Friday, June 13, 2014

Friday Five {Monogram Frenzy, Boxcar Betty's, The Citadel, Garden + Oat My Goodness}.

Happy Friday, y'all! 
I am SO glad it's here because I, for once, don't have to work this weekend! Tonight we'll probably just keep it low key, tomorrow night we have supper club, and Sunday we'll be celebrating our Dads!

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I don't know what came over me, but I went on a bit of a monogram frenzy over the past two weeks. 
{two}
As mentioned yesterday, I went with a couple of girls to Boxcar Betty's last night, a new restaurant in West Ashley. I wound up ordering the blue cheese and buffalo sandwich. It was good, but next time I would order extra blue cheese. I couldn't taste it at all. I definitely had sandwich envy over Caroline's Boxcar sandwich, which had pimento cheese, peach slaw, homemade pickles, and spicy mayo. 

We inhaled our sandwiches so fast and weren't quite ready to go home yet, so we stopped by Triangle for a drink.
Peach sangrias and a watermelon rita

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I helped a friend coordinate her wedding last Saturday and before the ceremony, which was at the Citadel, I got Emily to snap a picture of me in this very special chair. You see, this chair that sits on the alter in the Citadel's chapel, is dedicated to my great grandfather, Capt. Justus Alvin Tiedemann. He graduated from the Citadel and then went on to become a professor there. Pretty special. 

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I was able to pick my first veggies from my garden yesterday! As I was picking them, I knew exactly what recipe I would use these cucumbers for - the chilled garlic soy cucumber recipe that Katie posted yesterday. Will let y'all know how it is!

{five}
I was lucky enough to win Jillian's Oat My Goodness granola giveaway and I'm so glad I did. I am hooked. I got to choose 2 of the flavors so I picked Bad Monkey (peanut butter, chocolate, banana combo) and Sunrise (orange, coffee, mango, and macadamia nuts). I knew for sure I was going to like the Bad Monkey better, but surprisingly, I could not stop eating the Sunrise. This granola is available on their website and for you locals, it's available at Southern Season in Mt. Pleasant. 
(Yes, Stephanie, that means I'm going to ask you to bring me some.)

Enjoy your weekends!  

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23 comments :

  1. Monograms are so very fun, go ahead with your bad self.

    That food, looks amazing! happy friday!

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  2. YAY for garden goodness!!!! Eeeep....Mark and I have got to get our garden gamefaces back on. Or at LEAST start with some herbs! :)
    xx

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  3. Mmmm, both of the sammies sounded amazing yesterday. I hate it when there's not enough blue cheese. There's a restaurant near our old condo that had THE best buffalo chicken wrap and they have home made blue cheese. It is TO DIE FOR, so good. We always order an extra side of it, even tho it's already in the sandwich #fatkidprobs haha
    Hope you have a great weekend since you'll have all kinds of free time not working!

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  4. Peach sangria...yummy! I love a good granola and the sunrise flavor sounds delicious.

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  5. You can never go wrong with a good Tervis and that sandwich looked like it was divine!

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  6. Love the monograms! Super cute. I can see why you went a little crazy with them. :) Yay for homegrown veggies. I am so ready for ours to be ready to pick.

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  7. That chair is so special, how cool! I have also been monogrammed obsessed lately, although in my defense I do need to stock up on monograms with my new married initials.

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  8. love that monogram tumbler! and YAH! im glad you liked the granola :) i need to buy more once im in charleston. xo jillian - cornflake dreams

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  9. When it gets closer to the wedding I’m sure I’ll be on a monogram spree too. The bad monkey flavored granola sounds amazing!

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  10. Okay glad I'm not the only one going on monogram sprees! haha Love your picks! You and Ally have officially convinced be we have to go to Boxcar Bettys this weekend, it looks so good! I had that peach sangria at Triangle last time we were there.. so good! That is so sweet about the chair dedicated to your great grandfather!!

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  11. I need that business card holder. ASAP -- so cute! Those sandwiches sound amazing -- is it lunch time yet? Happy Weekend! xo

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  12. Is it weird that I'm craving that peach sangria at 10am? Yes? Okay. But I am. It looks/sounds so yummy! Very cool about that chair, too.

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  13. I am ordering all kinds of new monogrammed items and justifying them as "for the honeymoon." Love that about your chair! How sweet! Happy Friday, girl! xo

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  14. Love all your cute monogram purchases and that box car sandwich looks unbelievable!! I always get food envy!!

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  15. that sandwich looks so good. yes, definitely more blue cheese next time...i don't even know what the sandwich tasted like but i'm so on board with more cheese. ha

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  16. I need a monogram tumbler in my life! And that granola looks amazing! I've been loving the snack factory granola lately :-)

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  17. Lovinggggggg those monogrammed tumblers!! I need them stat!! xo

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  18. Wondered if you'd go with the pimento or blue cheese. So good to know its pimento for the win! Loved the pic of the chair. Happy weekend :)

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  19. You should of gotten the boxcar! Oh well there's always next time! Very cool about the chair dedicated to your grandpa! Have a good weekend!

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  20. I have to say, I love your grandfather's name- Justus. It's fantastic!

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  21. I had Peach Sangria for the first time at a wedding a few years ago.. it's sooo yummy! Stopping by from the link-up and now following along! www.baseballdiamondshairspray.blogspot.com

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  22. That is so special about the chair.

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  23. Peach sangrias and watermelon ritas? Yes please!!
    I'm almost able to pick a couple of cucumbers from my garden. How did that recipe turn out? I may have to try it.
    Also... I don't know about you, but I've been super bummed about missing five on Friday for the summer. If you're interested my friend Karli {september FARM} and I {the farmer's wife} are starting up a link-up "oh hey, friday!" with the exact same outline and would love for you to join us this Friday! Hope to see you there.
    xoxo
    Amy
    denimandplaid.blogspot.com

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