Wordless Wednesday: Good times with Good Friends
February 29, 2012 at 8:44 am | Posted in Dinner, Entertainment | 2 Comments
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Feasting on Friday
February 24, 2012 at 7:47 am | Posted in Dinner, Entertainment, Pinterest | 7 CommentsHappy Friday my friends. This Friday starts with much anticipation of a feast I am making tonight for this new fellow I am fond of. I’m making a grand roast chicken and a delicious chocolate souffle for dessert. Cross your fingers no kitchen disasters come my way tonight!
This week was pretty easy in comparison to nearly every other one of this new year. I got back to basics in my evenings and it has given me much solace. The season finale of Downton Abbey started off the week with a bang. I am so enthralled with that show! So much so that I took to watching Downton Tabby in order to maintain my “fix” for that show. Yes I admit it, I need to go through detox! I also got in a couple of evening runs, a good strengthening workout with Kendra, and I started and finished this book. An amazing story of the life of a woman in China in the 1830′s. Fascinating! Next week I hope to blog about said feast and start another book and get that sewing machine cracking again and have one or two dinners with my amiga Erica who will be in town!! Oh and continue the no snacking effort which succeeded pretty well this week, you see, I just bought this dress for Lilly’s 1st birthday party and I am determined to look smashing in it!
But for now I leave you with two songs I am currently addicted to… this one is pretty, hopeful and has good energy.
This band is relatively new… and produced a very happy and sexy tune.
Cooking in Chicago
February 17, 2012 at 8:38 am | Posted in Appetizer, Entertainment | Leave a commentWoottttttt. It’s Friday. And I’m up early, today (fingers crossed) will be an easy one at work and then I have a hot date in Frederick! Going to the wine kitchen, which I have yet to blog about, and that will probably have to wait. Big camera is not coming with me. 
So before I get to the food, check out my favorite songs from the week. This might become a thing ya’ll! Having Sirius Radio has really improved my new music awareness. It makes me mucho happy. (That’s really good Spanish right there I know!)
My coworker likes to remind me of this statement while I’m freaking myself out at work with all of the “fires” I have to put out.
And this one is just a happy hopeful song. Much like my demeanor when I think about the happy things going on in my life.
So while in Chicago, we went to our buddy April’s place to watch the Patriots play. (I know this trip was awhile ago!) I wanted to make sure we brought something delicious. Since Gina and I are both in lurrrveeee with Pioneer Woman, I went searching on her site and found the Black Eyed Pea Dip! Fast Easy Tasty = sold.
See that cheesy pea (with good manicure) footage right there? Oh yeah. Go for the jump to see the steps…
Wordless Wednesday: Crazy Fun Nights in Chicago
January 18, 2012 at 8:00 am | Posted in Entertainment, Travels | 3 Comments
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Wordless Wednesday: Happy New Year!!
January 4, 2012 at 10:52 am | Posted in Entertainment, Travels | Leave a comment
Adios 2011!
December 30, 2011 at 6:36 pm | Posted in Entertainment | 4 CommentsIt was nice knowing you…
But for serious… This year started with much anticipation and thoughts of a move to Boston. Luckily, that plan was thwarted and the real plan for my life is now in action.
I had much joy, a lot of sorrow, many frustrations but also many blessings this year. And you know what got me through all of the ups and downs?? My family and friends!!
And somehow God graced me with the blessing of a generally happy disposition. So thank you God and thank you friends and family. And thanks for reading my many blog posts of many exclamation points. It means alot to me.
I will bring back this quote from a post I did in March… love it so.
“Every one of us is called upon, probably many times, to start a new life. A frightening diagnosis, a marriage, a move, the loss of a job… And onward full tilt we go, pitched and wrecked and absurdly resolute, driven in spite of everything to make good on a new shore. To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another – that is surely the basic instinct… Crying out: High tide! Time to move out into the glorious debris. Time to take this life for what it is.” – Barbara Kingsolver, High Tide in Tucson
So go and be merry and drink lots of champagne and ring in 2012 with a bang! Cause I sure will be!
Wordless Wednesday: Season’s Greetings from my family
December 29, 2011 at 10:55 am | Posted in Entertainment, Travels | 2 Comments
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Elizabeth’s Cookie Christmas 2011
December 24, 2011 at 10:00 am | Posted in Cookbooks, Dessert, Entertainment | 2 CommentsMERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!! I can’t believe this is the fourth year I have done this post! I must really like making cookies! But really I love being the secret cookie elf during the month of December and I might love having a table full of cookies to snack on every once in awhile.
This month has been tons of fun. With the trip to Spain, silly fun shopping weekend in Frederick with Bethany, an awesome weekend full of birthday celebrations for Jesica and Kelly, cookbook club at Julie’s house that was teeming with really good food and weeks full of baking and preparing my gifts, it is all culminating to an even more awesome weekend with mi familia!!! So please go for the jump to see the cookies and some decorations, but first hop over to this Youtube video that Bethany and I are completely obsessed with… I give you Miracle on 42nd street.
Continue Reading Elizabeth’s Cookie Christmas 2011…
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Shopping and DosTrece
December 23, 2011 at 2:00 pm | Posted in Dinner, Entertainment, Travels | 1 CommentHappy Friday my friends!!! And Merry Christmas Eve Eve!! Ahh the holidays are right upon us and I cannot wait to have loads of fun this weekend. Tonight we start the feasting at the Baltimore Country Club and a stop at Joanne & Finn’s holiday party… then tomorrow night Daddy, Laurita and I will be headed to Holy Frijoles for some fun Mexican food, presents and another trip to the Hampden lights!
On Christmas, abuelita will make her fantastic Christmas brunch and then later that night we get to eat Tostadas!!! I can’t wait to help cook allll day long. So here we are at my last post for Spain and I wanted to thank you readers for joining me on this blog adventure of “12 days of Spain!” Check back tomorrow for my Christmas Cookie review! And jump on down to see my last post…
La Boqueria
December 23, 2011 at 7:00 am | Posted in Appetizer, Entertainment, Lunch, Travels | Leave a commentThe next morning, our last full day in Barcelona, we set off to wander and peruse the big amazing market, La Boqueria!!! I had anticipated this visit for many years – I had heard great things. And it did not disappoint.
It was huge and and busy and full of lots and lots of things to eat. We had fun perusing, then went shopping at El Corte Ingles for a bit and then came back to find random things to eat for lunch! Go for the jump to see lots of pretty foodstuffs.
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