light & mighty moscow mules

The weather here in San Francisco is just now starting to feel summery. It’s a bit strange but while everywhere else is blazingly hot during the summer months, the city is covered in a thick layer of fog. It’s only when things start to cool down everywhere else that the warm sunshine returns. Having been gone

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roasted eggplant quinoa salad

I have a funny relationship with eggplant. Most weeks I’ll completely pass it by in the grocery store without even a glance, but every now and then I’ll get a full-on craving for it and have to make a special trip to pick some up. Monday was one of those nights. My favorite eggplant dish

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Wedding Week: Five Moments

I feel so fortunate to have married my best friend, the man who has me laughing the moment I wake up every morning. Sharing our love and commitment for one another before this special group of friends and family was nothing short of magical. Looking back at our wedding photos time and time again this

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Wedding Week: Details & Decor

There’s no doubt wedding details and decor require intense planning, ample creativity and almost always some last minute flexibility. Especially weddings in the Italian countryside where the locals are stubborn and the only way to communicate your vision is through Pinterest photos. With the church and reception booked, the real detail planning began back in

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Wedding Week: The Ceremony

Nine months into dating, Rob and I took our first true vacation together. We met in Rome and spent an entire week touring Umbria and Tuscany while staying at a friend’s place in this tiny hamlet of Morruzze. At the end of our trip, Mario, one of the locals we’d  come to know quite well,

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