maple walnut sandwich cookies

Good morning! If you’re a maple walnut ice cream fan, you need these cookies in your life. These maple walnut sandwich cookies earned me the title “sandwich cookie queen” among my grad school girlfriends this weekend. If you’re thinking, “That’s random…”, check out my carrot cake sandwich cookies and you’ll understand why. I whipped these up for our

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girl time

I don’t think I could possibly have had a better weekend. Four of my grad school girls and I were reunited after a few months apart since classes ended in May. Rob got wind of the reunion and voluntarily deserted Chapel Hill to let us have some quality girl time. Anne drove from DC and

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red jalapeño room

Having your fiancé move in is the perfect excuse to give your apartment a facelift. I’ve gotten a few requests in the past for an apartment tour but thought I’d wait until everything got a fresh coat of paint to show you my little home! I took a ton of photos so I’ll start with my favorite place

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go green veggie curry

I’ve gone green this week. This perfect storm of green curry &  green vegetables happened in my kitchen last night and I have three things to thank: I was craving almost every green vegetable imaginable. I have, no joke, 10 pounds of frozen shrimp in my freezer. TEN. I’m a sucker for a sale. My

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steel & lace

Hi friends! Happy Monday! The hubs-to-be and I got back from Paris yesterday but my camera is still full of wonderful photos from our last few days there. The next couple of posts will be groupings of the best of the best, while we get back into our normal routine. I was searching for a

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