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Blueberry Picking at Butler’s Orchard

Okay, so first off — the mr. is a blueberry picking champ. I swear that with just one fully operational arm (collarbone still good and broken), in the 95 degree heat, he out-picked me two to one.

… not that I’m competitive.

Technically, I’ve never been blueberry picking. I’ve been to pick strawberries a ton… but growing up, all I had to do to find a handful of fresh blueberries was walk over the river and through the woods (not joking) to my grandparents’ house. And just like a certain crisp in the air never fails to remind me of summer mornings spent camping in Oregon, fresh blueberries will always remind me of my grandma and grandpa.

5 Comments | Posted on: July 2, 2012 | Category: Adventures, Life

Our Weekend: Part Two + My Something Old

Remember how excited I was about the little gold brooch pinned to this bride’s dress? I have a few other accessories in mind that happen to be gold, and I hadn’t realized it before, but silver seriously dominates the sash market. So I’ve been having the hardest time finding the perfect sash… and my dress definitely needs a little something in that arena.

Enter that little gold brooch. It was the perfect solution! So I went looking for my own, and look what I turned up!

All it took was a trip to the Brooklyn Flea.

3 Comments | Posted on: June 26, 2012 | Category: Life, Our Wedding, Travelogue

Our Weekend: Part One

Guys. We had the best weekend.

We took it pretty easy, but it was really one of the best trips I’ve ever taken into the city. I picked up my dress, and minus one minor breakdown, I’m sure that it will be beautiful on the day. It’s still a little tough to envision, since the top was clearly made for a lady with, ya know… some boobs (not me). But it shouldn’t take much to get it fitting just right.

I think my mind will be eased in a big big way after a trip to a good tailor.

2 Comments | Posted on: June 25, 2012 | Category: Life, Our Wedding, Travelogue

The Diet: An Update + My Favorite Healthy Food Blogs

Last time we spoke about this subject, Mark and I had decided to give up sugar and flour and everything else a few other things in an attempt to eat super healthy.

But let’s just be real here. Eating right is super hard, and having a major event like a wedding looming on the horizon doesn’t always help the matter. In fact, in a lot of cases, it does the opposite.

So if you’ve gained instead of lost in the course of the whole deal, well, high five. I’m on your team.

After our failure, and as our engagement shots neared, I began to get desperate. And despite my deeply held hatred of crash and fad diets, I even managed to talk myself into a couple of fasts… secretly loving the idea that I might be able to cleanse and restart my system, blossoming into the kind of person who dreams of quinoa and kale and shuns all thoughts of cheesecake.

But if there is one thing I really love… it is cheesecake.

Good food, good wine, and good conversation are an essential part of life in my book. And the parts that make up the whole of a truly good meal are some of my favorites. Deprivation just isn’t my game.

3 Comments | Posted on: June 21, 2012 | Category: Life, Link Love, Our Wedding

On Learning the Hard Way: 9 Things I Wish I’d Known

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the advice we give and receive. I’ve realized that someday, no matter how I try, my children will take the advice I bestow so carefully upon them with a healthy grain of salt and a whopping roll of the eyes… but the abuse will be well earned by my own insistence on ignoring my parents’ attempts to set me straight.

Sometimes (many times) we just have to learn the hard way… and we do.

But in honor of my 28^th, I thought I’d write down a few pieces of advice that a younger me would not have taken… but an older me would like to have known.

1)   You will never be a crazy cat lady.
… and no relationship’s loss is worth fearing a kitten.
2)   You will fall from grace. You will hurt the ones you love. You will be wrong. Learn, grow, and take advantage of every opportunity. It will be okay.
3)   Student. Loans. Suck.
4)   The man you love will make you stronger.
5)   No mistake is too big to move on.
6)   It is possible to fall asleep at the wheel. (Don’t push too hard.)
7)   Constructive criticism is essential. Just plain criticism isn’t worth the effort.
8)   The only person you are capable of changing is yourself. But you are capable of change.
9)   Take more risks and do what you love. (I’m still learning this one.)

Stella McCartney Cake via Apollinas

3 Comments | Posted on: June 19, 2012 | Category: Life, Ramblings

Signs of Summer

As the weather warms up, so does my craving for fresh produce. I swear I could live on the strawberries alone, so sifting through our shots from the Solvang Farmer’s Market has my mouth watering.

2 Comments | Posted on: June 6, 2012 | Category: Life, Ramblings, Travelogue

On Running With Abandon and the Death of Micah True

While driving home on Friday, I was struck by the sad news that Micah True (or “Caballo Blanco,” the central figure in the story I lauded just weeks ago) had died. The news hit me hard, because I had truly been so inspired by his life and his love of running. I was a little late to the news and, sadly, it seems I was a little late to his story… but I will be forever changed for having known and cared about this person who I never met… and, maybe, that is because I will be forever changed for having become a runner.

0 Comments | Posted on: April 10, 2012 | Category: Life, Ramblings, Running

The Simple Stuff

Wedding planning is a very silly thing. But it’s a very silly thing that somehow, in the silliest of ways, manages to prepare you for what comes next.

The whole truth of the matter is that much as we would both like for it to be, this is not our first trip down the aisle.* I was young and I tumbled my way into a big mistake with an embarrassingly Kardashian end. Mark was more traditional, but also young, and gave it a good go. We both made mistakes that we will never make again.

This time, knowing what we knew, we waited until we were sure… until we knew it was right… and we were careful not to rush into anything. Until, that is, it came to planning; and, technically, we didn’t rush into that either.

The day after our engagement we agreed to wait over a year… give it time. We were paying, we were planning, and we wanted it to be perfect.

We considered eloping. We considered a tiny ceremony with just our parents and best friends.

We considered downplaying the whole thing.

13 Comments | Posted on: March 29, 2012 | Category: Gatherings, Life, Our Wedding

The Diet

Admit it. If you’re engaged, you’ve probably thought about a diet once or twice. We all want to look our best, and even the most fit and fantastic of us are rarely able to see past those few extra pounds they swear they have to lose (even if they really don’t). It’s sad, to be sure, but true.

Because Mark and I are anything but immune to the same concerns, and have recently scheduled our engagement shots, the pressure is officially on. We’ve started a diet, and right now Mark is cursing me for even daring to show him the picture above.

To be honest, though, I’m not a big fan of diets. I can’t bring myself to jump on board with any of the latest fads, and just the idea brings to mind images of starvation and a little weight loss followed by binge eating and loads of weight gain. I hate them, and in many cases I might even admit that I don’t believe in them.

2 Comments | Posted on: February 28, 2012 | Category: Life, Our Wedding

Time for Fall

Wow! Fall came fast here in DC. I’m already breaking out the long sleeves and gearing up for hibernation.

It’s funny, even though this time of year is my very favorite (pumpkin ice cream, apple cider, the weather, the leaves!) I can’t help but get a little pit in my stomach every fall knowing that winter is just around the corner. I’ve been so cozy and warm all this time… and winter is cold for a west coast girl out here in the east. I guess I should be happy I don’t live farther north!

Photo by Jose Villa via SMP

2 Comments | Posted on: September 1, 2011 | Category: Life, Ramblings

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