Bites of My Life

I just love this place. The weeks are always good and I feel like I just repeat myself when I say "we ate good stuff, did fun things blah blah blah" but it's the truth! Take a bite out last week!
-Monday night ice cream! A scoop of green tea and a scoop of snicker doodle cookie dough!
-Toki Underground is rated the best ramen and one of the best restaurants in D.C. It was high on our list of places to eat at but the line is always at least an hour long. We found out you can get it to-go as long as you order it a day in advance. My kimchi ramen was definitely worth the day wait!
-I squealed a bit inside when I walked into the locker room at Barre 3 and saw someone with the same SCOUT bag as me! I quickly pushed them together and positioned them to get the perfect shot before anyone noticed!
-My job has tons of perks, but one of my favorite is Brain Food Friday! This week we got complimentary Sweet Green salads! I of course got the spicy thai tofu salad.
-Sangria and Jazz in the Garden on Friday night.
-My sweet roommate Sydney leaves today:( We had an action packed week and weekend to fit in some last minute things she wanted to do!
-Cheers to such a fun summer and dessert the size of our heads! The apple pie and chocolate mousse bowl from Founding Farmers sufficed our sweet tooth to say the least.
-Saturday brunch was equally our favorite brunch spot to date. The delightful Le Diplomate fulfilled all expectations. Bread basket, mac and cheese, cappuccinos, mushroom tart and smoked salmon were a few of our French dishes. 
-#myscoutbag accompanied me to Alexandria for a day by the pool!
-On our way back into the city form Virginia we had our uber drop us off at the Jefferson Monument. It was very surreal and so cool seeing it at night. 
-GBD was recommended to me for their donuts and fried chicken. The combo had me skeptical, but there is absolutely no reason to be a skeptic. My doughreo (oreo donut filled with oreo cream) was the perfect sweet finish to Saturday night. Also pictured are the glazed and nutella crunch.
-Ted's Bulletin was the brunch spot for Sunday. It might rival Farmers Fishers Bakers as being my new favorite D.C. restaurant. The old timey music and decor totally swung me. It was very all-american and felt very old school D.C. My blueberry cream cheese pop tart also helped. 
So excited for the short week to be ended with the 4th of July in the most patriotic city!

What I'm Listening Too

Okay I know they aren't new, but I'm on a MSMR (miss mister, for those who are confused) kick right now. One of my friends introduced me to them last fall, but recently my roommate and I have been listening to them in the mornings while we get ready for work. Yesterday I listened to them on repeat for about 8 hours straight. 

So this is what I'm listening too...

Also for a little bit of #tbt action listen to Michelle Branch. Spotify has these new 'mood' playlists and last week I was listening to the Throwback Thursday one. I felt like I was in 6th grade again. Anyway,  Michelle's "All You Wanted" was the perfect throwback that proceeded me to listen to her for the rest of the day. 

Annie

Fatigued

I'm having a major camo moment right now. I love how the pattern gives off the sense of blending in while still standing out. It all started when I tried on a pair of Sanctuary pants at my new favorite store in D.C, Wink. Then I went to work the next day and my ultra fabulous boss said camo was cool, so now I think it's basically the best thing ever. 
Now that it's on my radar I have been seeing it everywhere. Lululemon even just came out with a small line of camo. I had my heart set on this pair of shorts, but I think they sold out over night. 
1. J.Crew jacket  2. Lululemon bra  3. Lululemon racerback  4. Rag & Bone top  5. Forever 21 slip-ons  6. Warby Parker glasses  7. Superga sneakers  8. Lululemon wunder unders  9. Sanctuary cargo pants  10. Loft pants 11. Asos mini skirt
Camo as we know, was a pattern made to blend in, so it goes with just about anything. I'm dying for those Sanctuary pants, mini skirt and the slip-on sneaks! 
Annie
p.s. If you still didn't know, I'm blogging at my job this summer, so you can read YoDeb! in between my gapping posts! 

Bites of My Life

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Last week was a good one. It was a relaxing short week in D.C. before my roommates and I headed to New York for the weekend! We got to see some good friends, I got to see my sister for the second weekend in a row and we ate, did and accomplished a lot.  
 
-I love taking the long way home after work either roaming through the Georgetown neighborhood streets or popping in and out of stores. I browsed through Jonathan Adler the other day and I was in visual appeal heaven. My eyes were so happy because everything was so pretty. 
-Tuesday night I finally got to try Matchbox when the sweetest Oklahoma momma was in town! She took one of my roommates and I out to dinner, but most importantly dessert. The donuts were highly suggested by our waiter so we obliged. The coffee and kahlua dipping sauce was the perfect companion. 
-I have been using the same notebook for all of my internships and jobs over the past year. My sweet boss gifted it to me last summer, but I finally filled all of the pages. I picked up this Kate Spade rosebud one at Paper Source to replace it.
-I discovered the best kept secret in town last week. My favorite D.C. restaurant, Farmers Fishers Bakers not only serves up amazing brunch, lunch and dinner, they also have a simple breakfast menu M-F 7:30 to 10. I popped in after an early morning Barre3 class to get the steel cut oats with vanilla bean cream and a coffee to go! I am clearly obnoxious with my foodgrams but it was all worth it when my favorite D.C. food Instagram (@dcdining) regrammed me. 
-You guys know my love for Mediterranean food and it just so happens we have the best little spot right across from our dorm. Roti is similar in style to Chipotle where you go through the line adding various toppings to your bowl or wrap. I got half and half chicken roti and falafel salad with hummus, spicy red sauce, eggplant, couscous, tomatoes, pickled slaw and onions!
-We got to NYC a little after lunch time. Milk Bar was first on my list of things to do, so after meeting up with my Milk Bar-loving friend and her boyfriend, I indulged in some cereal milk ice cream and an ice coffee with cereal milk (my new obsession). A corn cookie and blueberry cream cookie were purchased to-go!
-I loved getting to see all of my New York working girls! Kudos to Katie, Rosemary, Nicole and Alex for an incredible weekend! 
-$1 pizza is just a must. 
-The whole New York gang after one of the more interesting meals I've ever experienced. 
-Saturday morning we had brunch at a club. Okay so not exactly, but the blaring music and dimmed lights made it seem that way. Chilaquiles, s'mores french toast and bottomless bellinis were scarfed down to the beat of Ke$ha and Adriana Grande. A strange, but amazing brunch. 
-Spent the afternoon at The Standard Hotel, sipping and catching up with one of my best friends. 
-Kept the merriment going with a dinner date just the two of us at the beautiful General Assembly. I ordered the citrus salmon after our fresh ricotta dip to start!
-Wondered around the West Village Sunday morning. I don't know D.C., New York had you rivaled this weekend.
-A belated birthday brunch at The Dutch with sista Claire and Mike! Soft scrambled eggs with smoked salmon for me! 
-Rounded out the weekend with a popsicle in Central Park. 
Cheers to incredible past week. My mind is running in circles on what and where I want to be in the next year. I feel so lucky to have been having so many amazing experiences this summer, but it makes it that much harder to decide what I really want to do in the future!
Annie

From One City to the Next: NYC Weekend

Today I'm leaving the district for a quick getaway to New York City! I have a handful of friends working in the city that I can't wait to visit! I love how I can just hop on the Mega Bus and be there in a few short hours! The East Coast is cool like that. 
image via the wonderful Evelyn Henson Art
First stop will most likely be Milk bar for some cereal milk ice cream, then lot's of other yummy food can follow. I'm sure there will be plenty of NYC weekend instas to keep y'all annoyed. 
Here's to taking a bite out of the Big Apple!

Annie

Took a bite: old posts on NYC, Milk Bar & Evelyn Henson