Hot in Herrrre

Yeah, it’s been a straight up heat wave around New England lately!

We have a small window AC in our bedroom (thank god!), and another down stairs, but the one downstairs barely makes a difference.  Therefore the last thing I have been craving is a warm meal. (side note: it was actually really nice out last night and we grilled and ate outside, but more on that later this week)

I also had a fun-filled Bachelorette party weekend for my friend Jenny!  So I am going to just devote this post to things that are either…
good on a hot day, or just HOT in general ;)

First, one of my favorite warm weather dishes…

Caprese Salad…with basil from the garden of course!  Now I just need some of my tomatoes to ripen up and this will be even better!

Secret ingredient…

Seriously is the best olive oil EVER!!  If I could go back to Greece and bring you all home some I would ;)

I love the salad with just a drizzle of EVOO, salt, and pepper…but I also love it sometimes with tangy balsamic vinegar.  So I opted for a side of vinegar, so I could decided which bites would be dipped.

Now onto other “Hot” things…well the first may be more under the inappropriate category…

C’mon people!!  It’s a cake!!  Calm down :)  Don’t worry that’s as far as the “raunchiness” went this weekend.

Nice cool glass of Sauvignon Blanc at Cava with Jocy before the festivities of the day began.  We ate here for my bachelorette last year!

 

Cava’s Meza Plate…perfect summer food

Starting with the falafel with pickled red onion on the bottom left, going clock wise we have: tabbouleh, baba ghanoush, cous cous salad, hummus, Moroccan salsa, and back to the falafel

Seriously, BEST falafel I’ve ever had…with an amazing tahini sauce underneath

Bachelorette, resuming now…

enjoying some of the “man” cake

We all wore black, except the bride, not a huge fan of black but I conceded…thank god for Forever 21 sometimes right?!

 

Watch out Portsmouth…here we come!  Hotness…

The first bartender of the evening… he “unbuttoned” for the bride, but only for a minute haha

Sangria time!

Mmmmmm

Yeah it was hot AND humid…notice the hair starting to curl on it’s own.  I spent about half hour straightening it, only to have it back to a HOT mess by the end of the night!

College Roomies!!!!  Congrats Jenny!!!  Can’t wait for the wedding :)

Now I need to get this HOT laptop off my legs!! (yeah hopefully getting  a new one soon!!)

Stay Cool!