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• Thoughts on Weddings

  

  We could not have asked for a more perfect day, great weather, a beautiful location, good food/wine and the most important thing- being surrounded by our friend... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Pasta with Spinach, Chickpeas and Feta

  

  As much as I love pasta, we don’t eat more than a few times a month. But sometimes you get a craving for it and just need a nice big plate full of it. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Today’s the Day

  Today is our big day, the day when I marry the perfect person for me. I have gone on and on about why Scott is the right one and how great he is so I am just... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Wedding Week: The Flowers

  

  Not really Fitness Friday but Flower Friday! I tossed around the idea of real flowers for about 5 seconds. Way way way too expensive. Especially since it was a... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Wedding Week: The Favors

  

  Favors are one of those things that you don’t really have to do, but I wanted a little more decoration on the tables and I wanted something that went with our... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2012 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• Wedding Week: The Wine

  

  I think the standard is to have one red and one white at a wedding. It usually is sub par quality and maybe a few people drink it. Not at my wedding. There... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK

• Wedding Week: The Menu

  

  One of the things I was most excited about during the wedding planning process was the food. No surprise there since I am a food blogger and both of us just... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Margherita Panini

  

  A perfect excuse to break out the Panini press/grill/griddle I got for an amazing deal on Gilt. More than 50% plus a bonus code. Love deals like that! Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Wedding Week: Taking a Day Off

  

  We are less than a week away from our big day and I am so excited! We did things our way and will be surrounded by amazing friends and family. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Spice Thai Restaurant

  

  Wednesday night my friend Jess and I headed to our 9th Sugarland concert. We have been seeing them in concert since at least 2006. I think we have made it to... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Fitness Friday: Workouts for a Reason

  Since I am at the tail end of planning a wedding it has been interesting to hear all about the “Bridal Boot Camps” and other workouts geared towards brides. Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Quinoa and Black Bean Salad

  

  We were out to dinner a few weekends ago and there was a little garnish salad with an appetizer we ordered, that few bites inspired me to make this salad! Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Cocktail Wednesday: Pisco

  

  No wine this week? Shocking. But… pisco is connection to the South American wine industry. Typically produced in Chile and Peru from grapes. A grape brandy,... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Natural Cleaning

  

  This isn’t a post I ever thought I would be that excited to write. But I am a clean freak and until about a year ago I didn’t really care about natural products. Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Secret Recipe Club Maple Apple Brussels Sprout Salad

  

  If you would have asked me 20 years ago if I thought I would every voluntarily made brussels sprouts, I would have laughed. I ate a lot of vegetables but those... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Random Thoughts #2

  

  Only 3 this week. Why? I am so darn tired! It was a jam packed weekend, we were watching Scott’s sisters 14 week old lab. Cute but he is so much work and had... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Fitness Friday: Random Thoughts

  

  I did a random thoughts post on Sunday that was a lot of fun, just sitting down and opening Live Writer and putting all those random thoughts in a blog post.... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Travel Thursday: Local Travel

  

  Living in the Twin Cities, I forget how many great things there are to do here. We have amazing summer weather and 10,000 lakes in this state and we do not... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wine Wednesday Casa Alta Piedra Malbec Merlot

  

  This was a Wall Street Journal Wine Club pick, this was from our last case and I have our membership on hold since we have close to 50 bottles right now and... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Miami Favorites

  

  Another month of foodie pen pals and this was a pretty fantastic month, a few Miami/Florida favorites. I love getting to try specialty things that I wouldn’t... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2012 FOOD & DRINK