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Discovering…

Posted by: Lindsay on: March 30, 2009


Hi Everyone!!!  I’m back :)   Slowly, but surely I will return to my old blogging ways, but lately I’ve been occupied with all the joys of moving, having appliances delivered, cleaning, unpacking, organizing, and discovering all the quirks of our new house!

Our house is a little chaotic and we have been nonstop from the moment we moved in until last night… Bill returned back to work today but I have off today and tomorrow in an effort to unpack our clothes and get somewhat organized but it isn’t looking promising.  Although we had a condo before, we are both discovering that there is a lot more involved with owning a large house :)

I plan on sharing little projects with you all and of course our before/after pictures, but I did want to show you my lovely new oven that I was super excited for, as Erin knew well…

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However, we learned that one of the burners is not working so sadly I can’t even use it yet because they are coming out tomorrow to replace it.  Fantastic :/  Oh well… what can ya do, right?

Anyway, we have lots of windows and natural light that flow into our kitchen so I can almost guarantee that my pictures will be 10000 times better than what they were.  Today was a cloudy day for the most part, but look how gorgeous my pictures turned out…

Breakfast

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Lunch

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Snack

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My mom and I both had doctors’ appointments for tonight, so we decided to have an early dinner beforehand… I really wanted to go back to Blue Sage and take her there but they aren’t open on Mondays so I did some googling and found another really cute veggie cafe called “Allways Cafe“…

The verdict?  Well, I was skeptical because I thought nothing could top Blue Sage but upon walking in my mom and I both remarked about how awesome the inside was… it was very cozy, but had an ecletic feel… plus we loved how the paintings on the walls all were to benefit families and children dealing with Autism.  The menu was purely amazing – numerous delicious veggie choices, I had no idea what to choose, but seeing as how I have been lacking serious veggies over the last few days I selected the veggie wrap which was asparagus, roasted peppers, grilled onions, mixed greens, hummus, and feta in a whole wheat wrap.  It was served with a pesto and zuchini pasta salad.  I don’t even know how to tell you how fresh and delicious all of the ingredients were and how yummy everything was! 

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My mom ordered the Fresh Mozarella Panini which was spinach, tomato, mozarella and basil on multigrain bread all toasted up…

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Instead of eating my other half, I split the second half of my mom’s with her… so warm & comforting!

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Then, because we were feeling in a sweet mood, we decided to split a chocolate cookie!  It was firm on the outside but warm and chewy on the inside filled with nuts & chocolate chips!

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All in all, I LOVED this restaurant and so did my mom.  For sure, we will be back!

Ok, now time to take a break from housework and watch 24!

PS.  And just so you know I haven’t gone for a run since last Wednesday!!!!!!!!  I’ve literally had no time, but I’m making it a major priority tomorrow to get back on track :)

35 Responses to "Discovering…"

WELCOME BACk, DEAR LINDSAY!!!!!!!!!! :-D

AHHH you’re back ;) The parts of the kitchen I can see look gorgeous! Good luck with all the unpacking!

Allways Cafe! I was wondering when you’d make the discovery, pooks :) So delish! Their Hummus is perfection in my humble opinion, as are the aforementioned cookies! Yay I’m so glad you loved ittt

that cookie looks like a warm and gooey brownie! yum!!!

Welcome back!!

Moving is such a production!! I remember moving and it took FOREVER to get everything situated. You’ll eventually have everything set and your house with looks gorgeous. :)

Mmm that veggie wrap with the pesto pasta salad looks AMAZING! I would absolutely LOVE THAT! So glad you and your mom enjoyed the restaurant. Sounds wonderful!

will look gorgeous*

That restaurant looks pretty amazing… How exciting to get settled in to a brand new space!!!

isnt natural light fantastic? :)

I’m glad you enjoyed the new restaurant! And have a great run tomorrow!

The cookie looks SO goooey ! I am glad the move has gone smooth!

That panini looks great!

We’re so glad to have you back:)

I agree, your pictures AND stove are gorgeous!

Hope you didn’t eat those carnations ;)

I want your stove. And kitchen, because it has light! Makes my basement suite seem like a cave.

Dinner looks great – your wrap sounds like an excellent combination of flavours :)

YAY! I’m so glad you’re back! You’re right about the oven, ours are almost identical twins!!! It looks beautiful! You know, ours didn’t work right away either. It was definitely annoying :) How many square feet is your house? We moved from a condo to a house too and I was shocked at the amount of housework I had to do. It’s so time consuming!
Take your time getting back to normal – this move was a big deal for ya’ll! Your kitchen looks absolutley beautiful! Yay!

do you love at all taking a break from the running?
for me (weights mainly) I find I REALLLY wanna get back at it after a week or so and Im stronger as well.

cant wait to hear how your run today is.

have a great day!

o0o0o, loooove shiny new appliances!! so pretty!!!

that wrap=omggggg. enough said.

welcome back love!

kitchen looks FANTABULOUS!

how exciting with the new home :)

Hi there – I’ve been reading your blog for a few weeks now, but I’m not sure whether I’ve commented yet. I’m in the Philly area, too, and I LOVE Blue Sage! I’ll have to check out the Allways Cafe. Have you been to Horizons?

Congrats on moving! It looks beautiful…sorry about the oven, but it looks like you’re still getting some pretty good eats :)

Welcome back!!! Glad the move went well :)

YAY YOU’RE BACK :D I have kitchen envy – yours looks fabulous! Hope the stove gets fixed ASAP!

That restaurant sounds fantastic!

Glad to hear you are settling into your new house! And I alreayd see a difference on the pictures! Got to love that natural light!! :)

i’m glad things are going well, and yay for a new oven!!! can’t wait to other fun things in the new house

Your house looks fabulous! And the granite countertops…gorgeous! So exciting!

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Welcome back!

Delish eats! The little glimpses we’ve seen of your kitchen are gorgeous! Can’t wait to see everything!

Oh wow, that is super exciting with the new place! And scrumptious eats, totally love it!!!

your house looks so beautiful!
the restaurant sounds amazing :D
hope your day goes well!

What a beautiful house!

I am such a sucker for veggie wraps…

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So glad the house is coming together. That stove looks awesome! *love appliances*

YaY new house!! My stove (Gracie) is just like yours! :D Glad you are back and everything went smoothly!

welcome back! and yes, your pictures are gorgeous with that natural light. my house definitely lacks that since I am in a middle townhouse in the city.

Mmm wraps and paninis and cookies, oh my!

wow great restaurant pick

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