enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: girlfriend adventures

  • Yesterday's weather more than made up for Hurricane Irene. We spent the day wandering the West Village, Chelsea Market (where I found – but didn't buy – my new favorite shoes) & Soho and stopped for teeny (and fantastic) cupcakes from Baked by Melissa. We had dinner at Little Owl which is the restaurant below…

  • love my girls so much. These weekends make me over the moon happy.

  • We crash landed in New York early Friday afternoon and had a great first day in the city. We wandered the High Line (which was amazing) and had a margarita happy hour then dinner at a tapas place before finding another fun bar. It was a perfect first night. Then we woke up just in…

  • I have had an amazing time in Chicago. It's a killer city and the weather right now is perfect. Not to mention, Melanie is a charming host. We spent an awkward amount of time quoting Friends, got manicures/pedicures (Essie's Fiji polish is out of hand good), ate great food (including fantastic cookies from here) and…

  • Today is the beginning of my big vacation. I'll be in Chicago visiting Melanie, a friend from college, for a few days then we're both flying to New York to meet up with four of our other college girlfriends. After a busy weekend, I'll be heading up to Winnipeg to finally meet Kal and her…