Black Bean Burgers and a Zara Top

Yesterday Natalie over at Designer Bags and Dirty Diapers mentioned that she had an awesome black bean burger at a local restaurant and asked if anyone knew of any good recipes which reminded me...I've had a recipe on my counter for 2 months that I clipped from a magazine (I think Fitness??) for Melissa d'Arabian's Black Bean Nacho Burgers.

Another blogger has posted the recipe here 

So I decided to give it a go... It ended up looking like this

 I added salsa and guacamole...was pretty good... Everyone ate their burger and there wasn't any leftovers which is usually a good sign that people in my house liked it.

Also...how cute is this Zara top with faux leather sleeves??

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Only $25.90
Of course it is currently out of stock, but you can sign up to be notified when it is back!

Have a great day! 
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Pasta Shells, Annasophia's Dress

I am not much of a cook.  If I see a recipe with more than 6 ingredients, I will usually skip it.

I have been making a lot of stuffed pasta shells lately though. Very simple. For a basic meal, all you need is this:

 Marinara Sauce, Jumbo Pasta Shells, Ricotta Cheese and some Mozzarella

All you do is boil some water and cook the shells (I used about 18)

Dump the ricotta out into a bowl and mix in a little mozzarella (you could do Parmesan or something else though)

I then pour a little bit of the marinara on the bottom of a 13x9 baking dish

Fill the shells with cheese mixture, pour the remaining marinara on top and add some mozzarella

It ends up looking like this

 The fam loves it and I look like I might not suck so bad at cooking...

I also have added spinach, onions and mushrooms in the past (after watching an episode of Master Chef and thinking maybe, just maybe I will cook like that someday) which was also very good.

Anyways...I saw this pic of Annasophia Robb (she's going to be playing the young Carrie Bradshaw in The Carrie Diaries) at the DVF show

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I think this dress would look so much better on a brunette with a tan...

HAHA much better, right?? 

Have a good day y'all!

-Erika-

Weekend Update

Good Morning!

We had a pretty uneventful weekend.

We did the dentist on Saturday

 Then a quick stop at Target

 Can someone please tell me why these are $60???  They weren't that much back in '96 were they??? Crazy!

Next we hit up my favorite BBQ place in Savannah, Sandfly BBQ 

 I could seriously live off that potato salad. So good!

My son had a fever (the joys of being back in school) on Sunday so we spent the day at home (after making a quick donut run)

 Mmm...Dunkin' Donuts!!!

I also got a "like" on a comment I made on Facebook from Allen Haff of Auction Hunters!!!

Very exciting.  :) Anyone else watch that show? He is so funny (Ton too)!

Don't forget to link up for the update with Sami's Shenanigans, five30three, and Join the Gossip

Have a great day!!

-Erika-

 

Weekend Update and Olivia Palermo

Good Morning!

How was your weekend?

We spent Saturday at the beach on Tybee Island

 Btw, I got those swimsuits for the kids on Friday at Old Navy. My daughter's was $3 and my son's was $5.  Such a great deal!

On Sunday we went to church and then grabbed lunch at one of our favorite restaurants, Mellow Mushroom.

We were lucky to be seated right in front of an artist painting a new mural on the wall

 I also spotted a girl wearing this Old Navy dress

Old Navy Striped Dress

I had seen this in the store the other day and was kinda like eh, but it looked so cute on her...might have to go snag it!

Sooo...if you don't know, I have a little thing for Olivia Palermo...love, love, love her!

Here are some of her latest outfits

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Walking around NYC on 09-03-12

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Out and about 09-2012

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At Peter Som Spring 2013 09-07-12

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Attending Valentino's FNO event 09-06-12

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At the Tibi 2013 Spring show

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At DVF Spring 2013 

By the way, this is my first link-up with Join the Gossip , five30three, and Sami's Shenanigans

so hi to anyone stopping by from there! I look forward to reading your blogs and learning more about you!

-Erika-

Fashion Night Out Savannah

Good evening!!

The fam and I went down to Broughton Street in Savannah tonight to check out Fashion Night Out.

There was a pretty good crowd walking around, checking out the shops and the runway shows.

Some pics I snapped:

 C(K?)athy Rich show

 Grabbing some ice cream at Leopold's

 Aerial artist hanging around

 Skateboarders

 Karl watching the action at Copper Penny/Shooz

 One of the unicorns at Marc Jacobs

If you're on instagram follow me @seabattle2

Anyone else go to FNO?  Where?

-Erika-

Cat Prints: So Right Meow

This fall is all about animals.

Tory Burch has got people running around looking for foxes, Burberry has got the owls...and who started the cat trend? Idk (maybe Victoria Beckham or Miu Miu), but they're all over the place. Here are some cat prints I found, if you're looking to jump on the bandwagon!

 Asos dress

 Mod Cloth dress

 Cara Couture iPhone case

Not clothes, but how cute is that?! Haha

 Cooperative Conversational Print Scarf

Zara dress (my fav!)

Zara top

F21 dress

-e-

Atlanta Trip

Good morning!

We spent the weekend in Atlanta.

We hiked two mountains (Stone and Kennesaw) in two days.

We looked around a few stores, but the parking was awful at all the major shopping areas (I was so sad) so we just said screw it and went back to the hotel.

Here are a few pics from the weekend:

 This magazine was in the hotel room.  I thought it said "whore".  Haha

 The kids and I on Stone Mountain.  These hikes were unplanned so I got to hike in my Sperrys...I'm happy to to say I  did not get any blisters! Quite surprising!

 My husband and son walking back down the mountain

 Some ugly Louboutins I had to try on. They were made of wetsuit material. Ugh.

 The sky over Macon, GA on the way home.

Hope y'all had a safe Labor Day weekend!

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