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We #LoveSummer. Whether you’re looking for projects or recipes for your beach weekend, family picnic or summer night dinner, you’ll be able to find something right here. This category features all of our #LoveSummer ideas, rolled up into one, easy location. Our ideas are budget, family, and living-on-your-own friendly, and easy to follow. We’ve made every craft project and recipe featured here and our posts will let you know how much we liked it. Let’s be honest, we’ve loved pretty much everything. Leave a comment if you have one. If you’re looking for something more specific use our search bar or check out one of our niche categories. Thanks for stopping by, hope to have you back soon!

#LoveSummer/ All Recipes/ Breakfast and Brunch/ Celebrations/ Healthy Living/ New York City/ Side Dishes

Color Run

August 25, 2012
color run

Today we participated in the NYC Color Run! We had so much fun.  The day started at 4:45 4:30am, 15 minutes before my alarm went off.  I rolled out of bed to a bowl of corn flakes. After brushing our teeth and getting our stuff together, we ventured off at 5:10am for the 4 express subway at 86th street.  Note #1: The 4 express is NOT express at 5am on…

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#LoveSummer/ All Recipes/ Celebrations/ Cocktails/ Margaritas

Frozen Margarita [aka The Marquisrita]

July 30, 2012
The Marquisrita

Sometimes you just want a good, frozen margarita. Why not try out this easy recipe for my famous Marquisrita. That’s pronounced Mar-Key-Rita, and said just as fast as margarita. Did I lose you? I can’t take the credit for this perfect name, that credit will have to go to our friend, Mike. What’s great about a frozen margarita is it’s simple to make and refreshing. It’s a very basic “1,…

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#LoveSummer/ All Recipes/ Celebrations/ Lunch and Dinner/ Super Bowl

BBQ Chicken Pizza

July 30, 2012
BBQ Chicken Pizza

Love me some BBQ…maybe it’s just a summer thing, but I love a good grillin’ with some good BBQ sauce. I recently found a great sauce to use by Sweet Baby Ray’s, “Sweet Vidalia Onion.” Tangy…just how I like it. While experimenting with pizza making, we decided to try some good old fashioned BBQ Chicken. To make our chicken, we like to poach it. That way, it makes it easy to…

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#LoveSummer/ Celebrations/ Christmas/ DIY/ Gift Guides/ Side Dishes

DIY Instagram Coasters

October 9, 2011
Instagram Coasters

We updated some of our photos below! You’ll see a mix of photos we took many years ago, and updated photos are from today, 3/26/16. They are still around, 5 years later! Love crafting and DIY projects? Need a personalized gift? If you’re addicted to Instagram like myself, then you’ll love this DIY project. It’s a fun and easy way to make use of your Instagram pictures. While they require…

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