Food, Friends, Firespitting?!

S & J were oh-so-kind as to invite the whole gang to their neck of the woods for a BBQ over the weekend. Few things are better than getting together with this bunch— lots of laughs, loads of great food... and for the first time ever: FIRESPITTING!

FOOD

First up: my contribution to the bbq— the ooey gooeyist mac n' cheese of all time. Nothing redeeming about this recipe (which actually isn't even a recipe so much as a bunch of cheese with heavy whip and butter). Special occasions call for especially decadent tastiness.

Cheese.

Whip.

4 other cheeses.

Almost there.

Mix in elbows, pop in the oven for an hour or so. Don't even look like pouring breadcrumbs over this goodness! (I'm actually anti-breadcrumbs in ANY mac n' cheese to be perfectly honest)

All the other delicious bbq fare--

FRIENDS

Miss Mac and Bella

Pretty respectable daytime conversation... I'd even go so far as to say "innocent."

As soon as the sun set, did somebody say Johnnie Walker TROUBLE?

So it begins...

Bottoms up— until the bottle was emptied (womp, womp).

Asked Amwilli to take a picture of me and the girls (as all the other boys were doing). THIS is what ended up on the camera... Thaaanks, dear.

I hope Miss Mac doesn't mind that I yoinked the one from her page to make up for Mr. Willi's ineptitude.

Bet you thought I forgot, but really— how could I?

FIRESPITTING!

Guess that's what Johnnie Walker will get you. See you crazies in Philly :)

Saturday in a nutshell

Saturday was a fantastic day full of food, friends and fun. Here's the rundown—

Food: lunch courtesy of Lola Café and Bakery in Rockville. Argentinian empanadas and quiche. The empanada shell is unreal and the quiche is quite decadent— good thing they're on the small side!

Next up, Barefoot Contessa red velvets. Normally I'm not into prepackaged baked goods, but this was a lovely gift, and I wanted to take some goodies to the ladies. I ended up tossing the frosting mix that was included and making my own just to feel a little better. In any case, if you're looking for a quick red velvet fix, this is definitely the way to go!

Friends & Fun: Miss Mac was in town for the weekend so we headed to J & J's for a much-needed get-together. The girls stayed in and the boys went out on the town... oh my, how girl talk has evolved from when we were 14-year-olds!

Quotes of the night, in no particular order, and without any context (to maintain a little mystery, of course):

"We can talk about the boys, or talk about babies." "Is that what our lives have become?" "How sad."

"Wow, that's a large amount of hair down there!"

"She's the mother of my children, the flowering garden of my... gardens."

And in honor of my favorite quote of the night, which (sadly) I cannot post due to it's graphic content...

Highlight: We named it "Sunshine."

Highest Light: Seeing the loves of my life!

Lowlight (deliciously low, but low nonetheless):

Lowest Light: ALL the cupcake tops I ate when I got home. Yeah, that's right—TOPS only. I was like a frosting junkie. I blame the André!

I L♡VE seeing you girls! More pleeease.

xoxo