Oh wow did I really last post in AUGUST??? It is now
OctoberNovember, with Fall in full swing, with all it's pretty color changing leaves in the midwest. I can barely recall all that happened in the last two months, it's been such a whirlwind! I'll give some brief highlights though :)
At the end of August, my cousin Mel got married! Melissa is a pretty cool fun loving gal who's always ready to be at the center of a party. She's also into fashion and I've always been envious of her style. She gets to wear awesome outfits that I would never dare show up in at the office. From what I've known, she's been making clothes and outfits and such things for many years now, and she applied her knowledge to her wedding invitation and wedding! You can see her wedding invitations
at her blog and here are some pictures of her wedding. Yes, it was at the French Laundry, which I hadn't heard of before (not that I've heard of any restaurants from across the country) but learned is like totally famous or something.
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| A friend of theirs conducted the ceremony. I don't know what's on her head but she was really proud that she had made it |
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| The French Laundry Garden |
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| With my family |
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| My French Laundry menu, vegetarian style |
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| The cut of meat, which I did not partake in |
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| The wine pairing, which I did partake in |
After coming back from a total food bingefest from being in California, I decided it was time to get my diet under control again so I could fit into my suit! My boyfriend challenged me to start a program with him based on a book called "The 4-Hour Body" by Tim Ferriss. It's a great book for people who are beginners in the nutrition field, i.e. my boyfriend, who has never really thought about calories, fat or carb content, or watching what he eats in any way at all.
For me, while I new all the basic rules that the book set forth (e.g. don't eat processed grains or simple carbs - which it simplifies by saying, don't eat anything white; don't drink your calories), the book really got me thinking about seriously working toward a low carb diet. I think especially since I'm a vegetarian, I have always relied heavily on carbs to supply my nutrition, and I have not been picky about eating whole grains or complex carbs. I don't eat enough tofu these days, and I've never been fond of beans or lentils. With the extra incentive of getting gold stars (boyfriend made excel spreadsheets for us to track our new lifestyle and health changes), I decided to give beans and lentils a second chance. Holy moly! I'll save the resulting yumminess for a whole 'nuther post! In the meantime, check out the book. It's an interesting read if nothing else.
I'll end on another fun note. A couple weekends ago, I went out camping at Kelley's Island with Nidhi and made some new friends! It was so much fun. The first night was so cold that none of us slept, and the second night was perfect temperature of 65 degrees with us all snuggled in our sleeping bags. I took some sweet pics and instagrammed them. I was going to write a whole post about our adventures, but
Nidhi did such a good job with that already. I can't deny that I'm not fond of the term glamping though. I think we roughed it pretty good! Here's a few of my favorite pics from the weekend.
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| Beautiful Lake Erie |
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| Entering the magical forest with my new friends |
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| Abandoned ruins in the middle of magical forest |
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| Delicious food (lots of yummy curry potatoes) all weekend cooked over the "campfire" |
