The next weeks will be jam packed with events that will allow us to enjoy the last of the great summer weather.
This week on Tuesday, the college girls will be getting together for a Biggest Loser premier/ theme dinner night!
Coming up this weekend is Irish Fest in Military Park and Coburn Fest at the Irsay Party pavilion.
Hopefully, we'll see some Party Girls fans at events next weekend!
We're back in action and blogging our every move!
xoxo,
Maggie and Meghan
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Penrod
On Saturday, we found ourselves at the Penrod Art Fair on the beautiful grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. We checked out lots of great booths, both of art and local non-profit organizations. It was great to see our friends from Indy Hub and the Indianapolis Opera.
Lots of great art to look at and people watching at its finest. Chateau Thomas, Oliver, Bazbeaux, King David Dogs, and Brother Juniper's were present for food and drink as well as several large Budweiser trucks.
Yet another successful art fair put on by the great gentlemen in the Penrod Society. Great event, guys!
Lots of great art to look at and people watching at its finest. Chateau Thomas, Oliver, Bazbeaux, King David Dogs, and Brother Juniper's were present for food and drink as well as several large Budweiser trucks.
Yet another successful art fair put on by the great gentlemen in the Penrod Society. Great event, guys!
Friday... return to the Wellington!
After a minor setback, the Friday of Meghan's birthday, we returned to our old haunt the Wellington (aka the Cellar of the Corner Wine Bar). We were greeted with a special birthday version on "King of the Road" and "Happy Birthday" by our friends, Touch of Grass.
The guys play every Friday and Saturday and as the weather grows cooler, you'll find us there more often. They have a new beer on tap called Loose Cannon and it is a new favorite. Our German friend introduced us to a special beverage from his country: white wine and Coke. Yiiiip.
It was great to be out with our old friend Al Pom and Will and Ellie. We also enjoyed our glorious return to our own personal version of Cheers... everybody knows our names!
The guys play every Friday and Saturday and as the weather grows cooler, you'll find us there more often. They have a new beer on tap called Loose Cannon and it is a new favorite. Our German friend introduced us to a special beverage from his country: white wine and Coke. Yiiiip.
It was great to be out with our old friend Al Pom and Will and Ellie. We also enjoyed our glorious return to our own personal version of Cheers... everybody knows our names!
The Party that was SO Birthday!
Sorry... it's been a while. We have been beyond busy. Enough said. Moving on...
We had our joint birthday party on September 6. It was our Second Annual Sunday Funday Celebration.
While food was not the central focus, we think we made some great party snacks- with a little help from our friends. Everyone seemed to be okay with less food and more beer and wine.
Our pal Molly's mom, Susan, made a fantastic salad. Sounds like a weird combo of cheese tortellini, fruit, and poppy seed dressing, but the result is AMAZING.
We featured our famous pizza roll, Rice Krispie Treats, brownies by Koehler, and guacamole by Baker. Kelsie made buffalo chicken dip and cream cheese toffee dip for apples. Both were phenomenal. Thanks, KMo.
Terry Freeman, who you may know from her role as Meghan's mom, made a punch and pour/poke cake with raspberry Jell-O. Delicious and a birthday tradition!
We had one close call involving a hammock and red wine mistaken for blood, but other than that the party went off without a hitch. Special thanks to Maggie's new neighbors, Luke and Ashley for the flip cup table!
Thanks, friends for making our party SO birthday! We love you! The Party Girls are back!
Sunday, August 9, 2009
KC Trip by Maggie
Hey all,
I'm back! I had an amazing trip to Kansas City. My parents and I had some great meals... we ate out and had a party! The party post is coming soon... I'm waiting for the parents to send me some pictures of the awesome food we made!
Last Friday night, we went to Spin Pizza for dinner (www.spinpizza.com). We had a Sonoma Salad which had grapes, apples, raisins, pecans, goat cheese, and a blood orange vinagarette. We got two pizzas: one with chicken sausage and carmelized onions and another with roasted chicken and goat cheese. Both were great, but the chicken and goat cheese was our winner. We had a great time and a nice bottle of wine. It was a great welcome.
KC is famous for their barbecue. The James family favorite is Oklahoma Joe's (www..oklahomajoesbbq.com). My mom and I had lunch there last Tuesday. We had the special: a pulled pork sandwich and a side. I had the beans, which are unreal- like regular baked beans with black beans in a zesty sauce. Heaven. J-Squared got the fries, which were outstanding. They also have spicy coleslaw, which will blow your mind! The best part about Oklahoma Joe's is that it's located in a gas station. That's right... you can fuel up, buy a sno-ball, and get some of the best barbecue you've ever had.
My mom and I went to visit my grandmother, known as the Beej. Beej lives in Lindsborg, KS, which is known as Little Sweden, USA. Swedish cuisine is not exactly internationally known for deliciousness, but there used to be a little place in Lindsborg that made fabulous Swedish pancakes. In a strange twist, the Bakery is now a Mexican restaurant... bizarre for a Swedish town, but the food at Jalisco was great! I had a veggie quesedilla and it was authentic and tasty! We also stopped for Sno-Cones after dinner, which my brother and I used to do when we visited my grandparents as kids. Ah, nostalgia!
On Thursday night before I left, we had dinner at Blanc Burgers and Bottles (www.blancburgers.com). Blanc has ten different burgers including bison, classic beef, turkey, and mahi mahi. Regulator had the bison burger and J-Squared and I both got the spiced lentil burgers- a great vegetarian option. Blanc serves sides and fries in miniature shopping carts! We had sweet potato fries and onion rings... both were delish! Blanc also has a massive selection of wines and beers. My dad had a chocolate stout, which was better than expected. I had Mothership Wit from New Belgium Brewing (same brewery as Fat Tire) and my mom had a malbec. It was a great send off dinner.
My KC trip was great, but I am glad to be back home and here to help Meghan cook! :)
I'm back! I had an amazing trip to Kansas City. My parents and I had some great meals... we ate out and had a party! The party post is coming soon... I'm waiting for the parents to send me some pictures of the awesome food we made!
Last Friday night, we went to Spin Pizza for dinner (www.spinpizza.com). We had a Sonoma Salad which had grapes, apples, raisins, pecans, goat cheese, and a blood orange vinagarette. We got two pizzas: one with chicken sausage and carmelized onions and another with roasted chicken and goat cheese. Both were great, but the chicken and goat cheese was our winner. We had a great time and a nice bottle of wine. It was a great welcome.
KC is famous for their barbecue. The James family favorite is Oklahoma Joe's (www..oklahomajoesbbq.com). My mom and I had lunch there last Tuesday. We had the special: a pulled pork sandwich and a side. I had the beans, which are unreal- like regular baked beans with black beans in a zesty sauce. Heaven. J-Squared got the fries, which were outstanding. They also have spicy coleslaw, which will blow your mind! The best part about Oklahoma Joe's is that it's located in a gas station. That's right... you can fuel up, buy a sno-ball, and get some of the best barbecue you've ever had.
My mom and I went to visit my grandmother, known as the Beej. Beej lives in Lindsborg, KS, which is known as Little Sweden, USA. Swedish cuisine is not exactly internationally known for deliciousness, but there used to be a little place in Lindsborg that made fabulous Swedish pancakes. In a strange twist, the Bakery is now a Mexican restaurant... bizarre for a Swedish town, but the food at Jalisco was great! I had a veggie quesedilla and it was authentic and tasty! We also stopped for Sno-Cones after dinner, which my brother and I used to do when we visited my grandparents as kids. Ah, nostalgia!
On Thursday night before I left, we had dinner at Blanc Burgers and Bottles (www.blancburgers.com). Blanc has ten different burgers including bison, classic beef, turkey, and mahi mahi. Regulator had the bison burger and J-Squared and I both got the spiced lentil burgers- a great vegetarian option. Blanc serves sides and fries in miniature shopping carts! We had sweet potato fries and onion rings... both were delish! Blanc also has a massive selection of wines and beers. My dad had a chocolate stout, which was better than expected. I had Mothership Wit from New Belgium Brewing (same brewery as Fat Tire) and my mom had a malbec. It was a great send off dinner.
My KC trip was great, but I am glad to be back home and here to help Meghan cook! :)
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Meghan Without Maggie Weekend Part Two: Sunday...
Sunday was philanthropy and book club day - look how well rounded I am!!! ;) Sunday morning, Giving+Sum was able to volunteer with the BigBrothers/BigSisters Summerfest event downtown. Emily, Casey and I declared ourselves Mayors of Fit City...there was no arguing, we split duties diplomatically....check us out Congress. Fit City was an obstacle course that the Bigs and Littles would run through, we'd time and then we gave the fastest runners medals.
We learned a few things that day...
1. No matter how small you are....if you are above the age of 14, don't try to go through a tunnel the size of a dinner plate...it won't go well. "100%"
2. Indy had some of the fastest, most polite and delightful Littles I've ever met.
3. Our Fit City reps learned from us Mayors that squirrel chasing should be left to dogs....and trying to catch them with chicken is futile...and weird.
4. The Bigs of Indy's program and those who run the program are amazingly wonderful and inspirational people we can all learn from. So... go to http://www.bbbsci.org/ to learn how to get involved!
Later Sunday I went to our book club at Kallie's house. I love Kallie's house….it has an all weather porch where I am convinced that if we sat long enough and had enough wine, we could solve the problems of the world. I brought chips and salsa and salt water taffy to this meeting…again…no Maggie = no Meghan cooking . Anyways, our book club book for this month is The Poe Shadow. If you have any thoughts or book suggestions, we'd love to hear them!!
Maggie will be back tomorrow and we will document this weekend as normal…which will include two birthday parties and a wedding!!!
We learned a few things that day...
1. No matter how small you are....if you are above the age of 14, don't try to go through a tunnel the size of a dinner plate...it won't go well. "100%"
2. Indy had some of the fastest, most polite and delightful Littles I've ever met.
3. Our Fit City reps learned from us Mayors that squirrel chasing should be left to dogs....and trying to catch them with chicken is futile...and weird.
4. The Bigs of Indy's program and those who run the program are amazingly wonderful and inspirational people we can all learn from. So... go to http://www.bbbsci.org/ to learn how to get involved!
Later Sunday I went to our book club at Kallie's house. I love Kallie's house….it has an all weather porch where I am convinced that if we sat long enough and had enough wine, we could solve the problems of the world. I brought chips and salsa and salt water taffy to this meeting…again…no Maggie = no Meghan cooking . Anyways, our book club book for this month is The Poe Shadow. If you have any thoughts or book suggestions, we'd love to hear them!!
Maggie will be back tomorrow and we will document this weekend as normal…which will include two birthday parties and a wedding!!!
Meghan Without Maggie Weekend Part One: Saturday...
So - Maggie has been out of the state for about a week now (home visiting her parents) and I've been left to my own (questionable at best) devices. I have not posted anything about last weekend yet because honestly...if Maggie isn't here...I don't cook. I exist on a primarily liquid diet. True story. In the words of Atlanta housewife NeNe, "100%". However, I'd like to give a run down because fun, debauchery and volunteering were all a part of my solo weekend!
Saturday of last weekend my fabulous friend Lauren, also a Giving+Sum member, hosted a for-no-reason-other-than-fun pub crawl. On Mass Ave. I could stop there because those Indy dwellers know those two phrases - pub crawl. Mass Ave. - are definitive of fun. And it was. From Front Page to Mass Ave Pub we went...including a favorite stop of mine, Chatham Tap. LOVE it. And they have Fat Tire on tap. There was an excellent showing of Lauren's fun friends - most of whom are now new friends of mine!
It was a good day, friends...a very good day. So - a big thank you to Miss Lauren for planning such a fun Saturday activity. You are delightful. Very Prefontainian. ;)
Saturday of last weekend my fabulous friend Lauren, also a Giving+Sum member, hosted a for-no-reason-other-than-fun pub crawl. On Mass Ave. I could stop there because those Indy dwellers know those two phrases - pub crawl. Mass Ave. - are definitive of fun. And it was. From Front Page to Mass Ave Pub we went...including a favorite stop of mine, Chatham Tap. LOVE it. And they have Fat Tire on tap. There was an excellent showing of Lauren's fun friends - most of whom are now new friends of mine!
It was a good day, friends...a very good day. So - a big thank you to Miss Lauren for planning such a fun Saturday activity. You are delightful. Very Prefontainian. ;)
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