Have you entered to win an ice cream maker yet? Check out my s’mores popsicles post for the giveaway! It’s National S’mores Day! I have no idea who comes up with these random holidays, but s’mores are certainly a great thing to celebrate. I’ve done so many incarnations of this wonderful flavor combination that I [...]

I hope you had a great 4th of July! What did you do to celebrate? And, to my international friends, did you do anything fun this weekend? My awesome Australian friend Susie came over and we whipped up a traditional Australian dessert. And then promptly made it American with red and blue fruit. Although, the [...]

Yesterday I wrote about my experience at the Bazaar restaurant in Los Angeles. The reason we were in LA was actually because I won a hotel stay at the beautiful Montage Beverly Hills last year through a contest on Twitter! It was one of those things you enter and never dreaming of winning, so I was incredibly surprised (and excited!) when [...]

Last week I was in Los Angeles for a few days over spring break. During our 3 day stay there, Russ and I dined at Bouchon (French food) and The Bazaar by José Andrés (tapas of the traditional and “modern” persuasions). While we had a lovely dinner at Bouchon with great food, it wasn’t quite [...]

Recently, Russ and I visited Portland, where we went to an amazing farmer’s market. Uh-mazing. We’re talkin’ tables as far as the eye could see, piled high with perfectly ripe heirloom tomatoes, fragrant herbs, colorful bell peppers, and row upon row of luscious berries – strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries (my favorites). There was every [...]