Birthday giveaway WINNER!

I loved reading about your favorite places, everyone! Reading those comments this week has been like a little mini-vacation with each one. I traveled to beaches, to mountains, to backyards, to lakes, to cities, to countryside, and to everywhere in between. Thanks for the travel inspiration and for sharing these pieces of yourself with me, and also for the kind words about what you've enjoyed about The Freckled Citizen in its first year. Truly, I loved hosting this giveaway!

But alas, there can only be one winner, and the math peeps at random.org told me the winner of The Freckled Citizen Birthday Bonanza was.....

Emily of The Culinary Couple!

(we actually had three Emilys enter... so it should be no surprise that one of you would win!)

I've gotten to know Emily through her personal blog and over at EADL, and I couldn't be more pleased that a fellow lover of cooking, local produce, and NPR would nab the prize. I loved learning about Emily's favorite place:

I have many favorite places, one of which is Lake Anna in Virginia. Nick took me there just one month after we met. (I later found out he told his buddies that weekend that I was the girl he would marry.) We go at least once every summer, and it's the quintessential place to unplug, grab a book and a beer, and enjoy nature. 

Congrats, Emily! (And happy birthday week yourself!) I'll be in touch about your prize!

Thanks so much for entering and playing along, everyone!