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On our first day in Havana we hit the ground running or should I say cruisin’. We landed at 11:40 and had a 2 pm pick up for a five hour tour of Havana; part car part walking. This was one of the best things we did in Havana. I speak so highly of a…
A year ago today I was on my way to pick up the Clemson Tigers football team and take them to Phoenix for the national championship. I predicted an ebb low tide for Alabama and a grrrrreat Tiger victory…maybe this year!
I am so excited to share my recent Cuba experience with you and my suggestions. I sat down to write my first post and decided I needed to start from the very beginning; how to go to Cuba. It is a big discussion that was had with my friends and it actually was a very,…
I am a sucker around the holidays for classic flavors—when its fall I’m pumpkin and when its winter I’m gingerbread. I was making a cake to take to my boyfriend’s family for Christmas day and my gingerbread cake got vetoed and carrot cake was suggested. I was very hesitant but I accepted his suggestion and found…
What do you do when there is a December birthday? You make apple and pear crisp that is what! I made Ina Garten’s crisp this past weekend and it was amazing! It was easy to make with not many ingredients and was a lovely addition to the chill evening! This is a definitely a recipe where…
I am at the age where my friends are having babies. I am also at the age where I finally had to buy a tv so I feel like I have been adulting very hard lately—scary. This was a sprinkle not a baby shower because it is for the third baby. I was so excited…
I am finally out of my food/drinking coma and want to share what my Thanksgiving table looked like. Dessert pictures really were forgotten because at that point brain function had slowed way down so for this post you only get a before photo of the apple pie cookies I made from Smitten Kitchen and my…
This weekend I decided to go hard in the kitchen, let me explain. The first labor intensive task was these awesome sticky buns pictured. The second was mincing 24 garlic cloves by hand; I learned the value of a garlic press really quickly. The positive part though was enjoying these lovely buns Saturday morning! Though they…
We are exactly one week from Bird Day. To clarify I mean Thanksgiving. There are two types of cooks out there right now: those who prepared, and those who are reading this post and just now realized that Thanksgiving is in a week and are freaking out. I am here to help the latter of…
A few weeks ago my friend Ali and I decided we wanted to try out ballet—yes, this was a pretty random thought. With our new excitement for this art, we found a class that was perfect for us… Absolute Beginner Adult ballet. On a Monday night we ventured over to the Denver Dance Center and bravely…