1) Go some place absolutely breathtaking like Cashiers, North Carolina during the fall.
2) Jump for joy (this could be for the clear mountain air, the splashy leaves, or the fact that you are staying in a hotel instead of a tent with stones cushioning your spine).
3) Eat. And eat and eat and eat and eat.
One of our besties from college invited us up to the mountains of North Carolina this past weekend. The leaves are just past their peak this time of the year – so gorgeous! I had visions of hiking up and down hill and dale, surrounded by reds and yellows swirling around. And I swear we did do a bit of that. But what I felt really helped me enjoy nature to the fullest was. the food.
Exhibit A:
Caramel apple (I prefer to brandish them accusingly at passersby before taking the first blissful bite)
(close up: note the sugar on the bottom)
Exhibit B:
Fried (yes fried) Mac and Cheese
Exhibit C:
Gigantic pumpkin cupcake with cream cheese frosting and pipping-hot apple cider.
And that was just what I caught on camera (did not include the pizza, beaucoup cups de cider, and some heavenly macaroons- the coconut kind not the marie antoinette ones). My arteries are crying for help and I feel like I could safely hibernate for at least three months and not starve. Thank gawd bathing-suit season is nine months away- muahahahaha!
Speaking of the great outdoors and food, Cath and I think you locals should attend this shindig:
A fancy schmany dinner on the soon-to-be-completed Atlanta Beltline! Georgia Organics and Parish (one of our favorite restaurants in the city- and Cajun!) are throwing this soiree to give you a preview of the Beltline while you eat some delicious food, sip some wine all in the great outdoors of Atlanta.
It sounds dreamy to us, and if we hadn’t spent so much on cider and cream cheese icing this past weekend, I would have saved for this event.
I imagine it will look like a larger scale of this (see photo below) or that scene in Chocolat where Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp slowly drizzle chocolate on everything while everyone at the table swoons by candlelight. Sounds delicious doesn’t it?
All photos by me except for this last one. You can find it here.
This trip looks so Relaxing ! The food looks Really Great !
OKI LOVE this postHere are the reasons why.
1. The photo of you 2 jumping is adorable!
2. The photos of North Carolina are beautiful and the food looks delish! We don’t really get a change of seasons down here in So Cal, so I love seeing photos from other areas
3. The outfits you guys have on are soo cute!
and One question.
What is this Moxie website? I’ve never heard of it but it sounds awesome!
Animated gif of jumping Asian Cajuns?! Totally ace. I fear I’d leave my teeth behind in that caramel apple 🙁
Hahaha the photo of you with the candy apple cracks me up. Nothing gets between an AsianCajun and her candy apple!
mmmmmm.that pumpkin cupcake and hot cider looks SO GOOD! yummmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Oh my gosh, I’m SALIVATING.
Wow.I’ll be right down, just give me like 8 hours haha.
you guys are making me hungry! and you two are always soooo cute!
Haha I love the jumping picture 🙂 SO cute! And oh my goodness that caramel apple looks AMAZING!
the jumping shots made me laugh! outdoorsy hikes vs. food?
we all know what wins out!
Ha! I have a cabin in Cashiers (well Sapphire Valley), is that first picture Fairfield Lake? I’m going for a week during Thanksgiving, I love that place!
Megan, you’re so lucky! That whole area is beautiful. I’m sorry to say I don’t remember what the lake is called, but it was right by a girls summer camp. Does that ring any bells?
Ohh! Shizzz. The animated image is too perfect. Looks like a great trip, ladies!
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Holy crap, that food looks so good and also fattening!!!
And you guys are too fun. It does sound like a wonderful trip.
XX.
Mae Lu, thereafterish.
I am SO jealous I could not be here for this adventure. It looks so amazing. Sad.