Can I Get A Whoop Whoop?!

  It’s fall which means pumpkin season has arrived.  By now I expect everyone has had more than a few pumpkin spice lattés and if you are like me you are on the pumpkin prowl.  Anything that has pumpkin in the title, recipe, or looks orange I’m making or trying.  I love and adore pumpkins. …

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Dine N’ Dash

   One of the perks of having flying benefits as a pilots daughter is being able to fly anywhere in America for free.  Like you’ve read in previous post it does have its flaws but this one time it didn’t have any.  I’ve always wanted to fly somewhere just to have dinner like you see…

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Fall Into Deliciousness

  It’s here! What you say? Only the best time of the year that’s what.  The time when leaves are crunching under your feet, the weather has cooled down and you spend the Saturday afternoons watching college football.  This is my favorite time of year but this year it’s a little different.  This Fall I…

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Hot Potatoes!

  I fell asleep on the plane dreaming of the food in Ireland.  I was being a stereotypical dreamer so I was dreaming of potatoes and cabbage. Once in Dublin I was eager to find out if the food was anything like my dreams.  Kylie and I went to the Temple Bar area for our…

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Good Ole Luck of the Irish

     I was looking forward to my trip to Ireland all summer, but I was also dreading it…ok maybe dreading is a strong word but this trip represented a lot. Going to Ireland was special because it was the first trip my little sister Kylie and I were taking alone, together.  But this trip…

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Fathers Day in August

  I think its safe to say that my schedule was all over the place this summer and even something as important as Fathers Day I missed.  I was just beginning my adventure in Brasil when June 19th rolled around this year so I knew I had to make it up to my dad with…

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No Rat in this Ratatouille

  I have wanted to make the infamous French ratatouille since I read the book Lunch in Paris.   Elizabeth Bard wrote a great book about her time in Paris and between chapters she shares her recipes, one being a ratatouille recipe.  Literally this is my dream book; what could be better than pages filled with…

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Forgotten in Detroit

  Above: Kiawah Island Below: View from the restaurant The Wreck One of the great joys of flying as a stand by non-revenue passenger is being forgotten.  It is a lesson I should’ve learned much earlier but being forgotten seems to take me by surprise every time; every time those gate agents forget to give…

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Midsommar Celebrations

A is Stockholm B is Öregrund I traveled the distance to Stockholm Sweden for the Midsommar celebrations.  This is when the Swedish celebrate the summer solstice. The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year. This holiday is huge in Scandinavia and is only second to Christmas. Sweden is located much farther north than some…

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