day to day: art

2/2: Got to see what I drew, tattooed on friend's hip:


October: Got excited for a project, and worked on the first panel. Note to self: finish!

black sheep

I went back to Black Sheep for dinner the other night with a friend and was reminded of how great it was. It's on the pricey side, but it's one of those local places that uses fresh ingredients and embodies the local culture really well. I love the decor and the font on the menu and of course, the delicious food. Black Sheep was featured on Food Network for their gigantic submarine subs, which I haven't tried yet, for shame, but will do eventually. For dinner that night, I was hankering after a salad and soup and luckily, they had fennel and orange salad on their menu, which I have been wanting to try for a while now. The salad was made up of thinly sliced fennel, arugula, orange slices, and toasted pistachios with a honey poppy vinaigrette. And omygoodness, SO GOOD. It's officially my new favorite salad and I'm going to try to make it at home as soon as possible.

Sorry for the grainy photos, it got pretty dark in there.






Spied this in the bathroom and wanted to take it home.


M. got rainbow trout wrapped with bacon and filled with bright greens and lemon butter.


Fennel and Orange salad! omg yum.


See more about Black Sheep and their menu, here.

bon anniversaire

Adrien's birthday was almost a month ago, but I am just now uploading these pictures, so here they are! Adrien and Ashley hosted a lovely get-together at their place. They are fantastic hosts and it was great to see everyone.

to die for cheese spread.


i made these king crab appetizers - super easy and i love using phillo cups.


rum + fruit concoction = yum.


birthday cake made by emily and caroline. hey french flag, hey.


with eva bug!

hoorah for friends <3!

day to day

3/7: Took care of extremely cute baby.



3/8: Had perfect snack,
while contemplating very plausible impending doom of my non-existent career.

before and after

I love Design Sponge's 'Before and After' feature. It's one of my most favorite things - the idea of turning old and discarded things into new beauties. This is probably also why I love all the shows on HGTV about makeovers and re-making old things. Not only is it amazing to see the transformation along with the creative process that goes with the change, but I am a fan of doing a little extra work to decrease our waste. This is what it's all about people! Recycling and re-making helps maintain our sustainability. I could go off on a tangent here, but I'll refrain and recommend that you watch this great video instead, and leave you with some fun pictures.

I love tree prints. love!


An old dresser and headboard turns into...

Utility space!





I really like the raw look of this.

treasure hunt + six months

We took a day trip down to Williamsburg this past weekend for (wait for it..) another volleyball tournament. The team had great success, seeing as they were a 15 year old team playing against 16 year old teams AND were missing two of their players. It was also sorta neat to meet more parents and hear them say all kinds of nice things about my husband, the wonderful volleyball coach.

During one of the breaks I went over to check out the D.A.V. Thrift Store that was nearby and had fun turning up treasures. I didn't get anything because I am trying to minimize the stuff that we have to haul out during our next move, but I took pictures of some of the nifty things I found.

Beautiful! And all at a bargain price.

The tournament ended later than expected, so we decided to eat dinner in W-burg. We found the Captain George's Seafood Restaurant in town, and decided (at the last minute) that it was for our six month anniversary. We both really like crab legs, and we especially like it when we can eat a lot of it, so, happy six months baby! The line was ridiculous, but we persevered and was rewarded with lots of crab.

Yum. Here we are with our first plates..

See how happy I am with my crab legs? See how good my husband is with his hands? I love him.

March desktop

Right now my desktop wallpaper is this pretty calendar by Shanna Murry (illustration) and Jordan Ferney (photograph). Shanna Murry has been doing a few of these calendar illustrations on photographs to make into computer desktops and I think they are lovely. Plus, I like the "Spring, Come Soon" written on it in that slant font. It captures my longing well. You can download it here.

While it is still cold, March has thankfully been filled with a lot of sunshine. In that same line of thinking, while I have been crankier than usual, I am trying hard to focus on the positives. K's birthday is coming up this month (28!), there is more daylight than last month, and I am excited to do some spring cleaning this upcoming Sunday (really). Hope you all are putting positive spins on your day, ciao!

peeks: our dining room and kitchen

I just saw two old men walk out of the coffee shop with a KITE! They were chuckling with glee and then drove away in a car together. To go find adventure, obviously. I want to watch them fly it but it might be too much to follow them. Truly wish I had gotten a picture of them. The kite was green.

Anyways. Getting back to the original intent of the post, snapshots of our home! Ken did a great job finding this place for us last year and it will always be special because it was our first-year-of-marriage house. As much as we love it, we have pretty much decided to move after our one year lease is up in June. There are several reasons and there are still many things up in the air about this upcoming year, but I won't get into that right now. Maybe later.

In order to remember our first home, I have been taking pictures of the rooms and will share them from time to time. For today, here are some looks into our dining room and kitchen. We love these rooms because we love eating and cooking.

Probably one of my favorite things about this wall are the fabric prints that I framed. I used the black and white fabric from our wedding centerpieces and put them in frames that I got from the thrift store (for 99 cents!).




















I will leave you with a picture of one of our favorite things to do when it's warm: grill! Another reason to look forward to summer.