Since our family loooves to celebrate everything with food, we dined at L’Uva for my Dad’s birthday! It’s an Italian restaurant that’s fairly new in Durham and I really haven’t heard much about it. After seeing the seasonal and awesome menu (and the really reasonable prices), I thought it would be a good place for a nice dinner. And now I would definitely recommend it! But first, we stopped into Pinhook for a beer and conversation! Like any good Italian…
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What a wonderful birthday it was! I felt like such a lucky girl all day long on Thursday! I actually had a crazy day at work with meetings and dealing with a suspension, so the day flew by. After work, I took myself on a jog and then showered for a night of celebrating. My parents came over, and we opened a Sangiovese from the NY Times Wine list (best present ever from Matt’s parents ~ 2 years ago). …
I didn’t expect to be sitting on a sandy beach on Saturday! But, we drove to Wilmington to do two cake tastings, and one of the bakeries was a few blocks from the beach. Given that we had a lot of cake to eat, Matt and I picked up a salad for a last minute beach picnic. Of course, we forgot a blanket, and since it was overcast and a little rainy, we decided to have lunch up on the…
This weekend: I drove to Wilmington and back for my cake tasting. And then I drove to Charlotte and back to buy my wedding dress!!! I’m just now getting home and I’m pooped. But here’s a sneak peek:) As a guest, what’s your favorite kind of wedding cake to eat (icing, filling, type of cake)??…
I’m home after meeting the amazin Mazen and visiting his mom and dad in Charlottesville! Matt, my mom, and I drove up on Friday evening. We ate sandwiches in the car, but of course we brought a cake from our favorite Durham bakery to celebrate Mazen’s birthday! I think it got a little beat up on the car ride, but it still tasted fabulous. Matt is actually better with newborns than I am…he’s so calm and patient:) On Saturday, we…
This weekend was Duke’s annual graduate student campout weekend, where students have the opportunity to be entered into a lottery for basketball tickets if they make it to every ‘check-in’ in a 36 hour period. Last year was a lot of fun and Matt got tickets…this year he wasn’t so lucky:( Friday night, I actually didn’t join Matt, and instead met up with the girls for a [pear and brie] pizza and wine night. I was simply too tired after…
A very happy birthday to Mazen, who was born early this AM! He’s such a cute bundle, and I look at him and can’t believe he’s my relative! A birthday today was meant to be because when I was driving home from work I saw that the brand new Cupcake Bar in Durham was open. Matt and I set out on a jog with $5 in my shoe and a plan to end our run with cake. We celebrated Mazen’s…
Food trucks are taking over. But I love ’em. And love that ‘gourmet’ food is getting cheap and trendy. Matt and I ventured over to the weekly food truck gathering in the Virginia Highlands this evening. We tried to resist the mac and cheese, claiming that we could make it at home, but we gave into the temptation when we saw the summer succotash – ziti noodles with fontina and jack cheese covered with peppers, corn, lima beans, and topped…
I’m back in the ATL for the final stretch, but going back to NC this weekend made me sooo ready to get back to Durham and regular life! If you are just tuning in, I traveled home to go my sister’s baby shower. She’s due in just a few short weeks!!! I went home on Thursday night, which means I got to go wedding dress shopping with my mom on Friday!! No purchases yet, but def. found some dresses that…