Last winter, I had one sip of Southern Tier’s Choklat stout and nearly died. Aside from Pumking (also a Southern Tier beer), this is one of the greatest substances on the planet. Both beers taste just like cake!!! What you see below is actually the Choklat stout mixed with Southern Tier’s Jahva imperial coffee stout. Surprisingly, this is a spring release and my sister gifted it to Matt over the summer. We’ve been waiting for the temperature to drop to…
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Charlottesville was a blast. Hi Kanz. Saturday, we drove straight to Great Harvest. This was the first time I’d had seen the bakery and the final product is very impressive. I started drooling immediately upon seeing the sweets. I could not work here because I would eat all the products! As much as I love sweets though, the bread really is the best part. I had half of a sandwich and split a snicker-doodle and blondie with Matt Both were…
Hi there and happy holiday weekend! I apologize that I’ve been MIA. I was out of commission yesterday morning and then I entertained parents last night. It’s already been an amazing weekend and there’s still another day to go!!! These long weekends are ten times more meaningful now that I’m working and have no vacation days! And to top it off, I got to leave work at 3 on Friday. I was overjoyed to get some extra free time and…
My goodness, I packed a lot of fun into this 48 hour vacation. Matt and I brought a bottle of wine from home, so yesterday evening we headed to the little gazebo on the marsh to enjoy cocktail hour at dusk. We’ve been saving this bottle of wine since 2007! I believe the bottle is from my sister’s wedding weekend, so there’s some significance behind this very peppery zin. Mmmm…it was delish! Unfortunately, bugs love Matt’s scent, and we had…
I had a very nice day at work yesterday and then went to happy hour over at Alivia’s. I love the patio and I have a feeling I’ll be spending a lot of time there. I had a magarita and then asked Matt if he wanted to get a sandwich at Parker and Otis (I can’t stay away!). They had live music on the patio and $3 bottles of beer and it was just a perfect dinner. Loved this beer!…
So the plan was to ride bikes on some fun trail with a scenic view, but the trails were closed because of the fires:( We were disappointed at first, but quickly discovered that the roads were just as scenic! We did a little in-town riding at the beginning and I love looking at the sculptures along Canyon road. I wish we had had more time to explore all of the wonderful galleries. After four hours though, I was so done with…
Guess who? Nope…not Larbs this time. A big ‘Hello’ from Matt, the caring BF. I’m not sure if it was L’s nudging or my sincere desire to allow the GF a full day of vacationing (read: no blogging…though, I’ll admit, she did upload the pics ahead of time), but I’m jumping into the ring to write a quick guest post. Have no fear, however, Laura will be back tomorrow with a much more colorful description of our activities and great…
Today was all about nostalgia. I have many strong memories from when I spent a summer in Phoenix 18 years ago and I wanted to revisit some of my favorite places. So, Matt and I got up at 7 to beat the heat and made the 1.2 mile trek to the top of what was formally known as Sqaw Peak. The hike was basically an outdoor stair climber and took us a hour and a half. The mountain looks so…