On the first day of our trip to Florida last week (pics coming soon!) John got down on one knee and proposed. Sorry to forget about you LJ, Facebook has been saturated with the news. A more detailed (and friends locked) entry to come soon I think but I wanted everyone to know - it's official, we are engaged! And planning a wedding for May/June 2011 ( Read more... )

This weekend we trekked out to Marlborough to John's batizado (capoeira belt test). What a gorgeous drive. Made me want to have a beautiful fall foliage wedding out there, I got lost in the colors and quaintness of it all. But I digress.

John earned his second belt and I am so proud of him! He has busted his butt to learn capoeira and improves with ( Read more... )

Despite starting the first quarter 21-0, the Patriots busted out a win (38-27) against the New York Giants in preseason game 4.

My first time at an NFL game, so exciting! And we tailgated with Mel and Fraley! SUPER FUN!


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This year I made two cakes for John's birthday.

One American, one European. One familiar, one exotic. One birthday standard, one special occasion worthy. Both labor intensive though and both definitely made all from scratch.

First, The Best Birthday Cake. Taken, of course, from Smitten Kitchen. This was a lovely vanilla cake with chocolate frosting ( Read more... )

Last night John and I took a Peruvian Cooking Class at the Boston Center for Adult Education. It was awwwwesome!
I'm so glad we finally did it. It took a bunch of scheduling (and then waiting) but it was totally worth it. Our class was small and the instructor was very knowledgeable and skilled at this type of cooking/cuisine. We learned a ton and ( Read more... )