The Donut Truck

Another "we've been meaning to go here" spot. The Donut Truck "Carpe Donut" definitely met our expectations. The donuts are slightly flavored with cider (yumm) but are still light and fluffy and perfect. When did I start loving donuts so much? Delish!

Baggby's

Considering Charlie and I both love sandwiches, we have been meaning to check out Baggby's on the downtown mall for a while. We went tonight before enjoying the music of Fridays After Five. I had a Remarkable, with avocado, turkey, bacon, cream cheese, sprouts, all kinds of good junk. Felipe had a Sundown and said it was delicious. Charlie enjoyed his classic Italian style sub called the Grinder. All were a big hit and well received picnic-like food for our Fridays After Five outing. They are a little high priced but I feel like they are comparable to Take it Away and The Market - so a new stop on the sandwich train.

We did it!

We finally took advantage of Fridays After Five! Shocking that we haven't been before now - but we did it! The band was actually really fun and it was nice to just sit and enjoy the music. And surprisingly, there were still stores open which was a nice little break from sitting.

creative juices

Since school ended and summer began, I've been a little antsy. The problem with this is that I decide to get into all sorts of trouble, like reorganizing the house or painting furniture. I started with the dining room table (which is now sky blue). The dining room chairs were obviously next in a deep bronze-y brown, and next came the purple bookshelf. I had been thinking about replacing the cheap bookshelf that I have had since college, but realized I have no money. So I painted it instead. We were thinking of using the leftover red paint from the headboard but we didn't have enough to coat the piece. So we found a glossy deep purple spray paint. The original plan was to wall paper the back of the shelves to add a little fun...but I stenciled it instead. Here is the finished experiment:

rockpaperscissors

Ah stationary. Is it embarrassing that it makes me giddy sometimes? Since Charlie and I have been engaged I have ended up in the black hole of wedding blogs and this one makes my heart pitter-patter!

Charlottesville is such a fabulous city and it would not be complete without an awesome stationary store. With my job situation kind of up in the air, I started working part time at rockpaperscissors (scarpa's sister store and an awesome paper shop). The shop carries a great variety of greeting cards, journals, notebooks, home accessories, and of course amazing custom stationary options. It is so hard not to flip through the binders of designers and drool over the beautiful and fun options.