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Simply Semplicitá: March 2013
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Moules à la Marinière Julia Child's Mussels. You know you have found a heart-friend when you share the same passion for Julia Child. (And obviously we looked to her for the recipe below.) And you know your friend has a ridiculous husband when he can impersonate Julia's voice to the T. Andy and I have found both of these to be true in our weekend guests, so we had quite the time making and enjoying this meal together. It was not as hard as I thought and they were delicious! Moules à la Marinière. Then, wi...
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Simply Semplicitá: December 2011
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You may have noticed I've not been blogging this week. And maybe you haven't noticed. :-) Either way, I haven't been! That's because I've been spending loads of time running around Rome like a crazy woman (Isn't that normal? You ask.) Yes, it is normal. But I've been preparing for Christmas! And we leave for England this weekend! I'll be blogging a bit over the holidays, but set those expectations super looowwww. But have a very Happy Christmas! Love to you all,. Posted by Lauren Dixon. Slightly adapted ...
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Simply Semplicitá: Our Wedding
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We loved our wedding day. After 3 years of dating over several continents, we exchanged our vows on 1 August, 2010. Below is a little photo tour of our day. Photos taken by the fabulous Sarah Danaher of Ampersand Photography. You'll also find more details about the DIY aspects of our wedding in the "Wedding" category of my blog. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Subscribe in a reader. Hello there. I'm Lauren, and I'm writing to you from Rome, Italy about the simple things in life that bring me joy.
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Simply Semplicitá: January 2012
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Missing Michigan More Etsy finds. I just can't help myself. (Happy Monday, by the way.) I am so obsessed with Etsy lately! I should be scanning Pintrest, but for some reason, I'm digging Etsy. It's probably because I'm itching for a little change in our apartment, and looking for something new up put on the walls. But then I stumbled upon this Michigan print. And I thought, " Uhhh, my heart! I'd love to have this print with the heart on Saline. Miss you, Michigan! Posted by Lauren Dixon. Add 1/2 a roughl...
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Simply Semplicitá: De-stressing by Distressing
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Nothing says de-stressing like mutilating a piece of furniture. Maybe that sounds unhealthy? A scene from Office Space? Who doesn't sometimes want to beat-up their printer? But for me, dis. Tressing furniture is very de-stressing. Har Har. I first got the idea of how to turn my second-hand Ikea butchers block into a more rustic piece from pinterest. Jenna at SAS Interiors did a great job. And I wanted to give it a whirl. Let me know how your de-stressing distressing goes! Posted by Lauren Dixon.
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Simply Semplicitá: June 2012
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Glazed (Overnight) Doughnuts. Another win! It's getting to that time of year when people in my line of work. Are tired. Really, really. Tired We've battled through a really busy spring and, with the heat wave sweeping over Rome, it sinks in: Summer break is NOT here yet. You see, "summer" for us here in Italy isn't until August. And not only is my body telling me I need a break, but Facebook is always throwing it in my face with all my teacher-friends gushing about how Summer is Here! All photographs and...
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Simply Semplicitá: Moules à la Marinière | Julia Child's Mussels
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Moules à la Marinière Julia Child's Mussels. You know you have found a heart-friend when you share the same passion for Julia Child. (And obviously we looked to her for the recipe below.) And you know your friend has a ridiculous husband when he can impersonate Julia's voice to the T. Andy and I have found both of these to be true in our weekend guests, so we had quite the time making and enjoying this meal together. It was not as hard as I thought and they were delicious! Moules à la Marinière. Then, wi...
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Simply Semplicitá: May 2012
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Martha-izing my life Chalkboard Labels. It never ceases to amaze me how things go from bad to worse. Chaotic things never turn orderly on their own. (Hmmm, macro evolution disproved in my kitchen cabinets? As it seems, no matter how hard I try, our house continues to need attention in the organization department. (I surely do wish that something would crawl out of the sticky ooze in there and morph into a little Martha Stewart. Now THAT would be science at its finest.). Have a great weekend! Ok, so maybe...
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Simply Semplicitá: February 2012
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Life is just one big pretzel these days. I'm pretty sure you could start measuring my emotional health in number of blog posts. Now, the scale isn't flawless. (For example, I rarely blog on vacation.) But its usually a pretty good indicator on how I'm doing with boundaries and margins in my life. (As you can remember, I started my blog for that very purpose! So Haven't seen me hanging around the blogosphere lately? You guessed it. I'm overworking. Again. This week I'm determined. Soft Pretzels at Home.
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Simply Semplicitá: ... And we're back!
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Well hello there, friend. Haven't seen you in a while! But I just love those friendships that you can just pick up after a long hiatus, so even if we don't really. Know each other, let's choose to be those type of friends and settle back in. Sound good? So being the type of friends that we are, I'm not going to acknowledge that YES, I haven't blogged since June 2, 2012, and YES, I totally never picked up "simply" after my summer holiday, but we're not those type of friends, remember? 1 Boil the sugar, ci...