Banana Ice Cream

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A few posts back, I featured a great recipe for all my fellow readers that suffer from milk allergies but still crave a late night pint of Ben & Jerry’s (maybe that’s just me?). Who knew that if you froze bananas, placed them in a blender and then froze them again, you would get the most delicious ice cream? I was still a little weary while the hubs was preparing the concoction, but sure enough, the results completely blew me away! It had a custard-y consistency and a very heavy banana flavor, which I guess doesn’t work for everyone, but being a huge fan of bananas, tasted heavenly to me. Best part? My stomach did not rebel or send me any nasty messages throughout the day. Nothing. It was beautiful!

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For an easy link to the “recipe”, click here.

Weekend Highlights

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Going to Abraxas Lounge for my birthday definitely was not enough! I absolutely love that place so I put together a happy hour there on Friday night. Although our bartender was a hater, you just can’t beat the ambiance and killer beer selection. What made it even better? I got to spend time with friends that I haven’t seen in ages! Plus, I made some great new ones in the process. After a few beers, we headed to 8oz Burger Bar for dinner (pure excellence – check it out, foodies!) and then danced the rest of the night away at Automatic Slims. It was altogether a pretty fabulous night. A do-over is needed.

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Lovable Friday

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1. Kickball Parties
1. Kickball Parties

As you can tell from yesterday’s post, I love stumbling upon blogs of talented people that also happen to enjoy life to the fullest. A perfect example is Jessica Claire. Jessica is a wedding photographer who mixes personal posts along with her professional ones on her blog. One amazing post revolved around her 30th birthday, which she celebrated by holding an epic game of kickball with all her closest friends. Uh. Amazing. So much so that I hope Jessica doesn’t get insulted because I’m totally ripping off the idea for the hubs’ birthday this year. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? ;)

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Tune-age Tuesday

I figured it had been entirely too long since I had put together a mixtape to share with all of you. Plus, I’ve heard through the grapevine that a lot of you out there favor my husband’s mixtapes over mine. I just cannot let that happen. ;)

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It’s a mix of old and new, as every good thing should be. I hope you all enjoy it and I hope I managed to turn some of you on to some great new (or old) artists. I’ll make sure to start posting these a little more regularly…maybe quarterly or so that you guys can get an idea of what I’m listening to! After all, music is the glue of the world.

Click here to listen!

Answer in Pictures

While a (very active) member of Livejournal a few years back, I absolutely adored meme’s. I would do as many as humanly possible, which I’m sure annoyed a great deal of my LJ friends. The draw still hasn’t escaped me, because I’ve decided to include them from time to time here on Melificent. Afterall, sometimes I am not in the most journalistic of moods.

So enjoy this fun picture meme and if you feel so inclined, do one yourself!

01. Hello! This is what I look like:

photo-18The hair is growing nicely, me thinks ;)

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Weekend Highlights!

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On Friday night, we joined friends to see District-9. I had very high expectations (I think I’ve spoken about this movie a million times on the blog!), and I am so happy to say that they met and at times, exceeded them. I thought it was such a beautiful film. I’ve heard some negativity towards the film, but I think that’s due to people having a set idea of what to expect. This movie is not what you think and that’s what makes it so wonderful!

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Lovable Friday!

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1. District-9
1. District-9

After hearing about this movie for months and attending a panel at Comic-Con, I am so excited the premiere date for District-9 is here! We have tickets to a showing tonight with a group of friends and I can’t wait! In case you are one of the 4 people that have not heard of this movie, it is set in a time where aliens have landed on Earth, but have been segregated from the general public in an area called District-9. I’ll make sure to put together a review come Monday as part of my weekend highlights for all of you!

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Weekend Highlights!

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No photos were taken this night, so I had to opt for an old knottie GTG shot!
No photos were taken this night, so I had to opt for an old knottie GTG shot!

I was lucky enough to spend some quality time with a few special girls Friday night for happy hour at Chili’s! While planning my wedding a few years ago, I met some pretty amazing ladies on The Knot. Without them, I’m pretty sure I would have lost my sanity countless times throughout my 2 year engagement. We don’t get to see each other much now because of our busy schedules, but were finally able to meet up for a couple of drinks. It was great to catch up as well as gossip as only Nesties can. Hopefully the next time will not be so far between!

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Saturday night brought one of my best friend’s birthdays. We all celebrated in her new apartment (which is super cute) with finger food and the most delicious strawberry mojito mix made with Bacardi’s Dragon Berry vodka by the birthday girl herself. It was great spending time with all our best friends: lots of Wii, laughs, drinks and True Blood debates! And as if all of that wasn’t good enough, we ended the night at Denny’s nom-nom-ing on a Moons Over My Hammy. Perfection. Happy birthday, Elissa!

Going steady or breaking up?

This afternoon is going to be pretty exciting for me. I will be deciding whether or not to put an offer on a house!

I know rule number one of house hunting is not to fall in love, but I did. We both did. We couldn’t help it. It needs a lot of work, which is why I decided to bring in the big guns with me this afternoon to give me the rundown as to whether it will be worth it or not. I am going to try my best not to be disheartened if things do not work out in my favor, but it’ll be rough!

It’s so easy to start imagining how we can turn a house into a home, especially with such amazing inspiration surrounding me in the blogosphere, like the following:

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So wish us luck, readers!

Weekend Highlights!

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First off, I’d like to express how wonderful 2-day weeks are. I vote for all weeks consisting of only 2 work days. Who is with me? Anyways, Friday meant it was time for happy hour with my girls and we decided to try a new place: Morton’s Steakhouse. The food was great but the crowd was not. We were the youngest people in that bar and not just by a couple of years. After a couple of drinks and appetizers, we headed to our usual hangout: The Bar in Coral Gables. We played some Scrabble and caught up with a couple of old friends. It was nice & relaxing & a great way to kick off the weekend.

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