I had a nice little trip to the East Coast this weekend. Thursday afternoon, Jess and I flew to Hartford, where her mom picked us up at the airport and we met her dad at a nice Italian restaurant in Winsted for some quality family time :-)
On Friday, after waking up in our old beds at Jess's house in Sharon, CT, we drove in to Salisbury, hoping to have lunch at our favorite teahouse, Chai's, but alas, it was closed! Instead, we had lunch at the Woodland a restaurant just down the road, then we roamed the halls of Hotchkiss, our prep school, in search of some new memorabilia from the school store and some old favorite teachers.
I love the installation art that can be found all over the place at Hotchkiss. This one pictured here fills the 3 story atrium over the school seal, just barely visible through the gaps of these awnings/kites/flags. We also took at quick, self guided tour through the new music wing, which puts the piano practice rooms I used while we were there to shame.
On Saturday, we were down in New Jersey; the reason for our trip was Jess's bridal shower, which her mom threw at a hotel in her hometown of Edison, NJ. We had a lovely buffet lunch (I had some of everything and loved it all) before helping Jess open all of her presents. She got quite a lot of kitchen stuff, which is great right now because she's settling in to her new apartment in Chicago (yay!) and needs to cook me dinner sometime.
I love the installation art that can be found all over the place at Hotchkiss. This one pictured here fills the 3 story atrium over the school seal, just barely visible through the gaps of these awnings/kites/flags. We also took at quick, self guided tour through the new music wing, which puts the piano practice rooms I used while we were there to shame. 
On Saturday, we were down in New Jersey; the reason for our trip was Jess's bridal shower, which her mom threw at a hotel in her hometown of Edison, NJ. We had a lovely buffet lunch (I had some of everything and loved it all) before helping Jess open all of her presents. She got quite a lot of kitchen stuff, which is great right now because she's settling in to her new apartment in Chicago (yay!) and needs to cook me dinner sometime. 
After the official party ended, we brought the party upstairs, where we bridesmaids had the rest of the cake to ourselves (after having 2 pieces each at the party). We had big plans with a couple of bottles of wine, but ended up getting drunk on cake and watching the Sex and the City movie which just happened to be on HBO (truly, a sign). It was a lovely weekend, and a great warm-up for the wedding, which is now less than 3 weeks away!
p.s. The skirt I'm wearing in these pictures IS the one I made (from a few posts ago) and Jess loved the bag I made for her. We filled it with a lot of fun beauty products, facial masks, a bottle of wine, homemade cookies, and a few books for helping the bride-to-be.
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