Adventures of Herman

Friday Five

By sarahheiman

June 10, 2016April 12, 2018

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1. Hill Country BBQ: last Friday my husband and I did a little date night with a friend at this downtown Brooklyn BBQ joint. We went to the location in Chelsea years ago and really liked it, and the food did not disappoint the second time around. The setup is a little confusing—you wait to get seated, but then you go up to the counter and order your food and bring back a booklet showing what you ordered so your server can charge you appropriately. The place is even veggie-friendly; I got mac & cheese (which is amazing), cucumber salad, and cornbread with ancho honey butter. I like to put BBQ sauce on the mac & cheese. Is that weird? Maybe. Do I care? Nope!

Yeah, the crust resting on top of the cornbread makes it look a little vaginal. #sorrynotsorry

#tbt to 1982

By sarahheiman

In #tbt

June 9, 2016April 12, 2018

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This week’s Throwback Thursday is a Polaroid of me feeding my little sister yogurt. The photo is dated January 24, 1982, so my sister was about nine months old at the time and I was almost four—probably around the same time I managed to get my first ponytail.

It’s hard to tell, but it looks like my sis is wearing a bib that says “I Love Daddy.” I’d like to point out the super vintage Dannon lowfat blueberry yogurt container sitting on the kitchen table. Our mom was into lowfat foods all the way back then!

My lifelong dislike of messes is evident by the fact I somehow managed to get only a drop of yogurt on the high chair tray while feeding a nine-month-old (though my sister’s face and bib are covered in yogurt).

How cute were we?!

Friday Five

By sarahheiman

In Friday Five&Skin Care

June 3, 2016April 12, 2018

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1. Front Porch Herb Garden: we decided to get some herbs to grow on the front porch so that we can have fresh herbs to cook with! So last weekend we got basil, oregano, and thyme plants and potted them up. I hope I can keep them alive; I have a better track record with orchids than with other plants (weird, I know).

#tbt to My First Ponytail

By sarahheiman

In #tbt

June 2, 2016April 12, 2018

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When I was back at my parents’ house for my high school reunion almost a month ago I went through old photo albums and took lots of pics for future #tbt posts. These two related pics make for perfect Throwback Thursday posts: they are pics of my first ponytail at age 3 1/2!

It’s hard to see the ponytail in the first pic, so I’m glad there’s also a profile shot. And you know what? When I put my hair up in a ponytail now at the age of almost 38, it looks basically the same, just longer. Ah, my poor, baby fine hair. 😛 My little dress, knee high socks, and mary janes were pretty cute, though!

Friday Five

By sarahheiman

In Beauty&Friday Five&TV

May 27, 2016April 12, 2018

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1. Snapchat: I resisted downloading this app SO HARD, but I finally broke down and did it last week. And it’s so much fun! I haven’t fully figured out all the features, but it’s worth it just for the Layers, which the app updates daily. Layers basically overlay crazy filters over your face so that you end up with looks like the ones you see below. The weirder and crazier the better, IMO! I’ve also figured out how to create Stories (aka “I Googled ‘how to create Stories on Snapchat’ because I’m old) and am trying to get in the habit of doing those.

HelloFresh Veggie Box Review + $50 Discount on Your First Two Boxes

By sarahheiman

In Cooking

May 26, 2016April 12, 2018

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Somehow it’s been months since I’ve written a full-on review of a HelloFresh veggie box! To be fair, I don’t get these boxes regularly—I only order them when all three menu options for the week sound easy to make and when I feel too lazy to come up with dinner ideas on my own. This week we got a veggie box that we were very happy with, so I want to share the experience here with you.

If you’re not familiar with HelloFresh, it’s a subscription-based meal kit service that delivers recipes, along with all the ingredients needed, right to your door. You can read more details about how the service works down at the bottom of this post.

This week’s vegetarian meals were:

Sweet Potato Niçoise Salad with Lemon-Dijon Dressing

#tbt to Stanford Sierra Camp

By sarahheiman

In #tbt

May 26, 2016April 12, 2018

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When I was in sixth grade my family went on vacation at Stanford Sierra Camp, open mostly to families of Stanford University alumni (my dad went to college there). The camp is located on Fallen Leaf Lake just south of Lake Tahoe.

At the time I was terribly shy and too afraid to participate in camp activities with my age group, so I really didn’t get involved with much at the camp itself. My mom kindly took me hiking and sightseeing outside of the camp while my brother and sister did camp-y stuff with the other kids their ages. The place was beautiful and I wish I hadn’t been so afraid of the other kids and Stanford student counselors (college-aged kids were terrifying to me when I was younger). But I always like posing in front of signs to prove that I was there, so that’s what I’m doing in this week’s Throwback Thursday. Pics or it didn’t happen, right?! 😛

Stitch Fix: May 2016 Review

By sarahheiman

In Style

May 23, 2016June 20, 2018

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Spring is finally in full swing here in Brooklyn (took ya long enough, Mother Nature!), and my May Stitch Fix arrived last Friday to help outfit me for the warmer weather. My Fix was scheduled for May 17th, but it didn’t even ship until the 18th. They used to ship my Fixes so that I would receive them on or even sometimes before the scheduled date, but more recently they’ve been shipping them later. I asked them about this on Twitter and the response was a canned “The scheduled date is your estimated delivery date.” Maybe they just have so many subscribers now that they can’t keep up with them, which is a good problem for the company to have.

Anyway, here’s a peek at my fourteenth Fix: a nice variety of colors, patterns, and textures!

Friday Five

By sarahheiman

In Beauty&Friday Five&Skin Care

May 20, 2016April 12, 2018

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1. Animal Dragon Soothing Mask: another k-beauty sheet mask from my late winter Memebox haul! I had heard about this one from a friend on Instagram, and seeing as how dragons are awesome I just had to try it. And I learned that one of the reasons that my husband hates it when I do these is because I always have such a serious face in the selfies that I send him (aka Resting Sheet Mask Murder-y Face). So I tried to smile in my dragon selfie…but it’s hard to smile with this thing on! I can’t get over how fun these printed sheet masks are!

#tbt to Me and My Opa

By sarahheiman

In #tbt

May 19, 2016April 12, 2018

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For some reason I don’t seem to have my junior or senior high school photo on my computer, so you’ll just have to guess what I looked like in those years. 😛 When I was at home for my high school reunion a couple weeks ago I went through old photo albums and snapped pics of a whole bunch of photos. So this Throwback Thursday I’m sharing a photo of me as an infant, being held by my Opa (grandfather), Walter:

At the time of my birth, Opa was already 77 years old (he was born in 1901 in Germany), and went on to live for nearly another 30 years—he died at the age of 106. !!! When I found this pic in an album I had to share it because it’s just so adorable; Opa looks thrilled to be holding his first grandchild. My Opa may be gone but the name lives on, because my nieces now call my dad Opa. <3

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