How do you like my new look? It’s a new and improved ME. I really, really love it and hope that you will too. One of my readers, Joanna, is a blog designer and I emailed her to ask her some questions about how I could change a couple of things on my blog and she graciously took over and gave me a complete bloggy makeover, with a new layout and a snazzy navigation bar. Now, you’ll see I have lots of links to click on and a whole new look. Hope you’ll look around and check out all the buttons. I think this new look will be easier to navigate and you’ll be able to find things better. Everything is still here, it just looks a little different. As I mentioned before, I’ve moved my extensive blogroll to my 2nd blog, so just click on Blog Candy to go there. Enjoy the NEW me! If you want a new blog design, I hope you’ll check out Joanna’s design service, Southern Girl Blog Designs. She did a fantastic job for me and gave me just the look I wanted.
Friday night, we got to enjoy the new dining room again and invited over some friends, Sandi and Bill from Whistlestop Cafe Cooking. Sandi and I started out as bloggy friends, but now that we’ve gotten together with them a few times now, it’s a real life friendship. We’ve been to their house for a party and so I thought it was time to invite them over to our place. Bill’s parents were long-time owners of the Irondale Cafe that I talked about here, and they sell Whistlestop cookbooks and Whistlestop cooking products too, so go over and take a look at their foodie blog.
Last week, Peter spotted a cooking class in the paper being held at Whole Foods, called School of Fish. Given his love of fishing and especially his love of eating fish, we decided to check it out and it was well worth it. They shared 3 recipes and we got to sample them all, so I fixed the salmon dish for dinner and tried out the Lemon-Dijon Dill Sauce, which is fantastic.
Bill, Sandi, and Sandi’s sister, Holly, who was in town and came along for dinner too. Holly also has a blog called Holledaze and she lives fulltime in London and part time in Boston, so check out her blog too. She just did a gorgeous kitchen reno on her blog. We sure enjoyed the evening with our new friends!
Lemon-Dijon Dill Sauce
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup Mayo (low fat is fine)
3 tsp. minced dill weed
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
Juice from one lemon
1 tsp. fresh minced garlic
Salt & Pepper to taste
This was a wonderful sauce with the salmon, so I hope you’ll try it!
Thanks for stopping by to check out the new and improved look! Come back on Monday and we’ll talk about lighting.
I was just thinking yesterday that I really like a white or light background on a blog and thinking that I’d like mine to be like that. This just confirms it….I might have to check into it myself. Thanks for the tip…and your blog now loads super quick and is easy to navigate. Congrats! How fun your dinner must have been and delicious! Take care!
Suzanne
yea for the easy to navigate new site. It’s still you, but even better. I’m right behind you. I need to get off my bootie and get someone to do something with mine. :)\Yea, for a dinner with fun friends.
Love the new layout! It’s very easy to find everything. I’ve had fun looking through your “top posts.”
Love the new look – it loads a lot faster now too!
Rhoda! Its just as pretty as you are! I love the new look and the easiness of it. I bet you are just so exicited. Joanna did a great job. She was one of my very first blog friends when I started. Very talented lady I must add. Enjoy~
The new design is GREAT! Found you through Joanna’s blog (she did mine as well).
But after seeing that dill sauce.. I’m going to add you through RSS… because my guy and I grill a ton of fish, and this would be wonderful with it!
Yummy salmon!
The new blog design looks PERFECT!
Lovely! I love your look. I sort of want to live in your blog.
Rhoda, the new look is wonderful! I always end up drooling on my keyboard at your site. Wonder why? Yummy! ♥
This looks really good,Rhoda! She did a gret job, but then, you have a great blog for her to work with!
Glad y’all had fun at your dinner party!!
Hugs,
Susan
We love grilled salmon in the summer with grilled asparagus! My husband concocted a dill/cream sauce and it sounds very familiar.
p.s. love your new bloggy look 🙂
Your new blog design looks great! I love salmon. Your sauce sounds wonderful, I will have to try that soon!
Penny
your new layout looks fantastic! 🙂 Even our blogs need a little remodel every once in awhile!
Your blog looks amazing! It looked nice before, but this is so clean and refreshing. 🙂
Ok Rhoda…now I am hungry! lol
Looks yummy and beautiful!!!
Blessing to you 😉
kayellen
Hi girl!
I like your new blog look…very nice.
I’m a bit jealous though that you got have dinner again with Sandi and Bill. The six of us must get together again soon. Maybe George and I will do some Christmas shopping there this year.
Hugs!
Kat
I love that bloggy friends become real friends! Love it!
Rhoda, I really enjoy reading your blog and seeing all the beautiful rooms and projects you are working on. With all your talk of trim and molding I was encouraged to hang window molding in our breakfast room. I would love for you to come by and take a look. Thanks, Bonnie
Wow! Joanna did a great job, of course. She made my blog button and is making a new one for my big Etsy reveal, coming the 2nd week of March! She is super easy to work with and I can’t wait to see what she comes up with next.
Thanks for sharing your recipe! I am sure your new friends had a blast with you in your awesome new dining digs.
~Misti
Your blog looks wonderful and very professional.
~elaine~