Happy Monday everyone! I’m off from work today and am writing this post in my pajamas on the couch after a full nights sleep. It feels amazing and I’m relishing every minute of it. As fun as today is, this weekend was even better. Here’s what I was up to over Valentine’s Day weekend. Don’t forget to link up to your weekend snapshots at the end of this post!
Friday night Josh and I went to a local food meetup hosted by No More Empty Pots. They’re a non-profit doing incredible work in the Omaha community to fight food deserts and food swamps. I got to meet some inspiring people and learn about different ways to get involved.
Saturday morning Josh and I headed over to UNO for TEDxUNO. This was my first TED talk and I had a great time. I learned a lot, was inspired, and had some of my ideas challenged. It was everything I hoped an event like that would be.
Saturday night Josh and I headed over to Modern Love for a nice dinner out. We started out with these fantastic cocktails.
And then moved on to our main meals. Modern Love is a completely vegan restaurant that shatters a lot of preconceived notions people have about vegan food. The food is filling, flavorful, and freaking delicious.
We split the mocha cheesecake for dessert and it was so, so good.
After dinner Josh and I headed to a Valentine’s Day ball to dance the night away. We love any excuse to get dressed up and had so much fun. Josh is not a fan of dancing so it meant a lot to me that he was up for this.
Sunday Josh and I had tickets to see Garrison Keillor. I had no idea what to expect but Josh is a huge fan so I agreed to go. I’m so glad I did because Garrison’s performance blew me away. It was a mixture of singing, monologues, and heartfelt connection that had me laughing and crying for the two hours he shared his stories with us.
Afterwards Josh got to meet a person he’s listened to and admired his whole life. Stepping back and taking a picture I felt so much happiness seeing Josh so happy.
After the show we walked to Old Market to get dinner at Himalayas. I had not been before but love Indian food so I was excited to check it out. We ordered a smorgasbord of food and thoroughly enjoyed working our way through it all. If you are looking for some yummy Indian food in Omaha I highly recommend checking this place out!
And now it’s Monday. I’m off to run errands, work on some blog projects, and take advantage of some holiday sales.
Questions of the Day: What was the highlight of your weekend? How did you celebrate Valentine’s Day? Are you a fan of Garrison Keillor? Do you like Indian food?
That cheesecake! Man I miss Modern Love!
Mmm, Indian food. Love it. Sounds like you guys had a busy but awesome weekend. I can’t remember the last time we dressed up and went out…
What a fun weekend! Loving all your food pictures and that gorgeous dress! Glad you had a wonderful weekend!
Sounds like you had an amazing Valentine’s Day weekend. We had our Valentine’s Day dinner Saturday. We just ordered food to go and ate at home. I did get some earrings Sunday though.
Sounds like a fun weekend filled with amazing food! Love a good Valentine’s Day weekend!
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What an energetic fun packed weekend you have had.
Love that dress and all of that delicious food! Have a great week and thanks for the link-up, Erin!
What a busy week! and such yummy eats!
You had a busy weekend! What a lot of fun and enriching things y’al did! I need to branch out in the food department. I’ve only had Indian a handful of times and its been really hit or miss for me.
oh I love Indian food this looks and sounds amazing what great pictures
Looks like you had an amazing weekend and I love the dress you wore! X
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Wow looks and sounds like you had a great weekend, hope you enjoyed your day off today x
What afun weekend you had. You had some wonderful moments and good food.
The vegan restaurant looks really yummy and sounds like you had an awesome weekend x
Sounds like an amazing weekend! We had a teen TedX here in Austin this weekend and it was amazing.
Sounds an amazing weekend, glad you had a nice time
I love Indian food glad you had a good weekend and all the food is making me feel hungry lol!
I’ve honestly never heard of Garrison Keillor, but the smile you captured on Josh’s face says it all. The joy we gain from others happiness makes the best memories.
Your weekend sounded like so much fun! It’s great that Josh got to meet one of his heroes.
What a beautiful and romantic weekend! I’m glad you had such a great time!
Great pics! It looks like you had an awesome weekend!
You had a busy weekend. Loving the pictures.
Wow you’re meal at Modern Love looks delicious; I would love to pay that restaurant a visit!
That cheesecake looks amazing. It’s amazing how far vegan restaurants have come over the past few years.
Those flowers are beautiful!
A TED talk, how cool. And yay for a sweet Valentine’s!
Those are pretty flowers. however, the cake caught me eye! LOL!
Sounds like you had a great weekend!
Oh how lovely – I love the snapshots of your life – what a great time you have had. Kaz x
For valentines my husband and I went and watched a Australian comedian called adam hills. It wasn’t really a specific date for valentines it just so happened his show local to us was on Sunday!
It looks like you had an amazing weekend, lots to eat, see and do. 🙂 x
You have had a fun packed weekend. Ours was not so great, we were all ill and feeling sorry for ourselves
If I had a busy weekend like that I’d need to sleep for a week to recover 🙂 Looks like you had an amazing weekend. Here’s to the next!
What a fabulous weekend! I love all the different foods, and you cant beat getting dressed up and dancing the night away! Tx
Last week was so busy, I was simply happy to be able to just have a quiet weekend, and yes, I love Indian food.