On Valentine’s Day, a bunch of my high school girlfriends and I drove up to Philadelphia for a day trip to visit our dear friend Debbie! (Dan was a great sport about watching the girls while I got to spend time with my friends, and we had already had our own Valentine’s celebrations in the days prior.) Jen, Mimi, and I headed out in the morning, and got to Philly in time to enjoy soup dumplings for lunch with Debbie! Juli flew in to join us afterwards for post-lunch dessert at Audabon Bakeshop!
Audabon Bakeshop with the ladies
Mimi and I at lunch right before.
Neat signage at Audabon Bakeshop
Delicious macarons from Audabon Bakeshop
Strawberry brick toast at Audabon Bakeshop
It was so amazing that it necessitates posting another angle of it.
Walking to The Barnes Foundation museum as the flurries fell around us.
Lovely Mimi!
Us at the Barnes Foundation
The snow made everything look so romantic!
Cool crystals hanging from the ceiling of the museum.
Juli, Debbie, and Jen at dinner
We enjoyed dinner at a Mediterranean restaurant called Kanella. We didn’t realize that we’d be dining off of their Valentine’s menu, so it ended up being quite a meal!
shepherd’s pie
lamb chops
Lobster from Kanella
Chocolate cake with lavender ice cream. My favorite dessert there!
This was also delicious.
Our day trip to Philly was quite eventful! It was a fun and memorable day, and it was so enjoyable getting to spend Valentine’s Day with these amazing ladies!
We got caught in a bit of a blizzard on the way so it took us a while to get home, but thankfully we made it back in one piece around 2 in the morning. Can’t wait until we are all reunited again!
On Friday night, a bunch of my girlfriends from high school got together for dinner and dessert at Julianne’s new Arlington home! It was a nice get-together to both welcome me back to the area as well as to celebrate our friend Mimi’s birthday and recent engagement. I hadn’t seen some of the girls in over a year, so it was so great to come together and catch up and what’s been going on in our lives. Everyone’s been undergoing really exciting changes in their careers and personal lives! 🙂 Special thanks to Juli for hosting, organizing, and for taking the following pictures!
Listening to Mimi’s engagement story Newly engaged birthday girl Mimi! Listening intently. A girls’ night isn’t complete without three cakes and two cartons of ice cream! Excited about the desserts! Desserts alight. Catching up over tea It feels like home now that I’m reunited with these girls!
Thank you also to Dan for watching Mio that evening so that I could have a lovely relaxing time with my friends! 🙂
