Happy Monday everyone! It’s exciting to think of Mondays as a fresh new start. Here’s to making this week awesome! Don’t forget to share your weekend snapshots at the bottom of this post. Here’s what I was up to:
I’m backing this post up to Wednesday night because I need to show you this vegan mac and shrew dish I got at Modern Love. My friend Lauren and I met up for dinner after work and this was seriously the bomb dot com. The pecan crusted tofu is so good.
Thursday night Josh and I went to see Mary Poppins at the Rose Theater. It was press night, so technically the casts’ final dress rehearsal. They were amazing. It’s crazy to me how much more you take from stories the older you get. When I watched Marry Poppins as a kid I remember thinking how much I wanted to fly a kite. Now seeing the story with older eyes I see all the family dynamics and hidden messages for kids. It’s pretty awesome.
Friday night Josh and I headed to the Santa Lucia Festival. It’s right on the water in downtown Omaha so we walked and enjoyed the nice weather.
There was live music and lots of food. One think you take for granted about the Northeast is all the delicious Italian food. Omaha has it, but it’s a lot less easy to find.
We had to try the desserts. I got a yummy cannoli and Josh got cannoncini. They were both delicious.
We decided to get some real dinner food in our bellies so we headed to Nosh afterwards and split the Mediterranean plate. Delicious as always!
Saturday Josh and I wanted to explore Omaha Arts Fest and grab some food before he headed to his Beer Fest event and I headed to my food photography class. The only problem was the weather. It was pouring. We weren’t really able to look at the art and most of the food vendors were waiting until the rain calmed down to open. Josh braved the rain and got a mediocre veggie gyro.
I decided to duck inside to Block 16 to get a chicken cheesesteak to go. We took it back and I ate inside where it was nice and dry.
After finishing lunch I headed to Bench for a food photography class! The incredibly talented Trish of Eat Your Beets was teaching a class on photographing, styling, and storytelling through food. Whole Foods and Omaha Steaks donated a whole bunch of goodies for us to photograph and Trish brought a ton of styling tools for us to use. After learning from the expert we were given time to try it ourselves. Of course I brought my big camera and ended up happiest using my iPhone.
Check out these beautiful microgreens and edible flowers! I love the little mini potatoes.
And these coconut bars. Omg heaven!
After shooting food all day I decided to pick up dinner on my way home from the class. I swung by Arts Fest again and this time had my pick of food vendors thanks to the sunny weather. There was an organic vegetarian noodle vendor that as soon as I saw I knew I had to try. It was so good.
After Josh got back from Beer Fest we laid low and decided to watch Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Josh had never seen the movie and while I thought I had I knew nothing about the plot line so I’m thinking I dreamed it. We both loved it and were excited to find fellow cat crazies like ourselves.
Sunday morning I woke up bright and early to meet up with Hannah and Joanna to make our latest 3 Cooks 1 Kitchen recipe. This delicious frittata recipe is coming your way on Thursday!
Sunday afternoon I had a Junior League committee meeting at Granite City. It was my first time there and while I was excited to try it I wasn’t very hungry so I made a lunch out of pretzels dipped in cheese. They were so good and Josh was very happy with the leftovers! 😀
The rest of my Sunday was spent grocery shopping and napping and getting ready for the week.
Questions of the Day: What was the highlight of your weekend? Are you a fan of Italian food? What’s your favorite Disney movie? Have you seen Breakfast at Tiffany’s?
That pecan crusted tofu looks amazing! I’d like to figure out how to cook (since it’s unlikely I’ll be in Omaha any time soon 🙂 ).
The highlight of my weekend was buying and installing our dishwasher and garbage disposal. It’s only the highlight because it was almost all that we did all weekend!
Joining the linkup for the first time. Thanks for hosting!
Yay! Thanks for joining up this week! The pecan crusted tofu was amazing! Oh man, love love love!
That festival looks too cool and the food looks yummy.
It was a fun festival! And the food was all delicious!
That’s so awesome you went to Trish’s class. I follow her on instagram and just love her photos!!
I’m excited to see your food photos as the weeks go on!
Absolutely loving your food-filled weekend!!
She is the best! I’m seriously in awe of her photos! And thanks Andrea, it was an awesome weekend!
Those pictures are AMAZING!!! I seriously need to take a food photography class since I’m always trying to make mine look that good and it never happens. So glad you had such a fun activity filled weekend! And all that yummy food!!!
It was such a great weekend! I so enjoyed the photo class!
Your food photography pics are beautiful! Id love to take a class like that.
Confession – I have never seen Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Oh you should totally see Breakfast at Tiffanys! It’s a great movie!
101 dalmations was my favorite disney movie!
Such a good movie! I haven’t seen that one in forever!
You had quite the food weekend! Everything looks so yummy! (I totally need to take a food photography class…)
It was an amazing class! And a yummy weekend! 😀
Modern Love is so great!! I love, LOVE Isa Moskowitz and I was super bummed that she moved to Omaha almost exactly when I moved away. I visit Modern Love whenever I’m back! 🙂
Isa is amazing! Her food is SO good!!
Can I have your weekend? Seriously. Theater, festivals, and a food photography class? I’m so jealous!
It was such a fun weekend! There’s always so much cool stuff going on in Omaha!
I LOVE Breakfast at Tiffany’s! Audrey Hepburn is my idol- so beautiful, graceful,and reportedly was a genuinely nice person. Okay, gush session over.
Your weekends always look so fun- I want to come to Omaha and hang out! Thanks for hosting the link up!
I can’t believe it took me so long to see Breakfast at Tiffany’s! It was such a good movie! If you ever find yourself in Omaha let me know! I’d love to hang out!!
You area always doing so much! I love all of the pictures of the food — mouth-watering.:) Have a wonderful week, friend!
Thanks Tiffany! It was a fun weekend! I hope you’re having a wonderful start to your week!
What a fun weekend! Your food photos are looking fantastic!
Thanks Maureen! It was an awesome weekend!
I LOVED seeing Mary Poppins on Broadway for my birthday a few years back, but my favorite Disney movie still has to be Cinderella. The live action version this spring was just heart-melting too 🙂
I love Cinderella too! Especially the latest release of it!
Oh wow that photography class sounds so fun!!
It was so much fun! And I learned a lot!
love all the food pictures you take!looks like a lot of fun!
Irene
http://www.thedailylace.com
Thanks Irene! It was a great weekend!
I’ve only been to Granite City once, but I remember it being awesome! All of your eats from the weekend look delicious, and I love your outfit with that noodle bowl! Looks like you guys had a great weekend, I love that you always get out to the festivals and enjoy Omaha culture. Thanks for the link up. Have a great week!
Aw thanks Heather! You’re so sweet! It was a great weekend! Yours looked like so much fun too!
SO much yummy food! You are making me hungry at 8:20 in the morning 😉
It was such a delicious weekend! 😀
The Rose Theatre holds a special place in my heart–I used to go every day after school when I went to Central! My best friend’s parents worked there so we got to hang out there. I also was an extra in a few of the holiday plays and was in Broken Mirror (a small play held in the theatre upstairs) for a couple of years. Memories! <3
LOVE those flowers for foodie photos! I'm so interested in trying some classes out at Bench when I get back! Two weeks!!
I love Bench! I want to go to more classes too! We should go together!
Okay, I’m officially hungry now after reading this post! All of your food from the weekend looks delicious!
It was such a delicious weekend! 😀
You’re weekend was filled with SO MUCH GOOD FOOD!
Melanie @ meandmr.com
Oh man everything was so delicious!! I wish I didn’t love food so much! haha
I haven’t eaten lunch yet and I’m drooling on my keyboard right now!! So much good food you had this weekend! xo, Biana –BlovedBoston
Oh man everything was delicious! Omaha has so much amazing food!
Your food photography class sounds amazing! That’s something I would love to do!
It was a great class! I learned so much!
This weekend looks amazing! Mary Poppins and the Santa Lucia Festival look like so much fun. And you always have the best food pictures!
Santa Lucia was such a fun festival! And Marry Poppins was a great play! The song Being Mrs. Banks made me tear up!
Breakfast at Tiffany s is one of my all time favorite movies. I begged mt husband to let us name our kitten Cat but he said no. Granted I call her Fat Cat most days soo
Aww I love the nickname Fat Cat! haha I can’t believe it took me so long to watch Breakfast at Tiffanys! It’s a great movie!
Oh goodness could your post have anymore delicious looking foods in it?! Seriously got me craving just about everything pictured! Looks like a fab weekend!
It was such a fun, delicious weekend!
Great photos! Thanks for sharing!
XO JNESS
jenessasheffield
Thanks girl! 😀
Your festival looks just like mine! I looooooove Mary Poppins! I got to see it as part of Broadway Grand Rapid a couple years ago. Thanks for linking up today!
~Ashley @ A Cute Angle
acutelifestyle.blogspot.com
I loved seeing Mary Poppins! Such a great play!
all I’m focusing on is the yummy food in all of the pictures, particularly the last one.
liz @ sundays with sophie
There was so much yummy food this weekend!
Oh my goodness- all of the food! I can’t even handle it! The photography class looks like so much fun, too! Glad you had a good weekend 🙂
It was such a fun weekend! With so much good food!
I have heard great things about that Mary Poppins show!!
http://www.amemoryofus.com
It was a wonderful show!
Those shots from your food photography class are great! Hand over those coconut bars! *heart eyes emoji*
Thank you! It was such a fun class!!
Pecan crusted anything is AMAZING! Why is that?! And those coconut bars look pretty great too! Sounds like you had an exciting weekend!
It was a great weekend! And yes to all things coconut and pecan related tasting delicious!!
Such fun photos! The med plate looks to die for.
xx
Carly
http://bunbunbook.com
Oh man it was amazing!!