I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! First off, thank you for all those who served in the military or who are actively serving!
We had a very busy, but productive weekend , so I’m sorry I was MIA yesterday. Since we have exactly one month (which I’m excited for and stressed all at the same time!) until we move into our new house, we have been busy packing and purging things we no longer use. It is amazing how much stuff you accumulate over the years, especially after having a child! Packing and moving are my least favorite things to do , so I’ll be SO glad when we are settled into our new house.
Before all of the packing began, my husband and I enjoyed a wonderful date night on Friday at Revolution Wines in midtown Sacramento, thanks to a great Groupon deal! We ordered a few small plates and a couple glasses of wine that were all delicious. I especially loved their Zin! Sorry, we were too busy talking and enjoying our food and vino that I forgot to take any pictures.
After our meal, we ended the evening with one of the best cappuccinos we have had (even competing with ones we had in Costa Rica and Italy!) at Temple Coffee that is right next door. I had heard about their coffee, but never had a chance to try it, so I was excited to see what everyone has been talking about. Temple sources all of their beans directly from farmers (farm to cup), roasts all of their beans in house, offers monthly classes on coffee making and all of their baristas go through a formal training. You can certainly tell that they take their coffee seriously, treating it as a fine art, and my husband and I can’t wait to go back for more cappuccinos!
SO creamy and good!
On Saturday, we celebrated my father-in-law’s birthday with the Tour de Cluck, a bike ride through Davis (with lots of other activities along the way) to raise funds for the Yolo Farm to Fork’s Davis Farm to School program and the Davis Art Center. We visited several chicken coops and learned about raising chickens, which now my husband and Keenan want to do! We have to move first, get a dog and THEN we can think about getting chickens, ha! Anyhow, we had a blast and the weather was perfect. We also brought my father-in-law donuts from Doughbot, for an extra special treat to start off our morning and everyone loved them.
One of the coops on our stops!
Sunday and yesterday were filled with lots of packing and searching for light fixtures and mirrors at IKEA, Home Depot, Lowes, Pier One Imports and finally, we found what we liked, except for two mirrors! Who knew how long it could take to decide on lights and mirrors?
We also enjoyed some yummy new creations over the weekend. After we put Keenan to bed on Saturday and Sunday nights, we made a new Grilled Cabbage Salad, but with chicken and a peanut sauce, as well as a zuchinni “noodle” salad that were both delicious! Look for the recipes to come soon!
The perfect summer salads!
Well, that’s it for today. Keenan and I have a lot of errands to run for our new house, so I better get a move on (especially if I want to go to CrossFit this morning)! Enjoy your day!
Questions:
Did you do anything fun over the holiday weekend?
Are you a coffee or wine lover, or both?
Coffee and wine both…Definitely NO or there 🙂
Looks like you had a wonderful weekend!
Glad to know another coffee and wine lover! When I was pregnant, I actually developed an aversion for coffee, but (thankfully) after having Keenan, my love for coffee quickly came back! 🙂
Sounds like a fun weekend! That bike ride tour sounds especially fun! I bet Keenan loved all the chickens but I think our dog would have a field day with them! Those dishes look delicious! I love cabbage lately!
Keenan loved seeing all of the chickens, in fact he continues to ask us what they are all doing! Cabbage is one of my favorite veggies these days, too. There are so many ways to eat it!
What a great weekend . . . the date night at Revolution Wines sounds like it turned out well!
Yes, it was a lot of fun! We were definitely in need of a date night!
What a wonderful weekend. We love bike riding too. I remember going on family bike rides on Sunday evenings when I was little and I hope to start that with our family. 🙂
My family went on family bike rides on the weekends when I was little, too. I want to start doing them more often with Keenan, because he has so much fun!
I love both coffee and wine…………in moderation of course. Our weekend was full with volunteer work at our town’s baseball tournament. My Boy Scout son also put out flags for Memorial Day at a local cemetary and then marched in the parade on Monday. Keenan is adorable. And……..how on earth do you pull off looking cute in a bike helmet?
Nice, another coffee and wine lover! 🙂 It sounds like you had a busy, but fun weekend! You are too sweet, I actually really didn’t like that picture of me in my over-sized bike helmet, ha!
Aww, yay for date night! And sometimes it’s best to just live in the moment and forget about the pictures! 🙂
Love the salads! I keep going back and forth on whether or not I should get a spiralizer….thinking I might try putting my vegetable peeler to good use in the next few weeks now that zucchini is popping up at the farmers market!
I am definitely a coffee AND wine lover, though I have to drink decaf since I’m so sensitive to caffeine!
Yes, date nights are SO needed! I agree, it can be so tiresome to take pictures all the time, so I just say forget it sometimes! 🙂
It’s nice to know another fellow coffee and wine lover! My husband is the same way with caffeine, so he has to do half caf or decaf, too!