Summer Sardina

Hiya! I am finally emerging from the stressful haze of exam time and finnnnallly getting to enjoy the summer. The weather in London is anything but what I'm used to though (60 degrees in June geez!).  Hope you all have been enjoying warmer weather and some summertime fun. 

As a reward for surviving exams I bought myself a new camera. I have been fed up with my digital camera for awhile now and have been really wanting to upgrade. Rather than going for one of the bigger professional cameras (they look so intimidating!) I opted for something a little less menacing and bought a La Sardina from Lomography. 

LOVE IT!! 

I took it with me on my very first trip of the summer to Amsterdam this past weekend. Here are a few of my favorite pictures. 

I had so much fun in Amsterdam and had so much fun shooting with my Sardina. I will definitely be using it all summer to capture the good times! 

Til next time xx

Key Lime Sunshine

I don't know if it was all the good food from father's day or what , but I was really in the mood to bake something. Since I've been talking about it for forever I decided on Key Lime pie. One of my favorite summer desserts.

It is a really simple recipe and takes no time at all to make.

Ingredients

• 5 egg yolks, beaten (I used 4 this time)
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 cup key lime juice
• 1 (9 inch) prepared graham cracker crust (I used Keebler's really cute mine gram-crusts)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Combine the egg yolks, sweetened condensed milk and lime juice. Mix well. Pour into unbaked graham cracker shell.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Allow to cool. Top with whipped topping and garnish with lime slices if desired.

separating the whites from the yolk

After mixing the yokes, lime juice, and condensed milk, I added lime zest for an extra kick

I like meringue rather than cool whip, so I beat the egg whites just like I used to see my grandmother do.

A helpful tip is to use cream of tartar to help the whites peak when you're beating them. I also used powdered sugar in the whites to sweeten them

Oven ready

just 15minutes later and a slice of lime

Key Lime Sunshine ready to eat!

Funday!!

Last Friday me and my friends Alex and Shea decided to have a Funday!! We started things off with bottomless mamossas.

the gang

after we finished off the drinks (guess they weren't so bottomless ha) we headed to Willy's at Piedmont Park for margaritas

we had a nice stroll through the park, then wayyy too much fun climbing trees!

Guess we have the freedom to live, laugh, and love

Now that summer is in full-effect I've set a few goals for myself:

1. Read 10 books (3 down 7 to go)

2. run a 5k

3. catch up on my knitting

4. learn French

5. travel to Los Angeles

6. take a cooking class

7. 100 volunteer hours

8. Drink 100 different beers

9. buy a new laptop

10. perfect my British accent for London

Roots Picnic

I was in Philly a few weekends ago for the Roots Picnic and it was a whirlwind of a weekend!

The day before the concert me and my friends went to a cookout at Abakus (http://www.abakustakeout.com/at/) a really cool clothing store in Philly's Chinatown

The acts at Roots Picnic definitely did not disappoint. My favorite performers were Little Dragon (pictured above), Wiz Khalifa....

.... of course the Roots.....

and Nas!!

Vice City: Memorial Day weekend in Miami

For Memorial Day weekend I was in MIAMI BITCH and I started the party right with a sunset booze cruise

Fancy

Gal pals Shannon and Liz were at my side on the high seas

While cursing we saw some AMAZING houses... recognize this one from Atlanta house wives??

or this one from Scarface??

the sunset over Miami...

...It was all booze, beaches and, parties the rest of the weekend

Queen of Miami??

south beach flexin

then one last drink... the pain reliever!

Catching Up: Graduation & Relocation

In the last month I have been up to a lot... I graduated from college (YAY ME!!) and I moved back home to Atlanta.

All the gal pal and my little brother. He wanted a picture with all the ladies

Mommy and Me

After all the fun in DC, I made it back to Atlanta and kicked off my summer with my graduation party. It was a great weekend and a great start to what I know will be a great summer!