off i go

well i'm off to the beach for the weekend. there is a group of students from my school here this month (the exact reason why i came to costa rica the very first time) and they have invited me to join them on their excursion for the weekend! i'm acting as somewhat of an alumni mentor and i'm so glad to do it :)

hope everyone enjoys their weekends!

of course i missed my pup

almost everyone i have talked to since being back in costa rica is, did you miss rocco??

of course i missed him! he is my little baby boy and unfortunately i couldn't take him with him home because i was going to be traveling too much it just wouldn't have been good for him.

the first day i was back we took rocco up to the farm and just let him run around and enjoy the outdoors. it was so much fun to just run around with him and watch him play. oh how i missed him!

anniversary

 this past saturday paris and i celebrated our 3 year anniversary. and what a 3 years it has been! since i had just gotten in late the night before, we wanted to keep it easy....pretty much like we always do. so he took me to the restaurant mirador tiquicia. i had been there once before with some of my coworkers but paris never had (ha!). and i was so happy to go again.

the view is just incredible. you can see what seems like the whole country just lit up. it really is one of my favorite things about costa rica, being able to see so much from high up in the mountains.

we had some enycados to start which are a kind of vegetable mashed and stuffed with some cheese and then fried. sounds good right? it was. paris enjoyed a delicious filet mignon with mushrooms and i had a typical costa rica casado with chicken, beans, rice, salad, etc. it was so good. between the company, the food, and the view it was one of my favorite dinners from the whole time i've been in costa rica.

happy anniversary :)

a pizza post

like i said yesterday, i spent a few days in boston with my bff lindsey. lindsey and i went to the same elementary/middle school/high school together, we played soccer together, we even had lockers pretty much next to each other .. but we weren't friends until after high school. and then i ended up transferring to the college she went to and we became roommates and the rest is history!

so every chance i get to go to boston, which really is almost every time i am home, i go stay with her. she loves it :) last time i stayed with her we made pizza. and this time when i stayed with her we made....pizza!

it was even easier than last time. here's what you need:

1 pizza dough .. we got ours from local pizza place which worked wonderfully

3-4 roma tomatoes .. the roma have less guts aka no mushy pizza!

sliced mozzarella cheese

step 1: kneed the dough onto a backing pan into the shape you would like your pizza to be

step 2: slap on those roma tomatoes. we chose just one layer but if you love tomato i would put on some more :)

step 3: add the slices of mozzarella cheese and some pepper flakes if you're into that. put it in the oven at 350 and just watch it until the crust starts to turn golden brown. for us it took about 15-20 minutes but that may vary depending on how thick the dough is.

and that is it! seriously the easiest thing and oh so delicious.

a tea party

 

my last weekend home was spent in boston. the first few days i stayed with my best friend lindsey and the last few days were spent at festivities for my brother and future sister in law's upcoming wedding.

on saturday we had a lovely tea party for laura and she got to open all her bridal shower presents! 

it was really nice to meet the rest of the girls in the bridal party and eat lots of yummy tea sandwiches and desserts. then later in the night we went out to a fabulous sushi dinner and after that we had some girl time .. but can't give away all the secrets now can i?

on another note, i got back to costa rica late friday night and have been enjoying some time with paris and my little pup. i'm just about done with my vacation posts and then i can get back to real time posts. thanks for bearing with me :)

hope everyone had a great weekend!