We love Asheville. And many of our friends love Asheville, too. So we figured why not go together with friends for a weekend? Me, Sean, Greg and Krista headed out the weekend before Valentine’s Day and had a great time visiting some favorite spots while also trying out a few new places. Continue reading
My contract gig with POSSIBLE that turned into an extension for a month with Havas Worldwide has come to an end. I’m still looking for work, interviewing and even have some new clients for my career coaching side-gig. So I’m pretty busy but am home more during that day. What does that mean in my world? That I get to be creative in the kitchen. This fluffy, moist and lightened up Raspberry-Ricotta Cake was the perfect way for us to have something sweet while we’re generally trying to eat healthier. Continue reading
Sean has been going up to Philly almost weekly for the last 4 months. His company has a big client up there and I’ve seen him go from ho-hum about the city to really enjoying his time there during this time period. Around Christmastime, he started mentioning that I should come up sometime and we could stay for a weekend together. When he had to be up there for a week AND weekend for work, we made plans for me to join him Friday-Sunday. Read on to see what we did but I’ll start by saying the city truly exceeded my expectations! Continue reading
My hubby offered to throw me a birthday party this year and he kept the details a secret until my actual birthday. He gave me Spanish wine and the cookbook Curate – and in doing so revealed the theme for my party: Spanish tapas! And he was going to make all the food from recipes in the book. I was so excited not only because we love Asheville’s Curate but also because I could relive our trip to Spain from earlier this year. Continue reading
I’ve been experimenting with homemade salad dressings for a few years now and this has turned out to be my favorite. I love making my own salad dressing – it’s cheap and it’s fun to experiment with ingredients I have on-hand in my kitchen. I first made this as a dressing for some arugula that I was serving Thai-style fish cakes on. It ended up complimenting the dish so well that I worked to recreate it a few more times to get the ratios just right. Now we have it often and on all kinds of salads. It would even be great as a marinade for chicken or fish. Continue reading
The week after we got back from the Outer Banks, I decided to check the guesthouse we usually stay at in Asheville when we visit to see if they had any availability this fall. I knew it was a long shot, since it’s peak color season but I tried anyway. And there was a room! One room for the following weekend, and at an unbelievably low rate (turns out there’d been a glitch in their system that allowed me to book at almost 50% off!). I booked and we were all set to spend a mid-October weekend in the lovely mountain town. Continue reading
We’ve been making kombucha at home for a while now and felt like it was getting to the point where we’d like some objective feedback and to see if it’s in-demand. We’re not ready to sell it so the Atlanta Food Swap seemed like the perfect next step for us as we hone this craft beverage. Sean and I work together on all our batches of kombucha and think that our Lavender-Mint Kombucha is our best and most unique flavor to date. So that’s what’s going to the swap later today. I’ll probably update this post with a report on how it went, but wanted to get this up in case we had site visitors from the event today.
Welcome! Thanks for stopping by! If you’re interested in potentially ordering some kombucha, leave a comment. All kombucha is made-to-order and can take 1-2 weeks.
Update: The Swap Meet was great! There were all kinds of items from fresh produce to canned jams and jellies and handmade toys to spice blends. We got a lot of stuff and had a wonderful time meeting everyone and learning about their crafts and hobbies.
Our official anniversary is September 12th but both last year and this year we’ve taken advantage of the long Labor Day holiday weekend to head back to Savannah to celebrate. This year, we did some of our favorites establishing them even more as traditions but we also did a few new things that were really fun. Read on! Continue reading