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In my quest to become fatter, I decided to try the Tin Roof Grill. It has a hip, trendy, sports bar feel to it. I know that sounds like an oxy-moron. The inside is a mix of sports bar meets hipster and the food is bar food meets tapas bar. Identity crisis?!? Tin Roof Grill, what are you!? Are you the place where those girls who don't like to eat wings (I don't know any) could go and watch sports with their boyfriends? The plethora of flat screen TV's and fancy appetizers tell me yes. I think. 

I ordered croquettes, which are little deep fat fried ham and cheese sandwich balls. Yum. Deep fat fry anything and I will eat it. Even fish. They were pretty good, but they scalded the roof of my mouth! Owwww. I also had a cup of french onion soup. It was good, but the cup was so tiny. How am I supposed to get fat off THAT!?

-whitters

Delicious-ness aka I'm obsessed with The Copper Onion

I love to eat. Did you know that? I know I'm a scrawny little guy, but seriously. Food.

If the sun can manage to shine for more than two hours, I want to try out some new places. It's been a long while since I have tried anything new. My love affair with the carbonara at The Copper Onion has prevented me from trying anything new. That pasta is like heaven on earth. It was the first solid food I ate after having my gum graft. The cook remembers me when I come in (or is really, really good at pretending) and the staff is attentive. I haven't been there in awhile and I think I need to go ba-

No, I need to try some new places.

The Rose Establishment.Salt Lake City. Definitely trying this one out for my early-out Friday's. Tiny coffee house, but it looks really cute. I'm a sucker for cute.

Britton's Sandy. I'm probably going to try this one out today while I wait for Kenzie to be done with harp lessons.

Tin Roof Grill Sandy. I pass this when I drive right by the gym I should be frequenting because I've given up laziness for Lent. Probably going to try this on a Friday too.

Tin Angel Cafe  Salt Lake City. Not to be confused with the above. This place apparently sponsors my other love in life, NPR. One Yelper said her friend from Provo described the Tin Angel as "Hippie Nonsense." I'm on board with that! Anything Happy Valley hates, I love. Definitely another early-out Friday pick. Gnocchi! Brie! Mushrooms! Chickpeas! If I wasn't diversifying my assets tomorrow (you think I'm joking, but I'm not), I would stop by here. Maybe I still will...diversify my ass..ets. I wish. Then maybe my pants will stop falling down. Maybe I should give up being scrawny for Lent.




-whitters

new favorite things

♥ Budget Bytes

delicious food all at delicious prices

♥ Weardrobe

i'm sure i'm all sorts of behind on this and this
Lookbook

♥ mariannan

this girl is super cute.  super cute clothes and super cute pictures

♥ plink

LOVE this girls hair.

Keeping Away Vampires

The Farmer's Market in Pioneer Park is a good place for fresh ingredients.  I bought a big ole' bag of basil to make pesto and bruschetta with.  Thanks Kenz for going with me. 

Whew.  Five cloves of garlic later...I'm scaring away Team Edward and Team Jacob.  The pesto was absolutely delicious though.  Loved it.  Fresh basil and fresh tomatoes really make all the difference.  It's great to cook something new.  I haven't cooked anything since Angry Pasta.  Good thing Bear is living it up on the island with his family.  Hope they have a great time.  I'm sending sunshine your way guys.  The food is fantastic.





Pesto Like An Italian Gramma

It's called Bruschetta...that's BRU-SKET-A




One day, I will become a fabulous chef.   I tend to use one really, really strong flavor.  Almost like a pop of color.  Let's drool over fabulous kitchens for my future chef self.  Loving those pops of color:

Bent Objects

aren't these little guys funny?

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Things I Love Thursday

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♥ On the Town
♥ Sharpie Pens
♥ The Copper Onion
♥ Ricotta dumplings @ The Copper Onion. So. OMGood.
♥ White journal from mom for Xmas
♥ Searchlight
♥ lavender nail polish
♥ horizontal stripes
♥ my "less expensive" elephant bangles from India
♥ using the words "less expensive" instead of cheaper
♥ camera tote bags
♥ my blackberry
♥ zuummmba (just kidding. zumba is the devil)
♥ yoga
♥ holli the pilates teacher for pilasting me. owwww.

what are you lovin???

P.S. there was totally a stripper in my zumba class. YES.

Day 15...Say THANKS!

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"♥Take a moment to consider all that you already have, and be thankful..."

Homework:

♥ Say thanks.



Thanks...

Thank you for all the opportunities. For the chance to go to an amazing university, study abroad and meet all kinds of amazing people. Thank you for my best friend. Thank you for all the beautiful things in my life and for this beautiful world. Thank you for the sunshine and early mornings. Thank you for the love of my family and friends and all those who really care about me no matter what. Thank you for delicious food...especially butternut squash and feta cheese. Thank you for B. Thank you for good books and good discussions. For inspiring writers. Thank you for late nights. Thank you for the ocean and Tuscan hills. Thank you for mistakes made and love lost. For people forgiven and those who have forgiven me. Thank you for this chance to live, change, breathe and grow. Thank you for letting me be me.

adventures

One of mine and Jared's favorite things to do is eat... Call us crazy I know. At our cooking class last month, we learned how to make Pumpkin Tortelli. We really must be crazy because that's what we decided to cook this weekend. It took 2 and a half hours to make...lots. of. work. Bear made the dough and I stuffed all the little tortellis with pumpkin filling. No wonder Italians love siestas. I needed a nap as soon as we were done! We also made bruschetta and had the lemonade I gave Bear for Valentine's. YUM! 

Jear-Bear loves beignets ever since he went to New Orleans, so on Satuday we went to the

 Farmer's Market and got beignets. I'd never had them before and they're pretty good! It also helps that they're drenched in powerdered sugar too. We also had the BEST crepes ever! Sooo good. They were having a biig Mardi Graw celebration so the place was really crowded. We picked a good day to get beignets! I love the Farmer's Market. We also went to Barnes and Noble and picked up some books too. Well, okay, I got books. I'm reading Blink by Malcom Gladswell. It talked about art for the first part of it, so naturally I was hooked. 

Also, I made dinner for me and Bear last night. The first dinner I've made all by myself! I made chicken cordon bleu, crescent rolls, and salad. And it was delicious! Hooray! 

What a delicious weekend!