Turning 30 and The Eden Project Part I…

My 30th birthday gift was a beautiful surprise road-trip to Cornwall.

Stayed in the most adorable little cottage…

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With Alpacas in the front yard…SQUEEEEEE!

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We spent an entire day trying to absorb all of the exquisite botanical treasures at The Eden Project

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Lots of photos of flowers and teeny tiny plants await.

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Next up: Even more Eden Project treasures…

A Snowy Day in London…

Recently London was blanketed in snow and it seemed like everyone gave up their constant complaining about the weather for a few days and really enjoyed it!

I took the pups out to do some frolicking!

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Pepper’s not so sure about it…

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But she soon got some cuddles and warmed up a bit…

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Noodles happens to love the snow…as well as affection from his favourite park buddy!

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Okay, so that’s officially enough snow for me!
Bring on some Spring!!!

Going Home…

It’s been a year! First stop – CLEVELAND. Seeing my beautiful Aunts. x

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I even got to spend some quality time with the family pets!

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And no trip to CLE is complete without stopping by Cedar Point.

We rodes some epic and terrifying coasters…

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Ate some massive BBQ turkey legs…

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Then we passed out from jet lag exhaustion!

Followed by a quick flight to Nashville!!

I immediately had a bar party and invited everyone to come out and give me a year’s worth of hugs.

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They complied!

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Toasts were made…

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I was so excited to spend time with some of my besties…

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And baby!

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OOooohhh baby!

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There were lots of babies being made whilst I was away…

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Big fat squooshy pretty babies!!!

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Aunt Jamie ❤

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And some of the babies I knew a year ago weren’t babies anymore, but little tiny people…

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Lunch with my LaLa. ❤

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My mom was just as pretty as I remember her being…

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My brother was still a massive fantasy football dweeb…

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Becca and her fantastic fiance Josh took us out to Dinner at Silo 

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Elevated Southern cuisine welcoming me home proved to be JUST what I needed…

Especially deviled eggs three ways…

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Deep fried greenbeans…

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And pork belly…

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We even visited my beloved Bombay Palace

They were all super excited to see me too! HA!

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Actually, we did a lot of eating.

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And of course, we had to work some of it off…

No better place than Edwin Warner Park…

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See ya soon Nashville xx

Food in Spain.

I just wanted to share some of the food I DEVOURED in Spain

A simple lunch…

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Followed by a decadent dinner…

Tomato and goat cheese salad

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Beef carpaccio with sheep’s-milk cheese

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Tuna carpaccio with pink peppercorn and dill

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Filet mignon with foie

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Vanilla bean panna cotta with black currants…

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Me in action!

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Grilled calamari for another yummy lunch…

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A little scampi party…

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Tasty tapas…

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