Upscale Mexican Fare & A Delicious Wine Bar

To celebrate my birthday the Future Hubs and I decided to go out for a nice dinner.But, instead of hitting up one of our favorites, we tried somewhere new!

We saw Mezcal Tequila Cantina on the Phantom Gourmet and the prospect of upscale Mexican immediately put it on our "to try" list. We decided to make the hour drive to Worcester, MA for my Birthday dinner.

Our choices: golden fried jalapeno rice balls (not enough jalapeno), grilled chicken burrito (perfect in every way) and the Carnes Y Patatas (steak & jalapeno cheddar mashed potatoes, so amazing)

We kicked off our meal with some signature Margaritas. I tried the Sangria Margaria, it was delish! Mezcal had a very lively atmosphere, definitely great for groups!

For dinner we ordered the Platos Completas for 2. The meal included Mezcal's freshly made guacamole & salsa, choice of appetizer, traditional plate and special plate.

After our very indulgent and very delicious dinner we decided to check out Bocado. A wine & tapas bar with the same owner.

We enjoyed a Tempranillo flight and sweet potato banana empanadas for dessert.

Overall it was a perfect birthday outing with my love!

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Pool Halls & Patterned Tights

I kicked off my birthday weekend with drinks and billiards with some good friends.

I dressed up in casual yet classy shirt dress accessorized with a belt, tights, boots and funky jewelry.

Dress: H&M, Boots: Target, Belt: Vintage, Bangles & Long Necklace: Forever 21, Cheers Necklace: Kate Spade, Tights: Marshalls

We enjoyed some Washington Apple shots, tequila shooters and tried to sink some balls.

We make pool look so stylish.

Twenty Seven

That's how old I am today!!

Happy Birthday to Me.



I haven't changed much, right?

The Helpless Terrible

Fear of the Inexplicable


But fear of the inexplicable has not alone impoverished
the existence of the individual; the relationship between
one human being and another has also been cramped by it,
as though it had been lifted out of the riverbed of
endless possibilities and set down in a fallow spot on the
bank, to which nothing happens. For it is not inertia alone
that is responsible for human relationships repeating
themselves from case to case, indescribably monotonous and
unrenewed: it is shyness before any sort of new,unforeseeable
experience with which one does not think oneself able to cope.

But only someone who is ready for everything, who excludes
nothing, not even the most enigmatical, will live the relation
to another as something alive and will himself draw exhaustively
from his own existence. For if we think of this existence of
the individual as a larger or smaller room, it appears evident
that most people learn to know only a corner of their room, a
place by the window, a strip of floor on which they walk up and
down. Thus they have a certain security. And yet that dangerous
insecurity is so much more human which drives the prisoners in
Poe's stories to feel out the shapes of their horrible dungeons
and not be strangers to the unspeakable terror of their abode.

We, however, are not prisoners. No traps or snares are set about
us, and there is nothing which should intimidate or worry us.
We are set down in life as in the element to which we best
correspond, and over and above this we have through thousands of
years of accommodation become so like this life, that when we
hold still we are, through a happy mimicry,scarcely to be
distinguished from all that surrounds us. We have no reason to
mistrust our world, for it is not against us. Has it terrors,
they are our terrors; has it abysses, those abuses belong to us;
are dangers at hand, we must try to love them. And if only we
arrange our life according to that principle which counsels us
that we must always hold to the difficult, then that which now
still seems to us the most alien will become what we most trust
and find most faithful. How should we be able to forget those
ancient myths about dragons that at the last moment turn into
princesses; perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses
who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Perhaps
everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless
that wants help from us.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Come on....

What The Fug?!

TGIF!!

Even though I had a break mid-week thanks to the big snow storm that hit New England I am still super happy that it's Friday, especially because it's my birthday weekend!! Woo!

I'm only 26 for a few more hours, my 30's sure are looming around the corner. I am having a low key birthday weekend, dinner with the in-laws, dinner with the future hubs and maybe some time with friends. The big party happens when my Bestie arrives from San Diego at the end of the month. Don't worry, I'll share the fun with y'all!

I chose this week's WTF?! because I knew there would be mixed opinions. Personally I would never wear it but I could see some fashionistas pulling it off. I do think that it could be a better DIY than spending $79 though!

This example is from Urban Outfitters but I have seen similar skirts at ModCloth and Lulu's. The latter being less expensive of course.

So,

Would YOU wear this?

Could you DIY this?

<3

Disclaimer: The opinions featured on What The Fug?! are solely my own and are not meant to insult, or discourage anyone from shopping at, certain retailers.

Wicked Pretty