^^another cool face!!!
How was your weekend?! We had perfect weather and lots of chill downtime at home.
Friday night T, M and I walked downtown for dinner. We have a new playroom in Cville called Little Planets and they were hosting a drop-off date-night event, so Mazen and Sylvia set up a date there for the evening. The playroom has both open play and drop-off sessions during the day and select evenings. I love that you can drop off for an hour while you run some errands or get a drink for up to 3 hours. The space is beautiful, and Mazen and Sylvia had a great time!
T and I went to Hamilton’s for its people-watching patio. I had the Leese-Fitch Chardonnay and we shared the shrimp and grits and the crabcakes. Both were sooo good!!
This is how I wake up every morning – lots of snuggling!
We didn’t have much time for breakfast because we had to get to soccer by 9, so I had an oatmeal bar and a Siggi’s to get me going.
The shirt dress!!
After soccer we came home and played around the house all day. We started with arts & crafts.
Coloring sure is relaxing!
We followed that by Play-doh fun. This one is black glitter, and we have a birthday cake one too with colorful “sprinkles.”
I had a big salad with roasted veggies and cheese for lunch –
Mazen went over to the neighbors to play for a bit, and I spent some time staring at my living room shelves and trying to edit them a bit. I also moved the appliances out from under the gray piece in the kitchen because they were getting a little too much dog hair on them! I put two baskets there instead (that now store dog items and shoes) and put vintage boxes on the living room shelves where the baskets were. Musical baskets!
Look at my rose bush!!
We have a new hydrangea plant that needs to find a spot this weekend : )
My friend Emily came over to hang out for a while, and we made late-afternoon cocktails with kombucha, lemon, bourbon and rosé! (My new favorite shorts.)
Mazen decided to do some “work” in the office. He had the news on and everything!
The boys went to the garden shop for tomato plants, and I had 45 minutes to read a magazine and snooze. Epic! (Cottages and Bungalows is one of my favorites.)
For dinner we made this recipe and I opened this wine. One thing I love about Winc are the great labels! They make great party gifts. You can let the company send you your monthly bottles or you can pick them out yourself (and add more) and I always get the ones with great labels like this one or the #TBT series.
We spent the evening sitting on the deck star gazing (and some of us were watching hockey through the windows…) We had a slight breeze in the air, and if I closed my eyes it felt like I was on the deck of a beach house. The ocean is callllllling!
I miss coloring!! I have an adult coloring book that I need to use more often. Shrimp and grits sounds amazing. Hard to find that over here Cali!
Those pencils and pens for colouring! I’d loved to have the set as a child. I was obsessed with stationery and always had my precious packs of colourful pens/pencils/crayons/whatever with me.
Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog
http://charmainenyw.com
Haha that first pic… I know what my phone screen is going to be now!
He just needs a fedora!
hhahahahah damn i need to change that stupid pic
We had a vet tell us to put a tablespoon in the dog food each time we fed them and it helped with the shedding. We had 2 boxers and it seemed to help. Took a couple weeks to kick in. May be worth a try to see if it works with a longer hair dog. I miss not having a dog since they both died about a year ago but don’t miss the dog hair.
I meant a tablespoon of coconut oil. I forgot to mention that part!
Oh cool – could be worth a try! And RIP sweet doggies 🙁
Tablespoon of what???
Oops just saw 🙂
What a great weekend! That cocktail you made with kombucha sounds so yummy!
Hey Kath, what do you think of the portion sizes at fine dining restaurants? Do you find them to be worth their price?
Generally yes! I can’t eat all of the oversized portions that some of the mid-range restaurants offer
Would that be a good thing, since you get more food you can just eat later if you choose to eat at some place thats not fine dining?
Sure you can always do a doggie bag. But I think the ingredients and quality are hard to beat at nicer places.
That’s definitely true! You can’t beat the quality of ingredients–but I wonder if you can taste the difference?
Well I think it depends on the restaurants you are comparing – are we talking Hamilton’s verses Olive Garden? Or Hamilton’s verses a local-yet-casual spot?
I don’t live in the states so I don’t know Hamilton’s and I’ve actually never dined at olive garden, but is the former equivalent to let’s say, The Keg and the latter like Swiss chalet?
Versus*** sorry had to, second time I’ve seen it today
I LOVE your couch. Where is it from?
Thanks! It was Karen’s from the 90s that I had recovered a few years back.
Yay! A Canadian here. I’ve never heard you mention watching hockey before!
Influences of a new partner 😉