Happy National Donut Day! It sounds funny to say that a food has become 'trendy' but judging by my Instagram feed, this is turning into the year of the donut. Which, by the way, I'm totally okay with since I LOVE donuts! I've talked before about my quest to find good donuts in New York and decided today was the perfect day to do a round-up of some of my favorites!  

Dun-Well Doughnuts

I LOVE Dun-Well Doughnuts! If you've been reading for awhile you've heard them mentioned a time.. or two ;-) I discovered them at Smorgasburg and they've been at the top of my donut list ever since. Their yeast dough is the perfect texture and makes for the perfect compliment to the awesome flavors they offer like Pink Lemonade, Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel and Peach Cobbler. I should also mention they're vegan which makes them a friendly choice for all of my vegan friends :) 

Doughnut Plant

Doughnut Plant has some serious flavors going on! Whether you're a big fan of yeast donuts (like me) or are a sucker for cake of filled donuts, they have you covered on all angels . With locations all over the city serving up their donuts too, they make it easy to get your fix!

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The much loved donut shop in Brooklyn recently opened in Manhattan and a lot of people's sweet tooth's are very happy about it! They're known for some really awesome flavors including their Hibiscus, Lemon Poppy and one of my favorites Passion Fruit. 

My mouth is watering just talking about these places! As an extra incentive to the already awesome day, I'm also offering you a free printable from my upcoming Oh Sweet Lovely print shop! Click on the photo below to download my "You're the Sprinkles to my Donut" print :) Hope you enjoy the print and get out there and eat some delicious donuts!

Coming off of their hit 'Cool Kids' I was so excited to hear more from Echosmith and I <3 this song! Enjoy :)

Dose of my “Subway Mixing” Playlist

Today’s preview, Echosmith- “Tell Her You Love Her”

Scooter's Birthday happened during the redesign so I'm playing a little bit of catch-up on this one, but the pup only turns 12 once! Besides, a light puppy post (he'll always be a puppy to me) is totally acceptable for a Monday right?! Scooter says yes ;-)

This little guy couldn't have had a better birthday celebration out of the city on Long Island! While we certainly got lucky with some outdoor space at our current apartment, he doesn't exactly get to have free-range of a backyard all that often so he's pretty excited when he does.

He got a lot of quality outdoor time in making laps around the pool and yard and rolling around in the grass!

We were also planning on going to a BBQ with Chris' family so Chris had the idea of making a birthday cake for Scooter since we needed to bring something and it was his birthday. Plus, he's been talking about this cake frosting that his grandma used to make for the whole time I've known him but so he kind of tied all those ideas into one. 

The funny part about this frosting, that he literally always tells me about, is that we found out that it's the recipe on the side of the Domino Sugar box. Just some good old buttercream! Does anyone remember that Friends episode with the Toll House cookies? Because this totally reminded me of that! So it turns out that the recipe might not be a family legacy haha.. but either way it was really delicious :) They did a really great job of decorating the cake too!

Scoots was less excited about the pics than the actual cake, but let's just say the little guy got his fair share of table-scraps over the weekend.

Especially at the BBQ! He was on the hunt for anything anyone dropped or that he could put his cute face on and convince someone into giving him something. Who can say no to his little face though? Not me clearly.

It was such a fun weekend and I think Scootie had a really fun time too! He didn't want to come back! 

Here's to hopefully many more birthdays with this little guy! :) He's going to keep up with his Scootie sprints so he can try and go for the oldest weenie dog record!