#Wowowow a late Valentine’s Day post???

[opiopal]

mams gets asked to do a Valentine’s Day photo shoot, which he is more than happy to do,(cuz money) however he REFUSES to shoot with literally any of the other models, the idea of even pretending to be all snuggly with someone else, for pictures that everyone and their mothers will see makes him almost irrationally upset. until eventually his manager is like “omfg fine who do you WANT to shoot with?” And he immediately says that he wants mc. of course it takes a lot of convincing, after all he is asking to have a human be on the front cover of magazines and such. However once someone brings up the fact that they’ll have a natural chemistry that will translate well to the photos, everyone’s down for it in a heart beat.

so, if mammon is successful in convincing mc to come and do the photoshoot, the two will be seeing their faces in store windows and on multiple Valentine’s Day advertisements for strawberry scented perfumes and dumb stuff like that

[braverytattoos]

hiiiii🤍🤍 I’m SO SORRY it’s been like five days since I’ve sent you a message 😭 I’ve just had so much going on lately. But I couldn’t not send you on a day as special as today. (I’ve never agreed with anything more than your post about being excited to get Louis content every day.)

TTS is also a favorite of mine! The emotion is just SO GOOD I wish I could write like that. Unfortunately I don’t have any recs for you right now.. like I said it’s just been hectic lately, but if I read any good ones I’ll let you know!

What kind of outfits are you hoping to see from Louis this tour? Do you think he’ll play any new songs?👀

Love you always!

-secret valentine💌

omg do not worry! i've been so busy too, life and work stuff PLUS louis' show yesterday wowowow. so much going on. did you watch a livestream of the show? what were your thoughts!? please tell me!! no worries, def let me know if you come across a nice fic, i love recommendations! 💕

omg ok so his outfit last night was SO GOOD. the all black, the JEANS! the 28 quarter zip sweater like he is a causal dressing king. i would like to see him in a tank top tho 😏maybe he'll play new songs but im slightly disappointed he didn't play change 😭

[mayeleventwentytwelve]

2018 / 2019 Recap

WOWOWOW!!! I honestly did not realize how long it’s been since I’ve posted on here! But I guess better late than never right? Here we go..

Jan 2018 - we went to the Boil (only remember this because I’m looking back at pics lol!)

Feb 2018 - we celebrated Valentine’s Day with Jherick and ate at the Thai place in Chinatown. We also tried Phil & Anne’s. Food was ok but overpriced!

Mar 2018 - filed form to get my passport. Wahoo! Went to El Vez for mensiversary.

Apr 2018 - we started playing a lot of basketball. This one Saturday, Spencer met up with us after his class and we played. Then went to Roli where Jherick had a tick on him lol yikes

May 2018 - our 6th year anniversary! We went to Unos. Food was ok, I remember one dish I think the pizza took FOREVER so they ended up giving us free dessert. We also went to Florida with Spencer/ Ruby. I think this was our first trip that involved a flight with them. We went to I think both Island of Adventure & Universal right? And we also went to SeaWorld. Poor Spencer threw up here after eating uncooked eggs made my his lady LOL. I miss the metro café place near the entrance of Universal, by Hulk. The Chicken Alfredo there is yummy! The Airbnb we had here was nice, it was super nice that we had 2 bathrooms lol. And a pool that we got to use on our last night. Luckily we had it all to ourselves. We also got to make your famous spaghetti. **I want Spaghetti in Jherick's voice** The morning of our flight back to NYC, we made Spam musubi right? And we had so much extra so we packed it in an empty Pringles can haha but we ended up throwing it away.

Jun 2018 - your birthday!! You turned 25! Quarter of a century, young baby. I took you to Peter Luger to celebrate! We also got to see Paramore w/ Jherick, courtesy of Live Nation free tickets.

Jul 2018 - played lots of basketball on the weekends. Went to Noreetuh for our mensiversary.

Aug 2018 - had Fogo w/ John & O'neal! We also ate at the Boil for our mensiversary.  We also went Tree Top Adventure! That was really fun, but too bad you had to tap out early lol! You wanted to be a big boy and try to climb up the rope but nope. We also went mini golfing & paddle boating or something like that.

Sep 2018 - my birthday! I turned the big 26. Wahhh. Went to El Vez w/ Ruby & Spencer. Got the green tea crepe cake, yummy!

Oct 2018 - saw Bruno Mars in concert! One of the best that I've thoroughly enjoyed.

Nov 2018 - Ruby's birthday! We went to Pennsylvania for Hershey Park. It was a fun trip. I remember the night before we were all on Discord & we told Ruby to pack her bags. But never said for how many days.. oops! But most importantly, this month we went to Japan!! Our first INTERNATIONAL, might I add.. LONG AS HELL! trip. I remember it was like a midnight flight, we ate around 2AM and best of all, they gave us Hagan Daaz ice cream! I didn't sleep too much on the plane but I did fall asleep here & there. It took maybe 14 hours until we landed in Beijing for a layover. I remember getting 2 sandwiches & water to hold us through. Then we finally landed in Tokyo!! We met up w/ Rui? I forgot the Airbnb guys name. I just remember taking a pic & sending it to him so he knew what we looked like since he was picking us up from the train station. I remember when we landed & went thru Customs, I took a whole bunch of free paper and magazines by the exit lol. And then seeing the lines of people patiently waiting for the train. Anyway, Rui spedwalk like crazy to the Airbnb. Luckily it was near the train station, it was so nice. Little studio and had the best bathroom EVER. Your favorite, the bidet. I remember nearly breaking the washing machine lol. It took hours to wash & dry man. I remember the first night, we showered & then headed out to explore. Walked around a little bit and I think we had that cold ramen the first night? I remember being sooooo exhausted, you have a video of me walking in the Airbnb like a lifeless zombie lol. The first day we visited the doggie statue. I'm not going to go day by day because it's all a blur. We went to Harajuku and got the big cotton candy cone. We had that cute ice cream. The crepe from the alleyway. We went into Daiso where I got my chapstick that I love so much. We visited a lot of anime/ figure stores. We visited the arcade. A lot of the gatchiflan toy thingies. We had more ramen (by our Airbnb). We had sushi on the last night I think. We tried that rotating sushi bar place but it was like a 1.5-2 hour wait so we said oh hell nah and ended up eating near our Airbnb. We had a lot of breakfast buns and onigiris from 7-11. And Family Mart. And Don Quiote where we got a lot of snacks & my favorite peach tea drink. We also tried Lotteria which was no Bueno. Taco Bell & Wendys were cool though. Did we try McDonalds? We spent our Thanskgiving at Ginza! a5 Wagyu, yummy yummy in my tummy. Everything was so good there. I remember we also went to the worlds biggest Uniqlo! You got your coat there & I got my pink fuzzy sweater & I think we got house slippers too our first night. That area we were walking around reminded me of 5th ave in the city, lots of shopping stores. We also had that fried beef thingy down in that basement restaurant. That was really good too. We also went to the shrines where we had to wash our hands & I remember we got to the burning ashes area and you told me to inhale it but really we were just suppose to swoop the smoke into our hair for good luck lol. This was also where there were a whole bunch of markets and we found our Kenji key chains. And where you spent $10 for gold foil ice cream. Our wifi at the Airbnb also went out like that second or third night. So the hosts told us to use the portable wifi. I think we probably used up so much they had to close their Airbnb :( lol Aside from me being cranky & tired, this was all in all a really good trip! I know it was your favorite.. even over the Paris one *eyeroll*

Dec 2018 - this is where you helped me setup my cpu area. We went to Ikea and bought my table & chair. Wahoo!

Jan 2019 - don't really remember much from this month.

Feb 2019 - we went Axe throwing!

Mar 2019 - I finally got 2 of my wisdom tooth removed. I think this was the month we went snowtubing w/ Helen & Carlo? This was also the month Jensen was born! Love that little mans.

Apr 2019 - I surprised you at Yayas w/ your airpods.

May 2019 - our SEVEN year anniversary! Celebrated at no other place than Fogo. We also saw Spencer graduate from Med school and again went to Fogo to celebrate lol. We went hiking this month too. That was fun. We also went to Governors Island where you chauffeured me around on a bike hehe. And then we ate at that diner place on Montague St. I really liked the food there. And then we ate at Blossom, our first time. It was soooo good.

Jun 2019 - our second international trip! To Spain. We went to Madrid which was fine, then Seville which was the best because of that tapas place & then Barcelona which was the worst because you got mugged :( It's otay Jeffrey it's otay. I know you're still traumatized.  The most memorable thing I will take from this trip is how Spencer projectile vomited for like an hour.. it was on your birthday! We ate at that steak place & when we got home he was in the bathroom and we just heard him puking his guts out. Then when we finally think it subsided, I decided to brush my teeth while Ruby showered and then I turn around and get started by Spencer and he goes, "Can I throw up now?" And then I manned up and wrapped my hand and arm in like 4 trash bags to unclog the sink. YUCK! And then the last day there, we ate at that yummy brunch spot we ate at 2 times. And Spencer blew up the bathroom. He had the SHIETTTTTS.

Jul 2019 - don't really remember much here. But you started your diet this month right?

Aug 2019 - we went to California! San Francisco & LA. Had fun on this trip, weather was nice. Food was good. Got to visit Vy and the doggies. Went hiking with the bears and snakes haha. Spencer & Ruby took me to the zoo while you visited your friend.

Sep 2019 - my 27th birthday! We went to the Boil. And I remember you made me watch the video you made there & there was a little part of me that thought at the end of the video, you were going to propose to me LOL

Oct 2019 - we went to Boston. Worst goddamn trip ever. Stuck on the never ending ride back home. We went to 6 flags here right? This month was also hard because I lost my papa.

Nov 2019 - celebrated Jherick's 21st birthday at Fogo! We went to the boil for mensiversary. For Thanksgiving, you came over Diana's and pigged out lol.

Dec 2019 - another cheat month for you. Went to Diana's for Christmas.

[omnomwithrob]

Because we had to.

On the night of our fifth wedding anniversary, Rob gave me one of the most thoughtful gifts I’ve ever received - tickets to the Roots N Blues N Barbeque Festival! Not only had I been jonesing for a trip to our beloved Columbia, MO (where we met <3), I had FOR YEARS been wanting to see a Lake Street Dive/Avett Brothers show. They’re two of my favorite bands and they happened to be playing together on the same night at Roots and Blues this year. BEST HUSBAND EVER. So when the festival rolled around at the end of September, we recruited the grandparents to head east from KC to babysit Rose while Rob watched me eat this corn dog in preparation for the show.

Rob is less easily swayed by carnival fare and found a barbecue truck serving plates of delicious ribs. I wish I could remember who the vendor was, but I remember them being tender and delicious! If you find yourself at Roots and Blues this year, just order all the ribs you can find, and you’ll probably run into them. Whichever ones you like best, let’s just say those are these.

I am the world’s weirdest person and don’t usually enjoy the live music experience very much. But I love both of these bands and know all of their songs, so I was willing to put up with spilled beer and noisy teenagers. Even though I have been to many Avett Brothers shows and have loved each and every one, I dare say Lake Street Dive was the better act this time around!

After the show, we took a bus from Stephen’s Lake Park pretty much directly to Trops (because we had to - and I still have my frequent buyer punch card and had a free drink to cash in). And if you’ve ever been to Columbia, you’ll know by the brightly colored walls and line of people behind me exactly where we went next.

El Rancho is not a culinary destination. It is pure nostalgia, covered in silky white cheese sauce that can never be duplicated - to quote good buddy Bryan Butler, “If you mix it with dirt, you could eat dirt.” It is late night, college-town cuisine that I only once made the mistake of eating for lunch. It’s meant for nights like this (even though it was only like 11pm and I’d had more coffee than alcohol that night - not that I ever could hang, but I really can’t now).

Rob ordered the chimichanga, but once I discovered the nachos in like 2007, I could never go back. I should preface by saying that they should not be good. Chips, meat, and the runniest cheese sauce you’ve ever seen. But - and I mean this in the absolute best way possible - the whole thing couldn’t be greasier. And it. is. sublime. No need for lettuce, tomatoes, or sour cream, onions or cilantro. This right here is all you need.

We took a Lyft back to the hotel (wowowow to have had Lyft in college - or even, like, a smartphone), and the next morning we happily reunited with Rose after our first ever night apart from her. We decided to romp around campus, which is not only where Rob and I met, but where my parents met, too! It’s taking a great deal of restraint not to post all the cute family pics we took with Rose, but I’m trying my best not to smear her face all over the internet before she can consent to that. So here’s my dad in his prime state, recalling memories from his days as an engineering student at Mizzou.

We had takeout from Booches for dinner that night, which was the first time I’d had Booches since they scolded me for taking pictures of their burgers about 12 years ago (picture a large grizzly man telling an 18 year-old girl: “I don’t wanna be in your magazine.”) In the spirit of that memory, I refrained from taking pictures. But I did take pictures at brunch the next morning, which was our last meal in Como before heading back to Chicago.

Lucy’s has been gone for years, and Cafe Berlin had a line a mile long, even in the early morning hours when parents like us get up. So we tried something new - Glenn’s Cafe - in a familiar place, where Bleu used to be. Rob and I celebrated our first Valentine’s Day there, eight and half years before. <3

Glenn’s serves Southern-inspired fare. Rob and my dad both had the southern eggs benedict (two pictures up), a biscuit topped with smoked pulled pork, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce. My mom had the above vegetable quiche, which was LOADED with artichokes, zucchini, mushrooms, tomatoes, and asparagus. Rob’s mom and I both had the below eggs nouvelle, which involved little fried shellfish cakes (shrimp + crawfish + crab) with sunny side up eggs and hollandaise sauce. It was great, but in keeping with the El Rancho theme, very greasy!

We last visited Columbia while driving back to Virginia after our wedding, ready to start a new stage of life together. Every time we visit, so much has changed, and so much has remained the same. Having the opportunity to be in Columbia and go to Roots and Blues was such a wonderful gift - a fitting anniversary gift from my college sweetheart. I couldn’t have asked for a more thoughtful experience - great food, great music, great company, and great memories. We will always love going back to Como.

Caroline