Foodie Pen-Pals: Foodosaurus Rex! Asia Trip: Our Tropical Island Tree-house Getaway Summer in Spring (and a Blogger Meet-Up!) Moto: Molecular Gastronomy Cookbook Giveaway: Everyday Happy Herbivore Asia Trip: Temples of Angkor
A Taste of Africa: Demera Ethiopian Restaurant

A Taste of Africa: Demera Ethiopian Restaurant

My parents are visiting from Florida this weekend!!!   I am so excited to see them, and of course have a lot of fun (& foodie!) things planned for their ...

Hometown Discovery: Green Wave Cafe

Hometown Discovery: Green Wave Cafe

  A few weeks ago, I went home to South Florida for Easter.  It was full of quality time with my family and friends, beautiful weather, time outdoors (including 3 ...

Foodie Pen-Pals: Cait Plus Ate

Foodie Pen-Pals: Cait Plus Ate

Hello, friends! It’s so hard to believe this month flew by so fast, and it’s time for Foodie Pen-Pals yet again! This month I shipped a package down to Florida ...

Asia Trip: Shopping in Cambodia

Asia Trip: Shopping in Cambodia

This is a continuation of my series about Our Asia Trip.  In my last post, I shared some of our favorite Cambodian meals.  Now, it’s time to go shopping! First, a ...

Wellness Weekend (& a Blogger Meetup)

Wellness Weekend (& a Blogger Meet-up)

Last weekend, Mike was out of town.  Of course, I missed him very much.  (But I was also secretly excited for a whole weekend of ‘doing my own thing’!) I ...

100th Blog Post Celebration (& Giveaway)

100th Blog Post Celebration (& Giveaway!)

Hello Friends!  It seems like just yesterday that Mike was urging me to start a blog.  I had repeatedly told him ‘no’ for various reasons (my favorites being “I’m too ...

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Asia Trip: Foods of Cambodia

This is a continuation of my series about Our Asia Trip.  When I left off, we were staying in a Treehouse on a remote island.  Before I tell you all about ...

Foodie Pen-Pals: Foodosaurus Rex!

Foodie Pen-Pals: Foodosaurus Rex!

Did I ever mention that I’m 1/64th Irish?  Maybe that would explain my luck for getting paired with such awesome Foodie Pen-Pals every month.   This month, I shipped a ...

Asia Trip: Our Tropical Island Tree-House Getaway

Asia Trip: Our Tropical Island Tree-house Getaway

This is a continuation of my series about Our Asia Trip.  When I left off, we were exploring the Temples of Angkor in Siem Reap, Cambodia. From there, we embarked on a ...

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Summer in Spring (and a Blogger Meet-Up!)

Hello friends! Chicago’s weather has been record-setting-ly gorgeous lately with this past weekend feeling much more like Mid-Summer than Mid-March.  I had a really wonderful weekend, and thanks to inspiration ...

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Moto: Molecular Gastronomy

Hello Veggies! Thank you to everyone who entered my giveaway for a copy of Everyday Happy Herbivore!  I was so happy to see so much excitement for a plant-based cookbook and I truly loved ...

Cookbook Giveaway: Everyday Happy Herbivore

Cookbook Giveaway: Everyday Happy Herbivore

Hello, Friends! I’m excited to announce that my blog got a make-over!  Last week, Mike  surprised me by making several major upgrades to my blog while I was at work.  He ...

Foodie Pen-Pals Snack Time

Foodie Pen-Pals: Snack Time!

It’s Foodie Pen-Pals time again!!! After watching the December & January Foodie Pen-Pals from the side-lines due to my trip to Asia, I was excited to be able to participate ...

Asia Trip: Temples of Angkor

Asia Trip: Temples of Angkor

My last post was about my visit to the infamous Angkor Wat.  While Angkor Wat itself is the most well known temple in Cambodia, it is just one of over ...

Asia Trip: Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Asia Trip: Angkor Wat, Cambodia

As a continuation in my series of posts about my recent trip to Southeast Asia, here’s what came next after we left Bangkok.  My apologies that this post is a ...