Welcome to December! (How crazy does that sound?!?!)
Thanks!
Thanks are in order. First, thanks to Nicci for the “Fit Chic” award and Jessica for “Beautiful Blogger” award! : ) I very much appreciate you wonderful ladies thinking of me! (I’ll have to spread the love and pass them along soon ; )
Next thanks … thank you all for flattering me by liking by random, impromptu small teapot painting! I’m really NOT much of an artist. My dad, however, is an award winning artist and my sister definitely got his artistic genes more than I did … I always liked art though so maybe I’ll have to paint something else soon.
Work Night Partying
I ran on about 4 1/2 hours of sleep today (and that’s not usually a good thing for me! :s) haha. But I’m still surprisingly awake. Erik and I went to a Swell Season concert in KC last night. It was an AWESOME show, they put on an amazing concert!!
But first … we had a lovely and very delicious dinner at Blue Bird Bistro.
I got the stuffed acorn squash:
“Thane Palmberg acorn squash stuffed with organic quinoa, organic sliced almonds, and organic raisins drizzled with Elmer Gingrich Farm sorghum syrup and served on a bed of organic spinach”
It was beyond wonderful!! I thought of you, Erica, because you’re the stuffed squash queen (at least in my opinion you are ; )
After we ate we split some coffee ice cream for dessert. Yum!!!
Every time I go to Blue Bird, I’m amazed at how good everything is. I’m convinced that local and fresh foods have so much flavor and simply taste so much better than non!
We got done with dinner early so we went over to Tea Drops in Westport KC to grab some tea. It was a really cute little tea shop.
And then it was off to the concert. in the Uptown Theatre. We had SUCH a good time … I just can’t get over how good it was. I love Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova! 
It was a wonderful way to spend a Monday night! : )
Tonight … I’m relaxing and hopefully going to be early!
Have a wonderful night, bloggies!
-Lesley
Congratulations on the awards; and what a great evening, indeed!
ReplyDeleteI actually got about 6.5 hours of sleep last night, when I usually get about 7.5 or 8. I actually feel BETTER than usual! It's fantastic. Tomorrow, however, I have to wake up at 5, which is so painful.
ReplyDeleteLove the coffee ice cream dessert, right up my alley! Two of my favorite things, combined. All it needs is some chocolate and pb on the side. haha
girlfrand..im so thankful to have MET you too!! :) only the blog world would understand..
ReplyDeletewhat an awesome dinner! i LOVE coffee ice cream..def a fav
Hey!! the concert looks pretty coooool! I like their stage settings! glad you had a wonderful time!
ReplyDeletecongrats on the blog awards :-D
What a fabulous nice! I need to update my reader with your new url!! I take your shout out as a HUGE compliment :) I am obviously such a huge squash fan ;) The dessert looks pretty fantastic as well. Glad you had fun at the concert
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a fun night!
ReplyDeleteLoving the squash! Sounds like you had a great night! Coffee Ice Cream, yes please.
ReplyDeleteI just went down and looked at your tea pot! Too cute! And I agree..painting is a fun way to relax...although, I'm not very good at it!
ReplyDeleteAs long as we're talking tea, your tea spot looks wonderful!
ReplyDeletethat squash sounds wonderful :)
ReplyDeletewhat a cute little cafe !
wow! Looks like an amazing and fun evening!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you and your hubby had a good time and as for that tea station, I wish I can go to one right now!
ReplyDeleteAs for Twilight, you're lucky that you have all the resources, you can read ALL the books and/or watch the movies, bc I had to wait over a year to see that movie. haha
What a wonderful evening!
ReplyDeletecongrats on getting the award! :D
ReplyDeleteconcert on monday night?woooo! what a great day to start the week!
Once is one of my favorite movies so I'd love to see those two in concert. I need to get some Swell Season cds!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun night!
ReplyDeleteI love Westport. It has been years since I've been there, but I frequented it often in my college days. I bet the concert was great. I love Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.
ReplyDeletewhat a fun night!! that coffee icecream in the martini glass looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely not your typical Monday night! How fun! Coffee ice cream sounds so decadent, and I love it when things come in pretty packages like that :)
ReplyDeleteYour welcome for the blog award!! I really love your blog, and always look forward to it in my email!! :)
ReplyDeleteThat tea house is so cute and I LOVE the name!!
What a wonderful eve & great pics!!! I so love coffee ice cream but my tummy, not so much anymore. :-(
ReplyDeleteI grew up back east until high school & I loved the mocha chip & coffee ice cream!
That stuffed acorn squash sounds wonderful! Does sorghum syrup have a very distinct flavor? I've been meaning to try it. Looove coffee ice cream too :] I'm glad you had fun... on a Monday! :D
ReplyDeleteI've never been to a restaurant that serves stuffed squash--I'd definitely have to order it because I am quite the stuffaholic :-)
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