MAN-PLEASING MEAT PIE

I'm doing it, people. I'm doing it. I'm determined to follow through on the "Recipe Wednesday" thing. Because I love food. And I especially love pretty pictures of food.

Also, I want credit for updating when I've just returned from a Colorado camping trip where I received minimal sleep followed by a delayed flight that dumped us in Houston at 2:30 a.m. ...More on all that later. On to the food!

This is called "Man-Pleasing Meat Pie"

I'm going to say that again - "Man-Pleasing Meat Pie".

Best. Food. Name. Ever.



If I could design the perfect meal for David, this would certainly be it.

This would also be the meal I would create if I wanted to have a massive coronary. Oh well.

Recipe can be found here.

I found this blog via a fantastic website called Taste Spotting. It combines great food with cool photos. It has coined itself as "a community driven visual potluck."

Awesome.

"Steal my heart and hold my tongue..."

COLDPLAY CONCERT

The threatening storm clouds took mercy on us; instead choosing to simply provide a nice breeze.

Waiting.

"...and it was all yellow."

Viva la Vida

"Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music." ~ Ronald Reagan

FOOD.

I'm thinking Wednesdays will be recipe day. At least today will. I make no promises on how well I will follow through with the idea.

I'm inspired by the new green bean (or haricot verts if you want to sound like a foodie) recipe I made last night. It's pretty spectacular. I think it's the cherry tomatoes.



This is something I intend to try at the next possible opportunity. Frozen blackberry-lemon chiffon pie. Looks amazing.

Recipes can be found here and here courtesy of the lovely people at Cooking Light.

Oh what a colorful world...

This is what our walls looked like for the first month in our new place.Living Room Options...

Dining Room Options...Bedroom options.
I was not very decisive and David's response was "I think that will look great" to any color set before him.

In the end, choices were made.
Banana Cream...

Composed...
and Slow Green.

Cayman Islands

~A delayed flight~
~A reunion with old friends~
~A crystal clear ocean~
~A cold beer~
~A good book~
~A party~
~A laugh and a stumble~
~An early-morning boat ride~
~A swim with stingays~
~A nap~
~A perfect dinner on the beach~
~A moment to remember why you love this man~
~A ride on a dolphin~
~A union between two friends in love~
~A celebration~

tony and lisa's destination wedding in the cayman islands

SiLhOUeTtEs

I'm determined to do this in our dining room.

I tracked down profile shots of Dave and I as kids to use...

...and will hopefully not completely screw it up. I'm not very arty.

Thanks to Design Sponge and Color Me Katie for inspiration. (Also obsessed with those pillow from Dwell.)

The Birth of my Fake Brazielian Heritage

Hello.

I'm Emily.

As the title of this blog might suggest, I am now Brazielian...by marriage. My semi-new (we've actually been married for nearly a year) husband's last name is Braziel, which has allowed me to snatch up a much more interesting sounding heritage. Sort of.

He's not really Brazilian of course - of French descent actually. (Hence the interesting spelling of the name - no I'm not that bad a speller.) But still it sounds cool and seeing as I am pale and freckly, it's as close as I am going to get to exotic. Ever.

I do feel confident there were other factors in my decision to marry this man besides the name upgrade...

So, here we are. The newlyweds with the cool last name.

It occurred to me to start a blog when I realized that I now had not one, but two families to keep in touch with and reguarly update about our life. Apparently, this job goes to the girl by default. I'm on Facebook and Twitter and all of that, but most of our relatives and many friends are not.

So, I thought this would be a great way to plug everyone in to what's going on in our food-obsessed, malarkey-loving, fantasy/sci-fi-supporting existence.

Welcome to all.

Enjoy.