Fri night dinner party

Hey! It’s the freakin’ weekend!!! 😀 Hope yours has been lovely so far. I’d have to say last night’s dinner party was a success. Before: After (at the end of the night): I made the standard Gina appetizers (using pics from the archives for these since I was making the fish while everyone had drinkies…

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Birthday shrimp

“Birthday shrimp Birthday shrimp It’s the best day of the year, girl” Come on, you know the song 😉 We just got back from an awesome hibachi dinner with some friends 😀 It’s my friend Jeni’s birthday (whoo hoo!), so we celebrated our birthdays together since mine was last week. We went to Ichiban, which…

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Macaroon in my pocket

Hey everyone!! Happy Sunday! Hope you’ve all had a fabulous weekend 😀 Before I get into the re-cap, let’s find out who the lucky winner of the Spawesome Giveaway Comment #221! Alison said: Alison November 14th, 2009 at 1:43 pm · Reply · Edit | Delete | Spam I love the versatility of plain yogurt!…

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His and Hers

Hey everyone 😀 Hope you’re having a lovely night! A little note about the giveaway: there’s still one more thing I need to do, so be on the lookout for it sometime tomorrow. I’ve done a little pre-celebrating –and just had a glass of wine the size of my head so let’s see how this…

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It’s the last day

of my “old” age! (as my little nana always says) That’s right peeps, I turn the big 2-5 tomorrow. Even though I joke about the quarter life crisis, I’m actually pretty excited. 25 has always sounded like a nice age to me… even though it’s all down hill from there 😉 So I started the…

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Bring on Bday Week

Hey everyone! Hope you’re having a lovely Sunday 😀 Here are the pics from our little feast last night at Big City Tavern We got the scallop appetizer with extra grilled apples instead of bacon The always necessary Shiraz 😀 and we both got the same thing for dinner: seared Salmon with extra veggies instead…

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Brown rice lasagna with autumn salad

Hey! Happy Indian Food day! How’s your morning going?? So, last night was amazing! If you’ve been reading the bloggy for a while, ya’ll know how much I adore dinner parties and usually have one each week. I LOVE having people over to wine and dine 😀 Since I was gone a month for school…

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Welcome to my favorite

MONTH! I looooooove November! Beautiful weather and so many things to look forward to: My birthday (I’m going to be 25! Is there a quarter life crisis in the midst?) The date-aversary (when the pilot and I declared –via MySpace four years ago- that we were officially together) Thanksgiving.. or what I prefer to call…

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Desperate measures

Hey ya’ll! How are you doing?? I’m bueno – feeling much better after sleeping and resting today. Thank you so much for the get well wishes <3 Most of my day was spent between downward facing eyelids and this:   Time Traveler’s Wife. I’m so ready to finish it! Then see the movie again 😀…

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Here it goes again

Heyyyyy 😀 Happy almost-Friday! This week is going by fast.. I like it! I’m just counting the days until the pilot is back 😀 I hate to be a complainer on the bloggy, but I’m officially sick. You guys know I’ve been fighting something since last week, but I think staying up all night with…

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I cook with vino

Sometimes, I even add it to the food 😀 Hey guys! How are ya?? I’m so excited to finally be able to post right now- I’ve spent the last hour looking for my camera to finally find it in with the dog leashes. A little scatterbrained over here! I have a TON of pics to…

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Spicy makes it nice-y

Warning: Wine-Induced Blog ahead. Let’s hope I don’t make a super fool outta myself 🙂 Hi guys! Happy Saturday! Sorry I haven’t posted today.. I have no excuse except for the fact that pilot makes me want to be a lazy bum 😉 We went to hibachi last night with an intimate group of 12…

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