Beach reading
Though we had a warm winter and spring, the start of summer was pretty mild (read: 80 degrees) here in North Cackalack, but sometime in the past week, whoever’d forgotten to turn the heat on all of a sudden remembered the error and cranked it up to high. From about mid-June through September, it’s imperative to head east til you reach ocean as often as possible, and I took this creed to heart this weekend and we made our way down to Emerald Isle on North Carolina’s Bogue Banks. I’ve been making an effort to turn off – really disconnect – from the various media pulling me in different directions on the weekends, and I’m proud to say I somewhat succeeded at this the past couple of days by making almost zero plans, spending more time with my nose in a book than looking at a screen, and ticking some items off my summer to-do list.
Friday night deliciousness via Indian Beach’s Big Oak
Working on my summer to-do list with this week’s sangria – pear basil (made this recipe but subbed pear for peach)
Beach walking
Red wine+onion rings=yes.
An amazing discovery – the matching fleeces of my husband and his dad, circa 1993
Sunday night sidewalk dining
LOVE it! looks like an awesome weekend, girl
the matching fleeces are hilarious.
still being [molly]
so hilarious, right? i can’t believe they still have them.
I fully support and relate to your desire to “disconnect” from media on the weekends. I often find myself so caught up on the internet- facebook, twitter, blogging, etc- that I find myself not truly enjoying and being present for all of the amazing things happening around me. Good for you for finding time to disconnect!
Looks like you had a great weekend- yummy drinks, food, beach time, and one heck of a find with those 1990′s fleece. haha. Thanks for sharing
it’s so tricky to disconnect sometimes! gotta cling to those moments of disconnection when we can.
It looks like you had a wonderful weekend
I’ve never had a sangria with basil in it, but the combo sounds so summery and refreshing. I definitely need more unplugged weekends!
the combo was really delicious – highly recommend!
Looks like you had a good time
wine + onions= perfect haha
Have a good day sweet
kiss from Brazil
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wine and onion rings were an amazing combo. thanks for stopping by!
looks like yo had an amazing time !
lots of fun