Aw childhood!

My gym is closed for the next couple of days, so I decided to go running down by Chelsea Piers. It was absolutely gorgeous, and the water today smelled like the lake - so mom, in June can we please go boating? 

Around Christopher Street you can start to see the statue of liberty, but instead this was obstructing my view:

If the muppets were on that ship it would be Muppet Treasure Island/The Muppets Take Manhattan. When I saw it I immediately started singing, "Margaritas at the midnight buffet!" And have wanted to quote Muppet Treasure Island "I'm not Jimmy, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim - he's Jimmy, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim!" Never mind about Bess Marvin, I want to be Jim Hawkins. I'll investigate this further.

But speaking of Bess Marvin, today I went to Barnes and Noble to pick up some summer reading. I broke down and bought The Hunger Games, we'll see how that goes. But look what I bought for $2!

For this Barnes and Noble, I will advertise for you. 

A day full of childhood throwbacks. 

Also yesterday I made Ken a cake for his birthday, and I gotta say I have a new found appreciation for my Mom. The cake I made was just a Betty Crocker devil's food, but I filled it with "the clap" and made this whipped peanut butter frosting. It turned out delicious, but it is no joke making a layered cake. This was actually my first time making a round cake like this.

Frosting hides a multitude of flaws. That cake is busted on the inside. We went to Dos Caminos for his birthday (a hotspot for the Kardashians) it was me and the priesthood class - an interesting group. It was so funny, they all gave me a bit of guy advice which was pretty hysterical. My favorites: Don't be too aggressive, but be forward, smile a lot (the smiling advice came from Ken's fiance), be best friends with them, play with your hair, and so on. It was great.