following the MUCH anticipated return of miss allie rose from her grand south american adventure, i played mamma bear for a few days and took care of my travel weary roommate. a quick stop at CVS and we were stocked to the gills with saltines, gatorade, soup, and chocolate (BEST cure by far). under my careful care (and days in bed) she was back to health in no time!

when she was feeling a bit more energetic (read: could keep her eyes open for more than 10 consecutive minutes), we were whisked away by some friends for a mystery adventure (!!) that turned out to be a jaunt on H st. wandering around, we stopped off to get some hipster coffee (sova), scoped out a delicious looking moroccan tapas place (souk), and stopped off for some midday snacks in preparation for the marathon eating session later that evening. after we had stretched out our stomachs, we headed over to pasta mia for dinner which was beyond words. we waited over an HOUR in line (no reservations, no list...you just have to WAIT in line). needless to say our stomachs were eating themselves by the time we finally sat down. but boy OH BOY was it worth it. homemade pasta, portions large enough to make even adam richman blush. orgasmic pesto gnocchi, whole wheat ravioli, plates of salad, peppers and mozzarella the size of my head. heaven, in a nutshell. When we finally recovered the ability to move again, we rolled out of the restaurant, then back to our place for some rooftop vino with some friends. two glasses in, i strapped on my dancing shoes and took my asian posse out on the town to lucky bar for some dancing. the night was topped off by a quick stop at julias empanadas, stumbling back home and into falling bed.

sunday morning, i dragged my slightly hungover tush out of bed (two glasses of wine and i was DONE...where has my tolerance gone?!) and to the farmers market for some lettuce and perfect looking tomatos. later, we met up with erin for sunday morning brunch at open city. pre-meal, a hurricane set down, so we moved moved the party inside and enjoyed the rest of our leisurely brunch out of the rain and gale force wind.

bellies full, the roomy and i decided to make an impromptu shopping trip to check out the new warehouse style forever 21 downtown. allie made quite the haul with some pretty fab purchases while i was a little more low key, just a button up with a frilly things near the collar...very j crew esque:

(attempted covert shot)

loaded down with our purchases, we headed home to whip up some kebabs on our NEW GRILL on the roof topped off with some tasty white wine. zoe met us a little later, requisite girl talk ensued, then we all headed back down to the apartment to watch mad men.

pretty badass weekend.