peaches & dream

weekend fun!

hello, little sweeties! happy monday... i hope you all had wonderful weekends! ours was so lovely! friday afternoon i received these yummy goodies in the mail (they're the steve madden annnie-l and they're going to be my go-to fall footwear... i love them so much i'm going to order them in either taupe or black, too):

we spent friday night in watching twin peaks and drinking malbec (yum!) and saturday we headed down to boston for our friends' paul & amanda's wedding. we started the afternoon with ginger beer and vodka lemonade that my dear friend courtney made... so yummy!

yummiest summer cocktail!

vintage barware i gifted to court last christmas

courtney's feline, toni danza, clearly very stressed about the wedding.

taking care of business.

bridesmaid hangout & wine tasting!

hello, loves! sorry for the blip in space over the past few days but i was so wrapped up in my lovely alex visiting! we wandered around and went thrifting and ate yummy food and had so much fun and it was so much fun to see her! i'm sad she had to go, but i am so grateful for the time we got to spend together.

last night after alex left i headed over to isis' house to hang out with her bridal party & taste a couple of the possible wines that they'll have at the wedding! lona brought a delicious baguette, three different types of cheese, yummy olives (which i only very recently discovered my love for) and gourmet cookies. amelia made toasted bruschetta topped with garlic, goat cheese, cucumber, salt and pepper - yummmmm!

the real treat of the evening was seeing isis in her wedding dress. she looked so beautiful! here are a couple of photos of the food and wine spread (before we dug in). enjoy!

lunch date with lona at street

hello, hello! this afternoon lovely lona and i had a lunch date at street followed by bridesmaid tasks and shopping. lunch was so delicious, though, and we both got the same thing - a half-size cobb salad (their salads are HUGE) and iced tea which was also super yummy!

fourth of july red, white and blue party

happy holiday! did you all have a long weekend? the dream and i are right in the middle of our long weekend at the moment since the shop was closed yesterday for july 4th. we spent yesterday morning having breakfast with my parents and then headed over to four tree island to celebrate our friend dani's first day as an american citizen! she threw a red, white and blue party and there was music, lots of grilled food, wiffle ball and patriotic attire. it was so much fun!

chatting like good americans

fashionable patriotic attire

wiffle ball strategy

oceana was not impressed with my pre-greeting photo-taking

wiffle ball!

seth is extremely american, as you can see

lounging!

bachelorette party delight!

hello dreamy babies! the bachelorette party was so much fun... we took care of business and bought our bridesmaid dresses, did some relaxing, ate some delicious food and threw down some serious moves on the dance floor. here are some snapshots... sorry there aren't more but i was too busy enjoying the company of some lovely ladies to take photos every five minutes, so these few will have to do. enjoy!

lona outside of david's bridal

isis & laura purchasing bridesmaid dresses!

on our way to soakology

soaking... so good!

katia post-soak

isis post-soak

yours truly post-soak

lona post-soak

deciding on wine at local 188...

beautiful mural next to our table

beautiful bride-to-be!

duck two ways? done and done!

pretty table setting

mmmmmm lingenberries!

isis, oceana and dani sharing strawberry shortcake & lingenberry & vanilla bean ice cream!

if you live in the greater seacoast area of new hampshire or maine (or ever get the chance to come visit) please please PLEASE treat yourself to a soak at soakology and dinner & drinks at local 188. we honestly could not have made better choices for spoiling ourselves.

mojo's bbq shack - portsmouth, nh

hello my sweet peaches! it's very fitting that today's earlier blog post was a what we wore featuring bee, nicole and myself because yesterday we had a lunch date! we went to mojo's bbq shack and i was very excited because this was my first trip to mojo's and (as you've probably guessed by now) i looooooooooove me some bbq!

we sat around and had delicious drinks with grenadine (i've been on a serious shirley temple kick lately!) and lots of delightful girl talk. it was loads of fun!

mmmmmmmmmmmmm bbq!

what we ate - picnic dinner

hello sweetie baby darlings! hope you all had a great weekend and a lovely start to your week! i worked all day yesterday (hence no blog posts) and monday is actually my friday since i have tuesdays and wednesdays off from work so the dream and i decided to celebrate the start of the "weekend" (as well as the gorgeous weather) by having a picnic dinner!

we are super lucky to live where we do... we live a stone's throw away from the water and around the corner from our house is a beautiful park on a little peninsula which is where we decided to eat. we bought yummy treats at the health food store after i got out of work and walked over to have dinner in the grass.

perfect picnic setting!

dreamy boyfriend with delicious sesame beet salad!

we are both total suckers for beets... delicious AND gorgeous.

nom nom nom

... yes, it is absolutely as delicious as you think it would be.

... and pie happened.

admiring the vegan chocolate peanut butter pie...

oh. hi!

pretty anthropologie headband!

date nights are so much fun - especially when you get to have some serious alone time with your sweetie! there's something to be said for sitting alone in a field of grass with the person you're smitten with sharing delicious foods and stealing kisses. what's your favorite way to spend date night?

viva deli - asheville, nc

hi, lovelies! i am back from vacation and in the real world (ho, hum!) and already missing my marissa like crazy! friday night we had dinner at this little jewish (non-kosher) deli called viva deli. marissa had the italia sandwich (prosciutto, sweet soprasetta, provolone, marinated artichoke hearts, tomato, & onion on fresh-baked ciabatta) and i had the francaise (oven-baked turkey, melted brie, tomato, red onion and raspberry mayo on foccacia) - so yummy! super cheap and quick, too. i also tried cheerwine for the first time which was created in salisbury, nc and is cherry soda, ALSO SO YUMMY! see here...

sunny point brunch & the dreamiest stuffed french toast ever!

so on saturday morning marissa and i went for brunch at sunny point cafe in west asheville. she first brought me here when i last visited 3 years ago and insisted that i try the savory stuffed french toast. needless to say, i have literally been dreaming about that stuffed french toast for the past three years. it was (aside from visiting marissa and meeting asa) the one thing i was seriously excited about doing while i was here. we thought we would have to wait a while before eating but it only took about 5 minutes to seat us... and it was a good thing, because we were pretty dang hungry.

marissa sitting outside of sunny point before breakfast

"the savory one"... the stuff dreams are made of...

THE TOAST, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND

marissa's lunch, the "b.l.a.t."

yummmmmmms!

see that face? THAT IS MY EPIC NOM FACE. dreamiest breakfast face. EVER!

that was so worth the three year wait. it was so delicious i can't even tell you. i need to try and convince someone around these parts that it would be the best idea to make this kind of delicious dish for me pretty much every weekend. any volunteers?

if you get to asheville at any point PLEASE visit sunny point and PLEASE try the savory stuffed french toast - i can personally promise you you will not be disappointed.

mela indian lunch buffet!

i just wanted to post a quick little update (again)! marissa and i just had lunch at the most delicious indian restaurant i've ever been to called mela. it's right on lexington, smack dab in the middle of downtown. i ate here the last time i was in asheville and it is just so totally yummy.

beautiful lunch date!

yummy delicious!

i made her try beets! this is the face she made afterwards... poor marissa!

after lunch i wandered into a little artist cooperative and found myself in a booth full of handmade mirrors... and i fell totally head over heels in love with one! i'm going to save up some money and have marissa purchase it for me & send it to me! it's in the shape of a banner and i think it would look so perfect above the dream's & my bed...

so so so so SO DREAMY!

and then i turned around and saw a wall full of bird mirrors! it immediately made me think of this post from my dear eva. they're all different shapes and sizes and were very reasonably priced, ranging from $28-$48. so sweet!

as for now, i'm off to do some more shopping with my bestie! enjoy your weekends!