Recently Matt and I went on our first vacation together in several years. You could argue that our "weekend warrior" trips are vacations too, but somehow weekends never quite fill that void in my heart that's only really addressed by day drinking, eating a crazy array of foods at all hours of the day, exploring …
Category: Food
My Summer Reads
I love that it's summer. Seriously. Laramie is gorgeous right now - colorful, sunny, lush, and comfortable. The highs in the summer here reach the highs 70's, low 80's (Fahrenheit, duh), which is room temperature in the South. If that doesn't make you want to come visit us, I don't know what will! I have a …
Baking Bread
When I was little, I used to asked my Oma ("grandma" in German) how her hands were so soft. She told me that her kneading bread softened the skin of her hands over time. Oma passed away earlier this year, in case you didn't read my earlier blog post about her. Oma made this one …
Visits Facilitate Adventures
A couple weekends ago Matt's cousins came to visit us from California. His cousin Kelsey was passing through on a roadtrip with her boyfriend David, and Kelsey's brother Chris flew in just for the weekend. Obviously we had to throw down and show them the best of Mountain West! (Take note, Mom & Dad!) Friday …
Salt Lake City Weekend
For the long MLK weekend, Matt and I bid adieu to Laramie and headed for Salt Lake City, where fellow UNC graduates and friends Kyle, Tallie, Sara, and Dan now reside. Both Dan and Kyle are in graduate school at the University of Utah there. It took a little under six hours for us to …
Christmas Season
If I could frame this post with a border resembling a pixelated holly garland, I totally would. It's CHRISTMAS SEASON! But first, it was Thanksgiving season. Since I work in the financial industry, I had to return to the office on Friday because the market was open. This prevented Matt and me from going down …
Hearty Spanish Chicken Soup for Cold Weather
Who wants sooouuuppp???? Everyone loves soup, especially when there are a good five inches of crusty snow on the ground outside. Matt and I just bought season passes to a local ski area in the Snowy Range (yes, that's really what the mountains are called). I've never been skiing or snowboarding before! Even typing out the word …
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Dinner Party, aka Katherine Cooks All Day
Last night Matt and I hosted a little dinner party with two couples from his graduate program here. One couple is from Iran - they literally just moved to the U.S. - and last week they had us over for dinner. You can imagine how delicious the authentic Persian food was. It helps too that …
