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hi

i like you, too, asian. 

peddle boating on the vltava river in prague

 

i think one of my favorite things to do are water related. i love tubing, white water rafting, peddle boating... or just being on a boat in general. as a native floridian, i actually don't love swimming in the ocean. unless of course it's flat and warm and clear. all three of those things. and there are no sharks or sealice or sea creatures. i could go on. 

while living in prague, we  went peddle boating twice. i think in my brain it was more times than that because it's all i ever wanted to do when it was nice out. 

the first time we went with a whole group of us; matt and i in one boat, and then drew, sara, katelyn hobbs and diana in another boat. we enjoyed bohemian potato chips while peddling around the vltava river through the amazing architecture of prague 1. 

the second time we went was the day before we moved back to florida. we brought along some wine and cherries and cried. 

how could you not want to live there?

i think that day it all sank in that we were leaving. now i ask myself:

why? 

quinoa bean and feta burgers

val and i attempted to make these quinoa burgers. instead of kidney beans i decided to use white beans. they were incredibly delicious and full of flavor. the only problem? they fell apart quite a bit white they were cooking. the recipe calls for 2 egg whites... not sure why. next time i'll definitely be using the whole eggs and possibly some flour or bread crumbs to hold them together. it obviously didn't make a different in flavor, they were just falling apart while we ate them. 

we also made an arugula, tomato, parmesan salad. 

and truffle parmesan potatoes!

and our burger was green style. 

and of course a cocktail. 

things i make

arrow leaves

gift for eruch

broccoli, pepper, feta cheese frittata 

lavash pizza

quinoa salad

watermelon cocktails

matzo ball soup making

lox brunch

mixed jasmine, vanilla, and nagchampa

kiwi cocktails

business card holder

now that i'm making my own business cards, i figured it'd be nice to have a separate wallet for them to keep in my purse so that i always have them on me to give out to people. i recently bought these two cute holders on etsy. they're the perfect size and also really good for credit cards and cash. 

this crochet holder was only $6 from handanmade.

it holds a lot of cards. even my thick cardboard ones.

and this cute elephant one is from brooklynlove design for $15. 

basilic vietnamese grill

my addiction to pho is becoming fantastic. i researched a bit and it didn't take long to find a restaurant in pompano that i knew we had to try. a few weeks ago we went and tried the pho. probably the best i've ever had. i tried the grilled chicken pho, and matt had the combination meat(steak/brisket) pho. they also served delicious rice crackers as soon as we got there. we will definitely be going back... 

i heard about the dandee donut factory which is also in pompano so we stopped by after lunch to try out some donuts to go. mmmm :)