Life Updates, Part Deux

by Emily

I briefly shared some of our personal life excitement a few months ago but I am definitely overdue for an update! FYI:

{1} Adam is only a fellow for another 9 days and then he’s going to be an attending in New York. (Woo-hoo!)

{2} We move out of Charlottesville to the city next Thursday.

{3} Adam has a tiny window of break-time between his two jobs and we’re taking a quick vacation back home to St. Thomas!

{4} I’m actually not moving to New York… for the moment anyway. The time frame is still unclear but I’m staying in Charlottesville for a bit before I join the husband, my current job was just too good to walk away from yet!

{5} Our apartment lease was short and I am off of work today because we’re moving into a motel for the next week and a half.

Phew! You guys are all caught up now!

This past weekend Adam had his last weekend coverage call in Culpeper. I went with him for support/to hang out in the hotel and watch cable tv. We ate take-out and snacks, so I have a few exciting snacks to share…

Coffee!

Mocha on mocha.

Raven’s Nest is our favorite coffee in the state of Virginia.

This watermelon rose kombucha was a total winner.

Exciting yogurt flavors.

Snacks on snacks.

Local bbq – smoked chicken and hush puppies, cole slaw, and fried okra.

National Ice Cream day was Sunday.

Cake from the Salvadorian bakery.

Rompope (aka eggnog!) popsicle.

5Jul2019

5 + 5

by Emily

Five random life updates –

{1} We took some stuff to Goodwill last weekend and now we are living in an empty apartment (minus a blow-up bed and all of my clothing). Literally the only things in our living room are boxes of seltzer!

{2} Last weekend was the first time in 5 weeks that Adam and I were both home and not traveling. Phew!

{3} This weekend we’re on the move again – we are heading to Solomon Island Maryland to spend some time with my family, including my youngest cousin who I haven’t seen since Thanksgiving!

{4} We finally saw “Late Night” and loved it. If it’s still in theaters in your area I recommend going if you haven’t already.

{5} Then we watched “Always Be My Maybe” on Netflix and loooooooved it! It’s officially our new favorite movie. Super funny and touching. Ali Wong is one my favorite comedians and she was fantastic as a leading lady.

Five things I ate and loved the last week –

{1} Yogurt bowl. Wegman’s chocolate Greek yogurt with pluots and Nature’s Path coconut chia granola.

{2} Dehydrated rainbow carrot snacks from Trader Joe’s.

{3} Cheese tea (aka bubble tea that you sip through foamy layer of milk and cream cheese sprinkled with salt) with strawberry heart jelly.

{4} Marshmallow! We shared a cup of carnival cake and marshmallow at Kirt’s Ice Cream. And I was living my best life with this snack combo – Kilwin’s caramel chocolate marshmallow with iced coffee.

{5} BBQ. No Limits Smokehouse is a new-ish spot in Belmont and it’s wonderful. I had a fried chicken sandwich (<– super juicy!) and collard greens, plus we got smoked mushrooms that were my new favorite savory thing I’ve ever eaten!

14May2019

Flan And Floats

by Emily

Five fun things from the past weekend:

{1} My cousin graduated from VCU with her doctorate like a total badass so we had family in town for celebratory fun.

{2} We had an amazing meal at Little Star, culminating in the best flan I’ve ever tasted.

{3} My hair is pink(ish) thanks to this temporary tint spray. It is subtle, but there’s more color than I was able to capture in a photo.

{4} Adam and I had the best snacks. Wegman’s mint chocolate chip yogurt.

Super meta – smoked gouda pimento cheese dip scooped with pimento cheese chips.

We made root beer floats with what turned out to be the best ice cream of all time – CoolHaus’ The Best of Both Worlds vanilla tastes like a marshmallow dream.

{5} I made a tasty dinner. Chicken tenders (cooked similarly to this) with whole wheat panko and silk chili // dipped in homemade honey mustard // with honey glazed brussels sprouts.

We sipped on this surprisingly good Three Notch’d sugarcane pecan all while we cooked.

29Apr2019

Chocolate + Coffee, Chocolate + Peanut Butter

by Emily

Highlights from the past week…

Personal Life:

We had several boons come together in the last week or so. Related – I am waaaay overdue on sharing some big life updates. In short, the highlights are –

Adam is officially a board-certified surgeon (woo-hoo!)
Adam got his dream job and is all set up to be a critical care attending in New York this summer (woo-hoo!!)
We’ve lined up our New York apartment
Our lease here was a month short but we’ve finally lined up a place to live in Charlottesville in July

Television:

I finally talked Adam into watching “Hart of Dixie” with me and he is as smitten as I am! Related – read this Buzzfeed article.

The Bob Dylan cover in this terrible WGU commercial makes me ugly cry every single time I hear it.

Food:

This was one of my best coffee combos this year, Dark as Dark with chocolate milk.

Related – Whole Food’s hazelnut mochas (with light syrup, extra espresso, and ice) are freaking delicious.

Both of our moms went a bit overboard and we are drowning in Easter candy. The highlight, as always, is these pectin jelly beans.

And the low was these terrible new m&m’s.

Still loving these Stinger peanut butter cracker bars.

Related – I finally found these in a snack-sized kids portion and now I am eating even more of them.

We had a duo of fruity beers that did not disappoint. Abita’s Lounging Iguanas pineapple coconut IPA is a 10/10.

Pizza night. A simple turkey pepperoni pizza on Trader Joe’s cauliflower crust plus a simple side salad.

Trader Joe’s vegetable biryani with vegetable dumplings frozen meal.

I made a veggie take on this fire chicken with cheese.

With tofu instead of chicken, plus roasted broccoli and Japanese sweet potato.

15Feb2019

Heart On

by Emily

I hope everyone had a nice Valentine’s Day! I love a holiday with theme colors.

This week I loved…

Stumptown cold brew with milk. I’m not sure if I had ever tried the chocolate flavor before, I loved it.

An epic chocolate cherry smoothie. Plain Greek yogurt, frozen cherries, and chocolate milk.

We don’t really do Valentine’s gifts, but the husband did buy me cupcakes!

Salted caramel and a delicious funfetti.

A take on this lemon poppy seed chicken casserole. We added tons of roasted broccoli.

A take on shakshuka, with red bell pepper and chipotle. Topped with roasted zucchini, sumac, and two fried eggs.

Adam was not around for Valentine’s dinner and I’m fighting a pretty bad cold so I loved myself with Brazos Tacos take-out for dinner. The Solid – pulled chicken, refried black beans, roasted corn pico, sliced avocado, and jack cheese // Tres Quesos – Oaxacan cheese, manchego cheese, and queso fresco, with refried black beans, sliced avocado, roasted corn pico, and pickled watermelon // chips and salsa.

Bonus – things I love deeply that you might not know about from the blog:

{1} Diet soda. It is truly the only food I cherish more than coffee or cheese!

{2} Running. I am not fast, and I am extremely careful with my knees so I don’t run that often, but it is one of my favorite things. I run about 3 miles in about 30 minutes one time most weeks and I love every second of it.

{3} Wegman’s hot bar “Asian” section. I get hot bar chicken at least once a week as a pre-dinner snack but it never makes it onto the blog because it just photographs so abhorrently.

{4} “The Office.” My love of tv is well-documented and over the past year “The Office” has become one of my favorite shows. I have seen every episode at least three times! So much of what is happening with the world right now is scary and sad and I’m really loving feel-good shows that are an escape from reality.

1Jan2019

2018 Book List

by Emily

Despite not making any resolutions, 2018 was a really fantastic year for me in accomplishments – I lost a little weight and scored a snazzy new job! However, on the one goal I did set – read a least 1 book a month – I fell far short. In New York I did 95% of my reading during my 2 hour+ plus daily commute and since we moved to Charlottesville I have basically stopped reading. I desperately need to get back on the bookworm train (figuratively at least!). So I guess for 2019 I will set one resolution: read at least one book per month.

Here were 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014‘s lists.

And here is 2018 {in chronological order; F = fiction, NF = nonfiction, and M = memoir} –

Furiously Happy; a funny book about horrible things – Jenny Lawson (m)
The Children of Willesden Lane; a true story of hope and survival during World War II – Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen (nf)
Life Sentences – Laura Lippman (f)
Look at You Now; my journey from shame to strength – Liz Pryor (m)
Fresh off the Boat – Eddie Huang (m)
After I’m Gone – Laura Lippman (f)
The Hue and Cry at Our House; a year remembered – Benjamin Taylor (m)
An Abbreviated Life – Ariel Leve (m)
Break in Case of Emergency – Jessica Winter (f)
One Day We’ll All be Dead and None of This Will Matter – Scaachi Koul (m)
The Most Dangerous Thing – Laura Lippman (f)
I’d Know You Anywhere – Laura Lippman (f)
Uncommon Type, Some Stories – Tom Hanks (f)
Look for Me – Lisa Gardner (f)

28Aug2018

Weekend Things

by Emily

4 things I loved this weekend that weren’t food:

{1} Clothing – the anthropomorphic pizza t-shirt from Roberta’s that is officially my favorite thing I’ve ever owned.

{2} TV show – “Making It,” aka the best reality show ever created. It’s super talented crafters making amazing projects that are rife with puns and have a million creative details plus unscripted Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler saying hilarious and supportive things.

{3} Buds – these splendid flowers from Trader Joe’s. I don’t even like roses but these take my breath away.

{4} Movie – Crazy Rich Asians. This film was stunningly gorgeous, uproariously funny, and so darn touching that a moment towards the end brought the whole theater – including Adam and I – to tears. Go see it!

4 edible things I loved this weekend:

{1} A two-tone vanilla rose smoothie. Banana, Greek yogurt, coconut milk, and vanilla bean // with strawberries, plums, and rosewater.

{2} Coffee themed snacks. Chocolate-covered beans from Shenandoah Joe’s. <– I am obsessed

A quad iced latte with a truffle.

Kung Fu Tea oreo slush with tapioca and coffee flavored popping boba.

{3} Tacos from Brazos. We shared grilled tilapia with red cabbage slaw, avocado sauce, radish, and lime / mashed potato, yam, mushrooms, cilantro, spicy honey, and jalopenos / and chicken with black beans, roasted corn, avocado, and jack cheese.

{4} Brunch at Fry’s Spring Station. They improved upon fried chicken and waffles with smokey pimento cheese and candied pepper honey.

13Aug2018

Dachshund Diaries

by Emily

Top five from this weekend…

{1} It was the seventh anniversary of Webster’s buyday! <– click that link for some amazing baby dachshund photos

We ate some bacon-flavored wet food.

And frolicked in the dog park. There were no other dogs there, so it was basically Webster’s ideal afternoon

{2} We found our new pizza spot – Dr. Ho’s Humble Pie.

Such tasty crust! We had the Annie Oakley – spicy buffalo chicken breast, pineapple, pickled jalapeno, mozarella, and cheddar. I did not know that spicy pizza was what was missing from my life! Plus we had a pink lemonade sour.

{3} Wegman’s bakery bar now has caramel stuffed brownies and cookie dough stuffed brownies and they are damn good.

{4} We also loved this caramel pecan ice cream.

{5} Simple salad dinner. Sweet baby lettuce / baby carrots / pine nuts / ranch / herbed turkey. With homemade cheesy garlic bread.

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