Food Network- I love you

FOOD.
I don't spend much time watching T.V. But when I do, I watch the Food Network. The only downside is I always find myself wandering into the kitchen during commercials. I love watching people make food. I end up learning new ways to cook and I also learn of great restaurants and recipes. Cory and I even visited a burger spot we saw on Man vs. Food. Man vs. Food is actually on the Travel Channel but it's a show about food, so naturally it's another one of my favorites. The restaurant is called Twisted Root Burger Co. in Dallas. I highly suggest it! I had a buffalo burger and Cory had a blue cheese burger with bacon. They were heaven.
Some other recent delicious foods I've enjoyed lately-
Fruit Cobbler at Z Tejas. There are no words to describe. This cobbler is served still sizzling in the skillet with a large scoop of melting vanilla ice cream. Enough said.
Reed's salad with Salmon at The Grove in Westlake. Everyone likes there salad's differently. But this salad was made for me. It has the perfect amount of dressing with carmelized pecans and feta cheese. The salmon was perfect. YUM! My girlfriend and I also shared a bottle of 2008 Sauvignon Blanc- Robert Oatley, from Western Australia. I can't wait to go back! I think it's becoming me and Hillary's spot...

FASHION.
I found this polish at a salon in Westlake the other day and couldn't resist. I think I've found my summer color!
The polish is called No Room For The Blues by OPI



Today I wandered through Anthropologie and really wanted to buy this.



And this.



And this.




But then I reminded myself I didn't need anything. And I walked very slowly to the exit...


TRAVEL.
I booked my flight to Colorado! I can't wait to be in the mountains. Cory and I leave July 23rd and come back August 1st. I'm so excited to hike and fly fish and get out of the heat for a while. I'm finallyyy going to hike Longs Peak. This summer is the summer! Here's a picture her massiveness...



Long's Peak is the only "fourteener" in Rocky Mountain National Park. My brother did it when he was 9. Ridiculous. July 23rd can't come soon enough!

My List, etc.

First post on my new and improved blog! I'm excited to keep and maintain this blog, unlike my last sad attempt. I'm much more motivated this time around. First topic of the blog: Things to accomplish before my 22nd birthday.

Lists are such a convenient thing. Lately I'll make lists for things that I honestly would have no problem remembering mentally. But it makes me feel organized and accomplished when I look down and see all the items crossed off. When I decide not to make a list, regret inevitably follows...I forget the plastic forks or the ice. So, I have learned to always opt for making a list. The following is kind of the "grocery list" for the 21st year of my life. I will continue to add to my list along the way. But I'll attempt to make some headway tonight. Some things I'm including I've already done, but most are things I've decided I must do before my 22nd birthday. Roughly 355 days on the clock, here we go...

1. Skydive
2. Buy something vintage
3. Listen to a record, on a REAL record machine.
4. Pick up a hitchhiker (not alone)
5. NOT lose all the spanish I've learned over the past three years.
6. Read more books
7. Run a half marathon...yikess
8. Make ice cream from scratch
9. Swim a mile
10. Rescue an animal
11. Tye Dye my own T-shirt
12. Go on a picnic
13. Explore a new place
14. Learn to snowboard... and be decent
15. Make something crafty
16. Finish all the books I started, but never finished.
17. Become more politically educated


Ok so there's a few to get me started. I want to start posting pics along with my list as I check things off, but I am currently without a camera. Hopefully that will change soon.

This weekend was Davis and Leanne's Stock the BarGE shower. Here are a few pics that will sum up the day...
The bottom picture- group shotgun. Yeppp that's impressive.
Congrats D and Leanne!!





Books...
I am working on finishing my most recent book right now, A Million Miles in A Thousand Years By: Donald Miller. I'm loving it so far and I'm hoping to post some of my favorite quotes or lessons I've taken away from the book in the next couple of days.

Music...
New Band Of Horses CD- GET IT NOWWW. It grows on you. Dilly, Blue Beard, Laredo, and Compliments are the best tracks in my opinion. Some of the others get to moany and slow for me. But overall the CD is excellent... it won't disappoint.