As the saying goes “work hard, play hard” – we definitely can succeed at both! This weekend was a nice mix of getting stuff done and having a good time. It was a gorgeous day on Friday {goodbye productivity during the workday… hello spring!} so we kicked off the weekend with burgers on the grill …
Category Archives: Food
Meal Planning Strategies
Planning a menu for the week ahead is something that I always make an effort to do. I will tell you that planning a well-thought menu is not easy and it requires a lot of time and consideration. It’s easy to say let’s have this, that and another thing, but if you are trying to …
The Happenings
While life has slowed down immensely over the last month {thankfully!} time still seems to be zipping right along. Alex and I have been thoroughly enjoying down time at home, trying to make the most of our empty schedules before the holidays and ski season and a crazy travel year sneak up on us, which …
The Happenings
While this last week has been busy with random activities, mainly planning for winter, it has been so nice and quiet. Does that even make sense? Well, we’ve just had a lot of little stuff keeping us busy. Our weekend was superb. My Fridays are finally starting to be “normal” {for me} so this past …
Summer So Far…
The days have been coming and going so fast lately it’s hard to even recall what we have been up to over the last three weeks since we’ve returned home from our big Euro trip. Seattle summers are awesome. We put up with 9 months of rain for 3 months of perfection {shhh… don’t tell …
Trip to Europe: Lake Como, Italy
The third stop on our recent Euro trip was Lake Como, Italy. This has been an area that Alex especially has wanted to visit, as his great uncle Larry has a home there. Lake Como is situated in the northwest section of Italy and borders the Swiss Alps. The lake is massive – something like …
Trip to Europe: Alicante, Spain
The sixth stop on our Europe trip was Alicante, Spain, a small city on the Costa Blanca {located on the Eastern coast of Spain right on the Mediterranean Sea}. We chose to go to Alicante for two reasons: the beach and to re-visit the location where I studied abroad in 2006. I was excited to …
Trip to Europe: Priorat Wine Tour Outside of Barcelona
Some time ago Alex and I fell in love with Spanish wines, and in particular, those that reign from the Priorat Region. This region is known for its difficult growing conditions, as it is at a higher than usual altitude (over 2,000 feet) and the terrain is basically slate – the lower elevations are black …
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We Quit!
Whose idea was it to do a detox, anyway? We made it 2 and a half days before giving up and caving in to our caffeine cravings. Since Monday afternoon I had either a throbbing headache, nausea or just an annoying headache in the background and I was really sick of not feeling well. I …
Detox Week
I never thought of myself as being someone who would get on the detox bandwagon. I even recently mocked someone for doing a detox. Then he told me why he was doing a detox and it resonated with me and I decided he is probably right. I crave coffee. Literally the first thing I think …