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I hope everyone had a lovely Easter! Here is how we spent our day! On the menu this year we had square smoked salmon and caper deviled eggs, shrimp and avocado endive app, grain salad, Polish Easter borscht, smoked chicken, smoked ribs, garlic herb potatoes, pistachio cake with honey buttercream, and raspberry lemon cheesecake tart….
Over presidents day weekend Kara, a few girlfriends, and I went down to Miami for a weekend on my dads boat. I have always been one to hang out with my dad and my friends so I didn’t realize how much I was asking of him till we got down there. In my mind it…
Tonight we ate as Irish as we could; Irish onion soup and corned beef and cabbage. It was fabulous! This past Saturday I drank as Irish as I could in Chicago; Guinness, Baileys, and Jameson. I would hope the Irish are proud. Irish onion soup recipe
In Pai we took a cooking class and this was another one of my “must do”in Thailand. I had such a great experience in Vietnam at a cooking class and I love Thai food so my inner Julia Child was so excited. Unfortunately though the cooking class fell on the day I was recovering from…
Due to the fact that Saint Sixtus Abbey Westvleteren was closed we cut out going to Poperinge so we decided to make a few unplanned stops on the way to Bruges. We first stopped in Antwerp. This city is so charming and quaint. We we to Grote Markt and went into Abbey No. 8 and here we met Fredrick…
Pai was our last city we visited in Thailand. It is in Northern Thailand so if anyone has been keeping track of our trip it is pretty strange that we went from Chiang Mai to Koh Phi Phi to Railay back up to Pai. We did this because our main group of friends couldn’t get…
I loved my beer experience in Belgium but I also really wanted to share the beer with some of my favorites back home. So I brought 13 beers back in my suitcase. Wrapped in my nice sweaters and put in my boots, I checked my bag and said a little prayer when they said they couldn’t…
It took taking a ferry from Phi Phi to Krabi, outside truck from Krabi to Ao Nang, and finally a long-tail to get to Railay. It was a long hungover hot adventure but one that was well worth it. This place, that seems like an island but is not, is one of the most beautiful…
We went to Koh Phi Phi with the intentions of getting lots of sun and partying. We luckily accomplished both. I say luckily because we almost didn’t have good weather. We flew from Chiang Mai to Krabi and when we landed we were greeted with rain instead of sun. We stayed positive since we had…
I am thankful for football for giving me a reason to make poutine for Sunday dinner! Happy to be in Denver with the winning team! Go Broncos! Poutine Recipe