Our most recent visitor

This was our most recent (and not-so-welcome) visitor:
A house centipede! We saw the first one about a week ago and have since seen 2 more (smaller) ones since then. I think they are getting in through the heater vent. They are pretty fast little guys, but Brian's good at killing them thankfully. I just don't like these things.

Zoo Day

Saturday we went to the Franklin Park Zoo. We were going to go on my birthday, but adults get in for the childrens' price on the first Saturday of the month so we waited a few days. Although the zoo is only about 5 miles away, it took us about an hour to get there, having to take 2 buses. We got to see a whole different side/area of town that we hadn't yet, so that was nice.

The zoo is really nice and spacious, unlike the zoos that I am used to seeing. It's beautiful and we had a fun time, not to mention it was a gorgeous day!

Making Dinner

Here are some more dinners we have made together recently:

Broccoli, pinto beans and cheese baked potato

Spinach Rice Cakes with Marinara Sauce - YUMMY!

Different (healthy) Vegetable Bean Soup (leek, zucchini, carrot juice, celery, beans, cashews, onions). Took us 3 hours to make and fed us for a week!

Healthy Eggplant Parmesan for my Birthday dinner at home - Very good!

Of course we would be happy to give you the recipes for any of these that you might want to try. Just let me know! All of the ones I have posted have been great, but I will let you know when we come across something we didn't really care too much for. :)

Random Interesting Findings

Brian and I recently bought these at Bed Bath & Beyond and they seem pretty cool. I couldn't really tell you if they work or not though, but they keep your toothbrush covered. I wish they made more colors, but for now I think this is it. They seem nice, but it says to replace them every 3 months, so it might be better to just invest in a good sterilizer instead.

Also, while we were shopping there we ran across this:
It is a Kapoosh Universal Knife block - slotless! You can use any knife and put it anywhere you want! You can arrange knives in a heart if you wanted to! haha. It is pretty neat - we had fun playing with the sample in the store. It would be really useful for someone who doesn't have a knife block set and just has a bunch of loose knives in a drawer. It's really inexpensive too! I think it's about $30!

Boston Birthday

My first Boston Birthday was lovely! Brian made me pancakes along with a delicious glass of fresh sqeezed orange juice! Then we headed to Revere Beach.
We walked around the beach for a while

then we ate at Kelly's (Roast Beef). Brian got a "Reuben" sandwich (corned beef with sauerkraut)
and I tried the roast beef sandwich, which was very yummy.

Afterwards, we headed to the Museum of Science and stayed there until closing.

Life size black bear

Comparing hand prints with T-Rex

Brian next to the humerus bone of a Brachiosaurus!

Then we went home for dinner and dessert. Brian made me heart shaped brownies and I opened my cards!

Ending the night with a lovely serenade! :D

What a great birthday!!! Thanks Brian! :)

A Day Downtown

Today we decided to have lunch at the Quincy Market.
It's pretty pricey, but so many options!!! Afterwards, we went over to the Aquarium.

Right now they have 80 penguins as their big attraction.

They had a couple sharks and we enjoyed watching them swim by with their evil look.

They had lots of cool fish, some really big ones too, but the pictures didn't really come out. We had fun though. After the aquarium we headed into the North End for an early birthday dinner.
Ate dinner at Al Dente and tried their famous Spinach Crepe appetizer, which was so amazing!!!!
After dinner we walked around the "Feast of St. Anthony Celebration" that is celebrated in the North End every year, the last weekend of August. Lots of food stands and things to buy.

Wedding Slideshow & Video

Our wedding slideshow is up finally!!! And if you haven't seen our wedding trailer, check that out too!

Settled In

Well, it took our belongings about 2.5 weeks to get here!!! Insane! It felt like Christmas morning when the truck arrived! After about 5 days of unpacking, we are pretty much settled in now.

Last Week Dinners

Brian and I have been enjoying making dinner together every night and getting a little creative sometimes. These are some of the meals we ate last week:

"Hoppin' John" (rice, spinach, onion, pinto beans)

Quesadillas - very yummy!

Garden Orzo Salad - we loved this one, so we made it 2 times last week!
(Orzo, tomatoes, cucumber, cannellini beans, olives)

Spaghetti and broccoli - quick & simple :)

Salmon with Quinoa along with...

...a "mess" of Kale greens!

My husband's become quite the chef!!! :D

1st Boston Visitors

Some of our favorite people from back home came to visit us here in Boston. We toured around downtown - went to Paul Revere's house, walked some of the Freedom Trail,
went on the USS Constitution,
and ate dinner in the North End.
Great day!

We met up with them again to tour around Harvard,
and ate lunch together.
It was a lot of fun spending time with the wonderful Wintheiser Family!