Wednesday, February 22, 2012

2.22.12 - What I'm Loving Wednesday (The color edition)


I have something to admit to you.

I almost didn't do this post today.  I am tired, I have a cold, and my sneezes are explosive.  (You should see the look of panic on my students' faces as I scrunch my face up in sneeze-preparation... they know that if my hand/sleeve/tissue is not fast enough they better be the heck out of dodge.  I actually had one guy drop to the floor and cover his head as a sneeze was coming.  Poor kids.)

But then I thought, "THIS is why I need to do this."  And I am so glad I did.  Running through my brain for things I am happy about right now kind of put that whole woe-is-me bit to rest.  Not to mention the sun is shining.  Always wonderful.

This is what I am loving today:

1} I spent the weekend with my grandpa.  Old people are generally cute and sweet, and my grandpa is doubly so.  I haven't seen him for five years, so this was a great blessing.  Last time I was there my grandma was still alive and things have definitely changed, but he is going strong and we had a great time -- not to mention many trips to Denny's and Cracker Barrel ;)


2} Facebook.  Seriously.  It allowed me to reconnect with my one of my two childhood best friends even after we moved far apart from each other.  This girl and I were so close that we really believed we were cousins, and she is the closest thing I have ever had as far as older-sister-ness goes.  SO incredibly amazing to reconnect this weekend after twenty years!!!


3} Butternut squash in browned butter ravioli.  Had it this weekend and fell.in.love.  I am going to try to recreate the recipe sometime soon.  Now I am on the quest for the perfect pear and arugula flat bread AND this.  Not complaining, though...

4} COLOR!  For example, this wall in NYC that I found the is weekend (the capstone of our East Coast weekend)...


5} And the mere fact that I got to see New York City for the first time in my life!  Once again, love the colors, even if it is found in the yellow of a taxi cab.



6} Colorful decor...



7} Colorful food.  These dishes are brought to you by Foodie Crush.  Oh how I love this collection of amazing recipes and beautiful food photography!  I am not there yet, but I will be.  Just give me some time.  In the meantime, I think I have some ideas for dinner this week :)

(As always, click on the picture to be taken to the recipe.)





And, of course, my man.  He is my best travel buddy and I love having adventures with him!


(That's us with a very teeny-tiny Statue of Liberty behind us.)

Happy Wednesday, Folks!

OLDER POSTS:

{February 15, 2012}
{February 8, 2012}
{February 2, 2012}
{January 25, 2012}
{January 18, 2012}

4 comments:

  1. Thanks Tiffany for stopping by my blog earlier! I love your space. I love the NYC city shots you took and thanks for the recipes. I've bookmarked that avocado tomato salad. Holy wow does that look good! Hope you get to feeling better soon.

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  2. I love butternut squash ravioli! And I'm so jealous that you got to go to New York City! It's definitely on my list of places I want to visit! So glad you stopped by my blog!

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  3. Love it! Thanks for stopping by my corner of the blog! I love your site and those recipes sound delish!

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