Providence & Boston - A Picture Diary

{Stumbled upon the Capital Building while waiting for our train into Boston}

Had an amazing business trip in Providence last week! I was there for our New England division Food Show and had an absolute blast! It was crazy busy but fun and adventurous to say the least... 

Enjoy the pics :)

{stayed at the Omni Providence... which was PERFECT because my room was a 5 minute walk from the show and I could also sneak away to go to Providence Place throughout the 4 days there... I oopsed some Madewell black jeans and my DREAM trench from Zara... hey my 30th is coming up and I'm in the "treat yo' self" mentality}

{Monday night drinks at Fleming's} 

{Monday night dinner at Cassarino's}

{exploring Federal Hill}

{after drinks at Eddy}

{home of the BEST clam chowder at the show}

{that time I met Bachelorette contestant Jared Haibon... I was blushing so hard because everyone at the table was making fun of me.... but we ended up having a pretty fun conversation and even went back to his bar later Tuesday night after dinner at Venda}

{a bakery account we visited on my day in the field that had an oven that was over 100 years old}

{the gates at Brown University}

{Prospect Terrace Park... where the founder, Roger Williams, looks over his city}

{BOSTON! Dinner at Globe before catching an Uber to Fenway!}

{Walking through the history of Fenway was a really cool experience!}

See you soon New England... where shall I go next??

Chicago Sister Weekend!

This past weekend was everything I needed. It was with my favorite person in my favorite city! We had an awesomely relaxed weekend filled with walking, eating, drinking and talking. With some shopping and sleeping when we stumbled upon it… We purchased each other’s birthday presents (her Patagonia, me Madewell... appropriate) and took the town each night.

Friday night, once we checked into the Freehand Hotel/Hostel (COOLEST place ever! Thanks, Court!!), we moseyed down to The Broken Shaker for a night-caper. On Saturday we woke up refreshed and ready to take on Chicago! We had no agenda in mind; all we knew was that we wanted to start walking and see where the city would lead us. We walked through Eataly, explored Maggie Daley park (and froze our butts off), ate a The Purple Pig, and did some shopping before meandering our way back to The Broken Shaker (we simply could not get enough of those artisan cocktails!) After getting pretty and quick photo shoot in our room we Uber’ed it to Wicker Park for drinks and snacks at Violet Hour. Courtney has talked about this place to much that I feel like I’ve already been there. Nothing about this speak easy'ish restaurant was an upset. Great food, great drinks and great conversation (obviously great company!). We Uber’ed back once more and wound up the ACME hotel bar (The Berkshire Room) right next door to the Freemont, before visiting The Broken Shaker one last time for their naanchos J

Sunday morning we pre-gamed our Bongo Room brunch with coffee and macaron’s (from Alliance Patisserie). The Bongo Room was delicious and a perfect way to end our weekend (can’t wait to try out Orange next J).

I miss my sissy already but we can rest easy knowing we’ll see each other again in just a few short weeks!!