October 2010 Weddings
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What are your favorites of the following:
Ice cream:
Movie:
Book:
Restaurant:
Tv show:
Color:
Meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner):
Food:
Street Name (totally random I know!):
Number:
Beverage:
Website:
Place you have visited:
Clothing Store:
Decor Purchase:
Re: Favorites...
Ice cream: Chocolate Fudge Brownie
Movie: The Ron Clark Story
Book: Divine
Restaurant: Hana Yori (Japanese Teppan Steak House)
Tv show: Friends!
Color: Purple
Meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner): Dinner
Food: Ribeye steak or lobster
Street Name (totally random I know!): Currant
Number: 10
Beverage: Iced Tea
Website: facebook
Place you have visited: Niagra Falls
Clothing Store: Old Navy maybe
Decor Purchase: Any of our wall decor
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Ice cream: Dulce de leche
Movie: 40 Days, 40 Nightsbloggity blog
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TTC Since January 2011 - We have bad spermIce cream: Gummy Bear-it is a local flavor that is a fruity vanilla with gummy bears, so delish! Even better in shake form with red raspberry flavoring. But it is only a summer flavor
Movie: Center Stage, I am a dancing movie kinda gal
Book: I wish I read more, I loved, A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Restaurant: Any place that serves Mexican or Pizza
Tv show: Greys Anatomy!!! or Brothers and Sisters
Color: Purple or Brown
Meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner): Dinner! I don't really dig breakfast.
Food: I don't think I can pick a favorite, I love pizza, crab rangoons, pasta, I am not picky
Street Name (totally random I know!): Tam-O-Shanter Dr. it is just fun to say.
Number: 9 I have no idea why.
Beverage: Woodchuck Cider..yummo or chocolate milk with carnation chocolate
Website: The Nest our county's website, you can creep on everyone that was arrested and it is like people watching at the county fair, always good for a laugh, in case anyone needs a laugh: http://www.scottcountyiowa.com/sheriff/inmates.php?comdate=today
Place you have visited: Jamaica, which is why we are going back. But I also love Oregon, I would move there tomorrow.
Clothing Store: Maurices
Decor Purchase: I just bought some sticky wall sayings that I can't wait to put up!!
Ice cream:
Movie: Equilibrium, Sleepy Hollow
Book: Ender's Game/Shadow, Cyrano de Bergerac
Restaurant: Mikotos of Augusta
Tv show: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Color: Purple
Meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner): dinner
Food: Sushi
Street Name (totally random I know!): Southwind
Number: 17
Beverage: Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper, or Sangria
Website:
Place you have visited: NYC
Clothing Store: H&M
Decor Purchase: tiles for our backsplash in our kitchen
Ice cream: Good ol' Chocolate
Movie: How to Train Your Dragon is my newest fave.
Book: The Help
Restaurant: Rancho Chico. Yummy mexican food.
Tv show: Greys Anatomy and Buffy followed closely by Angel
Color:Blue
Meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner): breakfast
Food:hmm probably Italian
Street Name (totally random I know!): Ocean Avenue
Number: Any number with 7 in it.
Beverage: Chocolate Milk
Website: thenest.com or facebook.com
Place you have visited: Montreal
Clothing Store: Does Target count?
Decor Purchase: Our mattress
What are your favorites of the following:
Ice cream: Maple Walnut
Movie: August Rush
Book: Pride and Prejudice
Restaurant: Chanoso's
Tv show: Glee, House, HIMYM, Big Bang Theory
Color: green
Meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner): dinner
Food: carrots
Street Name (totally random I know!): Windchime Cres
Number: 2
Beverage: iced tea
Website: national geographic
Place you have visited: Subic, Philippines
Clothing Store: Rikki's/Reitman's
Decor Purchase: glass display cabinet
Ice cream: Ben & Jerry's Mint Chocolate Cookie. So freaking good, but I can't find it anywhere anymore.
So I'll say strawberry, but it has to be Haagen Dazs b/c it's pretty much the only one that doesn't taste fake, like strawberry candy.
Movie: Steel Magnolias
Book: It's a lot like a kids' book, but "The Pig of Happiness" by Edward Monkton. I've been in love with it since college. My roommate got it for me for my birthday b/c she said it's my biography.
Restaurant: The Melting Pot. I worked there for years & never got sick of the food. It's expensive, but unbelievably good.
Tv show: I watch so much TV. I love my shows. I'm obsessed with "30 Rock" and "Glee," but I've gotten super into "Cupcake Wars" lately. And my summers belong to "So You Think You Can Dance."
Color: Pink, no question.
Meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner): Breakfast maybe
Food: I'd kill for some good lasagna right now. Or sushi.
Street Name (totally random I know!): I had a friend in high school that lived on Chevy Chase Blvd.
Number: 4
Beverage: I'm a big milk drinker. Weird I know.
Website: The Nest or Facebook
Place you have visited: Savannah, GA. Simple, but I'd be so happy to live there.
Clothing Store: VS Pink & Urban Outfitters
Decor Purchase: Not sure if it counts as a decor purchase, but I love the quilt on our bed.
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Ice cream: Half Baked B&J, or some good 'ol Rocky Road
Movie: Life is beautiful
Book: I am not myself these days
Restaurant: Teapot
Tv show: Would probably still be Gilmore Girls (I have all the seasons)
Color: Purple
Meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner): Dinner
Food: Gnocchi
Street Name (totally random I know!): York (awesome name, and an awesome Street in New Haven)
Number: 15
Beverage: Iced tea
Website: The Nest or Facebook
Place you have visited: Oh that's tough, in the US I really enjoyed Deep Creek in Maryland, non-usa I'd say Costa Rica. But hey, I still haven't had my Italy trip
Clothing Store: New York & Co
Decor Purchase: I just picked out a new chandelier for the dining room that I love.
Ice cream: I love butter pecan
Movie: to many to name just one!
Book: the shinning
Restaurant: thers a really good local Mexican restaurant that i would sell my body to eat at often lol
Tv show: Dexter, criminal minds, big bang theory, house, supernatural, true blood, how i meet your mother...
Color: blue, green, and brown's
Meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner): um tie between breakfast and dinner
Food: depends on my mood
Street Name (totally random I know!): Calle sin nombre... road with no name lol
Number: 13
Beverage: wine or coke or water or landshark beer
Website: the nest
Place you have visited: um...lake Tahoe LOVE it up there
Clothing Store: um...target, or kohls
Decor Purchase: a cool metal willow looking tree that looks like all the branches are being blown by the wind, that hangs in the wall in the guest bedroom
What are your favorites of the following:
Ice cream: Coffee & chocolate flavors together
Movie: The Sound of Music, A Good Year, the Harry Potters
Book: The Harry Potters!
Restaurant: Papillote in Savannah, GA! I miss it so much!!
TV show: Seinfeld, Modern Family
Color: Purple and Green
Meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner): In general, I love breakfast the most! No particular meal though.
Food: Cheeseburgers...I'm weird, I'd rather have a good burger than a filet any day! Filet mignon is DH's favorite food!
Number: 11, no idea why---that was the first number that popped in my head!
Beverage: Skim milk for everyday purposes, but the most delicious drink I've ever had is a 'Nilla Killa from the British Virgin Islands! Tried to recreate it, but the bartender wouldn't give us the secret ingredient!
Website: NPR
Place you have visited: Dubai
Clothing Store: TJ Maxx!
Decor Purchase: We have some framed art that means a lot to us!
Ice cream: Mint chocolate chip
Movie: Don't know that I really have one...we aren't really into watching movies all that much
Book: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers
Restaurant: Chuy's if I'm looking for something cheap - it's my favorite local Mexican restaurant; Perry's is a local steakhouse that I'd eat at often if I could afford it!
Tv show: Have to say ditto to Gilmore Girls
Color: Blue
Meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner): Breakfast
Food: Mom's lasagna or a really good burger
Street Name (totally random I know!): I don't have one, but there is a Tam-O-Shanter around here somewhere, too...
Number: Can't say that I have one.
Beverage: Iced tea - not being able to drink it is one of the few bad things about being pregnant
Website: Local real estate website, my sister's blog about my nephew
Place you have visited: Cozumel - it was our honeymoon spot, and was wonderful
Clothing Store: Right now, Gap Maternity; but usually, Banana Republic or Ann Taylor Loft
Decor Purchase: This amazing wall hanging that I got at Pier 1 years ago and still love.
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Ice cream: Mint chocolate chip <Agreed w/Megan, but it has to be green colored (not white, like Breyers)
Movie: All-time: You've Got Mail
Book: Hm, I love Art of Racing in the Rain, and anything by Jane Green
Restaurant: Piaza Bella, a cute itlian place, or Biaggi's for a chain
Tv show: Probably any RHW
Color: Pink
Meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner): Breakfast
Food: Any pasta w/pesto or probably pizza
Street Name (totally random I know!): High Street, so immature but it makes me giggle
Number: 9....I don't know how it originated, but it's been "my" number forever, I wonder if it's because I was born on May 9th?
Beverage: Winter: black coffee, summer: iced non-fat chai, alcohol: mimosa's or mojitos
Website: redfin.com, FB, TK, TN
Place you have visited: NYC
Clothing Store: I'm all over the place, but prob. most consistant with shopping at Gap and Loft
Decor Purchase: I love our entertainment center, and also our bar (which actually wasn't a purchase b/c we got for free and I refinished)
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Ice cream: Mint chocolate chip - the green kind
Movie: Drop Dead Fred
Book: Who Moved My Cheese?
Restaurant: Fiesta Mexicana (local authentic joint)
Tv show: Wheel of Fortune
Color: Pink
Meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner): prime rib, loaded mash, garden salad
Food: crackers
Street Name (totally random I know!): unexpected road (funny, it actually does sneak up on you)
Number: 32
Beverage: iced tea
Website: facebook
Place you have visited: moorea
Clothing Store: charlotte russe
Decor Purchase: 20x24 wedding photo
Ice cream: coconut chocolate chip
Movie:Dr Zhivago
Book: I don't read much.
Restaurant:Mon delice bakery in New Smyrna Beach. Excellent pastries and subs to eat at the beach.
Tv show: All time favorite is MASH. Currently watch Two and a half men a lot. Also Big Bang (DH and I relate to the geeks)
Color: Fushia. Also my wedding color.
Meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner): I like b'fast foods but if I only eat one meal in a day it is lunch.
Food: hard to say. DH's is blueberries so the grooms "cake" was blueberry cobbler.
Street Name (totally random I know!): Never gave it a thought. Hearing A1A reminds me of Florida and Jimmy Buffet.
Number: 18
Beverage: Mt Dew. Used to be my morning drink until I decided to lose a little weight.
Website:
Place you have visited: Toss up between Prague and Australia.
Clothing Store: Macy's
Decor Purchase: Hard to say. We love antiques and have several I like. I am in to mahagony furniture. Most recent purchase is a 1910 stained glass chandelier that DH accidentally damaged during installation. We are going to fix it. He knows how and I am going to take a stained glass class next month.
Oh man, Sara, that stuff is the devil. They used to sell the single-serving size at the grocery store near my old apartment, and my husband and I would fight over who got it.
Ice cream: mint chocolate chip. Ideally in a cone, with chocolate sprinkles.
Movie: Too many to pick just one
Book: my all-time favorite is To Kill a Mockingbird, and I re-read it every year.
Restaurant: We tend to stay away from chains, if at all possible. My favorite restaurant right now is Marliave in Boston. Beef wellington for the win!
Tv show: Mad Men, Dexter, and Parks & Rec. are my current favorites
Color: don't have one
Meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner): Dinner.
Food: pizza. really good, Italian-style pizza. I feel like excellent pizza is really rare.
Street Name (totally random I know!): I have no idea
Number: don't have one
Beverage: A nice glass of red wine for alcoholic beverages, and root beer for non-alcoholic. Preferably in a frosty mug.
Website:
Place you have visited: Paris. Hands down.
Clothing Store: Hmm, I guess Talbots for work clothes, but I buy almost everything online exclusively. I hate to shop.
Decor Purchase: Our dining room set. I totally love it, and I keep inviting people over just so we can use it.