Big bad pop up

One of the best parts of living in a college town is all kinds of great local events! City Grocery, an amazing restaurant owned by John Currence (he was on top chef), closed down this month due to a massive kitchen renovation.  So in order to keep his staff employed during this time, he started Big Bad Pop Ups for the month of January.

He brought in "guest chefs" for the entire month. This week, however, he had the chefs at his restaurants come up with the menu! Incredible. Mom, Dad, Jessica and I met for dinner and I think we had everything on the menu.

Our favorites? The Chicken Skin BLT (don't judge) and the Brussel Sprouts.

Double Decker Double Fun

This past weekend I hosted a gaggle of my best friends from college for Double Decker in Oxford. If you aren't familiar, it's a big arts and crafts festival with live music and food from all the restaurants in Oxford. As I've said before, I know as we get older the frequency of our time together with will get less, so I'm enjoying the time that I have. Whenever we are together it's nothing but laughs. After the rough week before, I really needed a fun weekend---and some sleep.

At Frank and Marlee's (Me, Regan, Becca, Love, and Rach)

At Double Decker (Rachel, Me, Becca/Poppy, Besty, Regan and Sunny)

Adult Easter Egg Hunt/Breakfast Brunch.