NoDa Film Festival

Today is the first day of our third NoDa Film Festival, this time featuring French New Wave Films. If your local to Charlotte, please come check it out! You can find out more at www.nodafilmfestival.org

Something new every day.

And here’s what I learned today: There is a type of female Australian lizard that doesn’t gain any extra body space or have any type of swelling when she becomes pregnant. The amazing bit is that it gives birth to an infant lizard that is 35% of the mother’s body weight. That would be the equivalent of a women giving birth to a seven year old child! The infant in utero basically crushes the mothers digestive tract and lungs, making it fairly impossible for the mother to move or breathe at all during the final stages of her pregnancy. Good gosh! I’m glad these creatures don’t have a will – otherwise they’d have been extinct ages ago.

(I’m dedicating this post to my friends Rachel and Megan – See? You’re not quite as bad off as you could be!)
((PS - And your offspring are going to be much cuter than a baby lizard.))

Kinda like "I love you".

A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Valentine's Day

My friend Julia and I had a most excellent dinner last night with a few of our girlfriends. (Todd and Bryan served and did dishes - doesn't get much better than that!)

Here's the menu!

Libation
Cranberry Margaritas
San Pellegrino with Lime

Hors d’oeuvres
Shrimp Cocktail with a Duo of Sauces


Salad

Mixed Baby Field Greens with pomegranate, sugared pecans, and goat cheese


Soup
Chilled Strawberry Soup


Intermezzo
Raspberry Sorbetto


Entrée
Miso-Glazed Atlantic Salmon
Jasmine Rice Timbales with Black and White Sesame Seeds
Haricots Verts scented with Orange, Sesame, and Ginger


Dessert
Key Lime Crème Brulee with Ginger Crisps
Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse in Phyllo Baskets

YUMMY!

New Years

I'm going to attemp to play blogging catch-up with a photo gallery. So, here's New Years and the Orange Bowl in Miami.



The amazing view from the hotel suite.












Bryan @ the Wake Forest NYE Party.









Oh!! THAT's the orange bowl!







Dolphin in the harbor.






The group enjoying a night out at the luxurious Delano Hotel.




Preparing for game time!




So yah, we lost. But we had TONS of fun!

Group Therapy

Hi. My name is Liz and my dog is on puppy Prozac.

Does that make me a bad mom?

SNOW DAY!

Okay, I know that snow is not a big deal to most people, but for Charlotte this is a HUGE deal. We've been teased by weathermen about the possibllity of snow for three years. But here, my dear readers (if I have any left), is the reality - finally.







Our house.















Ceaser.













And Deacon.