Galentine's Day!

It's such a shame when you don't have a Valentine...

Unless you have a bacon rose.

Just kidding. I'd like a bacon rose and my crush to like me back.

Today, though, is Galentine's Day where you get together with your... you guess it! Gals!

The wind was gusting at roughly 94 miles per hour, so the streamers became part of our outfits.

 

Mom arranged these beautiful flowers!

We had some brunchy foods: a donut topiary, quiche, obviously bacon roses...

Then it was time for dessert! Pink Velvet Trifle, served by darling Rachel.

Being the weird human I am, I figured we needed a little game- "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not"! Basically it's the Bean Boozled game, where there are two identical jelly beans, one is barf flavored and one is peach, or lawn clippings and lime, dog food and chocolate pudding... you name it, they got it. We'd pop one in our mouth, and if we got the bad flavor, "HE LOVES ME NOT!!!!"

Thankfully we washed them down with some bubbles.

Surprisingly, we ended up getting a valentine after all!

Naturally we had to dance our food off. Kara, your hair?

I had such a fun time. Big thanks to Mom and Dad for helping a girl out. And actually, a gigantic thanks to my Dad for BUILDING THE ENTIRE DECK AND PERGOLA WITH HIS BARE HANDS HELLO. It's beautiful- thank you for providing a lovely location for Galentine's Day!!

Missing Summer

"You always want what you don't have."

This is true for me when it comes to the seasons. In the depths of summer when my hair is a ball of damp frizz and lotion rolls off my legs with every bead of sweat, I picture a crisp winter day. Conversely, when it has been chilly for a few weeks, I long for bathing suits and watermelon... and a beach in SoCal.

Let's daydream together for a bit?

King Cake Galore

So Mardi Gras is just around the corner... A lot of people are really quite excited.

I think the whole "Mardi Gras" scenario dives so deep into the Cajun culture, of which I try and stay in the shallow. Sue me, the food is tasty but the accents make my throat hurt.

Thankfully, I found a little Mardi Gras-ish activity that was perfect for me- a King Cake Taste-Off at The Grove. I brought my trusty sidekick Lexi and we got to tasting!

 

There were at least 15 different places to taste from and luckily we were third in line :)

There was even a king cake flavored snow cone from Kona Ice!

A boudin stuffed king cake with pepper jelly... hellur!

 

Cheers!

We had such a good time. Thank you for putting it on, Sulphur! Let's do it again!