June Mood Board

June Mood Board

Did May fly by or what?? No complaints, though - I've been so excited for summer since, well, last summer ended and my June is packed with fun activities. I have the Botanical Garden Gala this Thursday and a fun birthday at the Bowery Hotel on Friday. I'm playing on a softball team with a bunch of my friends from Cornell, which I anticipate will be a grand old time, as well! I leave for Canada on the 29th for 8 days to see Riley and will be missing the 4th of July but get to celebrate Canada Day, which I hear is also pretty fun (definitely has nothing on the 4th, though)! Pretty excited to relax and take some time off. 

June is also gluten-free month in hopes of looking good in a bathing suit in July. So far so good with the cleanse (no alcohol has been the hardest by far...) and I'm all done with it on Wednesday. I'm also redeeming my Best of Bliss gift certificate which is a half day at the Bliss Spa on 49th complete with hour long mani, hour long almond milk pedi, 75 minute blissassage and 75 minute Bliss Oxygen Facial. Can you say Heaven??? I also plan on going home to Greenwich quite a bit to play with the pups (and my siblings...) and get some sun! What are you all up to for Summer?? PS can't wait to show you all my dress for the gala! P.P.S. Can you tell I'm really inspired by blues and greens this month??  xo

* Images from House Beautiful, Vanity Fair, Woodennest.tumblr.com, Thefirstmess.com, Simply-Boho.tumblr.com, Sacramentostreet.com, Rollingpearl.tumblr.com, kevinandamanda.com, Graememitchell.com, Casey Matthews Art, Ashley Goldberg Art

Tuesday Treats

Hi everyone! Hope you all had an amazing long weekend. I was starting to get nervous on Saturday that the whole weekend was going to be a wash but Sunday and Monday were gorgeous and I even got sunburned. Yesterday we picked up our new puppy, Olive, and she is absolutely adorable.

 Me with the pup before Memorial Day bbq

Riley with Olive right when we picked her up

Pixie seeing what Olive is all about. Olive is actually Pixie's niece!

If you're like me and ate a bit too much this weekend (and during the month of May), it's time to get back on track for June. Starting Saturday, and for this rest of the month, I am going gluten-free. I have a feeling it will be a bit harder this time around considering it's summer and I love a cold beer and all the BBQ fixin's but I am determined to get back to not eating everything in sight. I went gluten-free for lent, which is six weeks, and lost seven pounds and felt great. 

I have a few friends who did the Clean Program by Dr. Junger, that Gwyneth is a fan of but 21 days of 2 shakes a day and one small salad is way too restrictive for the most social months of the year (for me, at least...). I like the ideas behind the clean program (no coffee, alcohol, gluten, dairy, meat, processed food, etc.) so I went on the website to see if there were any other options. The Clean Program has a one week "refresh" cleanse that I'm hoping to try to get me on the right track for the summer. Refresh is a week long and you have a shake for breakfast and other healthy foods for lunch and dinner. You can have eggs, fish and grass-fed beef (hugeeee for me) but still no coffee, alcohol, gluten, dairy, etc. I think coffee may be the hardest to kick but I'm excited to feel great and it's just a week.. how hard could it be..??

In honor of my last 3 and a half days of eating whatever, I leave you with some pictures that will certainly tempt me for the next month!

*Images from sweetsugarbean.com, foodiecrush.com, mybakingaddiction.com, simplydelicious.co.za, vanilla.com, sugarintherain.tumblr.com, marthastewart.com