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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Babes + Bevvies: 3 bloggers, 4 friends, and a Flower on mah Head

Hey Ma, check me out. I've got a flower on my head!
I am puffy from all my birthday celebrations. Plenty of food and libations peppered my 5-day weekend. That's right, I started celebrating on Friday, and it continued until Tuesday early evening. What a blast. A BIG hearty thank you for all your sweet birthday wishes, and bloggy kisses for my dear friends who made my birthday feel special. I love you, and YOU know who you are.

Some can be seen below. All taken over the course of my lovely weekend, so that might explain the show of beverages and restaurant settings. 

Lindsay. Chicago Fire.
Ari. Crepeville in Curtis Park.
Ann. The Annimal + Stanimal Deck. You can see more over at Ann's blog here.
Kelly. Ella's.
These beautiful faces may look familiar to you. They've all appeared more than once here at the Citizen. Well, they all play a starring role in my life. Lovely, lovely people and they each add so much! 


Also adding joy, in a much more superficial way is MY iPHONE! Dude! All these rad pictures came from it, and I love how easy it is to pull out the gadget and snap, snap, snap away. How fun it's been to capture and share moments that have been culled from my adventures.

AND adding even more joy to the dog-pile are all of you: my merry band of readers. I have been blessed with 324 followers on GFC, and just discovered that there are over 150 subscribers on Bloglovin'.  Icing on the cake = 650+ followers via Twitter . Wowzahs! 

So THANK YOU! I am floored, humbled and honored to have made the virtual acquaintance with so many of you. THANK-YOU!

Kisses for all my friends!
Tower Cafe goddess. Tower Cafe.



29 comments:

  1. UnknownJune 1, 2011 at 12:20 AM

    yay!!! glad you had an awesome weekend!

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  2. Pull Your Socks Up!June 1, 2011 at 1:45 AM

    You deserved a wonderful long birthday weekend with a bevy of beautiful babes:))). I think you should celebrate each beautiful day with a red rose hat my lovely!! xo

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  3. mispapelicosJune 1, 2011 at 3:53 AM

    You deserve all the friends in the world.
    Love you, and you know it.
    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

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  4. Lisa-MarieJune 1, 2011 at 5:56 AM

    Happy birthday! Very cool that it was awesome, you all look like you are having fun!xx

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  5. Pam @ over50feeling40June 1, 2011 at 6:31 AM

    How fun...and I love the flower on yo head!!

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  6. ShybikerJune 1, 2011 at 6:48 AM

    We all deserve to have a fuss made over us on our birthdays. Glad you enjoyed yours. I hope that the flower on your head hasn't consumed you -- it looks voracious!

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  7. For Those About To ShopJune 1, 2011 at 6:53 AM

    Cute Kitty sweater. And the black lacy top is lovely. Your flower is amazing. Happy birthday! I'm glad you had a blast.

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  8. UnknownJune 1, 2011 at 7:00 AM

    I'm so glad you enjoyed your birthday with lovely ladies and friends! Here's to 46 more years!!

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  9. annimalJune 1, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    It was soooooooo fun hangin with you!! I'm glad you had a crazy cool birthday weekend!! I'm still down to keep celebrating!!

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  10. Alexis of NorthOnHarperJune 1, 2011 at 9:19 AM

    I am so happy to read about your fantastic birthday celebration! Glad you had such a wonderful LONG weekend!

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  11. citizen rosebudJune 1, 2011 at 10:52 AM

    You all put a big smile on my face. Wait a minute, I think it's a gas bubble.

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  12. AnonymousJune 1, 2011 at 11:03 AM

    I'm so glad you enjoyed your birthday Bella. I will be in Vegas this weekend (finally on the west coast!) but I believe it's a little too far fro sac. :/

    Congrats on the iPhone! Maybe now we can face time. Thank you for being such a great blog friend. I was about to actually delete everything and quit because unlike so many of you, no one wants to be my friend. For the exception of a few... :/ but you all keep me in the game. Thank you for always being so kind and sweet to me.

    xoxo,

    Lauren Nicole

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  13. FASHION TALESJune 1, 2011 at 11:48 AM

    Aww, how wonderful! I'm happy that you had a joyous birthday (& it seems you partied the way I would have ) with extended days! haha! *good friends are so precious to have dear bella! -xo

    *Get in on the V+V Series

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  14. The Hue SmilesJune 1, 2011 at 1:35 PM

    sounds like a fun weekend, happy belated birthday
    Forever Chic,
    Amber

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  15. OfeliaJune 1, 2011 at 3:32 PM

    5 days of celebrations is my style of partying!
    The ladies are gorgeous, the restaurant goddess is gorgeous and you look gorgeous with your red flower.
    Co mucho carinos,

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  16. AquíJune 1, 2011 at 3:32 PM

    wow, sounds like you had a fun packed birthday! The iphone has and amazing camera, it stuns me every time!

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  17. ElaineJune 1, 2011 at 4:00 PM

    Aww, happy belated birthday!!!

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  18. My Heart BloggedJune 1, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    I'm kind of jealous you get to hang out with all those awesome bloggers. You look just divine with your big birthday flower on you head. :)

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  19. UnknownJune 1, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    Yay for fabulous birthday time with fun bloggers! I adore that photo of you. It's the best. Loves to you!

    xo

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  20. fashion provocateurJune 1, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    awe i love when people take the time to follow you .. it really means what you are putting out there people are inspired congrats andmuch love!!

    xx

    fashion provocateur

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  21. gabrielleJune 1, 2011 at 10:53 PM

    you rock and you have incredibly fashionable friends... and an iphone. what could be better?!

    xxoo

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  22. Sara KristiinaJune 1, 2011 at 10:58 PM

    I am glad you had fun birthday! iPhone camera looks so great, I didn't even know it would take pic that has such a nice quality :D

    Love the flower on you<3

    xx

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  23. GinaJune 2, 2011 at 12:16 AM

    Happy birthday, Bella Q and fellow May baby! Glad to hear you had a good birthday weekend. <3

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  24. Anika http://www.byanika.comJune 2, 2011 at 2:52 AM

    We all love and adore you Bella, you are one of kind, MY icing on the blogging experience-cake. I am so happy seing you all together, you are all such beautiful people, inside and out. Thank you for being such a precence in my life. I love you!! Am tweeting and sharing your post asap.

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  25. AnonymousJune 2, 2011 at 7:53 AM

    Ahhh, I love that first image of you!!! You definitely look mega watts happy. So glad you enjoyed your birthday, Bella.

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  26. GRIT AND GLAMOURJune 2, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    OK, next birthday, I need to celebrate it with YOU! I've never met anyone able to stretch a bday into a four-day event, but it sounds good! The puffies are worth it (and I sure know how that feels with all those sodium-bomb martinis I drink).

    Congrats on the iPhone...yeah, I don't even bother with a point-and-shoot anymore...the folllower and fans you've amassed. It's cause you're cool, you're sassy, and above all, you're BELLA!

    xo

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  27. The Foolish AestheteJune 2, 2011 at 8:43 PM

    Happy birthday! And I love the flower hat xx

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  28. citizen rosebudJune 2, 2011 at 10:12 PM

    I WOULD LOVE TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU V!

    thank you all for your sweet words! xo.

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  29. AmbuJune 3, 2011 at 7:27 PM

    You look gorgeous and I love the flower. You are unique and original!!!

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