matt's dad has a ton of health problems and was feeling super bad Thursday night so my mother in-law had to call the ambulance. They took him in and found out that he has an infection in his lungs. He was in the ICU for a week. So scary. But he’s doing better and is in recovery now (happy face)!

Saturday night we went out with a group of our friends. I’ll post about that later. I have pics. Post are so much better with pics. (Don’t you agree?)

Anywho, Matt and I also looked at houses this weekend. The first five were the usual; pack of dog smell, never been cleaned, oddest smelling house ever, ceiling falling down, deck falling apart and then….we got to the last house and…we think we might have a potential winner. We couldn’t stop talking about this house once we left it. We have so many ideas for this house and kept talking about it like it was ours. We call it “1978” bc it was built in 1978 and it’s decorated totally 1970’s. We are still looking at other houses though; just keeping “1978” in our mind.  I will keep everyone posted. (“everyone” again; meaning, my sister) Monday we are going to look at other houses. Let the search continue.

This weekend we are going down the ocean, hon! I’m literally so excited about it. A bunch of us decided to take an Ocean City, Maryland trip. If you were raised in Baltimore, it’s tradition here to go every year. No matter how gross and expensive it gets. But no worries, we are staying in a one room hotel room with two other couples. Not awkward at all. It’s all any of us wanted to pay. Ha! This should be an interesting weekend to say the least. J

And so I leave you with a random Chase pic.

How cute does he look? Lovin them ears!

Linganore Wine Festival

Saturday Matt and I went with Emily and Josh to the Linganore winery in Mount Airy, Maryland. It was Linganore's reggae festival. Emily and I have been talking about going to a winery since...well, since we've gotten into wine. This seemed to be the perfect opportunity (especially since Emily found a buy one get one admissions coupon- score!) It also seemed fitting for Matt and I to attend a reggae festival since we went to Jamaica for our honeymoon and danced to "Is this Love" for our first dance at our wedding. 

Sidenote: Matt and I enjoy random music. We also like to buy odd little things from places we visit. Like our 2010 adventure to Myrtle Beach where we found our "Bob Marley Tribute" cd. Along with a couple other random things; a Spanish cd, my LOVE sign (which Matt told me looks like it belongs in a 12-year-old girls room- meany!) and our bongo. Anyway, the Bob Marley tribute cd ended up being one of our favorite cds to listen to last year. Hence, our decision to dance to the song "Is This Love" by Three Plus at our wedding and our current liking of reggae music. The festival just seemed very fitting.

When we finally arrived at the winery (an hour later) there were hundreds of cars lined up to get in and hundreds of people. We didn't except the festival to be that crowded. That's why I had to take a picture of the cars. When we ended up leaving at 3:30 (Festival ended at 6:00) there was literally a line 3 miles long waiting to get in. I'm not kidding. It was insane. Thank god we left a little early.

We got these great stemless wine glasses to sample over 14 different wines! I was in heaven.

 

We ended up taking a tour of the winery (free of charge). These huge tubes are where the white wines are stored.

 This was is the room where they bottle the wine. The owner of the winery was our tour guide. He told us so many awesome things, that I can't remember. Ha! All I know is that this machine allows them to bottle their wine insanely fast.

After the tour Em and I decided on a bottle of the Peach Wine. Yum yum! They had so many yummy types of summery wines.

The guys were good sports and made the best of the day. Even though I know they weren't as excited as Em and I. Thanks for going guys! :-)

 

Cheers husband!

 

They also had a bunch of different vendors there. (Which I love!) People were selling everything.

 Yes, even Top Hats!

 And Kentucky derby hats! But actually a lot of women were wearing these, the sun was hot!

 

One lady was selling these wine glasses that she had hand painted. Emily and I died over these- so pretty! (But they were a little too pricey for us- maybe I'll try to hand paint one myself..hmmm).

Emily and I were talking after the wine festival and both agreed that we needed to go to Boordy vineyards which is another winery close to our home. My mom and dad use to take me and my sister and our friends there when we were little. They always had a Zydeco band there and we would all dance the night away! Those were such great, fun times!

Chase is a cone head!

Poor Chase got a spider bite on his little paw and licked it to death. It got really swollen and bloody. Saturday morning we took him to the vet. Now he has to take an antibiotic and have meds rubbed on the cut, and also wear the CONE around his head!! Oh no! He just looks so pathetic.

And poor Mommy and Daddy got slammed with a $200 vet bill! Ahh!

Having a pet can be so expensive. Good thing Chase is cute and well worth it!

Waterfront Friday

Friday was a nice day. I got to work from home in the morning because my company was having a team building event. The event was a scavenger hunt through Fells Point. It was surprisingly fun. The object of the game was to take pictures doing crazy things- certain pictures were more points. The team with the most points won bragging rights. My team got sidetracked and were more worried about drinking at the bars then getting the pics. It was def. better then sitting at my cube all day, that's for sure!

After dinner Matt and I met a couple of our friends up at Wild Duck for drinks. It's been perfect 80 degree weather here in Baltimore so it was the perfect night to sit outside and watch the boats go by. 

Jess and I- I love this photo.

 Matt and Jess. I especially love this bar because you feel like you're at the beach. Palm trees, my favorite.

 Matt and I. I also love looking out at the sailboats. The sailboats remind me of my Pop-Pop, he was a sailor. I think he would of really liked this place.

 And yes, Jess and I decided to hold the sun.

Saturday we went to a wine festival! I'll post about that later.

Wild Duck Cafe

Sunday, I went up to my mom's pool by myself for a couple of hours to read some of my book and catch up on my tan. Sunday night, Matt and I met my mom, dad, Laur and Travis at Wild Duck for dinner. It was the perfect night! 

Travis had his trucks & cars with him. Look at that chub chub face, so cute!!

 Uncle Matt wanted Trav to wear his hat. 

 Matt got the Seafood club, shrimp salad and a crab cake. Holey moley, amazing!

 I made Matt pose by the mural.

 Matt and I down on the beach by the water and sailboats.

 The gorgeous view. (yes, that's Matt on his phone.)

 Boss showing Trav the water and boats.

 Boss and Uncle Matt took Trav to see the boats on the pier.

 I love this pic :-)

 Our weekends are always so busy but I like it that way. Summertime in Essex is the best. There are so many nice waterfront restaurants and so many things to do. This weekend is another busy weekend. We are going to a wine festival Saturday with Emily and Josh- I can't wait!!