Sunday, April 27, 2014

BBC Good Food Show


The BBC Good Food Show came to Harrogate
and we kind of geeked out and bought tickets asap

Basically it was a huge (and very crowded!) trade show
- knives, pans, local cheeses, meats, jams, and beverages galore -
with taste treats! 




we're considering signing up for this...

and we saw yummy things like this:

the demonstration we went to was in the
Royal Hall
(which we had never been in before)

it was lovely inside
and we got to see half of the Hairy Bikers
(one of the guys was home sick :-( )
but we enjoy these goofy, talented presenters so it was fun to see live
and the boys were enchanted


one of the judges from our favorite show
The Great British Bake Off
Ms. Mary Berry herself!

having a taste treat lunch of 
-wait for it-
springbok and zebra burgers
(I wasn't a fan of the zebra but the guys weren't as picky)

buying some tasty sausage rolls for dinner

enjoying a strawberry meringue!


See, I told you we geeked out!

Friday, April 18, 2014

Beautiful Wales


Katharine, Joy, and I escaped to Wales for the weekend:













Don't worry,
the guys had fun too.
They got to go to a football match!


Thursday, April 17, 2014

Local Wanderings


One of the best parts of having friends visit
(beyond the gabfests, laughter, someone to watch the boys while I shower,
and having an excuse for multiple cream tea excursions)
is seeing our area through someone else's lens:




YORK

(learning to sword fight with Shakespeare himself!)

a blustery Minster moment




KNARESBOROUGH


HARROGATE PHOTO-OP



and after watching us goof off in the frame 
Isaac desperately wanted his picture taken...
in this self-made pose: