bloggin’ buddies.

Two Fridays ago, I spent an evening with a group of really fabulous ladies: {from L to R: Whitney, Lis, NCF, Rachel, moi & my friend, Katie}Any guess as to where we ate dinner??We had an amazing night of wine sippin', food munchin' & non-stop chatterin'.I cannot wait until we can all get together again.Lis & I have met up quite a few times - usually for coffee & a quick jaunt through the mall. I got to visit with Lis again this weekend & I also met her friend, J. After a much needed morning meeting at Starbucks, we went to a holiday craft show benefiting our local children's hospital. We also went to see Whitney who was one of the many vendors at the show. {Um, if you need some good ideas for holiday gifts, please check out Whitney's store. Seriously.} Ugh. What an … [Read more...]

the newest member of the family.

My sister & brother-in-law {who just celebrated their first wedding anniversary yesterday} are the proud new parents of:Bruin the NewfoundlandBruin the Newfie joins big sister, Moxie the Bernese Mountain Dog. From what I've heard, Moxie is a bit apprehensive around Bruin. I've also heard that Bruin is quite the little beast...he's 17 pounds and only nine weeks old. I cannot wait to meet the lil' guy! … [Read more...]

huevos rancheros.

we love mexican food.we love visiting mexico.we didn't get to spend any time in playa del carmen this year, but thank goodness my husband - who speaks pretty good spanish & also loves to cook - created this plateful of yumminess for us to indulge in on saturday morning.i bring you mi familia's version of huevos rancheros:{sorry for the pic quality...i blame it on the crackberry.}adam didn't follow a recipe...the only inspiration for HIS recipe was visions of the huevos rancheros we ate at las cazuelas in playa del carmen back in 2008:{shameless plug...las cazuelas is located right across the street for our favorite hotel in pdc, the luna blue. in fact, the review for las cazuelas linked above was written by the luna blue's hotel owners, tony & cheri. check out their blog. hell, get … [Read more...]