Owner/photographer, Cramer Photo
I’d wake up with the sun and have my first cup of coffee on the back porch with the pups, then eat a breakfast burrito or two soft boiled eggs, or an omelet from Belle. On a perfect day off, I’m not working—I’m playing all day. I start with a run to the Rotunda and back home, waving and saying hi to many friends as I pass through the Downtown Mall. I love hugs so someone will get a hug for sure! At lunchtime, I meet my hubby, Matt, or besties at Tilman’s or Otto or that new yummy Indian place, Lazeez, on the Mall, and I’m definitely stopping for an extra morning coffee or pick-me-up at Lone Light afterward. I bring a novel to read in the coffee shop or at home before a little nap. In the afternoon, I either hike Spy Rock or take the puppies on a long hike behind McIntire Skate Park while the kids skate—that, or walk the Saunders-Monticello Trail with the fam.
I eat dinner at Tavola with Matt. We sit at the cicchetti bar and they have a negroni ready to go as we get seated. He orders the special and I get the bucatini. We laugh and talk about everything and nothing. We walk home. If we stay in instead, then I’m throwing my own dinner party with ingredients from City Market. There would be a delicious cocktail like a paper plane or margarita to start, and we’d eat fresh, in-season food. I get help on wine pairings from my friends at The Wine Guild. I kick everyone out around 9pm, clean the kitchen, and I’m in bed by 10pm with a good book (I always have two or three going at a time).
Photo: Courtesy of the subject
