Our best weekends start and end on the porch. These rocking chairs were such a great purchase!
Celebrating Cindy!
On Friday night we left Birchie sleeping with a babysitter and joined 20 of our favorite people at The Local for a dinner celebrating Cindy’s birthday! She turned 26 + ? and she and her husband, Eddie, hosted our group for a four-course dinner. So very generous of them, and such a fun night!
The Crew!
Sweat It Out
I had one too many delicious glasses of wine on Friday night and there was only one thing I knew I needed to do: sweat it out! I miraculously made it to Chris’s class at 8am and felt a lot better after a 45 minute dance party.
Rehydrating with pure, clean water.
New Smoothie For Breakfast
I love it when cool new things arrive on my porch, and I received a sample pack of these Thrive Smoothies. Just mix with milk and blend away. This flavor was great!
Facial with Alyssa
I had a nice little me-time morning with a facial at Blue Ridge Skin Therapy! Alyssa used all kinds of cooling products on me – from a peppermint lotion to a minty mask – and it was lovely to be under a warm blanket with a cool face.
Lunch From Belle
I stopped at Belle for a take-out lunch to bring home to Thomas.
Love their club on focaccia and the kale salad!
Afternoon Playtime
Dinner At Nona + John’s
Thomas, Birch and I joined the whole fam for dinner out in North Garden. We had apps, grilled steaks, tomato pie, salad, corn on the cob and key lime pie!! ‘Twas a relaxing and fun night.
Portraits by Aunt Layton!
Handmaid’s Saturday Night
Gus came out of his room to watch the latest Handmaid’s Tale with us. It was a really good episode (aka a lot happened!) Just two more to go in this season. Gus is still limping a bit, so we’re not sure if he’s healing well or just still sore from the surgery. He seems to be in good spirits though, and he’s getting lots of short walks around the block.
Sunday Funday
Thomas had his me-time with a nice summer golf outing with his brother and some friends. Mazen is now at Matt’s dad’s lake house in South Carolina. Busy travel boy! If you saw on Instagram, he had a super long and annoying trip home from NY to DC, and his suitcase was stuck in NY for a day. He and Matt drove from DC to SC, stopping for 4 hours in Cville at night. Crazy travel ambition! Mazen comes home on Wednesday, and we are so excited to see him!
We are keeping Mazen’s animals company while he’s away!
Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says
Reading your post makes me wish I had a little outdoor space to myself too! Apartment-living sucks sometimes. Glad you had a nice weekend, Kath. 🙂
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Melissa says
I’ve been keeping Gus in my thoughts and hoping for a speedy healing and recovery! It’s so hard to watch a dog in pain, especially your own and I know it, firsthand. He’s so lucky to have you as his family, as I can see you’re taking excellent care of him! Also, the photos of Birch are absolutely adorable in this post!
KathEats says
Thank you <3
AmyB says
You need to film Birch seeing Mazen again for all of us!!
KathEats says
Yes I will try!
Danielle says
Love your updates! How does one make this delicious looking tomato pie? I think I need this in my life!
KathEats says
Aunt Layton made it! I’m not sure of her recipe, but I’ve had 3 different ones this summer and they’ve all been great!
Laura says
LOVE the idea of hosting friends for a birthday dinner! Question: how did they handle drinks? Did they cover those as well or do people pay for their own? I can imagine it would add up fast!
KathEats says
They were included! Wine bottles at the table side. So nice!
Amy says
Regarding your recent post— you can’t have it all (meaning appetizer dessert wine…)— I am wondering how you are managing big dinners like the two in this particular post. Seems like they both were multiple courses which is tricky.
Thanks!
Amy
KathEats says
I skipped the bread basket both nights and went light on apps and wine night #2. And tonight I won’t be having bread, apps, wine, or dessert 🙂
Amanda says
I love that you got a pic of Gus mid tail wag! 🙂