September 25, 2011

Goodbye Summer Picnic

Alex and I had a picnic on Kelly Drive this afternoon.  It was our goodbye summer picnic!  Kelly Drive was still pretty muddy from the hurricane, but we found a dry spot to eat our lunch.  Of course the weather did not cooperate with sunny skies, but at least it wasn't raining!
  
On the stairs avoiding the mud!
 
We packed turkey sandwiches, blueberry and bleu cheese salads with balsamic vinaigrette dressing, and a baguette with cheese for lunch!
  
Our muddy view
  
 
Pumpkin cheesecake for dessert!

Pumpkin Season

With the first official day of fall yesterday, Alex and I declared it pumpkin season!  To celebrate, we drank pumpkin beer and made a pumpkin cheesecake.  I am happy to report that this cheesecake was most certainly not a fail!  The cheesecake was super yummy and was a perfect way to celebrate the beginning of pumpkin season!
  
Cheers to pumpkin beer!
  
Okay, so the cheesecake cracked when I took it out of the oven.  It is still better than the last cheesecake I made that turned into soup in its water bath!

September 24, 2011

Celebrations

We had a lot to celebrate tonight!  Alex has decided that instead of being a teacher for the less than desirable Philadelphia Public School System, he is going to work at Starbucks!  We are both really excited to see how this job will turn out, and who doesn't love discounted Starbucks coffee?!  We also celebrated the completion of my pediatrics rotation.  Spending the next three months in surgery, however, was not one of our reasons to celebrate tonight.  Happy fall!!
  
Our fancy celebration dinner!

September 5, 2011

Beach Wedding Bliss

This weekend Leslie and Mike got married!!  Their wedding was in beautiful Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.  Alex and I met up with Emily and Frank at the airport in Philadelphia and then with the Scheers in South Carolina.  It was my parent's anniversary weekend so they were also in Myrtle Beach celebrating!!  The wedding was held Saturday night at a country club in the area.  The bride looked lovely, the food was amazing, and the company was fantastic.  We spent all day Sunday hanging out with both of our families at the pool and at the beach.  It was a pretty perfect Labor Day Weekend :)
  
Leslie and Vinnie arrived to the ceremony in a horse drawn carriage!
  
So pretty
  
First kiss
 
Newlyweds!!!
 
Most important guests at the wedding :)
  
First dance
  
The dining room :)
 
This trip was our first vacation together in nine months!
  
Laura Scheer for the night :)
 
Cake cutting
  
Mommy and Michele at the beach!
 
I wish I could have this view everyday!
 
Goofing around before dinner :)
  
We walked around Broadway at the Beach before dinner and went into a taffy store.  This taffy looks yummy!
  
Crab legs!

September 2, 2011

Dollar Walk

Instead of spending a beautiful September evening studying, Alex convinced me to come to the West Philadelphia Dollar Walk with him.  At this event, restaurants lining the street sell food for $1!!  We met Alex's friend and his girlfriend at the walk and stuffed our bellies full!  My favorite food items at the event were the samosas.  They were super yummy and we had to go wait in line for them a second time :)
  
I got Carolina pulled pork and a biscuit!!  It was very tasty!
  
We waited twenty minutes to get our second round of samosas!