Wednesday, November 21, 2007

November Racing Towards Thanksgiving


Wishing you all a very happy Thanksgiving. This should be a time to reflect, rejoice, and reunite with family and friends.

For all of you who are participating in some Thanksgiving Day races, I salute you, but do not envy you. Although Rob and I have participated in said activities in the past and very well may next Thanksgiving, I had my fill of walking the 5K race in Virginia Beach Town Center on November the 10th with a great group of girls. I also had fun designing our Team's shirts. For a detail of the design please take a look at the latest update on the left under "Image of the Moment."



Fall is not only a time for appreciating the change of the seasons and holiday cheer, but a time to go to craft fairs, spray paint chairs, catch a rugby game, and get crafty! Below you will find the adorable hand-made owl that I bought from my good friend Cassie a couple of weekends ago at the Handmade Parade Craft Fair in Norfolk. This inspiring little guy got Rob and I excited to get our craft on and spray painted our dinky old fold up chairs a beautiful red to compliment the red tones of our dining room. Take a look!





Hope you all have very delicious Thanksgiving Holidays and look forward to catching you up after Turkey Day.



Love, Maria

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Halloween

With Autumn finally creeping in, Rob and I have been getting into the Fall spirit by watching the changing leaves, going on walks, arranging gourdes and pumpkin displays on our *new dining room table, and of course participating in Halloween.

October's set of activities started with the wine festival at Town Point Park where we had a chance to sample some delicious wine. Hundreds of people turned out for this event and we literally experienced having to wade through a sea of people. Quickly realizing the lines were too thick to penetrate in a timely manner, we decided to buy our own bottle of the next wine we both liked. After choosing a bottle, we sauntered off quite pleased with ourselves, found a spot more removed from the jumbled masses, and settled in for a nice chat while we finished off the bottle between the two of us!




Because we so enjoy cooking together, that weekend was also filled with some amazing dishes and a chance to properly enjoy our new table! This Spring Vegetable Risotto dish was amazing and highly recommended. For the recipe, just email me.

Aside from our wine tasting and culinary adventures, the weekend prior to Halloween was an adventure in costumes. After diligent searching and not much prep time, we found the perfect finishing touch for Rob's Halloween costume....and being such BIG Redsox fans, we were quite pleased with the end result. Rob was ready, under concealing clothing, to hit Adams Morgan for the birthday/Halloween celebration.





The night was filled with introductions. We met up with the Chiquita Banana, Strawberry, and Grape trio; Indiana Jones and a construction worker; and finally we were all introduced to......Jonathan (Rob) Pappelbaum doing his river dance! Take a look at Rob's Halloween costume as he starts his Irish jig......






Because the bar was not well lit, we could not get a video of Jonathan (Rob) Pappelbaum doing his river dance, but hope to catch him in the act some time soon!


Happy Autumn!