Alabama Graffiti: July 2012

Peach Cobbler

31.7.12

this weekend, B and i visited the Alabama Farmer's Market. we bought a ton of fresh veggies and fruit. one of the main things i love about summer is peaches. so i decided that i wanted, no needed to make a peach cobbler. so i did.

Paula Deen's Peach Cobbler

Ingredients:

4 cups peeled, sliced peaches (if you don't care about the skin, i wouldn't bother peeling. it was a pain)

2 cups sugar, divided

1/2 cup water

8 tablespoons butter

1 1/2 cup self-rising flour

1 1/2 cup milk

ground cinnamon, optional

To make:

* Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

* Combine the peaches, 1 cup of sugar, and water in a saucepan and mix well. Bring to a boil and let simmer for 10 mins. Remove from heat.

* Put the butter in a 3 qt baking dish and place in oven to melt.

* Mix remaining cup of sugar, flour and milk slowly to prevent clumping. Pour mixture over melted butter. Spoon fruit on top,gently stirring in syrup. Sprinkle top with ground cinnamon, if using. Bake for 30-45 minutes. Serve with plain vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

(adapted from foodnetwork.com)

My Chilton country peaches!!

simmering peaches....

mixture ready to be baked.

final product! yums!!!

we also got a ton of fresh, home-grown food. check out our meal below, all veggie. fried okra and squash, with beans and tomatoes... great summer meal.

Hotel Savoy

30.7.12

B loves anthony bourdain. and he does his research for every where we go. he likes unique places and food. he will try anything once. he even tried carla's beet pickled eggs. or something like that. only brave souls....which included b and my dad. i only eat purple food if it's highly enriched with sugar and/or corn syrup.

so, when he found out that we were going to KC, he knew that we were going to have to go to the Savoy Grille in downtown Kansas City, MO. it's attached to the Hotel Savoy, both of which were beautiful and old, with great features.

we decided to pop in after our morning of museums for a quick lunch.

The old antiquey bar.

Seafood gumbo!!

B had the seafood sampler.

It used to be a residential hotel; I loved all the mailbox slots.

Beautiful stained glass dome.


Front desk of the hotel.

even walking into the hotel smelled just a little musty. off to the left side of this seating area where a bunch of tables where one could only have assumed a wedding was about to take place.

it was just so gorgeous, and we got to introduce my dad and c to a place they had never been before.

Sporting KC

28.7.12

i don't know anything about soccer.

never claimed to.

but this was by far one of the funnest things we did in KC. we had fantastic seats, seriously, in-seat service and all, plus all the food you could eat before hand. and i did. they had bacon wrapped hot dogs (don't worry, there is a picture of this, and you will see it!), and new england seafood deliciousness since they were playing the new england revolution.

they also had all you could drink beverages, and well, that never ends well. :) vodka sodas all around...

here it is! heart attack in a bun!

it was really fun. it's not a huge stadium, so it wasn't crowded with people everywhere.

i figured now i've been sucked into another sport....

KC Sports: Royals Game.

26.7.12

our trip to KC was perfected by going to a couple of games. we went to a Royals game and a Sporting KC game.

I love going to sports games. they are a perfect escape. which is a perfect segue into less than 40 days till auburn! woo!

anyway, our seats for both games were amazing. we were on the first base side pretty close to where foul balls go, but luckily nothing decided to hit me in the face.

jeff francouer. holla.

They had their own drumline! It was so much fun!

the Royals unfortunately lost (extra innings though!), but they had an awesome fireworks show afterwards.

and if you know anything about me, you know that i love fireworks, so it was amazing.

on another sports note, the olympics start tomorrow, and boy, i can't tell you how excited i am about the opening ceremonies! one of my favorite things about the whole olympics put together. oh, and whoever decided to bring the spice girls back for a reunion for the closing ceremonies, is seriously my hero. :)

Life, in General.

25.7.12

Life is hard.

Now I know I'm not stating anything that everyone doesn't already know, but it really does just suck sometimes.

Work. The ever-haunting past. Home life. House problems. The continuing self-doubt. Money problems. Other people's problems. How is someone ever supposed to cram all of this into a short 24 hour day?

It gets so exhausting. Sometimes I feel like I need to run a bath, turn on some Adele and just cry. Which is exactly what I did today. I always heard that sometimes a girl's just gotta cry, and after today/past week, I just needed it.

It always seems that everyone knows exactly what to say to you to hurt you, whether it be a customer who tells you you're doing a horrible job, or whether someone just simply states that, you don't look that good today, or someone just simply moving on.

I work to live; not the other way around, although lately it seems that it's all I've done. I spend so much time at work and thinking about work; it just never goes away. I constantly put myself down for how I look or how much I weigh. And that's exhausting in itself. I get so frustrated looking in the mirror or looking at the scale, and then I get angry with myself for that. It's an epic battle for me to accept myself the way I am. and when I say epic, I mean epic. sometimes I just think to myself, how did I end up with someone like B? he's so handsome and great, and I feel most of the time that I don't even measure up.

Anyway, that's enough of the serious. I have just been in a mood lately.


(flight from kc to st. louis. dirty windows)

Sometimes you just want to get away.

You Never Can Tell

24.7.12

The past week, B and I spent most of it in Kansas City with my dad. It was a welcome relief from my life at work.

Work has become more stressful in general. I feel at every turn something goes wrong. I can't please everyone, and it seems that everyone is mad at me pretty much all the time. For things that I can't control. Perhaps that spawned the hair change? I don't know, but every thing seems so out of sorts. I can't explain it.

The first night in Kansas City we went to a pretty popular BBQ place, Jack Stack. And of course, it was fantastic. And in true LC fashion, there are pictures...

They have the best ribs on Earth. And that cheesy looking thing? Full of potato heaven.

I remember back to when someone asked me about my blog. He said pretty much all he got out of it was BBQ places. Right now, it still kind of stings to think about that when he said that to me.

I let people who have no intentions of ever saying anything nice to me hurt me. I let people who don't mean anything hurt me. I'm sick of that.

I'm almost 30 and I still don't know who I am.

Short Hair....Again.

23.7.12

You ever have a crazy moment? Or crazy moments. I had one a week ago. One of those where I decided to just chop all of my hair off.

I tend to have those at least once around this time of year. I let it grow, and then poof, it's gone.

And I get mad at myself for it. I love my hair long, but I have been going through so many things and feelings, and it's just hair.

So what do you think?

Completely terrible?

Pinterest Fun

17.7.12

Since B insists on playing video games well into the night, I am forced (yes I said forced ) to browse pinterest. Sometimes for hours on end. I know, it's terrible.

Here are a couple of my favorite pinterest things from the past week or so...