Maison Martin Margiela

Right now, I am all about Paris and London-we leave Friday!!!  My love for  Masion Martin Margiela began a couple of years ago when I noticed the indiscreet label with all the numbers at Fred Segal on Melrose.  The circled numbers represent their numerous collections.

We accidentally stumbled upon the store because of its storefront....
Shimmer Shimmer...  Those are little white circles that glisten! Love

The store was Gorgeous and everything happened to be 50% off that day! perfect

When you enter the store, you almost run into a large floor to ceiling champagne glass tower with shoes intertwined throughout.  The store is all white with greyed out wood floors and the Sales Associates all rock White Lab Coats.  The packaging is all white linen cloth made into bags and garment bags.  Very Cool.  It feels very mad scientist and that the design team had a great time putting the store together.  

All the wall coverings are pieces of wallpaper...I found it online on here.  That's the dressing room behind those fake doors.  Total eye candy.

I can't wait to visit the hotel designed by Maison Martin Margiela located off Champs Elysees while in Paris.  And I think we get to go to their showroom :))))))))))))

Look at these images:

We shall see you all soon! We are off to Europe xoxo  

p.s. I get to be a bridesmaid!!! last time I was asked I got kicked out of the wedding... still not sure why?   SO Happy to Be Apart of their special Day....Love y'all 

bohoJC

Mommy!

It's been one of those days: Curb check, flat tire, longest line at the DMV, tire not in stock, rollin' down the freeway at 45 MPH on a doughnut... I'm drinking this coconut water with my eyes closed pretending I'm on a Tunisian beach. #couldbeworse

Sunday Funday in Freeport

Yesterday we spent the day in Freeport with my dad for his birthday. We went down to Quintana beach and fished a little, but mostly just enjoyed the beautiful weather. Dad set up some poles and he got 2 bites, but only landed 1. It was a little cold and windy, but not too bad.

Driscoe had fun chasing the ball, and wandering around, but mostly preferred to sit in Grandpa's car and pretend to drive. I can't wait to come back this summer when I can take Driscoe in the water and play. I want him to enjoy the beach as much as I did growing up. 

 Grandpa Jimbob, a Sheepshead, & Driscoe on Quintana Beach

He got sand all over Grandpa's car....oops! 

Already wanting to drive!

From left to right : Steve-O, Joe, Grace, Me, Driscoe, Jimbob, Daron, and Beerman

Luanne is taking the pic, and Steve-O's dog, Mona was a little too short for this shot.

 All Smiles!

 Had to get a shot with mama! 

 He loves kicking the ball around.

Uncle Joe playing with Driscoe. How pretty is that sky!?

 

 He can be so silly!

 Back at Grandpa's house we cooked the fish we caught and Uncle Joe grilled us some ribs.

Driscoe took a late nap at Jimbob's and was up and wired until 10:30 last night! Daron and I were wiped to say the least, but it sure was fun! I love being home with my family!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA JIMBOB!

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Mo is a thumb sucker which is helping him sleep through the night. Finally!
Gjelina is working hard on standing up.
Caymus is busy practicing his t-ball skills.
Driscoe is really into copying every move his cousin Dax makes.
Dax got to meet Elmo, making his 18 month life complete!

Nutty Chocolate Bark

Nutty Chocolate Bark

Grant buys dark chocolate bars several times a week to suffice his sweet tooth.  I have a Huge box of Belgium chocolate for when I make Chocolate Ganache for French macarons and I started to think I should make him some chocolate bars!  I saw an episode on Barefoot Contessa where she made some and it looked super easy.  

here's what i did

3 c of Callebaut 60.3% couverture or bittersweet chocolate
1/2 c hazelnuts
1/2 c unsalted almonds
(you can use whatever nut or dried fruit combination you like-have fun)
dash of sea salt

Preheat oven 350 degrees.  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.  Toast nuts in oven for 8 minutes to release all the natural oils.  Let cool and chop nuts.
Heat chocolate in microwave in 1 minute intervals until it melts completely.  Stir with spatula.  Smear chocolate on baking sheet evenly in a perfect square.  Add nuts and sprinkle with salt.  Wrap with plastic and refrigerate for 6-8 hours.  Remove and cut into squares.  Serve room Temperature.  Great gift -wrap in cellophane 

*Tip
Dip your knife in hot water before you cut the squares to help with clean lines.  

Enjoy

Struck by Cupids Arrow.....

Well I can't believe it, but play-dates might be my favorite thing to do these days. For my sister and I they have become our new version of happy hour. Usually, an instant message is exchanged in the morning, something along the lines of: "Hey come over after work, bring wine." It's so great because our kids plays so well together and we get to relax and watch! When our friends join it's even better.  All of the toys keep the kids happy for at least an hour which is just enough time for the Moms to be entertained by a tall glass of vino.

Yesterday we had a Valentine's play date for our little cupids and it was just as I imagined.....Us moms chasing down the wild animals, changing diapers at record speeds, pulling random objects out of our friend's kid's mouths, refilling each other's wine glasses and simply enjoying our new version of happy hour!
See the chaos below....

Driscoe, Bernice is trying to snatch that cupcake....
why you little shit....zuuuuuuu!

'ze plane, ze plane!'  Paz loves spotting the Moon and airplanes!

Dax is focusing on some explosives Paz's mom brought. Kidding. Not really. Don't worry, no one was injured.

Spotted: a little green sidewalk chalk thief......

BUSTED, Caroline Stegent!!!

Yes, she is wearing her boyfriends jacket and ruby red slippers! 

Carla (Paz's mom), brought some beautiful spray roses for Dax and Driscoe!

...and Valentine sippy cups!
Bernice was watching over the cupids and giving out kisses. She loves all of her Valentine's!

Crave Cupcakes sent Carla a make your own cupcake party pack for the kids....errr....moms to decorate....

Those are cups of frosting! yummmmm

They were so DELICIOUS!

Dax tried it but gave up and snatched some candy instead....

He ran off in the corner and watched us, happy as can be, and probably a little nervous that someone would realize he took a whole bag of those tiny twizzler things, hmmm no wonder he was so quiet.

Driscoe was too busy dunkin' the chalk to make cupcakes....

Caroline wanted a jacket AND a hat and I'm pretty sure she tried her normal shoe change with Paz's shoes later. She is gonna give Carrie Bradshaw a run for her money with this shoe obsession...better start saving Daddy!

Then the coolest kid of all showed up and the tots followed him around the rest of the night....

Caymus is so sweet to the babies! He had Alvin & The Chipmunks singing top 40 hits on that iPad, hehe!

Gjelina was showing everyone her killer 8 month old skills!

Concentrate...concentrate...you got dis! She'll be walking before too long!

Little monkeys! I swear each child climbed on top of this coffee table, giggled, and then got down.....all safely, thank goodness.

Gjelina was having a rough go for a little bit cuz those boys are just so wild! But she is tough, still all smiles!

Love that crawl position, Gjelina! Good form! 

 Let go mama! I got it!

 'I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T do you know what that means!?'

Aunt Grace also showed up, but was whacked in the eye upon arrival by our lefty, Dax! She was down for the count! Thankfully this was the only serious injury sustained.

And like always the kids started falling apart and getting even more wild..... I think Driscoe is showing me his smashed finger.

Is Driscoe seriously reaching his hand down to help Paz up? What happened Paz?

Child 2 on the table.

Mo is always just chillin, watching the madness unravel!

Look at that lil cupid, bundle of goodness! Mmm!

  

Happy Valentine's day everyone!
 Hope y'all get some x's and o's today!
I know these babies will be getting millions from their Mama's!