Yep, Lar and I turn 30 today! I hate not being able to spend the day with her, but we’ll be celebrating together in Italy next month so I can’t complain.
In honor of the day, Lar and I put together a list of 30 things that we love:
1. Friends and family near and far
2. Traveling together – Seattle, New Orleans, Paris, Edinburgh
3. Our mom’s gumbo and Peking Duck
4. Skype and What’s App – it’s how we stay in touch!
5. Eating out with friends – there’s nothing better than good food and great company
6. Beach vacations – see: Ocean City and Tybee Island
7. Books – reading books, book festivals, book signings, book stores, book clubs
8. Jeeves and Wooster
10. The Wizard of Oz – our first favorite movie, we’ve amassed a large collection of Oz memorabilia
11. Art – history, museums, making it
12. David Hockney’s landscapes
13. Aunt Nancy’s almond cookies
14. All things British – we’re major Anglophiles
15. Jane Austen novels
16. Tea time – as in drinking cups of tea, not supper time
17. House museums
18. Wes Anderson films
19. Shopping at/ discovering local boutiques
20. Audrey Hepburn’s style – Lar’s take, Cath’s take
21. Meeting other bloggers
22. Dressing like twins
23. Trips to the Highlands – Scotland and North Carolina
24. Cake – chocolate for Lar, ice cream for Cath
25. Pretty things – we’re girly girls at heart and try to surround ourselves with beautiful things, even on a budget
26. TV shows: The West Wing, Gilmore Girls, Twin Peaks, Pushing Daisies, Arrested Development, Poirot, Luther
27. Ruth Bader Ginsburgh
28. Pink – the color
29. Drinks – White Russians (Lar), Old Fashions (Cath) and Hot Rum Cows
30. YOU, our reader!
Happy Birthday ladies! I hope your 30th year is the best one so far. I’m not even surprised that a lot of the items on your list are my favorites too.
Thanks, Shen!!! Great minds, eh? xoxox
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
welcome to the 30-something club (i’ve been in it for a few years, and it’s not that bad). i hope my favorite twin bloggers have a FABULOUS day! 🙂
Happy Birthday!!!
That’s enough fun for a week of birthday joys!
Happiest of birthdays, Catherine and Lauren! What a great photo of y’all!
Happy Birthday!!!! Sucks you’re apart for the actual day, but just think of all the fun you’ll have in Italy 🙂
Happy Birthday! Hope you two have a wonderful birthday!
Happy birthday, AsianCajuns!
Happy Birthday to you beautiful girls!!!!!!!!! Have fun celebrating in Italy next month! <3
Happy happy birthday to my favorite twinnnnns!!!!
Happy birthday, girls!
Happy Birthday!
Yay!! Happy 30th!
happy birthday you two!!
Happy Birthday, ladies! You’re both so wonderful and adorable!
Happy birthday to both of you! As a fellow hapa (wish I could do something as catchy as AsianCajuns with Japanese and Swiss-French, but no such luck!) I was so happy to find your blog. Of course that’s not the only reason why I love it, but you make me feel like I’m in good company!
Happy Birthday Ladies! 30’s a big birthday, I hope you both had a fabulous one (even though you’re apart), and have a fabulous year! Welcome to the 30-something club 🙂
Oh my, given that I’m pretty new to your blog, I am loving all the links to the old posts, very cool!
Happy birthday lovely ladies! Especially loving your book love 🙂 I’m right behind you turning 30 (almost in exactly 2 months! and I’m freaking out already!)
Happy Birthday to the both of you!
Which areas of Italy are you visiting? I can recommend some places in Venice, in case you are interested 🙂
We’ll be in Venice for a few days and Florence. Then we’ll be in the Rome area for the remainder of the trip. We’d love to hear your recommendations!!
happy belated birthday!! love that you did a top 30 list. 🙂
Happy belated b’day, ladies!!!!!! I love this pic & wish you all many, MANY, MAAAANNNNNNY more together. *hugs*