Here’s what we ate this month. {An explanation as to why I’m doing this can be found in January 2015.} {Past months: January 2015 : February 2015 : March 2015 : April 2015 : May 2015 : June 2015 : July 2015} Aug 1–fried rice with chicken Aug 2–leftovers/scrounge/sandwiches Aug 3–out to eat with my work Aug 4–dinner with Gerrit’s parents–BBQ baked chicken Aug 5–dinner with my parents–pizza…
Author: Erin
For a long time I have wanted to be the kind of person who could have people over for dinner at a moment’s notice. I have wanted to be spontaneous with my hospitality. But to be honest, this goes against the core of who I am in one way: a planner. I meal plan and…
{If you want to read more about our time in Asheville, go here.} As soon as we started making plans to go to Asheville for our anniversary this month, we knew the main thing we wanted to do was a food tour. We had heard so many great things about food tours; and with the…
Five years ago Gerrit and I went on our little honeymoon to Asheville, NC. We ate food, went hiking, went to see the Biltmore, and basically decided we loved that mountain city. And at some point during our five years of marriage, we decided that we should make a point to return to Asheville every…
Truth: the idea of throwing a birthday party for a one year old kind of intimidated me. I wanted to make it nice, but not extravagant. I wanted it cute, but not pinterest crazy. I wanted it to be enjoyable for both kids and adults alike. I wanted a cute cake that wasn’t crazy expensive,…