Champagne and Horses

Crazy day on Governor's Island yesterday for the 2011 Veuve Cliquot Polo Classic. An hour long wait for the ferry ride in each direction and and island jam packed with people—but even with all that, we had such a great time. I did hear that the tents ran out of food and champagne fairly early on, but we had made picnic baskets and a stroller with three bottles of champagne so we were all set. 

Had a beautiful view of New York harbor from the island, and the ferry ride gave us the most amazing view of the Statue of Liberty in the sunset. But best of all, a whole day with friends and family, horses and champagne. A great time to be a New Yorker!

Seaside Retreat

Had our premier day at the beach on Saturday, but it actually ended up being a really cold day by the water and we didn't stay long. We didn't even get to bask in the sun for even a minute—I was so chilly I was wrapped up in a towel the whole time. But we had enough time for a quick lunch and some photos.

But the weather really didn't matter—we had such a great time anyway. We are so happy that Campbell ended up loving both the sand and the water! She was so little last summer that we couldn't tell if she was going to be a beach bum like both her parents. Well, she was constantly making a dash for the water and we had to run after her to make sure she didn't go in to far! Saturday there was actually still no swimming allowed—I hope it isn't because of the sharks that were spotted out in the Hamptons =)

Had a full day at the Veuve polo today, so I'm exhausted and it's time to go night night. More pictures tomorrow...

Summer in the Burbs

Here's the last batch of pictures from the holiday weekend. Wonderfully relaxing BBQ with friends. Our crazy little peanut, of course, thought that the family sheep dog was her stuffed polar bear from her room at home (they do look kind of similar right?) A wrestling match was in order--thank god for kindhearted and patient dogs!

One more work day until weekend again--gosh, I love short work weeks. 

Watermonkey

Welcome back to work, friends!

I promise I'll have photos from the weekend posted a little later, but in the meantime, here's some quick snaps for some more summer time inspiration from Madewell. Taking off on my Eurpoean holiday in another ten days, so I'm running around picking up all my last minute essentials right now. Today's loot--a super cute soft straw fedora (we'll see if that EVER gets worn) and a pair of Madewell's white denim cut-off shorts. Beach and hair salon on Saturday, and then Veuve Cliquot Polo Classic on Sunday. This will be the last big hurrah before we are off on our first family vacation.

Hoping on the train in a few minutes. G&Ts and steaks on the grill tonight--a little precurser to vaca!