Rooftop Concert Series

January 23, 2018August 5, 2017 by kimandrodney

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Rooftop Concert Series

4 August 2017

It's the first Friday of the month and if you're in Provo the Rooftop Concert Series is where you want to be. From May to September since 2010, the Provo Rooftop Concert Series has been putting on FREE concerts with awesome Utah bands. It can't get any better than this for Rodney and I. We love music and exploring Cities. Provo has so much to offer and this concert is a great excuse to get out and have fun in the Provo area. It's crazy to see how much this concert series has grown. Nowadays there are too many attendees to have the concert on the roof. The name was kept but the concert is now on the street.

The Rooftop Concert Series is located right in the middle of Center street. This means it right next to a ton of wonderful places to grab a bite. Besides being located right in the heart of Downtown Provo, the concert series offers a few informational booths where you can win prices. Rodney and I stopped in to talk to Provo City power for a bit and we left with a fun little fidget spinner, they seem to be all the rage right now. You can also win a ride from them to view the concert from above. How exciting would that be?

For Rodney and I this was a fun night out on the town. What else do you need in life but good company and good music? Another great perk about this concert was we could take our furry friend with us!

Watch out for the next concert coming up in September. If you want more info about the Rooftop Concert Series you can find it here.

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Pikliz

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Pikliz: A Haitian Coleslaw

29 July 2017

Rodney and I came back from the holidays craving what our good friend Carline calls “Pikliz” It is sort of like a spicy Haitian coleslaw. Carline is from Haiti and she introduced us to Pikliz when we started cooking dinners together a while back. We came across a type of Pikliz in Belize when we went to visit and it made us crave it even more. Carline was kind enough to come over and help us make a batch! I can not thank her enough for bringing such spicy deliciousness into our lives. We have become accustomed to having pikliz in the fridge when we are in town. So when we knew we were going to settle down for a little bit before our next trip it became a priority to make some. We couldn’t wait to get into the kitchen to make some more. BUT there is a catch with Pikliz!! In order to get all the flavor-y goodness you want, you must wait for it. Carline has always suggested at least 7 days, that’s a whole week! I normally don’t mind waiting but you can eat it right away too. Just keep in mind the flavor will develop the more you let it sit in the fridge.

Our favorite thing about pikliz is it has so much flavor it can stand on its own or it can be mixed with almost anything to add flavor. We put pikliz on everything! We mix it into soups, add it to sandwiches. At times we even eat it by itself. We both enjoy spicy foods and because of the addition of Habaneros, Pikliz has a wonderful kick to it. If you’re not a huge fan of spicy food we’d suggest putting in fewer habaneros. Play around a little with the amount of spice you like. Warning, If you get rid of the habaneros all together it won’t taste much like pikliz anymore - but hey, maybe you’d like it just like that. You might even realize you want more habaneros!

Pikliz is no small feat. Although, it is not a hard item to make it can be a time consuming one. This recipe is for roughly two to three large jars. Once you’ve gathered everything you need you have to slice and chop and mince everything. This is the part that takes the longest because you're going to want really thin slices. Also, make sure to wear gloves when cutting up the habaneros.

Here is the important part. After you're done cutting everything up to your liking you're going to want to combine the Vinegar and Lime together first and then add the salt and pepper to taste. This part is hard to measure. I'd say we used enough salt that you could really taste it in the vinegar. The salt will be soaked up by all the other ingredients. It might be too salty at first but it won't taste that salty once you add everything else. You can always add salt later but the best time to add the salt is right in the vinegar and lime.

Next, you're going to add everything to the lime and Vinegar mixture slowly. Add some of the cabbage then the carrots. Maybe a little more cabbage, and then the habaneros and cilantro. Start just slowly adding and mixing until all of your ingredients are in the lime and vinegar. We used our gloves to mix everything together but you can surely use a spoon. Once everything is added and mixed well you'll spoon the Pikliz into a glass jar and allow it to sit for about a week.

One of our favorite snacks to eat is simply placing the Pikliz on a tostada or maybe try it with fried plantains. Hope you enjoyed this recipe as much as we do. We'd love to hear how you add Pikliz to your menu. Let me know in the comments below!

Ingredients

1 head of thinly shredded cabbage
2 cups of shredded carrots
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1 small white onion thinly sliced
2 tbsp salt*
Vinegar*
Juice of 6-7 Limes
pepper to taste
1/3 cup of sliced habanero

*Notes: Use enough vinegar to cover the ingredients in an air tight container. Start with 2tbsp of salt, add more if necessary when adding to the lime and vinegar.

Instructions

Pour vinegar and lime juice into a large bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste.
slowly add the rest of the ingredients into the vinegar and lime juice, mix.
Store in jar, refrigerate for a few day.

Extra: Items that may also work well in this mixture are garlic cloves, bell peppers, scallions, bonnet peppers and peppercorn.

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Oahu Love

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Oahu Love

4-14th June 2017

Unfortunately, because of the craziness associated with our wedding day, we forgot to pack our cameras. Luckily we didn't forget our phones! Here are a few of the fun memories we were able to capture while out and about in Hawaii. The quality here might not be the best (a bit grainy) but It will have to do.

Lights In The Sky

We arrived in Hawaii sometime around 5 or 6 giving us just enough time to check into our hotel and go for a casual walk around town. We ended up going to one of the nearest food joints and grabbed some dinner. We both got poke bowls, yum! We then just turned around and plopped ourselves on the side of the water with the rest of Honolulu to see the sky light up with fireworks.

Food Galore

Fish and Shrimp... Seriously. Yum!

We ate a ton of shrimp while we were in Hawaii, couldn't get enough. But we did eat a few other things, you know, all the food items you should try while you're in Hawaii. But our all time favorite was trying all the shrimp we could find. If we had a choice, we always picked spicy! Can you guess the places we went? Ramen, Pho, Matcha - So good.

The Highlights

So here are a few pictures of our honeymoon. Just lots of sightseeing and relaxing. We had the luxury traveling the island, we stayed right across from the water at North Shore for a while and it was glorious. Hawaii is a great place for snorkeling with turtles, taking a sunset sailing cruise, and surfing, we did it all. I think without our cameras we were able to keep a little bit of privacy. After all, this was our honeymoon.

One post is not enough for all the things we packed into 10 days. Our next adventure we will break down for everyone. But this one is just all mushy gushy, lovey dovey stuff. If you want to take a look at some of our other adventures you can find those here. This one, you're just going to have to guess what kinda shenanigans we got ourselves into. If you guess right, props to you!

We wanted to write a little thank you here to Mikes surf school for guiding us onto some fun waves while we were visiting the north shore. It was my (Kim's) first time and I was intimidated, to say the least. They put my mind at ease and made my first experience on a board memorable and exciting. I would recommend them to anyone visiting the north shore looking to catch some waves in the sun. Thanks, Mike! We hope to see you out on the water again sometime. The next few pictures are from the talented Sky. She took some fun photos for us while we were out in the water. Thanks so much for capturing these moments. To see some more photos from Mikes surf school check out their Instagram.

Thanks again to the mike and everyone else on the island that helped make our stay in Hawaii a great one.

Needless to say, we can't wait to get back to the water.

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We Officially Celebrate

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We Officially Celebrate

3rd June 2017

We wanted to share some of the highlights from our big day. It was a whirlwind of fun and we are so happy to have everyone from near and far come out to celebrate with us. Thank you to TheLight&Co for helping us capture the day and to everyone else who made this day wonderful!

First Look

The Family

The Party

The Ceremony

Everything Else

Is Our Beginning

What a day this was. We are still talking about it like it was yesterday. We are so overjoyed that so many friends and family were able to make the day. We expected a small intimate wedding considering we knew only 4 people in Arizona when we decided to have the wedding take place there. How fortunate of us that so many made it out of the way to have a grand ole' time with us. So exciting to have so much love and support from everyone. We LOVE you all!