Anniversary Brunch at the Carriage House

Jesse and I had a really great, fun day yesterday. We started by celebrating our 2nd anniversary (Sept 30) by having brunch with my family at the Carriage House in Ithaca. The atmosphere is really relaxed and the food is amazing: Brie stuffed french toast with fresh fruit, baby portabella omelets, grilled heirloom tomatoes and cheddar on house-baked muti-grain bread. It is all terrific. My sister, Lauren, generously treated everyone!

My parents surprised us with a fantastic anniversary present: a new queen size bed! I'm so excited to pick it out and have so much space. I am married to a bed hog who occupies 2/3 of the bed on a night when he's being generous. I am relegated to a portion of the bed that is hardly wider than my bod. When we get the new bed, I am pretty sure the proportion of space I am allotted will remain the same yet my proportion will be wonderfully larger. Yay! Its a great prez and was a complete surprise.

After brunch, Jess and Lauren and I headed to the farmer's market and packed our canvas bags with enough produce to nearly fill the fridge: Yummy Peppers (this is the variety, not a description), French Breakfast Radishes, Honeycrisp apples, cauliflower, broccoli, garlic, carrots, onions, parsley, basil.

We made a couple more stops in Ithaca before dropping Lauren off at home and heading back home. After unpacking all of our produce, I started our dinner: Bleu Cheese Cauliflower Soup and fresh artisan bread from the market. It was incredibly tasty; a certain addition to our favorites.

Afterwards, we took a long (apx. 3 mile) walk with our friends, Philip and Emily. Our day was so full and fun; I was entirely exhausted.

cafe image via Carriage House Cafe