^ Press Play ^ You guys, tomorrow is Charles's and my 2 year wedding anniversary. Can you believe it?! 2 years of marriage and 9 years of togetherness. Time sure is flying. (O_O) To celebrate this milestone, we are taking the day off from work to go on a date. A real basic date now that I think ...
Dear Levain Bakery…
Dear Levain Bakery, My husband, Charles, and I traveled to NYC this past Saturday and stopped by your location in Harlem. It was our first time trying your infamously giant cookies and we were sooooo excited! Our orders? Charles went with the dark chocolate chip cookie. I went with the walnut and ...
A Birthday Letter To My Hubba Hubby
Dear Charles, Today is your birthday! Do you remember the first birthday gift I ever gave you? It was for your 21st... We weren't officially together and I was really torn about whether I should give you a gift at all considering our label-less circumstances. When I finally did decide that I ...
One Year Anniversary By The Hour
When we announced our nuptials, Charles and I had a few people ask us why we eloped. There were a couple different reasons that influenced this decision but our main reason for eloping goes a little something like this: With regards to marriage, we wanted to place more of an emphasis on celebrating ...
Jay Z & Beyonce Performed At Our Wedding Reception… Kind Of.
Following our wedding ceremony at the D.C. Courthouse: Charles and I came home, changed out of our fancy gear into something more comfortable and jumped back into our truck. Destination = Baltimore. Purpose? To attend our "wedding reception" or at least, that was what we were calling it haha. A ...
That One Time We Eloped At The D.C. Courthouse
July 7th, 2014 started off like any other Tuesday morning. Charles and I woke up around 6am and headed down to our apartment's gym. We worked out then came back to shower and get ready. Except for on this day, we weren't getting ready for work... Oh no, on this day we were getting married (errrrr ...
Date Night Al (Not So) Fresco
Last year for Valentine's Day, Charles and I went to our local Tex-Mex restaurant, Tequila Grande, and conquered the most gigantic frozen margarita we had ever seen (you can read about that drunk in love time here). This year, Charles and I decided to stay in and have a picnic al (not so) fresco ...
A Black & Yellow Valentine’s Day Photo Shoot
Charles and I had originally planned to make a trip up to Philadelphia for Valentine's Day this weekend but alas, our plans changed... Being a grown up isn't easy. Making grown up decisions? Even harder. Especially when it meant canceling our travel plans to stay within our financial budget for the ...
Celebrating 2 Months & 7 Years At Ping Pong Dim Sum in DC
As some of you may or may not know, prior to getting married this past July, Charles and I had been together for 7 years... And during those 7 years, we never once celebrated an anniversary because we forgot to make note of the day and month that we started dating. So you can imagine how ...
Sooo Yea… We Eloped :)
Press Play: Charles personally picked this song for today's post :) Forever More Ft. Algebra And Phonte by Anthony David on Grooveshark Surprise! After 7 years of togetherness, Charles and I got married at the Superior Court of D.C. on 7.7.14. Yeap, that's right! Charles and I finally have a ...
To My Summer Love
The music was blasting, the bass was pulsing... And you... You slid behind as we began to sway and rock to the beat. The magic of liquor running through our veins... A hybrid of exceptions to the rule manifesting into something harmonious. We weren't supposed to happen but we did and I blame it ...
From Long Distance To Living Together | Quality Alone Time
A couple weeks ago, Charles traveled down to Nashville for a work trip and I promise you I love that man with all my heart but the truth is.. It was soooooo nice to have the place to myself for a week. As some of you may know, Charles and I have been together for about 7 years and out of that, we ...
