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Recess in Cape May

June 25, 2025

On Friday, I took a solo day trip down to Cape May to celebrate the first official day of summer. I spent the last day of summer there last year - and I’ve been yearning to go back ever since. It’s one of my favorite places. Every time I go, I never want to leave. What better way to kick off the season? It also felt like the perfect pre-game to season 3 of The Summer I Turned Pretty. Cue This Love by Taylor Swift. 😏

I started off the day at Higbee Beach to create some content (photo and video) for Recess. They gifted me a sampler pack of their magnesium & adaptogen infused sparkling water and gave me an affiliate code to share. Use code “amyventures” for a 15% discount.

https://app.devotion.club/brand/recess/amyventures

**I make a small commission off every sale made through this link with my code, so think of it as a little way to support me / this project (and also stock up on some fun non-alcoholic drinks for the upcoming holiday / summer season)! 💫

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this year’s christmas cookies officially wrapped 🍪🎀✨ each year I feel like I’m always refining the line up 😏 this year included:

- classic gingerbread 
- brown butter salted chocolate chunk
- peppermint chocolate s’more
- chewy
the most beautiful post-christmas snow day 🥹❄️✨

#snowday #jerseycollective #winterwonderland
last weekend’s snow day itinerary in nyc ❄️

1-3 @rockefellercenter tree & fountains were so magical dusted in snow 🥹
4-5 @radiocitymusichall for #rockettes100 💃
6-9 @newyorkpalace - be sure to stop into the lobby and see the gingerbread
sunday is for sweet treats 😏 (especially when nothing else is open yet in the morning 😅) 

☃️ @chachamatcha peppermint matcha lattes (hot & iced)
🥐 @libraebakery halvah chocolate croissant (cut in halvah to share)
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a round up of (mostly christmas) cookies from the archive for #nationalcookieday 🤗🍪👩🏻‍🍳 currently scheming this year’s cookies (the list of what I want to make seems to grow every year) 🙃 it’s kinda wild to look back on some of
some bits of november 🍂 enjoyed every last bloom before hard frost 🌸, every drop of sunlight before darkness at 4:30 🥲, frolicking in the first snow(s) ❄️, and welcoming cozy crafting / cooking / couch season 😏✂️🍪 hard to believe it’s alre
october in new jersey 🍂🍁🧡✨

#jerseycollective #october #njinbloom #northjerseyadventures #fall #autumn
couldn’t have asked for a better last day of the fall festival at @riamedefarm 🥹🍂🍎 thanks for having us, and congrats on wrapping a great season! 🫶

next weekend, it’s Christmas at the farm ✨🎄✨ stop by and shop 70+ local artisan vend
ate like we just ran the nyc marathon 🍳🥓🥞🍔🥔 (none of us ran the marathon) 😅 thanks for a top tier sunday brunch @billslunch 😋

#sundaybrunch #chesternj #northjerseyeats #diner #billsluncheonette #njeats #jerseycollective #brunch
go go juice from @chachamatcha and dinner at @sarabryn’s go to casual thai spot @nanathaistreet before seeing @sabrinacarpenter at @thegarden 💋(night 1/5) @oliviadeano was a treat as one of the openers 🫶 still not over the skyline bodysuit 🌃
this lopsided pumpkin was at the bottom of the bin (left behind after all the more perfect pumpkins had been chosen) 🥲 - I decided to take him home and turn him into the 🫠 emoji (feels particularly fitting for 2025 😅)

happy halloween! ✨🎃✨

#pump
a couple spooky sights from a walk with @bigntoasty this past weekend 👻 on our way to the new @inciardimachines at @bloomingdales 🛍️ (played $18 of quarters… and pretty sure ballerina man is even more of a myth than the headless horseman 💀?
dinner at @scarrspizza 🍕, dessert at bananas @morgensternsnyc 🍦, and @rustonkelly (& @sam_macpherson) at @boweryballroom 🎶

some unexpected joys along the way: 🏮 at @stickyricenyc and 🥔 snack chandelier at @champagneproblemsnyc ✨

#nyc #lowe
kickstarted a fun saturday night in the city with the newly opened analog photobooth museum @autophoto 📸 was bummed the color film and wide format booths were out of commission 🥲 but I guess that just means a return trip is necessary in the future
this year’s christmas cookies officially wrapped 🍪🎀✨ each year I feel like I’m always refining the line up 😏 this year included:

- classic gingerbread 
- brown butter salted chocolate chunk
- peppermint chocolate s’more
- chewy the most beautiful post-christmas snow day 🥹❄️✨

#snowday #jerseycollective #winterwonderland
do you want the cookie box tour? 😘🍪🎀

#christmascookies #holidaybaking #cookiebox
last weekend’s snow day itinerary in nyc ❄️

1-3 @rockefellercenter tree & fountains were so magical dusted in snow 🥹
4-5 @radiocitymusichall for #rockettes100 💃
6-9 @newyorkpalace - be sure to stop into the lobby and see the gingerbread
nothing more magical than nyc at christmas time in the snow 🥹🏙️❄️🎄🦌✨☕️ 

#rockettes100 #rockefellerchristmastree #nycchristmas radio city music hall, rockettes, rockefeller center, bryant park, macys, no chewing allowed hot cocoa
Christmas crafting with @takearecess craft mocktail peppermint bark’tini ✂️🎄🥂🎀✨

15% off with code “amyventures”

https://app.devotion.club/brand/recess/amyventures

#origamitutorial #christmascraft #origamiart diy christmas deco
sunday is for sweet treats 😏 (especially when nothing else is open yet in the morning 😅) 

☃️ @chachamatcha peppermint matcha lattes (hot & iced)
🥐 @libraebakery halvah chocolate croissant (cut in halvah to share)
🙃 @supermoonbakehouse scalli
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a round up of (mostly christmas) cookies from the archive for #nationalcookieday 🤗🍪👩🏻‍🍳 currently scheming this year’s cookies (the list of what I want to make seems to grow every year) 🙃 it’s kinda wild to look back on some of some bits of november 🍂 enjoyed every last bloom before hard frost 🌸, every drop of sunlight before darkness at 4:30 🥲, frolicking in the first snow(s) ❄️, and welcoming cozy crafting / cooking / couch season 😏✂️🍪 hard to believe it’s alre
put up the tree this week in honor of our first snow flurries ❄️ (and to cope with it getting dark now before 5 pm 🥲)

sipped on @takearecess’s new (very yummy) holiday mocktail ✨ peppermint bark ‘tini ✨ while I decorated 🎄 garnished wi
october in new jersey 🍂🍁🧡✨

#jerseycollective #october #njinbloom #northjerseyadventures #fall #autumn couldn’t have asked for a better last day of the fall festival at @riamedefarm 🥹🍂🍎 thanks for having us, and congrats on wrapping a great season! 🫶

next weekend, it’s Christmas at the farm ✨🎄✨ stop by and shop 70+ local artisan vend ate like we just ran the nyc marathon 🍳🥓🥞🍔🥔 (none of us ran the marathon) 😅 thanks for a top tier sunday brunch @billslunch 😋

#sundaybrunch #chesternj #northjerseyeats #diner #billsluncheonette #njeats #jerseycollective #brunch go go juice from @chachamatcha and dinner at @sarabryn’s go to casual thai spot @nanathaistreet before seeing @sabrinacarpenter at @thegarden 💋(night 1/5) @oliviadeano was a treat as one of the openers 🫶 still not over the skyline bodysuit 🌃 this lopsided pumpkin was at the bottom of the bin (left behind after all the more perfect pumpkins had been chosen) 🥲 - I decided to take him home and turn him into the 🫠 emoji (feels particularly fitting for 2025 😅)

happy halloween! ✨🎃✨

#pump a couple spooky sights from a walk with @bigntoasty this past weekend 👻 on our way to the new @inciardimachines at @bloomingdales 🛍️ (played $18 of quarters… and pretty sure ballerina man is even more of a myth than the headless horseman 💀?
a beautiful fall afternoon with @vacayjenny and her pup Frankenstein 🍂🐾 first stop was @hacklebarney_farm for apple cider and donuts 🍎 then we hiked at Hacklebarney State Park just down the road 🥾 the leaves are peaking and the weather was perfec
dinner at @scarrspizza 🍕, dessert at bananas @morgensternsnyc 🍦, and @rustonkelly (& @sam_macpherson) at @boweryballroom 🎶

some unexpected joys along the way: 🏮 at @stickyricenyc and 🥔 snack chandelier at @champagneproblemsnyc ✨

#nyc #lowe kickstarted a fun saturday night in the city with the newly opened analog photobooth museum @autophoto 📸 was bummed the color film and wide format booths were out of commission 🥲 but I guess that just means a return trip is necessary in the future

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