Showing posts with label 25th street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 25th street. Show all posts

Monday, July 16, 2012

over the weekend
















































we started the weekend off by seeing one of the sweetest movies i have seen in a very long time, Moonrise Kingdom, followed by dinner at one of our favorite thai restaurants, eastside diner

that next morning was ogden's farmers market. oh, how i anticipate farmers market season every year! my sister joined me. the two of us always have a great time. so many new vendors, and our favorites are back as well (limeades...the best part of the farmers market).

while i was enjoying the farmers market, my talented husband was using his self-taught mechanic skills to change out the brakes on my car (he's amazing...i've said that before right). he then had some fun of his own and went kayaking with his brother.

feeling adventurous, i cooked a new vegetable (obtained at the farmers market) as a side for dinner that night. swiss chard. cooked in butter with onions and garlic. not bad. we'll eat it again (its health benefits are incredible!)

i was in the cooking mood and also made copy-cat levain bakery peanut butter dark chocolate cookies. they were good. and hit my cookie craving spot. but i realized that no common person can recreate the real levain cookies.

later that night, while gordon was putting the finished touches on his church talk, i watched a movie on my new ipad (that husband of mine spoils me rotten).

i was so excited for church sunday. i love listening to gordon speak. he's a natural. i have to have everything written out. he has bullet points to help him stay on track. his talks are always great. he's such a great example to me.

gordon's family had a belated birthday celebration for me. they are so good to me...i love them so much! mel made me a fancy angel food cake. the little man helped me blow out my candles (best birthday cake candle blower outer helper ever!). we had a great sunday evening hanging out with gordon's family. those little ones make sundays that much better.

hope you all had a great weekend too!


Monday, June 11, 2012

ogden arts festival

the ogden arts festival is one way i know summer is here. we did a replay of last year. met up with my mom, step-dad, nephew, and sister and ate breakfast on 25th street (two bit street cafe...their eggs benedict sauce was divine!). we walked around admiring all the local talent. later on we met up with my dad and step-mom. we listened to live music (the acoustic stage was my favorite). my dad bought me a gift i'm sort of obsessed with. and before we left we bought gourmet popcorn as a treat for later that evening.

the only thing different from last year was that i didn't buy any artwork. but that's not to say there wasn't anything there i wouldn't have loved to own. but we're sorta saving for something right now and i'd rather put my money towards that then anything else.





Monday, June 4, 2012

sister time: 25th street auction



our first auction.  we didn't know how to purchase anything and got there late.  but we had a blast none the less.   The auction was held in an old building on 25th which could be the future home to our restaurant with roof-top dining.  that would be pretty new york city of ogden to have that.  after the auction we walked around, my sis bought some gourmet popcorn and we ended the day with fancy lemonades.