If I hadn't mentioned it before, I haven't been cooking as much as I used to. I live by myself and cooking for one isn't as fun as cooking for a crowd so any chance I have to cook for anyone, I jump at the opportunity because I do truly love doing it so when Bethany told me to come over to her house to help her cook for the family, I jumped at he opportunity. 

I had a few things in my fridge (surprisingly) and I brought over fresh mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, and fresh basil from my patio garden and made a little caprese salad. 

I also brought over some fresh sage that I thought we could incorporate with the fish that she had. 

I made a little mixture of panko, salt, pepper, garlic and the fresh sage to cover the fish fillets in. 

Once covered, I pan-fried the fish, while Seth and Bethany grilled some steak and oven roasted some rosemary potatoes. 

Little Quinn was loving everything, she is such good little eater, not too picky at all :)

The finished product. What do you think? I love to cook and eat, of course! 

Accidental Fashion Industry Show.

A couple of weeks ago, Bethany, Seth, Jenn and I attended the Accidental Fashion Industry Fashion Show at the Brenton Skating Arena. I had heard amazing things about the show in the Fall and I knew it was a "Must Attend" event. One of my great friends Lucy Shay was a producer so I knew it would be fabulous. 

This is what I wore. Electric blue pants, a crisp white shirt, a black suit jacket, and a cute bow tie from Vitae. This fabulous ensemble caught the eye of the DSM Style Hunter. He snapped a couple of quick pictures and I was on my way. I didn't realize how awesome they turned out until I saw them on Facebook. I have received SO many great compliments to the point where a client pointed out to me, "Your picture is the epitome of happiness and I want to blow your picture up and stare it all day long."

The weather and overall night was perfect. Everyone was freaking out because of the rain but it actually cooled the hot weather down and made it amazing. The view from our seats was gorgeous. You could see the entire city scape and sunset. 

Besties :) Such a great depiction of how fabulous the night was. The fashion, the show, the people, everything was so perfect. We had an amazing time. 

Our group picture before leaving my apartment. Everyone was dressed to impress. Don't you think? Such a great looking group, right? :) 

Miss Lucy, one of the show producers, looking amazing and also one the DSM Style Hunter's pick. Amazing, amazing show Lucy, can't wait for the next!

Most of the pictures posted here are courtesy of Bethany. Check out her blog here. She is amazing. Such a great shot and a perfect image to capture the greatness of the night. 

Two of the most fashionable men of the night? Duh. 

Dam to Dam: Done.

Yes, you better believe it... I trained my body to run 12.4 miles. Did I think I could achieve it? Maybe not at first, but once I had run 11 miles, I thought to myself, "What's another 1.4 miles, right?"

The most important part of running Dam to Dam? For me it was all about the outfit. The close the race got, the more and more I was worried about what I was going to wear. I kept thinking to myself, "How many people are going to see me?!" I knew I had to run out and get something quick and I did! What do you think?!

Race Day. We had to stick these little "GPS" trackers on our shoes. Apparently they don't have GPS but I was convinced they did. They track your time... also known as GPS to me ;) All the same thing right? Oh technology. 

I thought the buses were picking us up at 7:00 a.m. I was obviously very confused because the race started at 7:00 and the buses were picking us up downtown at 5:00 a.m. Ugh. How do we look for being on a school bus at 5:00 a.m.? We were actually kind of delirious. Haha.

We had been planning on meeting up with our friend Mike and his friend but didn't think we would actually find each other since there were thousands of people around but Mike found me. He was looking for the "red, mock turtle neck shirt". 

Jenn and John Hansen managed to capture the "joy" I was feeling at 12ish miles. To be completely honest, I was checked out at 11 miles. My body started cramping and I was fighting to keep running, there was no way I was going to give up!

The only way I could reward myself? Americana brunch, of course! Crossing the finish line was such an accomplishment and I was SO proud of myself. I run with music and it motivates me to keep running. As I was struggling to finish, the last song that came on and I stared at the finish line was "The Only Exception" by Paramore. I don't know why but as I ran, holding one of my best friends hands, and listened to it, I became super emotional and teared up and I crossed the finish line. If you have ever run and trained maybe you would understand but I was a little overwhelmed but SO happy.