Paris

*We could see the Eiffel tower from our hotel window!
*this was tasty
*dress courtesy of Jules
*Notre Dame Indiana meets Notre Dame Paris
*Eiffel tower in the background, birthday hat in the foreground

*hey dad, remember helping me make a styrofoam version of this thing for French class in high school?

Jake and I had an amazing time in Paris. It snowed which was really fun for us..

London

*At the Sherlock Homes Pub
*our hotel lobby
*pre-theatre drink. We saw Les Mis, I cried. We were shocked to find ourselves in the second row. Plus, the theatre was awsome because you could bring a plastic wine glass into the show, and pre-order a drink for intermission!
*Charles Dickens' House Museum
*George Eliot's grave at Highgate Cemetery
*Our first pub visit of the trip, first of many....

Rome travel disaster

*ever wonder what a 28 euro club sandwich tastes like? It tastes like a club sandwich with a sun-dried tomato....
*hotel art gallery
*We decided not to go for the imperial breakfast....

Jake and I had a horrible travel experience a few weeks ago when we booked a hotel room in Rome last minute and when we arrived we found out that the hotel had overbooked. We were stuck in the lobby for three hours while the guy at the front desk tried to figure out what to do with us- it was a huge mess and we were so frustrated that we called up the Waldorf and made a whole separate reservation. For one night, we saw how the other half lives and it was sure crazy!

Cocktails

Oh Dear! As soon as I posted those recipes that flower icon appeared, totally blocking all of the numbers! Here they are again:

OLD FASHIONED

2 dashes aromatic bitters

1/2 tsp. sugar disolved with water and bitters

1 1/2 oz. of bourbon

1 cherry

1 orange slice

1 lemon wedge

GREYHOUND

2 oz. vodka

5 oz. grapefruit juice

MOSCOW MULE

1 1/4 oz. vodka

3 oz. ginger beer

1 tsp. sugar syrup

1/4 oz. lime juice

1 sprig mint

1 slice lime

CLASSIC MARTINI

2 1/2 oz. gin

1 1/2 oz. dry vermouth

3 green olives

GIBSON MARTINI

2 1/2 oz. gin or vodka

3/4 oz. dry vermouth

3-5 cocktail onions

Cheers!

Mad Men

Old fashioned

INGREDIENTS

• 2 dashes aromatic bitters
• ½ tsp sugar dissolved with water and bitters
• 1½ oz of bourbon
• 1 cherry
• 1 orange slice
• 1 lemon wedge

Greyhound

INGREDIENTS

• 2 oz vodka
• 5 oz grapefruit juice

moscow mule

INGREDIENTS

• 1¼ oz vodka
• 3 oz ginger beer
• 1 tsp sugar syrup
• ¼ oz lime juice
• 1 sprig mint
• 1 slice lime

Classic martini

INGREDIENTS

• 2½ oz gin
• 1½ oz dry vermouth
• 3 green olives

INGREDIENTS

• 2½ oz of gin or vodka
• ¾ oz dry vermouth
• 3-5 cocktail onions

Jake and I had an absolute blast throwing this party a few weeks ago. For a fun retro evening, check out AMC's cocktail guide:

http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/cocktail-guide/

New Furniture!

*top of mirror
*new mirror
*top of bench
*new bench

I have to say, I have the best husband ever. Jake has really humored my love of anything "parlor." We ordered this furniture months ago and it just arrived!

Prague Pics

Lately I have been getting really frustrated with how long it takes to upload pics to this site. Here is a link to my Prague photo album on facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2083193&id=12201149&l=3bf4935f33