Glad you came

As a child of the sun ("I have desires and I was born inside the sun this morning" - some counting crows love!), I officially declare this my Summer Song





I hope you like it, LOVE IT, as much as i do

What to do with the rest of the day's afternoon - hey

One of the best things about summer time….

Outdoor concerts

We had a little escape this past weekend to Atlantic City for some good music and sunshine. The Dave Matthew's Caravan music festival hosted some great bands, and us, at Bader Field which was an old landing field and a great venue. 

Favorite Moments?

Two Step Encore with the drummer Leon Mobley

Sunshine and beers

Acting up

Poker table winnings

Dirty feet

…with muddy toes

Whiter Shade of Pale

One very cool sunset

Marlborough Experience

Dancing like children

And as always - good company, good friends

Friday night crowd

Saturday night crowd

But mostly

 Realizing the summer has only just begun

Our own private Paradiso

Private beach

Meeting Yahtzee in Florida this weekend was a spur of the moment decision – and one that I do not regret. I hope my husband agrees - though I am sure he would add that he needed a vacation just to support the effort to get me from NYC to Key West,
 an itenerary which included a 6am departure on 2 hours of sleep
, leaving car in danger-zone for ticket or towing, boarding flight for second leg of trip as my name was being called on terminal loudspeaker, breaking my camera, breaking my iPhone and loosing a new pair of earrings.

Lucky for Yahtzee, he has traveled with Dasha before and had well planned a cozy little house for us on an island called Sunset Key just off of Key West.  

Here were a few of our favorite activities

Romantic quiet moments watching the sun set

Finding inspiration

Spending hours in this hammock, mostly sleeping

Watching this guy relax a little (and swing me in above stated hammock)

Wearing this robe around the porch

Dreaming a little…especially of our house on this lot

Being together all day...

…and night

Boating

And eating oysters, listening to music and drinking beers at Schooners Wharf 

We ended the weekend watching a spectacular moment in basketball history, the Dallas Mavericks win over Miami The Heat.  It was worth it to see Dirk Nowitzki holding his trophy high, and to be among friends to high five and bitch around and celebrate, sometimes all in the same moment even.

Team NYC: Dasha, Yahtzee, Siby, Stefan

Thanks Yahtzee, i hope you found some relaxing moments in-between your wife's hectic moments. Even if for days, we had our own private paradiso and i loved it and i loved being there with you.

Manhattanhenge

This year, 
Manhattan Solstice coincided with Memorial Day,

so what is one to do? 

Well we broke out the grill, ordered a few cases of beer to the Disco, flavored the watermelon with vodka and invited a few friends over…

and just like that! - the Manhattanhenge Memorial Day party was born.

Watermelon Balls with a Twist

The Loungers

The Grillers (i insist its a man's job)

The Photographer

The Wiener Meisterin

The Professional

The View from Urban Disco

The Hengers

I hope that your Memorial Day was as chill as ours, we found a perfect way to bring in the summers and celebrate our veterans.