Carolina Baseball Ladies Night

I had some fun at the Carolina Baseball Ladies Night at Boshamer Stadium. We arrived to a buffet of snacks, wine and beer and a bit of shopping. I loved these Carolina heels.

We moved to the third-base bleachers for a Q&A session with Coach Fox and four players. 

Then it was time to tour the stadium. My group started with the indoor batting facility. The players talked about various hitting drills, their bats and then it was time to hit balls off the batting tees. 

Then it was onward to the Locker Room where we learned about uniforms - Carolina style. 

We spent some time in the Player's Lounge. 

As well as the Weight Room and Trainer's Room.

I loved this moment - walking out from the dugout under the lights. 

There I am in the dugout - my favorite picture from the night. 

This event was so much fun I felt the need to cut a cartwheel on the field. 

Our last station was the Bullpen where we learned about pitcher preparation to enter a game and how to grip different pitches. 

Here I am in the dugout with Laura and May as the night was wrapping up. 

We ended the evening posing for a picture on the field - there's my feet and Coach Fox's. 

Hi, Coach Fox!

This was a great event benefitting the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Mateo | Bar de Tapas

Mateo is an awesome tapas restaurant in downtown Durham. Hank and I are heading to London and Barcelona this year, so it was fun to preview the tapas lifestyle that is Spain. 

As for drinks, I ordered their Cheerwine Sangria - red wine, citrus, seasonal fruit and basil. 

This place is seriously great. I love a wide variety of snacks to make up a meal. We enjoyed carpaccio de pulpo {octopus carpaccio, smoke potato salad, red onion}, coles de bruselas {brussel sprouts, migas, CHC smoked farmer's cheese, bartlett pear, pecan vinaigretta, pickled cranberry}, costillas de puerco {pork ribs, espellette pepper jelly}, morcilla y batata {blood sausage, local sweet potato puree, pickled pears, chestnut, moscatel vinaigretta} and a bone marrow special that was delicious.

We finished off the meal with a fig-based bread pudding. Next time... Churros!

It's a Bentley day!

Our neighborhood had it's second Yappy Hour, and it's always a tail wagging time. Bentley enjoyed doggie friends, treats on treats, an agility course, relay races and a pretty day. 

Bentley even won the drawing for a basket full of goodies from Woof Gang Bakery. 

Home Happenings

{Little haps around the house.}

She's engaged!

Congrats to my sister-in-love, Amy, and her fiancé, Ryan. 

"Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale."