Who else is ready to kiss March goodbye?
The saying about this month is that it goes in like a lion, out like a lamb. But in reality, the month started like a lamb, morphed briefly into a sun-bathing seal, and is going out like a lion cub. Not quite the same effect.
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Happy Valentine’s Day to all!
Say what you will about corporate holidays devised to sell greeting cards and boost consumerism, but I think Valentine’s Day is fun. It is my favorite holiday for the following reasons:
boxes of chocolate love is a universal language open to interpretation flowers dining [...]
I’m a few days behind on the Foodie Pen Pal reveal, but I figured it was better late than never to show you what I got!
December was my first month participating, and I had a great exchange with Karen and Kristen. This month, I was paired with Lindsay and Angel. [...]
I have yet to participate in the blogging tradition of photographing a day’s worth of meals and posting about it on Wednesday, a.k.a. What I Ate Wednesday.
I have, however, prepared a post about what I ate while I was in San Diego and today is Wednesday – so I’m [...]
My favorite scent in the world is lavender. I would eat, drink, and bathe in it if I could. So when I strolled by a store called Temecula Lavender Company, I had to stop in.
When I die, I hope heaven looks like this store.
The store owners grow [...]
There are few things I enjoy more on vacation than eating fancy desserts in the middle of the day. Many cities have a variety of bakeries and cupcake shops to enjoy, and I can’t rely on visiting them all after dinner. So, we stopped into Extraordinary Desserts after lunch this weekend.
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Sporcle is a fun online quiz site that can test your knowledge in just about anything. I recently found some food-related quizzes I have never taken, so I decided to save my scores and challenge you guys to beat them!
If you want to play along, take the quizzes (each has a 6-minute [...]
No, I didn’t get a haircut. But goodness gracious, I need one. My blog got a makeover instead.
Everything you see here on the blog is by my doing. A lot of the work is accomplished through my awesome theme. For the rest, I either find a plug-in to make things happen the [...]
I took a minute to rewind to the beginning of 2011, and picked one favorite photo memory from each month. There are 12 moments from the past year that I wouldn’t want to forget!
Starting in January, we practiced with our then new DSLR camera while strolling around the snow-covered town. Compared to [...]
When I was a kid, I had a pen pal in England and we sent each other letters every so often. One time, I tried to mail her some rubber stamps in a small envelope. That is how I learned about the need for proper postage.
Shortly thereafter, the internet was invented. Pen pals became [...]
