Alex was so sweet on my birthday, and since I'm one of those people who don't like cake (are you, too?), he brought out a piece of stinky Spanish cheese with a candle. It made me burst out laughing and was such an awesome treat. Thanks again, Alexei! :)
I LOOOOVE Spanish cheese (although I love cake too! haha). Happy Belated Birthday!
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That's lovely - my parents made me soufflé for my birthday rather than cake!
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I hate birthday cake... i usually get a fruit tart, but that cheese is looking like a good option next time!
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!
i had a "fiesta" to celebrate my 25th birthday party and had margaritas and tacos and the whole bit and invited all my favorite people (aka, my huge family). i wanted rainbow sherbet instead of cake, so that's what we had. my grandmother told me if she knew there wouldn't be cake, she wouldn't have come! haha
ReplyDeletei know what you mean. we almost didn't have it at our wedding, but i caught a lot of grief just mentioning it. we ended up having red velvet cake and it was fabulous!
Oh my gosh, that is so special. Perfect for you.
ReplyDeleteI love it when my man does something totally "me", regardless of what's normal for the rest of the world. It makes me swoon each time.
Love that big smile on your face.
Happy Birthday! You look adorable in your Steven Alan. That's so funny. I love stinky cheese. But I love cake too.
ReplyDeleteI don't like cake either. I would chose a good cheese over cake any day.
ReplyDeleteI love cheese too and recently had cheese flan in Puerto Rico. It would make a lovely little birthday cheese/cake.
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely adorable! I'm more of an icing person than a cake person but good cheese would more than do the trick! Happy belated birthday!
ReplyDeleteThat's SO awesome!! :) Yay to a husband who knows you so well...and found a thoughtful substitute for cake :) So sweet - it makes me smile!
ReplyDeleteew! I also don't like cake. I am a fan of creme brulee, however.
ReplyDeleteThat is so funny and so sweet! LOL. Hope you had a great birthday.
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you guys are too cute!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful Birthday surprise!!! Cake is good, but cheese is so much better!!!
ReplyDeletexoxo,
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Aww the birthday cheese looks great! :) I'm not a big cake fan either...cheesecake or pumpkin pie are my birthday treats of choice!
ReplyDeleteI'd take good cheese over cake any day! The little wedge with it's candle and your little grin are just too cute! Happy Birthday indeed!
ReplyDeletePrecious! Don't you love when your mister does something for you that's just *so* you? Very thoughtful and original! Good job, Alex!
ReplyDeleteWow! Happy Birthday Jo! You know what would make a fabulous birthday gift? The GIVEAWAY I am featuring on my blog this week :) Sorry... don't mean to sound too promo... it is just my first giveaway and I am really nervous nobody will comment. But if YOU'D like to be the first to comment... your chances of winning is like... 100%!!! haha.
ReplyDeleteMy fiance doesn't like cake but love cheese, I'll have to do this for him! What a great idea. Happy birthday!!
ReplyDeleteThat is so sweet. Happy birthday :)
ReplyDeletehappy birthday! I know someone that would LOVE this instead of a cake!
ReplyDeleteThat is my idea of a perfect birthday! I'm not a fan of cakes either so I would be thrilled to have a big piece of cheese. Perhaps next year I'll go with cheesecake?
ReplyDeleteawesome!!!
ReplyDeletei'm an ice cream girl...no cake for me! Alex is so thoughtful!
ReplyDeletethat is the cutest!
ReplyDeleteI would SO prefer a stinky cheese over cake on my birthday! How sweet :)
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful! I don't like cake either - everyone always thinks I'm so strange! Glad to know I'm not the only one :)
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i quite like chocolate cake, but i would take cheese any day, too! how sweet!
ReplyDeleteyou are both too cute in your steve alan! i love your birthday cheese! what a sweet idea.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are adorable! xx
ReplyDeleteThat's so sweet ! And very beautiful flowers !
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh! i don't really like cake either. this is the best.
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that's so sweet!
ReplyDeleteI love cake, but I think I love cheese more. Very thoughtful, that Alex.
ReplyDeletebeautiful!!!!! I love cheese more than anyother thing ;))) on the next birthday I want a birthday cake like yours!!! :)))
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This is so cute. Alex is a honey!
ReplyDeleteHow nice of him to give you cheese. Spain has excellent (stinky or not) cheeses. Manchego cheese is my favourite! Love from Barcelona,
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I don't like cake either...so much so that we didn't serve any at our wedding (much to the dismay of our relatives!)
ReplyDeletevery good idea, Alex! (hubby, take note)
ha hilarious!
ReplyDeleteI haven't even been known to turn down a good piece of cake---BUT I love cheese more! Good job Alex.
ReplyDeleteThat is such a cute dress! And I love the cheese idea. I am not a big dessert eater either.
ReplyDeleteI don't like cake either. My mom would always make me rice krispie treat "cakes" as a kid.
ReplyDeleteWhat a genius idea! I, of course, like cheese and cake. Is that bad?
ReplyDeleteNot sure how someone can not like cake, but cheese is a good alternative.
ReplyDeleteAlex looks so sweet in that picture. You guys are too cute and you can tell he really adores you. Happy Birthday. Hope you are all staying out of that crazy weather. Sending warm wishes from California. :)
ReplyDeleteUm, we might be related. You should see some of the things friends and family have put candles in for me. And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
ReplyDeleteadorable! i don't care for birthday cake much either, but i've never had spanish cheese before. i'm sure it's tasty though...how could you not love cheese?
ReplyDeleteSo cute. I love cheese and cake, I hope I get both on my next birthday!!
ReplyDeleteThat's too cute! I don't like cake either. One time, I bought my best friend a birthday rotisserie chicken instead of cake. It was what she was into at the time!
ReplyDeleteHahaha that's awesome! My husband LOVES cheese and I think I might do this for his birthday this year!
ReplyDeleteboo. cake sucks. cheeze rulez.
ReplyDeleteboo. cake sucks. cheeze rulez.
ReplyDeleteThat is so sweet of Alex!I also love stinky cheese..I could eat it every day:)Btw: I love your dress:) Kisses
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Joanna! I love your blog and hope you have an absolutely wonderful day! xoxo
ReplyDeleteI love cake AND cheese! I had a friend who have a cheese wheel instead of cake on this birthday. too.
ReplyDeleteso good! yum cheese!!! you look so pretty and happy. happy birthday to you and lucy!!
ReplyDeletefinally! someone else who doesn't enjoi cake :) last year i got a fruit arrangement, but i'm liking this mccheeesey idea!
ReplyDeletei love it. :) but i CANNOT believe you don't like cake!
ReplyDeleteHilarious!! I might have to steal this idea for one of my cheese-obsessed friends :)
ReplyDeleteYUM!! Sounds perfect :). You two are so cute. (And I love love love your dress!!)
ReplyDeleteso cute :)
ReplyDeletehappy birthday !!!
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I love the way you are celebrating your bday, and sharing your mom's photos and stories with us. Precious and really neat. Happy next year. And THANK YOU, too, for the countdown of love to valentines day. Perfect!
ReplyDeleteLovely and clever! Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteI'm so-so on cake.
I love it! And you look gorge. Love the pics x
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet treat on your birthday! And it looked like quite the luscious hunk of Monte Enebro. I am a huge cheesehead myself and had a cheese table in lieu of the traditional cake at my wedding last year. Although I could never give up cake completely, if it's cheese vs. cake, cheese will inevitably win. Happy Belated Birthday!
ReplyDeleteYou know you love cheese when.. ;)
ReplyDeleteI am also not a fan of cake. Maybe I'll have some birthday cheese this year!
ReplyDeleteCheese is what makes the world go 'round. Good choice!
ReplyDeleteVIVA Spanish Cheese!!! :D
ReplyDeleteVery interesting and unorthodox but completely cute! Happy birthday!
ReplyDeleteI love cake. Hubby loves cheese :)
ReplyDeleteThat was sweet! Happy Birthday!
The cheese is perfect!!! Birthday best to you!!
ReplyDeletehappy birthday!! i'd love to get cheese for my bday!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday. How sweet of him!!
ReplyDeletehahaha! that's so awesome! now I want some stinky cheese =). Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeletehahaha, stinky cheese!!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know you didn't like cake Joanna, your hubby knows you well, what a great idea about the cheese.
That's hilarious with the cheese!! =) Happy Birthday again!
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i DO love cake, but i would take cheese any day. this is so cute!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday and what cute pictures of the two of you! Hope it's been a great day.
ReplyDeletecheese! yum. and with candles. yay! happy birthday!
ReplyDeleteHi Joanna,
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All the best,
Allison
SO cute! What a thoughtful husband!
ReplyDeleteYou nabbed yourself a good one, Jo! (:
Between cheese and cake I don't know what to choose, well, maybe a cheesecake :)
ReplyDeleteWhat can I say about Spanish cheeses are incredible if anytime you visit my country I would like to enjoy some that I'm sure that you can't taste in NY
I went to a wedding once where they served cheese cake, literally big rounds of different cheeses with fruit and crackers. It was in France but of course! Happy Birthday !
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birthday cheese?! i <3 cheese but idk if i could forgo cake. maybe cheese and cake. or a cheesecake : )
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Happy Happy Birthday!! Such wonderful Parisian baby pics too!
ReplyDeleteI hate birthday cake too. My mom also hates it.
ReplyDeleteIf I have to have a cake, I like ice cream cake only because it isn't really cake. :)
Hope you had a good birthday!!
so cute! i love cake, but i would definitely enjoy spanish cheese!
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY! (P.S. I'd be so sad if someone gave me cheese instead of cake for my birthday, but to each its own, eh? teehee)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday. I am not a cake person either... not sure if I'd be someone who would appreciate a cheese either. My palette might now be that sophisticated; but I love the idea of a special something savory over cake!
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I Love your Steven Alan pieces ;) And how adorable is that cheese alterna-cake? So cute, great move Alex!
ReplyDeletebirthday stink cheese sounds like the best!
ReplyDeletei love it.
adorable! i'm not a fan of cake ever...isaiah's done spinach dip with a candle before...it's one of the sweetest feelings to know someone can know you so well, happy birthday, again!
ReplyDeleteThat was sweet Happy Birthday enjoy!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Joanna! The pictures are so cute.
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Oh I love it! I got a wedge of Humboldt Fog and some pistachios with a wee dram of madeira for my birthday "cake"! You are a woman after my own heart.
ReplyDeleteHope you had a wonderful birthday, Joanna! Though...you don't like cake?! Not sure if I can read this blog anymore...just kidding, as I love stinky cheese, too!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I thought the pictures and stories from your mom were fantastic - what great memories! 'Mon dieu, je vois trois bébés!' had me laughing out loud!
I personally love cake, but every year my brother either wants a birthday pie or birthday cheesecake. When he sees candles in a pie he says that either it's his birthday, or someone is drunk in the kitchen :)
ReplyDeleteLove it! I hate cake...and most deserts really, but birthday cheese...yes please! What a sweet hubby you have.
ReplyDeleteTotally not a cake person! Unless it's cheesecake! Haha. People always think I'm odd that I don't like cake, so glad I'm not the only one! :) That birthday cheese looks pretty, pretty good.
ReplyDeleteOh no, you don't like cake?? My husband is not a fan either, when we got married he'd only let me feed him the icing when we cut the cake. ;-)
ReplyDeleteBut happy birthday!!! You're lucky to have such an awesome husband who gets you stinky cheese on your birthday! ;-)
When was your birthday?!? The 31st? Mine was the 31st! Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteOMGGGG your just like me lol I hate cake but I loveee cheeseee, I even told my boyfriend that I want to go to a cheese farm hahaha happy bday girlie
ReplyDeleteThat is too funny! Happy birthday!
ReplyDeletey'all are just the cutest. happy belated.
ReplyDeleteSo sweet of him! Wait, no... so stinky of him? haha. I'm like you; I'd rather have cheese over cake any day. Those photos of you are adorable... happy birthday again : )
ReplyDeletehow sweet! that's love!
ReplyDeletei like cake but i love pie. the stinky cheese was very cute and clever. happy belated birthday
ReplyDeletehappy birthday! i love the stinky cheese idea - so good! i think my favorite thing to do on the weekend is buy a nice and slightly expensive, but oh-so good piece of cheese at the supermarket - such a nice treat!
ReplyDeleteI never thought I'd think getting a piece of stinky cheese would be romantic. I was wrong. :) Happy you noted where you got that sweater from, it's great!
ReplyDeleteAgreed. I am lucky enough to have a fall birthday, so I get pumpkin pie or apple crisp instead of cake.
ReplyDeleteThis is the best thing I've seen today! Or possible ever!
ReplyDeleteLOVE cheese. when i visit my sister in NYC, we go to murray's. yum.
ReplyDeletei'm definitely not a cake person either. i prefer pies actually. when we got married, we had pie, not cake.
You look absolutely gorgeous on these pictures Joanna! I loved Alex's surprise, he's so sweet and you too are the perfect match! :)
ReplyDeleteI love Murray's! If you like stinky Spanish cheese you should try "Torta del Casar". I think at Murray's you can find a similar one: "La Serena". You slice off the top and dive in!
ReplyDeletelovely!! eberjey has great things- well made too! happy belated birthday to you & lucy!
ReplyDeleteThis made me laugh out loud. It's a running joke with my husband and I about how much I love cheese. What a funny birthday cake! Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Joanna! Haven't seen you in the hood slugging through all this crazy snow.... with a stroller. Nightmare. Love, love, love the baby pictures of you in Paris. xo
ReplyDeleteHahaha, birthday cheese > birthday cake. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm one of those people that don't like cake, too! Ice cream cake is the only cake I'll eat :P
I hope you had a very happy birthday!
Hahaha, birthday cheese > birthday cake. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm one of those people that don't like cake, too! Ice cream cake is the only cake I'll eat :P
I hope you had a very happy birthday!
So sweet! Hope you had a nice birthday Jo!!
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Gosh, that's awesome, you lucky lucky girl!
ReplyDeletei like cake although I make my own or my mom makes them because store-bought cakes are way too sweet :(
ReplyDeletenever had spanish cheese before, but this post made me smile hahaha Happy Birthday!
Happy BDAY a very sweet detail!!!
ReplyDeleteOhh ! what a sweet idea! I love cakes, but I also love cheese, and I think I would love to have a birthday cheese with a little candle !!! Lucky you :)
ReplyDeleteNot also a cake fan...brownie and muffins only...
ReplyDeleteFor my last birthday I was presented with a sorbet box with a candle :)
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well i like (no love) cake...but i love cheese too ;-)
ReplyDeletegenius idea from your sweet hubby!
happy, happy b-day lady!
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Fun, fun,FUN!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday!
ReplyDeleteomigosh, he's so thoughtful!!! i would love to have a great slice of cheese on my birthday too! this is too cute!
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What an original birthday cake. Hope you had a fun day. Bisous
ReplyDeleteps: this is totally off subject but I love your rug. Your apt looks so cosy.
Yummy Yummy!
ReplyDeleteMuchas felicidades desde España!
Some other prizewinning Spanish cheeses here ... www.formatgeriaserratgros.com (Serrat Gros on Fb)
Happy Birthday! cheese is way better than cake and this is really cute
ReplyDeleteI love cake as much as the next person, but I think I usually choose cheese, given the choice.
ReplyDeleteMy boyfriend got me a pound of fontina cheese for our six-month anniversary. True story.
Happy birthday!!
great job alex!
ReplyDeleteYES!! i'm with you, stinky cheese wins, EVERY time.
ReplyDeletehappy belated!
soooooo sweeeeeeeeeeeeet :_D
ReplyDeleteHappy belated! That cheese looks like a dream come true, how very thoughtful :)
ReplyDeleteOooOOOOoo i'm one of those people!!!
ReplyDeleteI've never met another!
My best friend made me a Tim Tam tower cake once, it was amazing!
The cheese idea is fantastic though! A wheel of brie would do me perfectly :)
Xx
Awwww! How sweet is that?! What a thoughtful&sweet husband you have, Joanna.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to hopefully be married someday! I hope I'm as adorable as you. I love your striped sweater! So cute♥
Happy birthday again, dear!
xoxoxox-
Rachel
Happy Belated Birthday!
ReplyDeleteGenius! I'm borrowing this idea for a cheese-loving friend's birthday tonight!
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Yum! Too cute!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of your blog from Japan.
Your blog is full of love and I feel so warm reading your posts.
Arigato gozaimasu. (thank you)
I think Birthday Cheese is a great idea for a gift.
Do you say Cheese when you make people smile? We do in Japan.
Big smile for birthday is a very good match.
Thanks for sharing.
Best regards,
Rie
PS..I don't like cake with any kind of cream on. Cheese cake is my favorite!
i don't like cake, either. glad to know i'm not the only one! that cheese looks yummy.
ReplyDeletehappy belated birthday!
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congrats! keep up the good work/this is a great presentation.
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Happy, happy belated birthday!! :) I think it's genius - having cheese instead of cake!! (Wish I *didn't* love cake so much - ha ha!)
ReplyDeleteYou are definitely one of the few people I've heard also say that they're not fans of cake! the cheese is so cute :)
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Birthday cheese instance of a cake is a really good idea, I do not care if my mom give a cheese in my next B-day
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