lucky 7 sister

happy birthday cara!!

31, what? amazing!

mr. bacharach & dylan mkay

were totally worth the 75 grand

a piece for your birthday greetings- you're worth it sissy!

thanks for banking advice, you're a really fabulous big sister

 & i love you so much!

hope you've had the best day ever.

best friends.

did you ever have those best friend necklaces

with the heart cut in two? i  love them. i always 

wanted the first part of the words... the second part

just didn't seem right to me...

check out all the innovative ways to show your bestie you care..

found all of these on etsy.

peanut butter jelly time for all my camp pals.

milk & cookies for my cookie monster bff raffy.

phone date gals, for my tara jane.

perfect for my nantucket loving best pal, say say.

my fabulous cori would totally rock this.

i think she'd be the poo & i'd be the pee...

just because we work together & share too much &

we're totally weird like that.

this is perfect for me & my beautiful sisters.

of course i'm in the middle... the sweetest one.

zombie caracaracara.

my sister cara is a zombie!

she's to the left of the really bloody guy. 

i'm not sure what's going on here. crazy new yorkers.

dr. caracaracara

please join me in congratulating my sister,

cara alexis levine

on her recent acceptance into the doctoral program at

syracuse university.

action shot of the future phd.

all of cara's men.

reuven, ned & jc.

i am beyond proud.

festy of lights

happy Hanukkah friends!

we ate our weight in latkes & scored some sweet swag.

cara & ned spoiled us with gifts from the syracuse cultural workers.

the best bike stickers, EVER.

make out not war.

big hug to c&n for the thoughtful/fun gifts.

we miss you! xoxo

stella thoroughly enjoyed her 1st hanukkah.

lea and mom made delicious latkes.

mmmm.....oil.

slim gave me adele 21 on vinyl.

it sounds so good- even on our baby crosley.

love song is so beautiful. melt.

the shed & church

i turned 27 on the 17th.

i had a fabulous birthday!

me & the baby- how pretty is she- omg!

the baby surprised me with 2 vintage pyrex pieces!!

lea, jared, jeff, tj, me, raffy, slim & brian williams made up

the most exciting & loud table at the shed at glenwood

*thx for the recommendation cori! it was amazing!

i take making birthday wishes very seriously.

it's a homemade birthday ding-dong!

.d.e.l.i.c.i.o.u.s.

handsome jared- still glowing from his safari.

we went to a bar called church..

(sister louisa's church of the living room & ping pong emporium)

slim kicked some major hipster ping pong booty!

the art was amazing & cringe-worthy.

xxx.

thanks to everyone for making my birthday so special!

baby buckert celebration.

i threw a baby shower for my sis-in-law, susan.

sue's due on september 27th

just a few days after jim & i's 1 year anniversary!

her bun in the oven, oliver thomas gets hiccups a lot.

at first when i touched her belly i thought the lil man was kicking, but it was hiccups!

a few notes for oliver's baby book.

lea baked an amazing red velvet cake

with a whale to match the invite- amazing!

my ma-in-law carolyn made some delicious quiches

and it was her birthday....

...so my mom baked carolyn's favorite-

carrot cake w/ cream cheese icing. yum.

claire & heather were our special guests from boston!

claire is just too cute.

all i want to do is hug and kiss her!

claire helped her aunt sue open all of the gifts

and kept reminding sue that she has a baby boy in her belly.

*it was very cute until she pointed to my belly and said baby.

it was a party weekend w/ lots of treats... thanks claire.

jimbo & i are so excited to have another amazing nephew.

if oliver is anything like his big bro owen- he's going to be

handsome, smart, fun, super sweet and hilarious!

heartbreaking.

just heard the tragic news: jeter & minka broke up.

lea levine- YOU'RE UP!

go get your man.

slim does it again.

jim thinks it's silly that i'm so amazed by his

bad ass handyman-ship.

lea took "big red", her hand-me-down 4runner in for a

oil change and for some funny noises it was making.

firestone told her that she needed a o2 (oxygen senor) replacement.

they gave her a quote around $300- we called a few other places and they

gave quotes from $275-$400+.

jimbo did some investigating, watched a few youtube videos, found the

part on amazon for $80 (half off!) and was ready to go!

this is the o2 sensor.

slim in action under the car!

my dad wanted to get in on the action too.

slim's a cute mechanic- and he works cheap too.

before we knew it- slim was done and the baby's car

was good as new and ready to go!

happy customer and her mechanic!

way to go slim.

total savings: about $300 bucks!

gloria.

gloria: in her own words.i wish i had HBO- this is going to be fabulous.
marlo on gloria.

vintage jim.

jim's mom has a great collection of childhood picture of jim & his sisters.
here's a few classic shots of slim.

this is usually what i see when i get home everyday,

-minus the cat + add the dogs.

what a cute little man! that belt really makes the outfit.

love the tutu.love the sandals.love the sibling love.

יום הולדת שמח

yom huledet sameakh, caracaracara!

happy 29th birthday to my beautiful sister cara alexis!
"is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister"
alice walker

friends, freedom & fun.

slim & i had friends & family over

in celebration of independence day.

moma + raffy= 2 peas in a crazy lil pod.

ma & pops brought dangerous deviled eggs.

fresh 'maters picked from our garden

*everything tastes better when eaten out of vintage pyrex!

i'm still dreaming about lea's key lime pie. it was perfection.

precious shot of us and our buddies & our chinky lil chandelier.

this patriotic angel food flag deliciousness was so tasty.

we said the pledge allegiance b4 we ate it (seriously).