i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: matt and i love food. when we first started dating, i noticed matt was a major food snob. he wouldn’t eat at chains {except for the occasional late-night wendy’s run} and only munched on the highest quality nosh. now, i’m just a simple gal from a… Continue reading restaurant review: pago
may is always a big month around here. for starters, it’s my birthday! this year was extra special because we celebrated it a few times.on my actual birthday i had a big event at work, so we went to dinner at olive garden, and then to frozen yogurt that night. my parents sent a gift… Continue reading happy one-year anniversary of the blog {plus, my birthday!}
i’ve been hooked on the mindy project since the pilot. my affinity for a strong, single female lead goes all the way back to the early 2000’s with the debut of the cw’s {before that, the wb’s} gilmore girls. lorelai gilmore, the lead character, is a single mother who gave birth to a bouncing baby… Continue reading and then there were two: pt. 1
we have a big announcement! {no, we’re not pregnant. who’s paying for that?} last week, matt quit his job. please excuse me while i go cry in the corner. as most everyone knows, for the last three years matt’s been working in compliance for the largest investment bank in the world*. it’s been a wonderful… Continue reading cha-cha-changes
i’ve never been into cooking. it wasn’t until i met matt that i even planned to be in the kitchen regularly. i always thought my nanny would take care of that. but sometimes nannies don’t show up until much later in life. and one must learn new skills sooner than one expected. spoiler alert: when i… Continue reading italian cooking class
if you’ve been around me lately, you know i’ve recently become obsessed with personal finance. i am a regular lurker on the subreddit, personal finance and frugal. matt and i have been feverishly saving, but neither of us have a ton of experience with budgeting. so, i turned to the interweb for help {duh, millenial}. right… Continue reading lifehack: how we saved $105 a month
in february of 2014, i walked into the office of one of my favorite hr people and sobbed as i told her i was leaving my job at access communications {now access emanate}. i was heartbroken. ready, but heartbroken. i knew i had to leave san francisco. i’d been thinking and praying about it for… Continue reading my two-year anniversary: utah
in case you don’t have time look through the whole website (link here: http://bit.ly/1SPRlvV), below are the things i am pining away for. carry to a client meeting: kennedy park calista; because nothing says ‘i know all the marketing things’ like a classy-as-hell laptop bag. originally $328, on sale for $199 bring to brunch with your… Continue reading kate spade is having a 75% off sale. this is not a drill!
‘so, how is married life?’ i get this question all the time. i am always quick to answer that i love it and i can barely imagine my life before matt. my heart is so full and it’s a joy everyday to unapologetically love another human. but…there have been some things to get used to. sharing space has… Continue reading you’re on my side!
ugh, winter. my eternal, soulless nemesis that i’ve evaded for many, many years. we meet again. i managed to avoid winter basically altogether last year, which was my first winter in salt lake city. it was one of the warmest dec-april’s utah had ever seen {think in the 50’s almost every day} and i spent most… Continue reading five things to do when it’s 25 degrees outside.
the fisherman's wife 