After I painted the rooms in the last house in DC, I swore I’d never paint walls again but here I am now, knee deep in paint and stained. Not to say that it isn’t fun and a good arm workout but a couple of hours through and I keep considering my sanity and life choices when it comes to painting. The prospect of cooking in the new kitchen has me very, very excited. It was one of the things that immediately blew me away when we looked at the house and I feel fortunate that we were able to get it. Snoopy on the other hand has found it to be an exhausting experience, he spends most of his time running around the house while we work but he makes sure he gets his nap time, in and out of the sun.
Between wall painting and backyard cleaning, there was a mini blogger reunion last weekend and I got to spend some time with the lovely Molly and Lindsey who were visiting the San Francisco Bay on a quick trip for work. Oddly enough, it was also a reunion of sorts for those of us that live in the Bay but don’t get a chance to meet each other as often as we’d like to. Our little party also included my local fellow bloggers and pals, Michelle, Phyllis, Todd and Phi, we met up for drinks at Prizefighter.
Speaking of bars and drinks, I’m a huge fan of serving drinks with a few small bites. Cheese is usually a good accompaniment to most drinks and with so many varieties to choose from it makes it an ideal pairing option. There are cheese slices and cheese balls, and cheese balls are an amazing invention. The first time I tasted a cheese ball, was several years ago during an Easter dinner in Virginia. We were visiting M’s family and his mother made two large cheese balls coated with all sorts of delicious things. She prepares them in the afternoon, the first one disappears by the time its made, the second one disappears by dinner. Taking some inspiration from her, I’ve made a fall themed, herbed coated cheeseball that has sweet cranberries and pumpkin seeds and a dash of hot sriracha sauce for a kick. http://blog.westelm.com/2015/10/30/herbed-goat-cheese-balls/
To get the recipe and learn how to make this cheeseball, headover to West Elm’s blog,Front + Main!
Disclaimer: Thank you to West Elm for sponsoring this post. All opinions expressed are purely my own.
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Yum! I love goat, in France, we can find this kind of preparation but I’ve never think to do it myself, you recipe looks good! 🙂
oh haaaaiii. let me know if you need help painting, i’ll bring chocolate and some sass.
so awesome meeting up and chatting, if only for such a short while! looking forward to our next reunion! xo’s!