I am almost out of spring titles, I promise! But MY GOSH, I had a spring in my step yesterday with warm, sunny air all around. We’re having a glorious few days of good spring weather!
I demolished this jar of Smooth Operator. Need another asap! In contrast to the Whole Foods PB we’ve been getting for a while that has a very earthy taste, this was just classic smooth, non-gritty peanut butter that we all grew up with (but made without trans fats). I couldn’t get enough! Many of you responded to my Instagram Story that it was your favorite! I made overnight oats inside with granola on top, and scraped every bit!
I had a really productive work day yesterday. You’d think that cloudy days would have me inside and productive and sunny days would have me wanting to play hooky outside, but sunshine fires me up! I got so many posts written, and have a bunch in the queue I’m excited to share.
Lunch break was a big arugula salad topped with some leftover fish from Tuesday night’s dinner. Plus candied walnuts and bleu d’auvergne – the absolute best salad topper combo! Oh, there was some leftover zucchini in there too.
I worked until 3:30 and then set out on a quick short run, showered, and then walked downtown for a Tom Tom Founders Festival Event! My Apple Watch says I covered just shy of 6 miles total.
The Seventh Annual Tom Tom Fest is happening all week and this weekend. There are so many great cultural, tech, and mind-expanding events plus lots of music, art, and food! I wish there was this much going on all the time!
Sarah invited me to a talk on Life After Death moderated by John Cleese (of Monty Python fame) with a panel of really smart academics from UVA’s Division of Perceptual Studies.
The case studies the panel told us about as part of their research were fascinating. Near death experiences, children who have memories of past lives who remembered impossible facts, and other examples of cases where consciousness may have continued on after the physical body was considered dead. This article details some of the NDE background Dr. Greyson spoke about, and this incredible story features Dr. Tucker and the boy he told us about last night who who claimed to be a Hollywood actor.
In the spectrum of the topic, I’d label myself a strong skeptic. But the stories they shared were compelling. There has to be an explanation though! I am confident in 100 years (give or take) we will know the answer. Just like 100 years ago if someone had gotten a text message they would have thought it was something supernatural (assuming they stumbled upon a cell phone.) They couldn’t imagine cell phones, or predicting the weather, or bacteria causing disease, or the internet back then – and these invisible things are now a fact of our modern lives. I bet scientists will continue to uncover the truth about many of our unexplained events. (I bet those darn electrons have something to do with it!)
Sarah had to jet off to her kids and Thomas was off at volleyball, so I had a little solo date night. I went to Tilman’s, a new-ish cafe serving wine, cheese, salads, snacks, and sandwiches. The menu looked so good! I wish I had gotten a shot from the outside looking in because the decor is very cute, and there is a pretty marble bar in the back.
Having had a big salad for lunch, I settled on the Fig & Prosciutto panini with a side of tomato soup for dinner.
Both were excellent, but I particularly love the soup with the croutons on top!
I put a podcast in my ear and people-watched my heart out.
I stopped by Matt’s on the way home to say hi to Mr. Mazen. <3 We are lucky to live so close by.
It was a gorgeous evening!
Have a great weekend you guys.
Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says
Kath I swear, you really have the best blog titles! Love, love, love them! 🙂
Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog
http://charmainenyw.com
KathEats says
I’m probably using ones I’ve used before by this point!
Jenn says
Where do you find the candied walnuts? The bleu cheese is at WF right? happy spring!
KathEats says
Both at Whole Foods!
Kendall says
I used to be obsessed with Peanut Butter and Co.,but I don’t buy it anymore because of the palm/palm fruit oil. The lives of the people and animals affected by its harvest come first, and natural “just peanuts and salt” pb comes second. I love Teddy’s!
Linda @ the Fitty says
If you like talks like that, I highly suggest you watch ted talks or download their podcast for runs!
Kirsten says
I wish we were having the kind of Spring weather that you are! We woke up to another dusting of snow this morning. Boo! And there is more in the forecast for the next coming days. I hope this means that we are going to have an amazing summer with super high temperatures!!!!
I love the sound of that café that you had lunch at. Anywhere that serves cheese like they had displayed I am down with!!
KathEats says
Booo!! It’s a wonder we don’t all live in Florida!
LC says
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16
Karly says
Lmao. Is this your take on evangelism??? Stop being lazy.
Megan Valdez says
Kath,
What are some of your favorite podcasts?
KathEats says
Young House Love, Dave Ramsey, Jess Lively, Best of Both Worlds, all the Survivor podcasts, listened to Serial, S Town, and Dirty John and loved those one-timers.
Elizabeth says
Try Up and Vanished and Atlanta Monster! More true crime…
Amy B says
I agree, so much we still don’t know about our consciousness, the universe and everything in between. What we understand the science for now used to be considered magic. It’s exciting to think about what is still to be discovered that we just can’t explain yet.
KathEats says
Yes!
Polly says
enjoy the warm weather!! 🙂
and it’s awesome you do live close by!
and that little cafe looks so cute. i would have joined ya if I were in town.
I wanted to tell you that a cute little cafe in Indy (Cafe Patachou) has avocado toast on the menu (super pricey but hey it’s delish) and I am IN love with the sourdough bread there. I always sub it from the the other kinds because it’s amazing. Anyway I asked where it was from and sure enough… great harvest bakes it for them!
I just thought of you be I see your GH breads and you love it too. Sourdough just tastes so down home and idk I could eat the loaf. haha
XOXO
KathEats says
Sounds delish!!