first day after spring break

went without any coffee. WHY.

spring break

Ahhh...Spring Break. I love you.

Saturday was really rainy, so I stayed home most of the day and then went shopping with Meg. I also started prepping some food for Sunday's brunch. I made double chocolate biscotti, chocolate covered strawberries, and an asparagus and prosciutto strata. Everything is gone now and I didn't snap any photos. We juiced grapefruit and oranges for mimosas. Big hit.

Later we went down to Lucy's Retired Surfer Bar to watch a student from my school perform. He's from Lesotho and his set was adorable. Then we stopped by the W Bar (!!) and I had a cucumber jalapeno cocktail. SPICY.

The day ended with family dinner (delicious steaks!).

Today I did four loads of laundry, cleaned up, and graded tests. The sun finally came out and Eric and I ventured down to the Green Belt.

friday!

heart eggs

Did you ever see the heart shaped eggs pop up on Pinterest? I forgot that I made some a while back. My hearts turned out a little lopsided, but still cute.

I found the instructions here. Basically you boil an egg and while it's still warm you make a set-up with a chopstick to make the indentation.

This week is so busy! I put in my midterm grades on Friday, and then it's Spring Breaaaaaaaaak!

friday!

Happy Friday!

This weekend is a busy one. I just checked the calendar on my phone this morning and realized tomorrow is a five-hour photography class that I bought a groupon for. I can't believe I almost missed that. And a good friend's girlfriend is in town from Florida and the annual Zilker Park Kite Festival is also happening close to my house on Sunday.

Last night was girls' craft night..I was thinking I might be working on something to show on the blog. Nope, we ate and talked for three hours, ha :). I'm promising myself in a week that I'll be able to make some stuff (because it will be SPRING BREAK!!).

Portland, Professional Development and Peanut Butter

I shared the most ridiculous sandwich in Portland this weekend.

A grilled peanut butter sandwich on Challah bread with black cherry jam, jalapeno, and apple wood smoked bacon. There aren't words to describe this sandwich.

I left last Wednesday afternoon for Portland to help lead some professional development that was happening at Mt. Hood Community College. When I was asked if I was interested in helping out with this one, I nearly freaked because a good friend of mine lives in Portland.

Several years ago I biked cross-country and met an incredible girl, Taylor, on the trip. Maybe another day I'll post more about that trip, but I am so glad that her and I shared that experience together. We actually hadn't seen each other since our trip.

Her and I somewhere in the middle of  the country (2006).

Catching up this weekend (2012).

So now that you met Taylor, I can share the story of what happened while splitting our sandwich on the steps outside a little boutique. I finished snapping a couple pictures of the sandwich and we both grabbed our halves. As I was about to bite into it, a lady walked by and goes, "I know that sandwich!" We smiled and shes goes, "That's the Hot Hood sandwich. Where are you guys from?" and I responded "Austin" and she smiled and told us to enjoy it as she walked away.

It turns out she is the owner of the food truck! How neat and really cute that she stopped and talked to us.