The long holiday weekend is quickly coming to a close. With the true meaning of this Memorial Day weekend being focused on the soldiers who have fallen and our thoughts going out to their families fo...
A girls day in Napa was just what the doctor ordered last weekend. We planned it rather last minute, but sometimes that is simply the best. I jumped on OpenTable and booked an 11:30 reservation for M...
Time flies. It seems like I was just writing my last post for The Secret Recipe Club. You don’t know what The Secret Recipe Club is? Let me share a quick synopsis with you. Each month you are given a...
Quite often I get a craving for the crunch and taste of really wonderful vegetables. With spring here, I am taking advantage of the abundance of fava beans at the farmers market and whole foods. I ad...
Hump day. It means we are winding down for the weekend. I have a good friend on Facebook who every Wednesday, he posts a wonderful reminder that today is Wednesday and the weekend is now not far away...
I am so happy that it is Saturday. It was an elongated week with lots of challenges to solve at work. Nothing is impossible, but as they say – challenges make you stronger. With the lengthy week, I w...
Spring is in the air. Summer is not far away. Oh how I love this time of year. We have little birds growing up before our very eyes in a nest in our backyard. The mama bird flies in and out to bring ...
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. With summer approaching, it is time to extract the ice cream maker from the back of the pantry and put it into action. Not sure why I don’t make mor...
Strawberry season has arrived! All of the vendors at the farmers market were in full swing with freshly picked luscious berries front and center at their respective booths. The distinctive aroma perm...
Sunday mornings around our house often are quite relaxing. Breakfast is an important event, especially to my hubby. The idea of a Sunday breakfast ignites excitement in his eyes, whether we are havin...
It was one of those weeks that Friday could not have come soon enough. Work was wild this week and all consuming. With 3 out of the 5 days spending until 9pm or 10pm at the office, I was so looking f...
Hubby is a traditionalist. He loves pasta with red sauce. If you offer an Alfredo sauce, he will quickly give a polite no. It is red sauce all the way. Me on the other hand, I like red sauce but woul...
Thursday night in the Bay Area we were provided with a magnificent light and sound show in the sky. We experienced a rare thunder and lightning storm. Other parts of the country, this is rather ...
One of my favorite things to make is appetizers. A Crostini seems to be one of my “go to” appetizers. Perhaps because of the infinite possibilities of toppings, easy to eat and simply delicious, thes...
Hubby and I are avid TV watchers. Over the years, several of our favorites have come and gone. It is always with mixed emotions, when we sit down to a series finale – curiosity, sadness, happiness, i...
Okay I have a new obsession – well a few obsessions. Let’s just say when I got my iphone in December after using a Blackberry for years - I did not actually know how much I would LOVE it. I love that...
I got a virus. Not the kind where you are in bed for several days but the kind that attacks your computer. I came home from work on Thursday ready to write this post when I realized that there was a ...
Several months ago my friend Helen and I ventured to Napa for the day to explore the beautiful Oxbow Public Market in downtown Napa. The market sits in downtown Napa and is perfectly located along th...
A couple weeks ago, my friend Jim posted a link on my facebook wall with a photo of cupcakes. They were not your standard run of the mill cupcakes, but rather – “Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes”. I had never...
The simplest things in life are often the best things in life. If we just slow down and “smell the roses” - we realize that there is purpose to the hustle and bustle of life YET the simple times...
The last several days we have received much needed rain in the Bay Area. It is almost strange that we are having rain since we have been so dry this winter. I must say that it is a welcome site and I...
Do you ever have a salad that just leaves you speechless because it is so delicious? It is rare, but every once in a while it happens. The last encounter I had with this experience was at my book clu...
Rise and shine. Not quite the words you may want to hear too early on a weekend morning, unless you are an early riser. However if you got wind of the scent of freshly baked scones whizzing past your...
A large number of people I know go bananas for anything chocolate. Don’t hear me wrong, I love chocolate, especially dark chocolate – the higher the cocoa the better in my book. But when it comes to ...
Did your ticket for the Oscars arrive this week? If not, host your own soirée in the comfort of your own home. You could dress up in your formal best or simply be in your best lounge wear. The event ...
Have you heard the secret yet? The secret has to do with a group of food bloggers and a site called – The Secret Recipe Club. In a nutshell, it is a group of food bloggers who joined an online cookin...
Growing up one my family’s favorite snack foods was, and still is, potato chips. There is a debate among many, whether it is ridges or absent of ridges that are the best types of chips. Quite frankly...
One of my favorite parts of each week is our Friday night. Hubby and I look forward to it all week long. We now have a standing tradition that we spend Friday night together either just the two of us...
Creativity, conversation, food bloggers and a beautiful day outside made for great fun yesterday. Patty from Patty’s Food invited a few Bay Area Food Bloggers to gather at her house for a valentine c...
Breakfast is not my favorite meal of the day. However, it is my hubby’s favorite hands down. If you are curious, mine would be dinner with a whole bunch of small plates. Albeit, I do eat breakfast ev...
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