Fri night dinner party

Hey! Itโ€™s the freakinโ€™ weekend!!! ๐Ÿ˜€ Hope yours has been lovely so far. Iโ€™d have to say last nightโ€™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

โ€œBirthday shrimp Birthday shrimp Itโ€™s the best day of the year, girlโ€ Come on, you know the song ๐Ÿ˜‰ We just got back from an awesome hibachi dinner with some friends ๐Ÿ˜€ Itโ€™s my friend Jeniโ€™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 youโ€™ve all had a fabulous weekend ๐Ÿ˜€ Before I get into the re-cap, letโ€™s find out who the lucky winner of the Spawesome Giveaway Comment #221! Alison said: Alison November 14th, 2009 at 1:43 pm ยท Reply ยท Edit | Delete | Spam I love the versatility of plain yogurt!…

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His and Hers

Hey everyone ๐Ÿ˜€ Hope youโ€™re having a lovely night! A little note about the giveaway: thereโ€™s still one more thing I need to do, so be on the lookout for it sometime tomorrow. Iโ€™ve done a little pre-celebrating โ€“and just had a glass of wine the size of my head so letโ€™s see how this…

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It’s the last day

of my โ€œoldโ€ age! (as my little nana always says) Thatโ€™s right peeps, I turn the big 2-5 tomorrow. Even though I joke about the quarter life crisis, Iโ€™m actually pretty excited. 25 has always sounded like a nice age to meโ€ฆ even though itโ€™s all down hill from there ๐Ÿ˜‰ So I started the…

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Bring on Bday Week

Hey everyone! Hope youโ€™re having a lovely Sunday ๐Ÿ˜€ 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 ๐Ÿ˜€ 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! Howโ€™s your morning going?? So, last night was amazing! If youโ€™ve been reading the bloggy for a while, yaโ€™ll know how much I adore dinner parties and usually have one each week. I LOVE having people over to wine and dine ๐Ÿ˜€ 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 (Iโ€™m going to be 25! Is there a quarter life crisis in the midst?) The date-aversary (when the pilot and I declared โ€“via MySpace four years ago- that we were officially together) Thanksgiving.. or what I prefer to call…

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Desperate measures

Hey yaโ€™ll! How are you doing?? Iโ€™m bueno โ€“ 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 Travelerโ€™s Wife. Iโ€™m so ready to finish it! Then see the movie again ๐Ÿ˜€…

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Here it goes again

Heyyyyy ๐Ÿ˜€ Happy almost-Friday! This week is going by fast.. I like it! Iโ€™m just counting the days until the pilot is back ๐Ÿ˜€ I hate to be a complainer on the bloggy, but Iโ€™m officially sick. You guys know Iโ€™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 ๐Ÿ˜€ Hey guys! How are ya?? Iโ€™m so excited to finally be able to post right now- Iโ€™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. Letโ€™s hope I donโ€™t make a super fool outta myself ๐Ÿ™‚ Hi guys! Happy Saturday! Sorry I havenโ€™t posted today.. I have no excuse except for the fact that pilot makes me want to be a lazy bum ๐Ÿ˜‰ We went to hibachi last night with an intimate group of 12…

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