Hi Bloggies! Louisa’s official birthday was Sunday and we planned to go out for brunch to celebrate before my parents had to leave. Our original plan was to go to Black Market, part of the Black Salt Restaurant Group. We went to Addie’s (also part of the group) last time my parents were in town and [...]

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Saturday night we tried somewhere new for dinner, 8407 Kitchen Bar in Silver Spring. The Washingtonian recently came out with their “Great New Restaurants 2010” list and 8407 was mentioned among the 25. “Chef Pedro Matamoros is back in Silver Spring a year after bolting from Nicaro, the small, independent restaurant he helped found. The [...]

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Perhaps I’m (totally) biased, but I really do think DC is the best of the big US cities. Where else do you get such a perfect combination of city living, history and nature? I’m definitely a city girl at heart but also love a healthy dose of the great outdoors. One of the things I’ve [...]

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I just love foodgawker. It’s a great way to learn about new blogs and recipes outside of our little bubble of the blogging community. And the photos are BEAutiful! The other day I was browsing through when I saw the cutest thing ever. Baked pumpkin oatmeal on the site Cooking With My Kid. I decided I HAD [...]

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Welcome back! Like most weekends when there are visitors in town, I have SO MUCH to share today. In the interest of your interest in my posting, I’m going start splitting looong catch-up posts up over several days. That way there’s not an information overload one day and a boring bowl of oatmeal the very next. I [...]

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We had a nice evening yesterday to pre-celebrate my mum’s birthday before the REAL celebrations begin once the weekend arrives. We wanted to keep things simple since Louisa and I had to get up for work and my dad was quite jet lagged, so we just had an Italian supper close to home. The place [...]

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Hey Friends! Sometimes I like to click through my old blog posts and find especially pretty pictures from past meals. And today, I thought it would be fun to compile some of my faves into a special little post. I also want to take some time to address something which I’ve been asked about it several [...]

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Hey Everyone! I know I complained and complained about how much I hated Trader Joe’s when I lived in Foggy Bottom but of course now that I’ve moved away from it, I miss it dearly! You see, Trader Joe’s is the ONLY grocery shopping option in FB, so unless I ventured into Georgetown I was [...]

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Welcome back! Friday night we had a DELICIOUS supper. My friend Liz and her boyfriend were in town visiting from Chicago. We’d been trying all week to coordinate a dinner for a zillion people which is always a complicated task. At the last minute we ended up in Eastern Market with plans to dine at Acqua al [...]

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Friiiiday. Not only is it Friday, it’s payday. What better excuse to have a delicious lunch?? The other day, Tasting Table sent out an email about Taylor Gourmet’s new roast beef sammies. I am not the biggest red meat lover but I’m pretty sure Taylor can do no wrong and so I was more than happy to [...]

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