the sweetest thing

i got inspired by oh joy’s post and made a little twist on her recipe suggestion – i used raspberries, biscuits and vanilla ice cream, instead of figs, hazelnut meringue and cream. it looks delicious in a glass, glass bowl or mason jar

in layers i add crumbled digestive biscuits (i like using shortbread too) + vanilla ice cream + dulce de leche (i brought mine from chile, but you can easily find bonne maman) + raspberries = the sweetest thing!

picture by Nikole via Oh Joy!

turks and caicos beaches // emerald point

when we first arrived to provo, james and i explored every possible beach spot, grace bay beach, the bight, coral gardens, leeward beach, malcolm beach, sapodilla bay, taylor bay, long bay, and so on. but then we settled down and found our own routine chosing the bight as a favourite to go.

but a couple of weeks ago our friends suggested going to emerald point, so we got out of the box and joined them and the dogs. it was an awesome day, and i tell you there is no bad beach in provo! you just can’t get it wrong.

and it was fun having jack and luna jumping and running in and out of the water – it made me dogsick (as in homesick…in case you didn’t get that one).

blogshop mondays / weddding inspiration

A few short years ago I headed to Turks and Caicos for a girls weekend and left the island having met my future husband. We spent time commuting from Chicago to NYC and just this past February tied the knot once again in the Caribbean. I found it only fitting to feature my blog post as a little wedding inspiration from the beautiful island you call home.

This photo and the beautiful color palette just makes me want to jump a plane tomorrow and spend some time in T & C!

Stacie, from Stacie Shea Events

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happy weekend & more

it’s the first week of november, which means booking flights for christmas – this gets me excited.

but before that, we are thrilled to have the culinary extravaganza this weekend, and the tcspca bbq next week. oh, and i am looking forward to tennis – i finally started tennis lessons with a nice group of gals.

did you see this week’s blogshop mondays guest post? i am loving them all, and there are still a few more to come.

i took this picture of james a couple of weeks ago at the bight – i know i will miss this someday!