WEEKENDING

                 

Lucky Peach / Coffee / Coffee Shopping / Bourbon Renewal

I'm pretty predictable with my weekend routine; coffee, reading, coffee, reading, good food and (hopefully) a good cocktail. I tried out this recipe for the Bourbon Renewal, which I found via this lovely ladies' blog. Much to my delight, it was really, really delicious. It will definitely become a staple in my cocktail repertoire.  Other weekend activities included seeing The Master (woah, intense) and making carnitas, which takes forever but is tasty enough to make up for it. 

WEEKENDING

coffee shop reading / biscuits & gravy / bloody mary / pancakes / mia / house ogling

Another weekend spent in Minneapolis getting away from the lack of coffee shops & bookstores in St Cloud. There was an attempt to go see the Rembrandt exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, but apparently we weren't the only ones with that idea and it was sold out. Alas, we shall try next weekend. That plate of brown up there? Well, it may not look appetizing, but it was quite delicious. I'm a southern (food) gal at heart and I can't say no to biscuits and gravy. Also consumed? A bite or two of my dude's apple pancakes and a bloody mary. Can I stop for a second to talk about some of the seriously beautiful homes in Uptown Minneapolis? There are a few Victorians that are truly epic (if you're the kind of person who thinks that old homes are rad, like me). 

Here's to a great week!

quick note: seriously digging these tracks by Chrome and the Ice Queen that I found via Kate Miss. They have a Kate Bush vibe, which is always much appreciated in my book.

WEEKENDING

spyhouse / magers & quinn / blackbird / pork bun / peanut noodles

I have to say that I definitely enjoyed my long weekend, which is probably evident by the fact that I didn't get back on here to post about it until today. Having just moved to Minnesota, we don't know much about our closest metropolis, Minneapolis, so we decided to get out and explore. On Saturday we found, I kid you not, our dream coffee shop. I always thought that Austin would hold my favorite cafe to laze at (I love you Houndstooth), but Spyhouse officially wins the award for best ambience. I could literally rhapsodize for days about how perfectly homey this place is, but I'll refrain. On top of being beautiful the coffee and confections were topnotch. Needless to say, I'll be back (I'd be there everyday if it weren't for the whole being 65 miles away thing). The rest of the day involved a badass bookstore, a great record store and a crazy good meal at Blackbird.

On next weekends agenda? A Rembrandt exhibit and copious amounts of espresso.