The Culinary Couple

Archive for March, 2009

Save the Date

03.31.2009 · Posted in on this day we marry

It’s official! Our guests have received our save the date magnets — our first DIY wedding project. Believe it or not, this was the hardest decision to date. We had no trouble choosing our venue, photographer, or caterer, and I fell in love with my dress the moment I saw it. But we went through ...

Creative Cake

03.30.2009 · Posted in on this day we marry, the culinary couple

If we were getting a big cake, I’d want one like this. How clever! But instead (though it’s incredibly beautiful!), we’ve decided to have an assortment of cakes and pies. Here is our inspiration: And we’ll have a small cake just for the two of us. We couldn’t forgo the cutting of the cake tradition, ...

The Rest of Our Lives

03.26.2009 · Posted in all you need is love

“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” –Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally Five months to go until the rest of my life begins, and it’s all I can think about. I dream about our ...

Work and Play in the Capital

03.17.2009 · Posted in travel bug, working woman

Five days in the nation’s capital — time for work and time for play! I arrived in DC with a crew of five on Wednesday afternoon. It took us about four hours to set up three cameras, two half racks, one boom, one spider, one scan converter, and six mics in the conference room of ...

Chinese Make-In

03.17.2009 · Posted in Recipes

Everyone loves Chinese take-out — including the culinary couple. And when Emily saw Mark Bittman make fried rice on the Today Show last week, she got an idea. Let’s cook Chinese take-out in the comfort of our own kitchen! Both the shrimp fried rice and pork egg rolls were easy to make and tasted better ...

Registries, Rings, and Other Things

03.09.2009 · Posted in on this day we marry

Productive weekend in Happy Valley! We took some time to relax on Friday night and tried a few new beers at Zeno’s. Saturday morning, after going for a run (in the 70+ degree weather), we headed out to Macy’s and Bed Bath & Beyond to start our registries. We found a few items at Macy’s ...

To Each Her Own

03.03.2009 · Posted in on this day we marry

I will have six lovely women by my side on August 28th. My sister is my Maid of Honor, and the Bridesmaids include three girls from my elementary/middle/high school days, one friend from college, and my soon-to-be sister-in-law. They’re all beautiful with unique senses of style. So I decided to let each girl choose her ...

In Print

03.03.2009 · Posted in on this day we marry

Our engagement announcement ran in the York Sunday News over the weekend. And my grandmother said we were the most beautiful couple on the page. ...