Lemon Blueberry Cake for a Summer Birthday Celebration

Yesterday was Chris’s birthday. If you are just reading my blog for the first time, Chris is my best friend of almost ten years. We met on the first day of freshman orientation at college in 2010, and we have been inseparable ever since. We celebrated Chris’s 27th birthday with some of our lovely friends.…

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Rainbow Cake, a Narrative Story

My dear friend Anthony was celebrating his birthday over the weekend. He had requested I make him a rainbow cake for his party. I eagerly agreed, wanting to grant my friend his wish.  hen, I realized what an undertaking this would be with my baking experience and thought that this could potentially end in a…

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TimberCreek Tap & Table – Grove City

Bonus birthday dinners are the best. Since I am rarely back home for my birthday anymore, my parents wanted to treat me to a belated birthday celebration on my trip. My dad made a reservation at TimberCreek Tap & Table, a brewery in Grove City, PA near the outlet mall. The restaurant has an old,…

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Birthday Dinner at Sfoglina

Today was my 27th birthday, and Chris took me to an amazing birthday dinner at Sfoglina in the Van Ness neighborhood. Since I moved to DC though in 2015, we have a tradition of going to a new restaurant every year for my birthday. Last year, it was our first time dining at Q by…

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27th Year Resolutions

(This inspiration of this post comes from Sarah Bareilles’s song “She Used To Be Mine” from Waitress the Musical.  If you want, I recommend listening to this song while reading this post). Today marks my 27th year on this earth. It feels weird to say that, but it’s true. I am heading into my late…

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