It’s Spring Break time – Colorado is making their mass exodus for warmth. All the while there are incoming Floridians trying to get some last minute Spring skiing in. We’re guilty too. There have been several trips back to the beach for Spring Break. (Sanibel Island, FL, Destin, FL) After winters, we thrive on seeing …
Derby Day: Mint Juleps
There is a little known fact about my husband. I didn’t even know it for probably half of our marriage. Bucket list item number one (or at least top 5) is to go to the Kentucky Derby. Not the Super Bowl, not conquering Everest, but putting on some fine linens and sipping Mint Juleps at …
Happy New Year’s, 2023 Edition
Happy New Years! And boy, this had been quite the year. After our very exciting full of changes 2022, we’re looking for a little rest and even more so, consistency. We’ve moved back East, we’ve moved back West. There’s been several new jobs and even more new schools. There’s also been new homes and new …
Canada: Poutine
O’ Canada! Today is Canada Day and what a better way to celebrate our friends to the North than with one of their favorites – Poutine. And everything about it fufills all my guilty-comfort food pleasures! French Fries, check. Cheese, check. And that gravy on top. Happy Birthday Canada, eh! We did do a road …
Collard Greens for a Prosperous Year
HAPPY NEW YEAR! We’re kicking this year off with all the good luck and good fortune superstitions we can – like some black eyed peas and collard greens. Going into “2020-too”, I think we can agree that we all need a little luck. I had literally never heard of such a superstition growing up, nor …