Salzburg: Best Music

The hills are alive with the sound of music in Salzburg.  Sorry I couldn’t help myself from having that as the lead in this post.  But for real they are—if you go on the Sound of Music tour while you are there that is.  We arrived into Salzburg to a cloudy rainy day, but it…

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Birthday Cake

Even though I am eagerly awaiting  the cool brisk days of fall, I am trying to soak up the last sunny summer days of the year.  My little sister’s birthday falls on one of those last summer days and she requested her favorite cake for her birthday— a Dairy Queen cake, which is perfect for…

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Lowcountry Bites: Blue Cheese Coleslaw

You may not live in South Carolina, or even be from there, but you will definitely appreciate their hot dogs.  What makes a carolina dog special?  The blue cheese coleslaw of course.  Learn more about it in my column this week. Follow me on Twitter @Pilots_Daughter

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Bratislava- Best “No Expectations” City

We added Bratislava to our trip just because it was on the way to Vienna from Budapest; thinking, “why not stay a night.” The more we talked to other people and thought about EuroTrip’s portrayal of the city we start to get a little nervous that we were spending too much time in Bratislava.  We…

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Budapest- Best View

After a seven hour bus drive, we were more than ready to explore Budapest. We headed straight to our hostel  to meet up with the rest of our group and get the night started!  We stayed at Bazar Hostel , which is on the Pest side, in Budapest and actually enjoyed the hostel.  It was in…

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Praha- Best Street Food

The first stop on my Europe trip was Prague, or as the Czech say Praha.  My three girlfriends and I landed at 10 am and were leaving on a 3 pm bus the next day.  With only a little over 24 hours we knew we had to hit the ground running and never stop.  We…

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Lowcountry Bites – Peach Salsa

I can officially say that I am a columnist at The Island Eye News!  It is a bi-weekly, or published twice a month, publication that is sent out to some of the islands in the Charleston area.  My column is called Lowcountry Bites and each week has a write up and recipe.  My first story…

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Wine Wednesday and Beyond

Beyond wines are the star of this weeks wine Wednesday for three great reasons.  The label is amazing it is bright and catchy which is of course my first reason.  Second the concept of naming the wines Beyond wine is pretty awesome.  It comes from a vineyard in South Africa called Buitenverwachting, which translates to…

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Hit the Sauce

If you liked my previous post Lowcountry Livin’ I thought you might enjoy Hit the Sauce as well.  I wrote a little Quick Bite for Charleston magazine and it is out this month.  Check it out and hear more of a background about the sauce and its history.  And if you live in Charleston pick…

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