Sweet Potato Cup Cakes

If you live in Denver then immediately go to Church of Cupcakes or if you don’t immediately look up a similar recipe.  Check out my blog post for 5280.com about this amazing Thanksgiving cupcake.   Follow me on Twitter @Pilots_Daughter

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Long Live Stuffing

Thanksgiving week is finally upon us! Hopefully everyone has picked and tested out recipes.  I tested a cake recipe out last night, which I’m glad I did because I’m going to use the cake recipe, but use an old frosting recipe. Stuffing is my favorite side dish at Thanksgiving and I ran across this article…

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Perfect Pumpkin Muffins

With my schedule being so busy lately Sunday is the only time I can find time to bake. This past weekend my roommates were out of town so I had the apartment to myself.  So yes some moments were lonely but when I woke up Sunday with a kitchen to myself, I was in my…

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Falling for Fall

Colorado has been great for many reasons, but one of my favorites has been hiking.  A couple of weekends ago my roommate and a couple of friends and I went to Aspen for the weekend.  We were staying with my friends Aunt and Uncle who wanted to wine and dine us all weekend—I won’t argue…

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Denver and Pumpkin

I have officially been in Denver now for two weeks and one day.  I’m loving living in a town with the mountains so close and have been enjoying them on the two weekends I’ve been here.  Looking at the leaves changing from a mountain top is pretty extraordinary.  As a welcome to Denver post I…

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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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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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