Sunday Night Bites

Ahh, Sunday. The day I that I am hot and cold about.  All I know is that Sunday always means a yummy dinner!

Easy salad with cucumber, red onion, carrots and celery

Roasted new potatoes with garlic, lemon, and olive oil

Roses for the table

Beaujolais

Baby lamb chops with rosemary

Happy Sunday!

The Weekend Means...

Awesome! Tasty, and keeps you thin!

Blue cheese, duck pate, Parmesan, and cornichons...yummy!

Bella Boo

Nap time.

More wine please!

New Jeans

It's that time again!  Time for some new jeans.  Jean shopping is a dreadful activity for some women, but I am actually really excited to get to the stores and try a bunch of different styles on.  I find that a person's jean style says a lot about what kind of person they are.

Whether they're Levi's, Earnest Sewn, AG (my faves), or Seven's, (and obviously there are soo many more) I think that jeans should be flattering to the figure and comfortable to wear.  Right now, I'm sitting in a pair of dark blue, skinny, tapered, Earnest Sewn's and to be completely honest, they are a little too tight for my liking.  They still look good, but my style has changed and I now prefer a more comfortable, relaxed fit.

My favorite pair of jeans are my AG Tomboy's.  The color is great, the denim is high quality, and they are super flattering and are really comfortable to wear all day. I want like 10 pairs!

So, we'll see what I end up with this weekend.  What's your favorite jean brand?  Style?  Any advice?

How Annoying Are: Can Openers!

Mike and I were making dinner last night, as usual, and I grabbed the can opener so I could get started on the tomato sauce for our tilapia, and whatta ya know?  The damn opener gets stuck mid-way and the top of my canned tomatoes is nearly impossible to get off without slicing my finger off.

ARG! Why do can openers suck so bad?  We can put a man on the moon, but we can't invent a decent instrument to open cans with?  This boggles my mind.

For all you cooks out there - is there a decent can opener on the market that actually works, and will continue to work after 10 uses?  If so, let me know please!

Sunday Dinner

It's a cold Sunday night here in DC, and Mike and I decided that an easy, yet satisfying Sunday dinner was in order.  So what did we have?  See below!

Eggs for our chicken cutlets

Our blend of Italian breadcrumbs

Cutlets ready for the oven

Fresh spinach with garlic and olive oil

Penne pasta with spinach, garlic and oil and chicken cutlets

So, whatever you had for Sunday dinner I hope it was yummy!  Enjoy what's left of the weekend!

How Annoying Are: Backpacks

I officially decided yesterday that backpacks should only be worn by people on camping trips and school aged children, period.

It's confusing to me that a grown man wearing a suit, on his way to work, would choose to throw on a giant, overstuffed backpack rather than carry a nice briefcase, or cross-body messenger bag.  Day after day I see men and women walking to work with these ridiculously large, ugly backpacks on, and I think to myself, that's a really awful look.

Not only do they look unprofessional, but they look immature somehow.  Like they're on their way to 8th grade biology class.  Not to mention that fact that if they turn around too fast they make knock a few people over with their monstrous pack...

A word to the wise people...backpacks are good for carrying food stuffs when hiking, or camping.  They're also good for carrying books and pencils when you're a student.  But they are not good for adult professionals to wear while commuting to work.

P.S.  You know those teeny-weeny backpacks that some women also carry?  Yea, I hate those too.

Happy Spring!

I sense some shopping on the horizon!  Lightweight cardigans, cotton dresses and skirts, being able to layer and peel off  your clothes throughout the day to reveal another great look...

The birds are chirping, the breeze is refreshing, and the sun is warm, but not blistering.  So, get out there and enjoy Spring!

Spring shopping report to come soon...