let's hear it for NY!

sneak preview of an AMAZING weekend celebrating jessica's upcoming wedding

we are at Beekmans Beach Bar and Beer Garden (something like that)

i'm backkk!!

me, mom, sis on the first night <3

i love my beautiful sissy!

Papi and Claire :)

Me and Sissy before The City Nightclub

FUSTER FAM FUSTER FAM BETTER THAN YOUR FAM! - no really though!

Um Hello Paradise!

We're back from a GLORIOUS family vacation in Cancun. I am so blessed to have already been twice in 2011 - seriously, I have the most amazing family.  We had a great time, ate a lot, drank a LOT, and overall just tried not to die in the 90 million degree heat. Thank you to my wonderful parents for another perfect trip.

but i'm back to regular posting now! bringing a few great recipes to the blog this week!

memorial day weekend - bethany/dewey/oceancity

sunglasses at night - always

no, no, no, nicos!

love these guys

teach me how to deweyyy

seacrets, USA was packed to the BRIM

me and sissy before the neighborhood cocktail party

me and momma before the neighborhood cocktail party

all in all it was a great beach weekend! got to see lots of friends, go to the bars, and hang out with my family!

hope you guys had a fun and safe weekend as well!

54 days!

...UNTIL CANCUN!

sun and the sand :)

as a family, we try to go every year (since me and sissy were born) - and last year i had to miss it! obviously, im SO excited to have this trip booked already for march!! :) yayayayayaya!

Off to the beach!

{*via}

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend, I am off to Bethany Beach for a relaxing weekend with my family! Such a well-deserved/needed break :)

Introducing: The Devil

A few weekends ago, I spent the weekend with this little nugget. I am doing the same this coming Memorial Day weekend....

...he may look cute (in a weird, lemur-type of way), but don't let that snaggletooth fool you. I had to zoom to get this picture. If he is near my sister or his owner, Neather, he won't let know anywhere close to them. DEVIL BEAST.

unfortunately, I have to spend the weekend with him again. This time, Neather and Sissy will be there - should be fantastic. Can't wait to get harassed by this pup all weekend :)

*disclaimer: neather, i really dont HATE peanut. he just scares me. Sienna loves him though - besties!

PARTY TIME!

Hey friends! It's almost Memorial Day weekend - and for some of you, it already is! (jealoussss)

Me and sissy made some totally adorable and awesome gifts for our friends coming along to our house and Christy's house in Bethany Beach this weekend!

I'll be sure to post pics of us actually using them on the BEACH when I return on Tuesday!!



*did i mention that each koozie was $0.66 and the ribbon was $1.99 a spool!!? talk about the cutest, cheap gift ever!!

Pan-Seared Shrimp & Scallops on Linguine with Tomato-Cream Sauce

Well, this is long overdue. On Valentine's Day weekend, we took some AWESOME friends to my parents beach house (last minute switch from the bay house) to relax, eat good food, and drink great wine!! It was the most fun I've had in a REALLY long time!! We played games NON-stop (If you haven't played Loaded Questions, do yourself a favor and get the board game and some dirty minded friends! you'll be happy you did!) and if we weren't playing games, we were watching random funny movies. We drank the.entire.time. - not the typical weekend, but it was great and I CANT WAIT TO DO IT AGAIN!

I posted about what was on the menu, and we pretty much stuck to it! (very unusual for me..)

I had to adapt this recipe a LOT because it was quite a bit too wine-y for my liking - weird because i drink wine like it's water...

first off - i tripled everything since i was cooking for 6....second, i added shrimp....third, i added a hell of a lot more heavy cream (woops)

Recipe:

Ingredients

• 1 cup dry white wine
• 1/4 cup minced shallots - ** i used regular white/yellow onions
  
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoon grated peeled fresh ginger - ** i used ginger paste
  
• 2 tablespoons whipping cream - ** entire small container
  
• 1 tablespoon butter, cut into small pieces
• 2/3 cup chopped seeded plum tomato - **whatever tomato is cheapest...
  
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 1/2 cups hot cooked linguine
• Cooking spray
• 3/4 pound large sea scallops - ** i used 1.5 lbs
• **add 1lb Jumbo shrimp
  
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• Chopped cilantro

Preparation

Combine first 4 ingredients in a medium skillet; bring to a boil. Cook until reduced to 1/2 cup (about 5 minutes). Drain mixture through a fine sieve into a bowl, reserving liquid; discard solids.

Return wine mixture to skillet. Add cream; cook over medium heat 1 minute. Add butter, stirring until butter melts. Stir in tomato, 2 tablespoons cilantro, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper. Add linguine; toss well. Cover and keep warm.

Heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Sprinkle scallops with 1/8 teaspoon salt. Arrange scallops in pan; cook 2 minutes on each side or until done. Repeat with shrimp. Cook until pinkish-red. Add shrimp&scallops to pasta mixture; toss gently to combine. Garnish with cilantro, if desired

this recipe wasn't the best thing i've ever made, but it was still great!
i also should have made the sauce ahead of time to let the flavors combine, but i was too busy drinking/playing games to remember!

Oh Monday!

Happy Monday, folks! Hope you all had a fantastic weekend - and for those lucky enough to have today off, i hope your extended weekend was amazing!

my little escape to the beach was perfect!

mom and papi paid for everything (can't go wrong there!) and they were SO much fun to be around!

Sienna was a freaking gem - unheard of. Pictures to come of her frolicking on the beach (wait for it...) LEASHLESS! *gasp*