This magazine is awesome. My mom saw it for the first time this week and fell in love with it too. Looking through it with mom made me realize how many ideas I've pulled from their designers. I usually just pick it up in the grocery store, but since it has become such a regular fixture around the house I think it's time for a subscription.
Walk in love. Ephesians 5:2
We took these pictures right before we went out to dinner and the show - the Rockettes that I posted about below. It was so nice to go out in our town with family. We cherished every moment.
Tapas is one of my favorite types of food. I love that I can taste test a lot of different dishes without people getting mad at me for picking off their plate! And it is so nice not leave a restaurant feeling stuffed. Last night we went to Eclipse di Luna in Buckhead before seeing the Rockettes at the Fox.
I think there was a consensus on at least one dish - we all loved the tomato and mozzarella with balsamic & olive oil - THIS sounds just like the recipe. It couldn't be any easier! Mom and I will definitely try this one at our houses soon.
My parents and aunt came in town to see the Rockettes with us at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. On a side note, the Fox Theater was opened on Christmas Day in 1929. This was Jay and my first time seeing the Rockettes so we were excited to see them at the Fox. We're so glad that we saw it live instead of watching the DVD. Although, now I think we'll buy it just to have when we want the Christmas spirit. You can buy it here.
We also sat in the Orchestra level. This time our view was so much better than the balcony seats that we had this summer. I would definitely recommend spending the extra $20 or so for Orchestra level.
This year we tried a couple of new dishes for Thanksgiving. One was the Trifle I posted about below. We also tried a pork loin with a mustard/honey/rosemary sauce wrapped in bacon. It was really simple and it turned out to be so tasty. Here's the recipe.
(The ham was from Honeybaked, and the side dish is just peaches with cranberry sauce - baked in the oven for about 30 minutes on 250. We also tried the sweet potato casserole from Honey Baked. It received a lot of compliments!)
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So happy to have family in town for Thanksgiving this year!
Jay made our Thanksgiving dessert. It is Paula Dean's Pumkin Gingerbread Trifle and you can find the recipe here. It is delicious and so easy!!! It could be a wonderful Christmas dessert too.
This morning I met a friend for breakfast in East Atlanta at a darling coffee shop & store. It's called Belly General Store. You can see their web site here. A movie was recently made here with Katherine Heigl...it's a creatively decorated store and I think I may have gathered a few more ideas for my house!
My parents stopped by after flying into ATL from St. Thomas. They often stay near the airport the day of their flight and drive home the next day. This morning they called and said, "We're on our way through, do you mind if we stop by?" Of course, we were thrilled to see them. Love family surprises like today!
I've been working on one of our guest rooms for a while. I knew that I wanted to go clean and simple - that's the style that we feel the most comfortable in.
My parents had an extra bed and headboard last year, which they kindly gave us last year...and gave me a jump start for decorating. The headboard was gold, so I spray painted it black. I knew that I didn't want to spend too much money to finish off the rest. I found the chest & side table in different antique stores, and printed pictures we already had from a trip for the collage over the bed. I picked out the fabric from Outrageous Bargains, and had pillows and the side table cover made by a seamstress. The side decorations all came from the outlets. I think each item was about $10. The lamps were only $30 on closeout from Target, a total steal. Finally ..the room is done...now it's ready for our Thanksgiving guests!
**The paint color is Stone by Restoration Hardware.
I drove up to Canton this morning to pick up some pillows and table cover that I had made for our guest room. I wish I would have brought our camera, please excuse these pictures from my camera phone. It is so beautiful out in the country.
This is an old Barn at the end of someone's driveway. It was so pretty, I stopped short in the middle of the road to take a picture of it. They had it so nicely decorated for fall.
A closer look:
These horses came right up to the fence after I snapped this photo. I thought the dogs would be afraid, but they were so excited to say hello to them.
We're pretty jazzed that we got a new camera. It is a Canon. As much as we like to take pictures, learning how to use it is going to be so much fun!
Here's one of the first shots I took with the camera.
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