Judging from the pictures, I'm pretty disappointed. I regularly rotate my Botkier bags and I'm pretty disappointed in the choice of materials. The normal pleather is expected for Target, but the metallics are incredibly ugly. The designer's line has gorgeous muted metallics... My favorite feature with Botkier handbags is the hardware. The hardware is usually really sturdy and while I don't expect brushed brass on the Target collection, thicker nickel would keep the designer aesthetic better.
My trip was exhausting, but wonderful. I got into Manhattan at around 1am. Technically, we could have gone out for a bit... but I was so exhausted having worked and dealt with airline drama. Storms caused cancelled flights into LaGuardia and delays in Newark. The airline told us we were either leaving early or not at all (cancelled flight). Once I got my town car worked out and arrived at the Hotel, I basically changed into one of the Ritz plush robes and scarfed down a room-service cheeseburger.
The next morning, we were pretty slow moving. We still managed to walk through Battery Park. It was humid and murky, but it was still a change of scenery. The last time I've been to Battery Park was in middle school. This time, I wasn't lured by cheap goods sold on the street.
The wedding was beautiful and very sweet. There apparently was a lot of tension among guests, but overall it was a very nice wedding. The flower girl was absolutely adorable. I met a few different people, but for the most part... Justin and I only spoke to immediate family. The guest list was pretty intimidating... granted, pretty much everyone else was ten years older and more settled in their careers... but there's nothing like being the only girl not in Manolos or Jimmy Choo shoes. Next wedding, I'm going to bite the bullet and buy a pair.
A lot of drinking and sugar. Didn't make it to the UWS for shopping like I had hoped. And as full and drunk as we were after the reception, we still took a cab out to DUMBO in Brooklyn for more eating and drinking. Jason's condo is amazing. I'm going to have to convince my building into utilizing our roof top. His is gorgeous... tall planters with lemon grass, chartreuse outdoor foam chairs, steel and pine picnic tables.
We went to JOYA in Cobble Hill. Great atmosphere, good food and it's reasonably priced... hell, for outside NYC even! We shared shrimp spring rolls and I had a great mango salad. I mean, I did finish gorging on reception food a mere hour earlier. Hanging out with Jason was so awesome... and now we're back in Saint Louis, and we miss him so much already. I keep joking with Justin that he should get a job in New York, so the three of us can live together again. We could film a sitcom of our crazy adventures as young professionals in the City. It'll be so original and groundbreaking.
We returned to the hotel and relaxed for the rest of the night. We had the front desk give us an early morning wake up call and it was funny being referred to as Mrs. (partner's last name) all weekend. Funny as in, we aren't married. We left the hotel a bit before 7am... wanting to beat traffic to LaGuardia. We succeeded, and thought we would have breakfast in the terminal. Wouldn't you know, there were NO food options. There was one stand that had potato chips and tuna salad and then there was a pastry stand. When you are hung over, the last thing you want is sugar. I'm so over sugar.
When I came home, the apartment was insanely warm (we turned the A/C off while gone) and I just passed out for a nap anyways. I love my bed. Even if it's not perfect right now, I love my apartment. I genuinely love just being home. (Though we might be flying to Chicago for my birthday.)
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