Guten Morgen! Are you ready for castles and museums and delicious german/austrian food? Well you’re in the right place! I’m back from a week traveling Munich, Germany and Salzburg, Austria. It was a much needed break from the craze of work and I definitely gained a few pounds from the eating! What do you think of when you think of German food? Because before my trip the two things I could think of were pretzels and weinerschnitzel. I love soft pretzels and was definitely looking forward to that, and we got all sorts ranging from pizza pretzels to pretzel sandwiches…
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Continue ReadingAs I feel like I express on this blog…life is a little crazy~! Tyler and I have recently moved into our new house, and while there have been some tasty recipes made for our housewarming party and for ourselves on crazy weeknights and weekends, I’ve been struggling with actually posting them. The week before we moved, the crazy Kenichi puppy whipped his rope toy around into my laptop screen and broke it. I ordered a new laptop through Costco, and while previously I’ve had good experiences with Costco and their customer service, they cancelled my order not once, but TWICE,…
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So the other day was decreed “Tyler Day”! Or “& guest day”, as you can see above. He’s been really great recently helping out extra with the pup and supporting me when I have to work late or run around and I wanted to appreciate him in a full and lazy day! It was a pretty cold and rainy day, and so we decided to take the crazy pup to the dog park early and get it out of the way. There weren’t many people there, but he was suuuuuuuper into fetch and tuckered himself out perfectly! Then it was…
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A few weekends ago, T and I made a long (45+min) trip out to Leesburg. I wanted to get my 2017 planner (yes, I realize I’m still about 3 months early, but I already have things I need to write down for next year) and I can order it online, but I can save a few bucks by picking it up in store, plus it comes with instant gratification. It’s an Emily Ley simplified planner and super expensive planner in the grand scheme of things, but as I use it almost every day and it makes me significantly less stressed in…
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This jazz festival event is apparently annual at Lake Anne out in Reston, VA, though this is the first time I’ve gone. We went as part of our awesome labor day weekend, the same one that brought you posts on Reese’s peanut butter bars, and MD Renaissance Festival. It was a crazy weekend packed full of everything: breweries, a wine tasting, the jazz festival, an escape room, dinner at a hot pot restaurant, the renaissance fair, and a ton of board games! The reason we even went out to Lake Anne was because I had heard of a chocolate and wine…
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G’dday ladies and gentleman, and welcome to the Renaissance Faire of ye olde! Jk, I’m not going to type the whole post like that. Mostly because I had to think even long and hard about that one sentence! But I wanted to share with everyone the fun we have at the now annual Renaissance Fair escapade! My sister has gone with some of her college friends for a lot longer than I have (this was only my second year). But now that I’m in the area, I get to tag along, and also provide a place to crash! It’s a…
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It’s funny that sometimes I look at my own posts, and I realize that my favorites–either recipes, or reviews–don’t have posts yet. It makes sense in the grand scheme of things since I only started less than a year ago, but it’s funny to me that some of T’s and my’s favorite places don’t have dedicated posts. On the one hand they’re fun and local, but on the other we go there often enough that I feel like I shouldn’t take pictures every single time. So today, you get a post about a local hangout of ours–Mad Fox Brewery! It’s…
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Tonight ended up being a somewhat impromptu date night! I wanted to round out my gamecube controller selection–I’ve only ever had two controllers. I always had game-geek friends that had extra controllers, so I never needed the full four. So since we were headed out to the mall to grab extra controllers, and we decided to stop by Barrel & Bushel for dinner. Now T had called about an hour earlier, inquiring as to whether we would need a reservation if we came in around 7, and whoever he spoke to said sure, no problem. When we got there, they informed us it…
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So we might’ve moved in over a month ago. We also might’ve had our party just under a month ago. But I did just re-make this pepper cheddar popcorn and wanted to share it with the world. Mostly because I made it by accident, and those are the tastiest recipes. Plus it’s just so fun to watch the kernels popping …! We decided to have a beer tasting housewarming! Since everyone we invited was coming from all over, we just had everyone bring a 6-pack or a growler of some awesome local beers! We got an awesome variety, and we downed…
