October 31, 2014

I love lists, Friday!

How good do these doughnuts look??
These were my favorite cookies from my childhood.
I don’t think I’ve ever had breakfast in bed. Time to change that.
If you want to take a mental break, watch this video.
This music video made me dizzy…but like GOOD dizzy.
I love that this week is TOTORO WEEK on iamfoodblog.
Is it weird that I fell in love with a clothes folder? I’m really obsessed.
SO MUCH SATISFACTION HERE.
SQUIRREL!
This drink is so pretty.
I’m also super intrigued by this one.
Who doesn’t love snooping in other people’s fridges?
What a cute idea for Halloween.
Such a good photo series.
Jen’s house on Design Mom!
Sexy Halloween costumes…for MOMS!
Staying with family during the holidays. OOF.
I really love Kristen Bell & Amy Poehler
I WANT TO LIVE HERE.
10 Ways to Get Better at Living
A little organizing porn!

October 30, 2014

CHEDDAR APPLE BITES

Cheddar and apples. It’s totally a thing. I think I heard of this combo when I was a kid and was like WHAAAAT? Whyyyyyy? And then I tried it….it took awhile…. and then I became a believer. It works best with extra sharp cheddar cheese. It’s sweet…it’s savory…and if we had to make it into THE PERFECT BITE, I’d probably add a pretzel on top. GAME OVER.

around the home, recipes, sponsored

October 29, 2014

Creating an Antipasti Platter

Creating an Antipasti Platter!

Every few months, Casey and I host a wine tasting at our house. He’s in charge of the get-together (it’s his wine group after all!) while I work on the food. Bertolli recently contacted me to see if I’d like to be a part of their Bertolli Gold Label Progressive Italian Dinner Party with a few other food bloggers. Over the next few weeks, you can follow along to see how we all hosted our own gatherings and then brought them together through a virtual Gold Label Dinner Party menu. I thought it might be a good way to show you what goes into creating an antipasti platter for one of our wine parties- from selecting the wines to pairing food items. As the first blogger course of the #BertolliGoldLabel Progressive Dinner Party, I came up with an original recipe (hope you love polenta & mushrooms!) using one of their Bertolli Gold Label sauces and will post that soon.

recipes

October 28, 2014

Let the Sunshine In Cocktail

We worked hard to meet our goal of arriving to Big Sur before the sun went down on Friday. But when we got there, the weather had another plan. There was an incredibly thick blanket of fog hovering over the water as we were getting settled into our hotel room. Casey poured a glass of wine and I made this drink and we went out to check out our view on our balcony and out of nowhere, this happened:

AND IT WAS TOTALLY BECAUSE I USED AN ORANGE instead of the LIME I WANTED.

That’s TOTALLY it.

around the home

October 27, 2014

My On-the-Go Essentials:

Casey and I went on a little trip this past weekend to Big Sur. It was magical and I’ll try to share more of that soon! Whenever I’m away from home I spend a good deal of time creating a little sense of home wherever we are staying. When I was transferring some of my stuff from one bag to another, I thought it might be fun to show you some of the things that I can’t travel without. I find it so fascinating to see what people’s essentials are. Mine include: