This and That

Wood iPhone covers.

Made these fried avocado tacos the other day. Delicious.

Umbrella street in Portugal.

Owl spaghetti holder.

Petitor jewelry. So pretty.

Banana, walnut, and chocolate cookie cake from Joy the Baker.

Neat idea.

(Image via Pinterest)

Books

S: Two books I've recently read and loved: The Power of Habit and Gone Girl.

 (Bottom image via Indiebound)

in.gredients: A Package-Free Grocery Store

S: We just made our first trip to in.gredients. So impressed! It's a package-free grocery store that just opened a half-block from our place. When I run out of olive oil now, I can just take an empty bottle a few skips down the road and refill. If you knew how often I run out of olive oil, you would realize this is pretty major.

But today we settled for beer and potatoes. Look at this gorgeous thing we got:

Beer growler! We can take it back and fill it up for twelve dollars. TWELVE DOLLARS.

Here's a little bit more about the store I have already started to fall in love with and how it works:

Little Soya

S: This Little Soya soy sauce packet is soya adorable. Sorry. I had to. You can buy them here.

(Photo via Bon Appetit)

Date Night Accessory: Pinhole Press Beer Labels

S: After we got back from our epic date night, I told Chris to mosey around in the bedroom for a few while I stuck these personalized beer labels from Pinhole Press on the Summer Love bottles we had bought. Kind of cheeztastic, but also a little rad, right? I recommend using a slightly goofy picture or one from a super great day. Basically the more cheese in the cheeztastic, the better for everyone.

Epic Austin Date: Barley Swine, Henri's, Lick, Rushmore

S: Here's our epic date night, told through Hipstamatic photos.

Me waiting to be impressed at the award-winning Barley Swine.

The pork belly that did it. (Also, the corn soup is made of DREAMS.)

Then wine at the cheese shop Henri's next door to Barley Swine. 

We both had a nice California chardonnay.

And we played some 1980s Trivial Pursuit. (I won big-time.) (Also, it's good to know who Tom Wolfe is, btw. He came up several times.) There is nothing more endearing than an establishment with board games ready to go at every table.

Cheese!

Dessert: ice cream at Lick (a newish all-organic ice cream place in South Austin). I had the coconut, peanut butter, and chocolate swirl.

Finally, we headed to Whip-In (a beer store/Indian restaurant in South Austin) to get some Summer Love, then went home and watched Rushmore. Perfect film to end a perfectly sweet summer night.

Rebecca Wilson Picnicware

S: Gorgeous disposable and completely recyclable picnicware by Rebecca Wilson. A little pricey, but who doesn't want a little fancy in their picnicking time?

Available for purchase here.

(Image via Rebecca Wilson)