My name is Suzanne Thompson. I enjoy photography, dining at non-chain restaurants, trying new vegetarian recipes, reading, blogging, and exploring new locations...the three most valuable are family, faith, and friends.
I was born in England, moved to Ethiopia when I was four, then to America when I was seven. In American, I have lived in eight states. Bob and I were married in January 2010 and we currently live in California and North Carolina.
Today was Ryan’s birthday, last Saturday, it was Sherelle’s birthday and on Thursday, it will be Bob’s birthday. What a great reason to celebrate with three three Baskin Robbins ice cream cakes! We will be spending the weekend together in Capital Reef, UT in the RV…more pictures later.
When I’m in the Costa Mesa area, I always enjoy going to Whole Foods Market. I love their selection of fruits, vege’s, cheeses and bakery items. I always browse through the bakery section just to see what they have. This evening, I purchased this colorful fruit tart. Bob arrives this evening, so we can both...
This evening, Bob took me the Farm Artisan Foods Restaurant in Redlands, CA for my birthday. Last year, we met for the first time on my birthday and he took me there. As it was our first date, we only had a iPhone camera with us. Click here to see last years post. Now a...
The speaker for Thursday evenings OC SmugMug Meeting was Tofurious. Before he started his presentation, we were able to look at a copy of the Grace Ormond book, “being in love never goes out of style“. It’s a large, 416 page, 10+ pound book of gorgeous wedding photographs. As the book was so large, we...
I’m so excited that our North Carolina home is only five minutes from a Whole Foods Market as our California home is 80 miles from the closest store. Last weekend, Bob and I went to the local store. We were looking for some olive oil and I discovered these bottles of truffle olive oil that...
Bob was in North Carolina and I was in California today, but we planned a fun activity together. Neither of us had made Risotto before, so I found a recipe called Spring Green Risotto that sounded good by Barefoot Contessa (click here for the recipe). We both bought the ingredients then cooked our Valentine’s meal...
Today, Bob’s office group surprised him with a celebration of cake, goddies and a gift. He sent me the picture below on his iPhone. We also had cake at my work to celebrate our upcoming wedding. My parents arrived tonight and one of my brothers and his wife are supposed to be getting in later...
Some friends did something really nice for Bob and I, so in return, we wanted to give them a small token of our appreciation. I ordered some DeLuscious Cookies from bakery in LA and they were sent by Fedex and were waiting for me when I got home. The presentation was nice with a white...
What a lot of great things to be thankful for this year, including a great fiance! My parents are were visiting for the holiday. To celebrate, we had a great Thanksgiving feast today. The best part was some homemade pumpkin pie.
This morning, Bob and I had magic mountains for breakfast…biscuits; homemade hashbrowns with onions and Morning Star Italian sausage; sharp cheddar cheese; grits and country gravy poured over it all. Now that’s some down home Southern cookin’!
