After leaving Seattle, and the International Food Blog Conference had ended, a little bit of sadness swept over me – luckily I did not leave empty handed. Let me paint you a little picture of our departure – Albert and myself, 12 burlap tote bags filled with conference goodies, books, boxes of Belgium waffle mix, 2 laptops, 2 lbs. of fresh salmon jerky, 1 ripe mango, 2 lb. of fresh porcini mushrooms, 2 full stomachs, 1 large backpack with an extremely heavy camera, […]
We have arrived in Seattle for the International Food Bloggers Conference!!!!! (HEAVEN ON EARTH). My boyfriend has already filled every millisecond in between the conference and the necessary 6 hours of sleep, food, another round of food, some more food, a touch of sightseeing, and some more food. I have been looking forward to this trip for about 6 months, my first ever out of town food bloggers conference. These events are always so fun for me, getting to network with other […]
WHERE DO I EVEN START?! From the moment I started planning this party I was pretty sure it would be really spectacular (although I am pretty sure 97.6% of my guests thought I was absolutely nuts, thank goodness for my boyfriend who fully supports my insane and spur of the moment ideas). From the screams coming out of the “ballroom” restroom after Irina discovered our unsuspecting guest DEAD on the floor, to the candles oozing and bleeding onto our tables, […]
After a long birthday weekend with very little sleep, I’m back to my detoxing, and feeling so good. I have felt a bit run down lately, but after two nights of 12 hour sleep, and 5:45 am yoga, I’m feeling as good as new. Sometimes I forget how important it is to take time for myself, and I get so caught up in friends, hanging out, family, that I forget to take a me night. So, after a few nights […]
Albert and I went to Alamo Drafthouse in Houston a few weeks ago, and were blown away by our experience. Anyone who knows him, knows that he is a connoisseur of all things film, so it would only be right that he write the review. Here he is :)! In this new age where the in-home movie experience is taking over, movie theaters are being forced to step up their game. As a result, the concept of dine-in movie theaters is increasingly […]
When I was little, my mom used to make me gumbo, freeze it in ice cube trays, and then defrost and feed it to my brother and I – now you see where I get my love for food from… I was never a Gerber baby :). She would puree so many other foods, and always make sure what we ate was really fresh, nothing really with preservatives. I see now though, things like this are so hard for so many […]
It’s been about a week since I have done a recipe post and I am having major withdrawals!!! Sometimes I feel like this blog is just my interweb diary, and unless I’ve written on it several times in a week, I get a little antzy. This past weekend I was away in Denver, and came home needing a major detox, both from food and from life; Like no more cell phone past 7 pm, no worrying about work the next day, cook my […]
