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March 2, 2022

Instagram vs. Reality

Here’s a bit of life lately! 

Instagram vs Reality this !

Instagram vs Reality

Oh boy do I have a boat load of photos for you today!

Actually, strike that out. It’s a PIRATE SHIP load of photos!! 

Here are some snapshots of fun with the kiddos before we get to food. The good and the reality…! 

Instagram

Instagram vs Reality KERF Instagram vs Reality kath and birch

Reality

Pirate Birch - Instagram vs Reality

Instagram

Mazen and I got cozy reading our kindles together on a rainy Saturday

mom and son reading on kindles | Instagram vs Reality

Instagram 

Mazen playing Minecraft with his friend in real life!!!

Mazen playing Minecraft | Instagram vs Reality

Reality

Angry face because screen time was over for the day

kids screen time schedule | Instagram vs Reality

Instagram

The sandbox at Nona + Grandpa’s house is a dream!

sandbox at Nona

Reality

Late for school because someone hijacked my coat

birch hijacked my coat | Instagram vs Reality

Instagram 

Birch loves Blippi, and we got tickets to the Blippi Musical when it came to Cville a few weeks ago! Here’s a link to his costume. 

Blippi toy and hat | Instagram vs Reality

Reality

The show was great! I’m not sure it was worth spending 4x the tickets for all 4 of us to go, but Birch loved it, and the music was great! 

Blippi Musical cville

Instagram 

Mazen had President’s Day off of school but Birch did not, so we dropped Birch to school and went skiiing (we didn’t make a big deal about where we were going – he’s going to start skiing next year!) (Here are our previous Wintergreen posts!) Check out the video of our trip here!

mazeb skiing

mazen and dad

Amazing Market sandwiches for lunch! 

Amazing Market sandwiches skiing in Wintergreen

Reality

It was 60 degrees after lunch and we were sweating so hard! I shed my gloves and coat and skiied in just a fleece. 

family ski trip

And don’t be fooled at the “Experts Only” sign – I go VERY VERY slowly down the mediums with a wedge the whole time 😉 Mazen skiied down his first black diamond! 

Mazen skiied down his first black diamond

Instagram

Focusing so hard on his Lovevery toys

Lovevery toys | Instagram vs Reality

And animals

birch animal toys | Instagram vs Reality

Reality 

Eating frozen french fries for dinner in character. 

birch Eating frozen french fries | Instagram vs Reality

Instagram

This ELAVI superfood cashew butter with spirulina made my oatmeal look like a celebrity. Check out the video of it here.

ELAVI superfood cashew butter with spirulin

Yogurt bowl with berries, banana, granola, and PB!

Yogurt bowl with berries, banana, granola, and PB!

Beaut of a green smoothie + granola

green smoothie + granola

Yogurt, granola, PB

Yogurt, granola, PB

Reality

Bagels for days 

Bagels for days  Bagels and grapefruit

Instagram Lunch

Perfectly cooked hard-boiled eggs with leftover roasted veg

hard-boiled eggs with leftover roasted veg

Reality

Salad bowl after grain bowl after salad bowl

Salad bowl grain bowl bowl of salad

Instagram

Official Blue Apron recipe for meatball pitas

Blue Apron recipe for meatball pitas

Reality

Leftovers for lunch!

Leftovers for lunch

Instagram

No Bull Burger with perfectly melted cheese

No Bull Burger with perfectly melted cheese

Reality

All of our dark dinners plated with kids underfoot. Thomas always says “You’re not going to photograph that are you!?” Me: OF COURSE I am for the blog!!

EPIC Steak Dinner

EPIC Steak Dinner

Pistachio Salmon with Rice and Veg

Pistachio Salmon with Rice and Veg

Fontina Chicken with potatoes and salad

Fontina Chicken with potatoes and salad

Flank steak with cauliflower with everything bagel biscuits

Flank steak with cauliflower with everything bagel biscuits

ALL Instagramable 

My friend Norkeita and I met for lunch at the new grilled cheese shop on the downtown mall called Ooey Gooey Crispy! It’s located at the Whiskey Jar end of the mall in the new renovated/built Code building area. Farmacy Cafe is next door – another amazing lunch spot! Both of these new restaurants have super delicious, creative food but not much seating. You’ll want to dine outside, take it to go, or eat in the building across the way that has open communal space (that’s what we did on the freezing cold day). 

Farmacy Cafe

Norkeita is the boss of Caked Up Cville that I always rave about! She makes party cakes, cake tins, cupcakes and more!

Norkeita and Kath

I was pleasantly surprised that Ooey Gooey had big craft salads in addition to its ooey gooey grilled cheeses. Two soups too! 

Ooey Gooey Crispy

We each had a salad, and we LOVED them. Mine had brie, roasted celery roots, currants, and candied hazelnuts in a sherry dressing. Norkeita’s had blue cheese, candied walnuts, farro, roasted squash, endive and dates. REALLY GOOD SALADS!!

Ooey Gooey Crispy salad

Plus this grilled cheese that was everything I’d hoped it would be: That Rich ‘Wich had brie, truffle butter and crushed potato chips. 

Ooey Gooey Crispy grilled cheese

I’m so glad the Downtown Mall has some great new lunch spots! More to come too! 

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  1. Rachel Fisher says

    March 2, 2022 at 9:33 am

    Such fun pics! What is your go-to green smoothie recipe? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Kath Younger says

      March 2, 2022 at 2:04 pm

      Usually it’s a combo of frozen banana, whole milk, peanut butter, vanilla protein, and baby spinach!

      This is also one I make a lot.

      Reply
  2. Sarah says

    March 3, 2022 at 1:08 pm

    I’m curious about the communal space where you ate. Is it truly open to the public or do you have to be a customer at one of the restaurants? I’m asking because the lack of public seating on the downtown mall really bothers me. Sometimes people just need to sit down, and most of the seating is owned by restaurants. 🙁

    Reply
    • Kath Younger says

      March 3, 2022 at 5:50 pm

      It’s in the new Code building where Milli Second coffee is. I wouldn’t have even known to go in there except I asked Ooey Gooey about any nearby seating and they told me it was space that their customers could use.

      Reply

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