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Summer Adventures, Part III: Asheville.

 Our trip to Asheville could be summed up in three(ish) words: Food, Friends, and Lost Wallet.

Food: So much goodness. Sweet potato pancakes with whipped peach butter butter. A vegetarian Havana Cuban with swiss cheese, tempeh, black bean spread, and pickles. Rooibos iced tea with local honey. Salted dark chocolate caramels. Red wine-infused dark …

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How I Learned to Stop Being a Slob and Started Cleaning up After Myself.

My new, less-is-more closet.

I’m going to let you in on a little secret: when I took the photos for this post, our apartment was unusually clean. We’d had people over, and had spent several hours cleaning up. I took advantage of having a tidy apartment by taking photos.

Our apartment used to be …

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Baby in the City.*

“It the diversity of choices and people, the raw urban beauty, the endless hum of possibility everywhere.” – love the one you’re with

Ahh, New York City.

Mike, Gabriel, and I made the trek to NYC this weekend to visit a friend from Mike’s days in Denver, and we had an absolutely wonderful time. We’d …

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How to Make Scrambled Tofu.

I can’t believe I was a vegetarian for five years before discovering scrambled tofu. It sounds weird, I always thought. Probably doesn’t have much flavor. I WAS SO WRONG. It’s now a staple in our kitchen. If you don’t like tofu, you need to try this. If you like delicious food, you need to try …

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The Entirely-Too-Long Breastfeeding Post.

The following is a post documenting my experiences with breastfeeding. It includes words like ‘boobs’ and ‘nipples.’ It’s certainly not meant to make those who weren’t able to, or chose not to, breastfeed feel guilty – I just wanted to finally share the first eight months of this journey in its entirety. When I shared …

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“This is where your mom and dad had their first relationship talk, Gabe.”

 We used to be spontaneous trip-taking people. Pre-parenthood, I mean. We’d wake up one Saturday morning and decide to drive three hours to the nearest Ikea. Or decide to road trip to LA just two weeks before doing it, making plans as we went. We love to go places. We love to see things. …

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