A few months ago, I confessed to friends that we had gotten rid of our microwave. The darn thing stopped working and while we planned on replacing it eventually, we just never got around to it. And to tell you the truth, I was surprised at how easy it was to get used to. Readers [...]
This Saturday, August 28th, from 10am to 3pm at scenic Starr Garden (6th & Lombard Sts.), a group of local artisans will be selling their wares as part of a Craft Exchange. Among them will be my girl, Carrie Anne, with her beautifully made handbags! Carrie’s been working for years with a certain, famous-name, locally-based [...]
Not like I need an excuse to drink, but today’s BarAIDS event is perfect for Thirsty Thursday! The AIDS fund raising event began in Chicago and this year, makes its debut in Philly. On Aug. 26, several local bars and coffee shops will donate a portion of drink proceeds to local organizations that provide AIDS [...]
Regular readers know I’ve been trying to keep trim for our upcoming wedding so avoiding sweet temptation has been high on my list. Summertime is tough for me to abstain because I love ice cream and baked goods with fresh summer fruit. It’s meant avoiding some of my favorite spots so I was psyched to [...]
So, it’s not Thirsty Thursday, but I so enjoyed this cocktail, I wanted to blog about it right now! I’m calling it the desperate housewife because I concocted it the other night when I realized late in the evening that we were out of tequila (gasp!)
I typically have a bottle of something lying around, but [...]
I have long been a fan of wok cooking. When I started out on my own, it was the perfect cook-everything tool. I inherited my old one from my Mom, who had loved her wok once, but somewhere along the line, she lost track of it and it ended up in a cabinet in our [...]
OK, it’s technically Wedding Wednesday today so I thought I’d throw an update your way. As we’re hitting the home stretch now, we’re starting to wrap up all the remaining details, one of which is the photography. (In case your new here, my fiance and I are getting married in Mexico this Nov.) The resort [...]