Or really, yesterday in general, which was one of the best days we've had since I can remember. And much to my chagrin, I didn't take a single picture. Bummer.
We started the day by getting up early and heading out for acupuncture. We've gotten to know and really like our acupuncturist and enjoy our treatments in her sunny, hippie-feeling plant-filled treatment room. Oddly for a Saturday, there was nobody else there, and so rather than falling asleep like we often do, Matt and I were able to spend the hour chatting with each other, which was really nice.
photo by Marc Smith
We then headed back home, a drive we love, through all kinds of horse and cattle farms and lovely green Maryland/Virginia countryside, and stopped in at the just opened for the season Reston Farmer's Market. We picked up a quart of strawberries (for jam) and enjoyed a number of tasty samples, including fresh tomatoes, strawberries, apples, and pastries. Needing pectin to set the jam and knowing that the Reston Whole Foods weekly "Savory Saturday" sampling event would be in full swing, we headed over there to taste peaches and marscapone, several wines, marinated sea bass, several kinds of hummus, blueberry pancakes, pork sausage, savory beef pie, and probably several other things I'm forgetting.
That taken care of, we hurried home to get cleaned up for our baby shower (a triple shower with two other pregnant nurses!), generously hosted by one of my coworkers, who truly went above and beyond with an amazing spread that included a number of different kinds of tea sandwiches, deviled eggs, a fruit tray, several kinds of scones and cookies, three different kinds of cake, punch, wine, margaritas...the list went on and on. People were incredibly generous and creative in their gift-giving and it made me feel incredibly blessed, as I have before, to have found a community of such wonderful women--not just to work with, but be surrounded and embraced by, especially as we undergo such a major milestone in our lives. I remember wondering whether I would ever find that again after I left such wonderful friends in Iowa, but I'm thankful to say that "the girls at work" here have made me feel so welcome and at home, and we're so grateful for that.
We started the day by getting up early and heading out for acupuncture. We've gotten to know and really like our acupuncturist and enjoy our treatments in her sunny, hippie-feeling plant-filled treatment room. Oddly for a Saturday, there was nobody else there, and so rather than falling asleep like we often do, Matt and I were able to spend the hour chatting with each other, which was really nice.
photo by Marc Smith
We then headed back home, a drive we love, through all kinds of horse and cattle farms and lovely green Maryland/Virginia countryside, and stopped in at the just opened for the season Reston Farmer's Market. We picked up a quart of strawberries (for jam) and enjoyed a number of tasty samples, including fresh tomatoes, strawberries, apples, and pastries. Needing pectin to set the jam and knowing that the Reston Whole Foods weekly "Savory Saturday" sampling event would be in full swing, we headed over there to taste peaches and marscapone, several wines, marinated sea bass, several kinds of hummus, blueberry pancakes, pork sausage, savory beef pie, and probably several other things I'm forgetting.
That taken care of, we hurried home to get cleaned up for our baby shower (a triple shower with two other pregnant nurses!), generously hosted by one of my coworkers, who truly went above and beyond with an amazing spread that included a number of different kinds of tea sandwiches, deviled eggs, a fruit tray, several kinds of scones and cookies, three different kinds of cake, punch, wine, margaritas...the list went on and on. People were incredibly generous and creative in their gift-giving and it made me feel incredibly blessed, as I have before, to have found a community of such wonderful women--not just to work with, but be surrounded and embraced by, especially as we undergo such a major milestone in our lives. I remember wondering whether I would ever find that again after I left such wonderful friends in Iowa, but I'm thankful to say that "the girls at work" here have made me feel so welcome and at home, and we're so grateful for that.
photo by Cocoa Dream
After the shower, there was no time to linger in my sugar-induced coma because Matt caught wind yesterday that one of our all-time favorite artists, Krista Detor, was performing a benefit concert at a church in Maryland Saturday night. So it was off to Maryland to see Krista, who was heartbreakingly wonderful as usual, and who remembered us from the house party where we'd seen her perform last winter. After that concert, we figured we would never get another chance to see Krista sing in such an intimate venue (which is really where she shines), let alone surrounded by delicious food like the event was last time--but we were wrong. St John's Episcopal knows how to put on a spread like no other, and so, while we obviously were not hurting for something to eat after they day we'd had, we listened to the kind parishioners' urgings and went back for plate after plate of homemade breads, dips (spinach, crab, veggie), meatballs, pigs in a blanket, cookies, brownies, bars, cakes, pies, and anything else you could imagine. Wow. The fantastic performance, the amazing food, and the fact that we were helping raise money for medical missions in Jamaica and Kenya made it truly a night to enjoy and remember. We feel fortunate to be able to do a few of these last "out and about" things before our baby joins us in 6-9 weeks, and being as some of the best ways to our hearts are music, food, and charitable causes, this one definitely ranks up there as memorable.*photo of Krista from In Search of a Song with Jason Wilber
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