Monday, July 10, 2023

{Field Trip} An Evening with Dr. Zahi Hawass

Hey I'm back! I didn't mean to take a week off but it happened.  

Did you try my Strawberry Crunch Cake recipe? yet I made it again for the 4th and everyone loved it. 

This was an interesting field trip that Mr. Click and I took. It was even more memorable because we were experiencing a lot of smoke from the Canadian wild fires.  We took the train to Philly which made getting into town super easy.
We went to an evening lecture by Dr. Zahi Hawass at the Philadelphia Convention Center.  If you don't know him, he's an Egyptian archeologist, Egyptologist and former Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs.   
He also studied at the University of Pennsylvania.  We've seen him in a lot of Discovery Channel shows about ancient Egypt so it was fun getting to see and hear him in person.

He's got lots of great stories and is so interesting to listen to. It makes me want to go to Egypt and visit one of the archeological sites with him.
Mr. Click bought one of his books. He's a super fan.
Afterwards we had dinner at Barbuzzo -delicious! then took the train home.   Definitely different kind of date night but a good one!  How was your 4th of July?


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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

{Recipe} Strawberry Crunch Cake

Here's another "TikTok made me try it" recipe.   This tastes like one of those strawberry shortcake frozen bars from Good Humor.
Bonus: I found all of the ingredients at Dollar Tree (it was a sign!). I didn't make mine vegan but there are easy vegan swaps for all of the ingredients (and Oreos are accidentally vegan).

Ingredients:
(Full Recipe, I halved it)
1 Strawberry Box Cake Mix (If you can't find strawberry cake mix, you can add some strawberry jello mix to your batter)
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 tub Cool Whip, thawed (or homemade whipped cream)
20 Golden Oreos, crushed
1/2 stick butter, melted
2-3 TBS Freeze dried strawberries, crushed 
fresh strawberries for garnish (optional)
To make:
  • Bake cake as directed on package.
  • While cake is baking, make the crunch topping: Combine crushed oreos with freeze dried strawberries and melted butter in a bowl. Set aside.
  • When cake is done baking, remove from oven and let cool for 15 minutes, poke holes with a fork and pour sweetened condensed milk over the top and let is soak in.
  • Frost cake with thawed whipped topping(I used about 1/2 of a tub) or homemade whipped cream.
  • Sprinkle crunch topping over the frosted cake.
  • Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
  • Enjoy!
Hello, deliciousness!

I topped mine with some fresh strawberries. It was a hit and I can't wait to make it again. Next time I might try chocolate cake with regular Oreos. The possibilities are endless!
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Friday, June 23, 2023

{Travel} Virginia/Maryland Getaway, Concert & Gun Powder Falls State Park

In my last post, you saw our quiet Memorial Day weekend which was ok because the following week we had fun little getaway planned.
 Mr. Click's work band had a gig in Virginia. Our first stop was band practice and I took a long walk around this pretty shopping area while they rehearsed.
We stayed at a TRU by Hilton and it was my first time staying in one. I loved the bright lobby.
Look at these fun chairs!
Our room was cute too. 
I thought it was all so well designed.
I appreciated the extra  shelf in the bathroom. There are never enough surfaces in a hotel bathroom if you ask me.

We went for coffee at one of our favorite places.

We had dinner that night at Ted's Bulletin.  I loved it!

We sat around this fire pit for awhile after dinner.

In the morning we found a new place to walk.
It was Elizabeth Mills State Park.
The views were stunning.  We traveled to Manassas later in the day (and stopped for some outlet shopping).
That night was the gig and this was my 'fit' (new shirt from LOFT outlet).
It was the perfect day for an outdoor show.
Work band was on fire!
It was a corporate event with lots of food and drink options. I tried the frosé.
We stayed for the headliner, Coffey Anderson.  I didn't know of him but became a fan by the end of the night.
He was such a nice guy too. 
I've started watching his Netflix show now.
The next morning we had breakfast in the hotel (a different TRU by Hilton). I was mesmerized by the pancake maker.  You can watch it here on my Reels  https://www.instagram.com/heather_ourlife/
We headed out for some more hiking and stopped at Gunpowder State Park in Maryland.
It wasn't great for hiking but it had a nice beach.  
This sign explains the name Gunpowder River and the legend that surrounds it.
We walked around for awhile and then found a place for lunch on the water.
We were about halfway home and Bowley's was a good place to stop.


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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

A Quiet (and Productive) Memorial Day Weekend

 We didn't have any plans for Memorial Day weekend so we had a bit of a staycation and also got things done around the house.

The weather was beautiful and we took a drive to Lambertville, New Jersey.
We had lunch at Local Greek for the first time.  We would definitely go back.
We walked over to New Hope, PA just across the bridge and did some browsing in this vintage shop.

Back in Lambertville, we stopped at Chez Alice Patisserie. The pastries all looked amazing but we were still too full from lunch so we just ordered coffee.
We wanted to work on the deck and it needed a good cleaning.  Sweeping, leaf blowing and finally power washing.  There was so much pollen! We had to replace some of our solar string lights as well.
It felt good to get it back together and ready to enjoy.  We did a lot of weeding in the gardens and I planted some more plants and seeds.
We took a very exciting trip to the car wash (along with everyone else in the tri- state area, again..all of the pollen!)
We took some long walks and tried a new coffee place. I got the Mushroom Hero and it was so good.
We ended the weekend at a new to us brewery with some pizza.  How was your Memorial Day?


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