Leap Year {On the Hunt}

Have you seen the movie Leap Year? It was cute enough, very predictable, but sweet nonetheless. I particularly liked the scene in the bed & breakfast when Anna and Declan prepare dinner together. Not so much because of the scene itself so much as the decor. In particular, I love the pot rack on the wall:



See it there on the left, with the yellow pots on it? I love that it's vertical and doesn't seem to take up much space. And that when loaded up with pots it has sort of a homey, vintage feel to it. I'd love to find something similar for my kitchen. I'm constantly struggling to find space for everything and having the pots up on the wall would free up one more cabinet. So I'm officially on the hunt for something similar.

Any ideas what this would be called? Other than a pot shelf. Or vertical pot storage. Or wall-mounted pot rack. Or any of the million of other searches I've tried. Cause I'm coming up with a big, fat nothing on my Etsy, Ebay and google searches.

Source: YouTube

The Oscars + This Week's Menu {2/28}

Sorry for skipping yesterday's post. My weekend was mostly computer free, so no blogging. Instead we worked in the yard (ugh, it starts again), did some spring cleaning, hung out with family and watched the Oscars. Did you watch? We caught an hour or so of red carpet coverage and then the show itself. We guessed who would win ahead of time (my sister and I tied with 18 right) and picked our best and worst dressed:


Emma Stone looked really phenomenal. And about a million miles tall. Is she really that tall, or just wearing mile high heels? I loved the fuschia red and the bow. And she's just so darn funny, which might color my opinion of her a bit. :) Melissa McCarthy is hilarious too, but this look is tragic. The color isn't doing anything for her, the wing-like sleeves are pretty scary and between the gathers, the beading and the train there is just too much going on. Bottom line, she's looked way better in the past.

And with no real transition between topics, I'm just going to share my meal plan for the rest of the week. I find myself way more likely to actually follow through if I post it here, so here goes:

Tuesday - Leftover chicken soup (from Monday)
Wednesday - Steak and long grain & wild rice
Thursday - Ham and eggs
Friday - Chicken taquitos
Saturday - Unstuffed cabbage

Not my most inspired plan, but I'm trying to avoid grocery shopping for the next few days. What's your plan for the week?

Quote to Remember #71

"Some people feel the rain, others just get wet." - Bob Marley


Photo Credit: Emilyjjepson's flickr

The Food, The Glorious Food

Just as I lamented that my camera wasn't great for candid WDW shots, it wasn't particularly great for food shots either. I snagged a couple decent ones, but it was just too hard to get far enough away to get them all like I'd planned. I didn't want to leave you without mouth-watering images of some of the great stuff we tried though, so here's some photos of mine and some photos I found out there on the web.


Our first major meal was dinner at Wolfgang Puck Express in Downtown Disney. It was so delicious that we headed back for breakfast later in the week. Neither meal is to be missed!! A great use of a quick service credit if you're on the dining plan. I got the bacon-wrapped meatloaf. Delish!

A few days later we stopped by Restaurant Marrakesh in the Morocco pavilion of Epcot. We'd never eaten there before and were thoroughly stuffed after trying their feasts. My favorites were the harira soup and beef brewat roll. Not everyone appreciates sweet and savory flavors together, but they're right up my alley!


Our first signature meal (Disney-speak for uber-fancy and uber-expensive) was at the California Grill atop the Contemporary Resort. We always use a couple of our meal credits to try a new signature restaurant since we'd never go to them otherwise. The bison and truffled mac & cheese here were really awesome! And the view of the fireworks that we got couldn't be beat.

Magic Kingdom is a busy day for us, so we only had time for a quick service restaurant when we went there - Columbia Harbour House. This is a must for us each trip. I always get the Anchors Aweigh sandwich (tuna salad), which we enjoy upstairs, where it's nice and quiet, even during busy times of year.


Our final dinner was at another signature restaurant - The Flying Fish at the Boardwalk. I was worried about eating here since I don't do seafood, but their Pepperberry-Grilled Pork Tenderloin was fantastic. So flavorful! So was the seasonal salad that I ordered as an appetizer, complete with produce grown in Epcot.

But nothing can compare to the brownie my sister got for dessert. Here's the description: "apple-wood smoked bacon praline crunch, smokey salt-scented chocolate sorbet and raspberry coulis". Sounds gross, right?! But I assure you, it was epic. As a lover of bacon she's always said that everything is better with it, except maybe brownies. Which is why she had to order this brownie for dessert. She said it's changed her world forever.

I'm glad we stretched our proverbial wings and tried some new things this trip. Artist Point at the Wilderness Lodge had long been my favorite restaurant in all the World, but I've now got two more signature venues that I really like, not to mention the awesomeness that is Wolfgang Puck's. Now, to think about next year's trip...



P.S. A big thanks to Tracy over at Dollars and Sense Decor who gave me a Liebster award. The idea of it is to feature blogs you love with readerships of less than 200. Quite neat if you think about it - recognizing those who are just starting out, or who are blogging simply as a way to document their lives (like me). I read a pretty healthy mix of big name blogs and small journal-type blogs, and here are a few of my faves who I'd like to bestow the Liebster award too. These folks all have readerships of less than 200 according to their sidebar. Who knows how many others are catching their awesomeness on the sly!?! And if you ladies are game, go ahead and feature five other bloggers that you love! Thanks again Tracy!!


Bungalow960
Free People
Lansdowne Life
Quite Contrary*
*ok, so her stats show 202 readers, but I couldn't resist linking up - she's hilarious
Tales From a Leakey Faucet

My Reading List

For the past few years several of my girlfriends and I have been getting together once a month for book club. Makes me feel so adult. ;) We're closing in on completing our current cycle of choices and so just finished making another round of selections. Our method of picking what books to read is that each person nominates several books, we all vote which book we want to read from each person's list and then shuffle up the winners. It makes for a lot of variety and a list of books that everyone is interested in. Here is what's on the agenda for the coming year (click each title for the Amazon link):


Have you read any of our selections? Any other ideas you'd like to offer up? Now that I've got a Kindle Fire, I'm looking for more and more books to fill it up with.