These Biscuit Beignets with Praline Sauce are such an irresistable breakfast, appetizer or side dish. They’re so delicious and they melt right in your mouth! Biscuit Beignets with Praline Sauce Oh, how I love biscuit beignets. One of my favorite local brunch spots offers this ridiculously delicious twist on the southern classic, and I can’t […]
You know we couldn’t go to Savannah without a day of Sweet Shoppin’! :) Good thing we walked approximately 5,294 miles everywhere to keep up with all these goodies. That’s what it felt like, anyway. I’m sure that’s what it actually was. We started out on River Street and popped into Savannah’s two candy shops, […]
Kev and I spent a few days in Savannah, Georgia for Valentine’s Day this year. We arrived at lunchtime on Saturday and immediately set about taking a tour of the beautiful historic district to familiarize ourselves with the city. I absolutely loved the beauty of Savannah – all the old homes, buildings, and businesses. One […]
Kev and I just got back from Savannah, Georgia, where we stayed at the Foley House Inn during our visit over Valentine’s Day. You might recall how Kevin came to choose the Foley House as our accommodations for the weekend from my Christmas present travel brochure… The house was perfectly gorgeous. Here’s the sitting room […]
Follow these easy tips to learn how to take professional-looking photographs. This Camera Settings Cheat Sheet will have you taking great photos in no time! How To Take Professional Pictures With Your DSLR Camera I recently added a feature to this blog where you can click on a photo and see the settings I used to […]
A few years ago, Kevin signed us up to compete with our dogs in agility competitions! Check out what it’s like to compete in agility competitions with your dogs! We can’t get enough! Miley & Howie Having a Blast At the end of 2008 Kevin started competing in AKC agility with Miley and Howie, our […]
Here’s where I stayed last week while I was in New York — The Paramount Hotel in Times Square. It was your typical cozy NYC hotel room (and by that I mean, on the smaller side), but the accommodations were quite nice. Loved my red carpet. It was like having my own personal formal soiree […]
Break out the yoga pants my friends, because our last day in beautiful, blizzardy NYC is all about the cupcakes! From where to find the BEST cupcake in NYC to a fun quick trick for gorgeous NYC-style frosted cupcakes, this post covers it all. Be prepared, the following photos come with a warning label… majorly […]
So here’s why we were out and about in snowy NYC this past week. I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter invited us to attend a gorgeously orchestrated launch party where they introduced their new celebrity spokesperson, Kim Cattrall. For the party we were treated to a fabulous brunch featuring recipes created by Chef Alex Guarnaschelli […]
Here we are on day 2 of our NYC adventure! I was so excited to have the sweet SoCal gals Jenny and Lori join us in a completely snow-covered NYC. It started snowing early that morning. I woke up to tweets from the other girls telling me to look outside my window! Photo via Jenny […]
Last week was such an incredible whirlwind of excitement. I was in snowy NYC for a two-day launch party thrown by I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, where they unveiled their new celebrity spokesperson. But more on that later! As a sometimes rather dawdling Alabama girl, I’m completely enamored with the hustle and bustle of […]
This year for Christmas, Kevin got me an amazing trip to Savannah, Georgia! He planned it all out himself including where we’ll stay, the best places to eat and other fun things to do in Savannah while we’re there! Check out what’s in store for our next trip. A Spooky Savannah Vacation Kevin had been […]
Kevin gave me something for Christmas this year that I absolutely loved. He got me a really fun collection of peanut butter spreads in some seriously intriguing flavor combinations. They’re from Spread, a restaurant in San Diego that uses all locally grown, organic ingredients. I was so enamored with these extraordinary flavors that I had […]
After Kevin finished up his video game testing at Sony, we had one whirlwind day to run around sunny San Diego together before heading back to blustery, snowy Alabama. We started at Cafe 222, which was featured on The Best Thing I Ever ate for the Peanut Butter & Banana Stuffed French Toast. You know […]
While Kev was was at Sony, they put us up in La Jolla, right across the street from the offices where he was testing video games, so he could walk to work each morning. After he was done, we decided to spend an extra couple of days exploring the city together and moved down to […]
On Kevin’s last day of video game testing at Sony I had the pleasure of meeting up with Amy from the charming site Do You Know the Muffin Pan? She has a great collection of recipes for muffins pans and tips to “muffinize” your favorite recipes! Such a cute blog! We started with breakfast at […]
Oh mama mia, are you ready for this day?! This post should come with a warning label! ;) Last week my sweet friend Jenny from the fabulous blog Picky Palate drove down from the OC to spend a day cruising around San Diego with me. Whenever we girls get together we just can’t resist running […]
This past week Kev and I were lucky enough to spend a few days in gorgeous, beautiful, perpetually sunny San Diego, California. Kev has a contact at Sony, and they flew him and a couple guys out there to play and test a new video game on their 3D TVs for three days straight. I, […]
Time’s up! The winners of the Calphalon roasting pans & Jif gift basket are #67 Amy V. #435 Debra Carter #824 Stacy #1607 Robin Crittenden Congrats girls! I’ve sent y’all an email.
So, after this Christmas, it became quite apparent that our cute Boston terriers, Miley and Howie, have the coolest grandparents ever. These lucky dogs got a whole box of Smucker’s peanut butter for themselves! It came in a box like this… And I literally gasped when I saw it! This Is The Best Christmas Gift […]