It's here! Our first volume of The Eighty Twenty Magazine is finally out there in the world and waiting for you to get your hands on it. I can't believe it was last year that Rob and I flew to Boston to work with The Eighty Twenty team in person for the first time--it feels like so much longer than that and like it was just yesterday, all at once. We have worked so hard on this volume and I am incredibly proud of it. At the risk of sounding overdramatic, this magazine really is a dream come true.

As requested, there are both digital and hard copies available (but if you want to order a hard copy let us know--theeightytwenty [at] gmail [dot] com--as we're currently selling those separately)!

Find out more about the magazine and get your copy right here.

Photo by Anna Burns for The Eighty Twenty.

Happy Friday! It's been super cold down here in Charlotte the past few days (it was 10 degrees this morning!), so we're looking forward to a cozy weekend of puppy snuggles and maybe some movie watching.

Ender is getting his second round of shots tomorrow, so after that we'll finally be able to take him out to dog parks and breweries around town, which we've been looking forward to since we got him. Adjusting to life with a puppy has been a little challenging, but we're getting there--the hardest things for me are cooking and working out. Yesterday he unexpectedly needed to go out while I was sautéing some onions, but we made it work. He is such a sweet little dog.

I've been busy with a couple little side projects this week, and I'm hoping to be back soon with a link to the first issue of The Eighty Twenty Magazine--stay tuned! (Edit: Here it is!)

What are you guys up to this weekend? I hope you have a warm, relaxing one!

Photo by Sarah Gatrell for Freckled Italian.

I'm really excited to continue working with Lavazza in 2015, and today I thought I'd host a giveaway for you guys! Rob and I drink Lavazza every morning and we love it so much, so I have a little Lavazza gift package for one lucky Freckled Italian reader! If you scroll down you can enter to win two bags of coffee, a selection of K-Cups, and a $20 gift card to Lavazza's online store. Good luck!

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