radio maria

Brunch at Radio Maria {Champaign, IL}

  mexican coffee

smoked pork posole with beer bread and poached eggs

crab eggs benedict

oh gelato.

I was craving Italian gelato one day in D.C.; so I took a walk to find some.

[pretty perfect : gelato+latte+phone convo with ashley at five o'clock in the evening.  <3 allison]

dolcezza {Dupont Circle, Washington D.C.}

 cranberry apple cider sorbet + sea salt + dulce de leche granizado gelato

...so good

reminiscing...

Paris, France {with my parents}

...one year ago...

 <3 ashley

café de flore

sparkling eiffel tower in the afternoon and night

 religieuse

 shakespeare & company

 mont blanc || hot chocolate

 pâtisserie || sacré coeur

 markets in paris

 lourve || notre dôme

arc de triomphe || eiffel tower

2 delicious brunches in d.c.

I love brunch food...so much in fact that I had two brunches in the same day.  

Back in March, I ran the Rock 'n' Roll USA Half Marathon in Washington D.C. and had a huge appetite after the race!  Sometimes I really surprise myself. 

Busboys & Poets {Mt. Vernon Square, Washington D.C.}  

$5 bloody mary's

 mekhleme: Iraqi "corned beef" hash 
{ground beef, tomato, onions and potatoes; topped with poached eggs}

Chef Art Smith's Art & Soul {Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.}

 sweet tea

 and I got my shrimp and grits! Love it!

i heart getting mail

Look what was waiting for me at home!

 a thank you card : always a sweet touch

and tah-dah! I showed off the bag tonight. It's perfect.

jeni's ice cream

jeni's ice cream in dublin, ohio

mango kiwi special cake + icelandic happy marriage cake

poached pear + gooey butter cake || magnolia mochi + tres leches with here n' there cherries + hummingbird cake

banana curry cashew macaron

founding farmers

Another great meal in D.C.!  I really enjoyed my dinner + co. at Founding Farmers.
{Washington D.C.'s first LEED Gold Certified restaurant}

founding farmers' own blood orange soda + sweet tea

 really awesome cornbread

 fried green tomatoes!

ginger ale + black pepper gnocchi & sausage {with mushrooms, basil, thyme, amaretto cream}

and for dessert...freshly made b baby’s beignets!

crabs, crabs, and more crabs

yay crabs from Ocean Pride {from my visit to Baltimore, Maryland}

 lump crab alfredo flatbread

 crab cake club sandwich {with bacon of course!}

munching on...{cream&flutter}

 cupcakes from cream & flutter

 pistachio passionfruit

 irish chocolate stout

 mocha

 girl's scout thin mint

 hazelnut praline

passionfruit + champagn macarons

peanut butter bacon burger? oh yes!

I loved it here! 

Ted's Bulletin {Capitol Hill/Southeast, Washington D.C.}

drew's peanut butter bacon burger!

{with sesame seed bun + sweet & spicy roma tomato jam}

 heath almond milkshake

homemade blueberry poptart!