Repeat July 4th!

In Madrid now but wanted to give any last minute July 4th planners a good beach/food idea! I made these two summers ago and they were such a hit!   Strawberry cheesecake dessert recipe http://the-pilots-daughter.com/2012/07/04/happy-4th-of-july/

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Food and Drinks in Santa Barbara

This past weekend I went to Santa Barbara for my friend Haley’s wedding. I met Haley studying abroad in Greece and her wedding was basically a reunion for a few of my Greece friends and myself. I was obviously so excited to go to the wedding, be in Santa Barbara, and see my friends, but I…

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Sneak Preview – Chef

Last night I was invited to a advance screening of the movie “Chef” with Denver Eater. I went in with biased thoughts on the film because I figured I would love any movie that had a plot based around food; I was correct the movie was fabulous. It was witty, creative, fun and heartwarming. Between comments like “amuse-douche” and…

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Three Birthdays For the Price of One

Like I have mentioned before in previous post February was filled with birthdays for me. This post starts with my sister’s birthday. A group of friends got together to surprise her … We had drinks and appetizers at Humboldt – Farm – Fish – Wine. I really like this place and I really enjoy their…

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The Birthdays Continue…

This post is about my best friends 27th birthday! For Allegra’s birthday dinner I was in charge of the appetizer and dessert. Her sister was making a curry for dinner so I made a new app, firecracker shrimp, that I have never tried before. It was seriously easy and so good. This is the perfect…

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Nuggets Can Be More Than Just Chicken

On Monday I took my brother-in-law to a Denver Nuggets game for his birthday! It was an awesome game. I mean a seriously awesome game look at the last six seconds if you didn’t watch the game. I was there for the game but more for the hot dogs obviously. Follow me on Twitter @Pilots_Daughter

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Happy Belated Birthday

My mom turned 60 on November 29th of last year. My sister and I brought her out to Denver to stay with us for a weekend to celebrate this grand birthday. With December being busy and the New Year sneaking up on me my mom’s birthday post somehow got pushed aside. But alas it gets…

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La Biblioteca Opening Tomorrow!

(Lockers to store your Tequila) La Biblioteca is schedule to open tomorrow for business. The space was formerly Al Lado which is owned by Richard Sandoval. The restaurant is all about the tequila and offers 350 different kinds! I got a chance to check out the spot and taste some of the Asian-Latin based meals…

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Brewery Time: Prost Brewing

Last Wednesday I had the privilege of getting a tour of Prost Brewing by brewer Ashleigh Carter. My sister was my guest and John Carlson of the Denver Beer Guild also joined us. Prost is one of my favorite breweries in Denver (still a lot to try) and it was super fun to learn about…

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