fun filled weekend

beatiful and thorougly satisfying but tiring weekend. . am quite happy to have the day off to recuperate. . although i'll be spending the majority of the weekend running around!

friday morning i went to go pick up my dear friend cassanova from penn station. the rest of the day was a blur as the day was devoted to looking at wedding reception sites in new york for my first official gig.

an aside- my primary interest is in wedding planning however that is not my day job (yet!). my company was involved in planning a big event in LA, a competition/reality show of sorts and i did the majority of the planning for. . although it is not a wedding- the principles of event planning are the same and i'm happy to gain any type of experience i can.

poor cassanova, i dragged her around all day from one venue to the next! first stop was the asia society to meet up with jpan and the face to check out the facilities. a nice, modern space but as with a lot of venues not solely catered to parties/weddings, there would be a lot of additional work required. and as the wedding date is looming two months ahead, it was quickly nixed.

next spot was the brooklyn botanical gardens. exquisite grounds and natural beautiful. the palm house is lovely and their event coordinator was friendly, up front, accomodating, and was willing to work within the budget. a hit all around!

tavern on the green and glen terrace were on the list for the afternoon, but jpan was pretty set on the botanical gardens. so instead, we all went to check out the marriott that the bride & groom to be had checked out earlier in the morning. it was a nice hotel, well maintained and elegant. but in my mind and the rest of the group's, there was no comparison. the brooklyn botanical garden had character and personality and was the clear winner.

we had been dodging in and out of rain all day and were beat from running around. so cassanova, Q2, and i ordered some appetizers from the hotel restaurant and chilled out before heading back to willie-B. we cabbed back home and rested up for a bit before getting gussied up for our fancy dinner at the modern at MOMA.

dinner was decadent- the service flawless- the setting was gorgeous- and the company was amazing. after what seemed like endless courses of delicious food beautifully presented, cassanova and i succumbed to a serious food coma and decided to call it a night. Q2 met up with her friends for some drinks and bar hopping.

saturday was perfectly relaxed. i had a solid 8 hours of sleep, woke up and went to the gym, then returned home and started some light cleaning. cassanova and i lounged around for a couple hours, watched russell peters on my laptop, then headed out. in the end, we decided to stay in williamsburg and do some shopping in the hood. i got some nice pieces for work and cassanova got some flower jewelry (petals dipped in resin then worked into necklaces, etc). we stopped by the grocery store and went back to my place to make dinner. we cooked, chatted, & drank wine- an immensely enjoyable evening! after dinner, we got some icecream and walked around the park for a bit before heading back home and watching a DVD and falling asleep.

cassanova left fairly early sunday morning and i spent the rest of the day playing catch up with friends. had brunch had five points with R, shopping with VK, then dinner/drinks with k-flo. . .

still have a lot of catching up to do this week- dinner with jb tonight, ladies night tomorrow, damien rice concert with the boy wed, movies with mikey and R thur. . .where does the time go?