We're Engaged!

On February 21, 2019 Daniel asked me to marry him in Central Park.

We were in New York with my sister and best friend to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway which I had purchased tickets for nearly a year earlier. I had no idea when I started to plan the trip in February 2018 that I was planning my engagement trip! 

The Thursday morning started off with us going to Ess-a-Bagel where we all grabbed a large breakfast and heading back to our AirBnB to pack a lunch for a trip around Central Park. We wound up walking alround the park seeing the major attractions like the Boat House and the famous bridge, until we found ourselves on the Northern side of the lake overlooking my favorite building view from the park. My sister, friend and I were all sitting on the rock but Daniel seemed anxious. He soon asked me if I would take a picture with him in front of the lake. I asked him if I needed my camera and he said no my phone was okay.

The rest was a blur. I remember him saying "Kelly.." and then dropping down to one knee to ask me. He had his brother to catch a bus into the city to secretly capture the photos which turned out so beautifully. We celebrated by leaving the park and hitting up two bars -- one a dive and one upscale and honestly both were perfect in their own ways.

I'm so very happy to finally be marrying this man!

Thoughts on International Women's Day

In honor of International Women’s Day, I wanted to address a question that has been sitting heavy on my heart lately: is this sexist?

Whether it be a snarky joke at a woman’s expense or feeling like there’s a glass ceiling I will somehow never break through, it’s a question I find myself asking far too often.

The ultimate problem is that I have to ask the question at all. There should be nothing that causes me to think I’m being discriminated against because I’m a woman. I’ll repeat that again — I should not be consciously worried that I am being passed over or held back because of my gender. Yet here I am in 2018 and this is how I feel. 

How do you not ask this question when you hear men in management positions openly make jokes about women? How do you not ask this question when only 30% of your coworkers/classmates are women? How do you not ask this question when your own reproductive rights are seemingly always up for debate by men in boardrooms?

Today, I wear red to show my support for other women and for women in other countries who’s fight is much harder than mine. Together we will celebrate our accomplishments, mourn our losses and fight for our rights.  

Nitro is the New Black Coffee

If you know me, then you know I have a *slight* obsession with coffee -- more specifically cold brew coffee. I even wrote a whole post about my love for it a while back! So you know when I started hearing about nitro cold brew coffee,  I needed to try it.

Starbucks has had nitro cold brew for a little over a year now, but only at select locations -- so the brew alluded me until a few weeks ago. J.P. Licks, a Boston based ice cream shop, recently released their own nitro and sent out free small nitro and cold brew coffees to their reward card members. I promptly ran to the nearest one to try both and perform a taste test!

I ordered both drinks black and ordered them as they should be served (cold brew with ice and nitro brew without).

The cold brew tasted as expected -- slightly sweet, slightly bitter and relatively smooth.

The nitro brew was unbelievable.

I normally don't drink my coffee black, even with cold brew, just because I prefer the milk or cream to further smooth out my cold brew. It would be completely unnecessary with the nitro cold brew and I actually loved it black. It was smooth and sweet and honestly tasted nothing like what I'm used to coffee tasting like. It was also interesting that it had foam like a Guinness. I was blown away and hope nitro cold brew starts becoming more common because the only downside is it's not offered everywhere!

Have you tried nitro cold brew yet? What were your thoughts?