While I often share mocktails and salads throughout the summer months, this summer having charcuterie on Sunday afternoons/evenings has become a tradition. While you’ll see a few things that frequent most of our boards (from goat mozzarella, our favorite crackers…
Everything I Read This Month | July 2024
Whether you enjoy books where a murder is solved (The Body Next Door) or have ever wondered if there was a way to go back or forward in time to solve your classmates mysterious death (The Midnight Club). Fly halfway…
Bloom with Elegance | A Floral Themed Tea
This past weekend we had the pleasure of venturing to one of our favorite hotels in North Carolina (and the Charlotte area), The Ballantyne Hotel. We hadn’t attended a themed tea for quite a few years, so going to ‘Bloom…
A Certain Kind of Starlight with Author Heather Webber
Heather Webber’s latest novel, A Certain Kind of Starlight, which releases today, is everything you’d hope for in one of her novels. She really is the ‘queen of small-town charm’ and this book is full of characters you’ll love to love,…
On the List
While last weekend we popped over to the Myers Park area to see Josh Brown’s latest show at the Shain Gallery, this weekend we have more relaxed plans. With any luck there will be a bit of reading (while I…
Josh Brown Goes Solo at the Shain Gallery
If you’re looking for something to do this Saturday, why not check out what the Charlotte art scene has to offer? The Shain Gallery’s latest solo show features former Charlotte native Josh Brown. Brown has a long history with the…
After Dinner Charcuterie
If you enjoy charcuterie before dinner, why not enjoy it after dinner? Whether you’re having friends over for a game night, movie night or book club (or just enjoying it with family) having a little after dinner charcuterie board can…
Celebrating Summer Salad
There is just something about summer that makes you want to eat a salad. Farmers markets and grocery stores have the most beautiful berries, Rainer cherries and nectarines, perfectly crunchy Bibb lettuce, fresh chèvre (Laura Chenel is a goat cheese…
Open Faced English Muffin Sandwiches
As someone who enjoys peanut butter daily, I was looking for more plant-based, zero-added sugar options, and I discovered PB2 Foods. Founded in 2007, the peanut butter from PB2 is not only plant-based, but it has zero-added sugar and is…
On the List
It’s hard to believe that Monday will be the start of July, and it will be exactly one month until I start nursing school. It feels like it’s taken so long to August, but I know I will enjoy those…