"B" is for Birthday...

And beach, bridge, boat ride, Brooklyn...all things we did for Brandon's 31st birthday!

This is why he is 31 and cooler than the other side of the pillow.

The carousel picture is out of order of events, but totally appropriate nonetheless. On B's special day he was pretty set on going to Coney Island for the day, although I fought him pretty hard on it (on his birthday whaaaaaa?). I felt some vintage filters were appropriate to preserve our memories of the beach. 

I was a little lame as far as surprises went (putting down his beach idea and lame gifts, whaaaaaaaa?) But, BUT, I did manage to sneak in a giant red velvet (which I would later discover was not his favorite flavor) cupcake from his favorite bakery Crumbs (wrong flavor, #whaaaaaaa #hegotanipadforvday #nuffsaid).

We only had 14 candles but he doesn't look a day over 13...if 13 year olds are usually extremely masculine with facial hair and the brains of Paul Allen.

With Pres and Mandy's visit, festivities would carry on into the weekend and even the following week (read on for details), but let's stop at the next day where we revisited DUMBO, Grymaldi's, Jane's Carousel, and the Brooklyn Bridge.

Our first time trying Grymaldi's...well as I recall, I said it wasn't worth going back for. Brandon agrees that we must have had a bad cook that day because second time around was awesome!!! Greatest pizza I've had in NYC so far.

And now time for my sappy closing! But let's get serious people, Brandon is.....everything to me! He has been the force behind so many -- of what I consider -- my greatest accomplishments in life. He is my greatest confidant and the person I am most excited to see each day. I am so humbled to be on this journey with him and grateful that his ambition has taken us to so many exciting places with so many unique experiences along the way. They should call us the Febreze brothers, because it's so fresh in here.