I have started my very own club — a cookbook club! If you’re interested in starting your own, it’s super simple and a lot of fun. I mean, if you love food to the degree that I love food, you need to sign yourself up for this club or start one!! The idea is that you all choose a cookbook to cook out of. Everyone makes a dish from it and brings it to the host’s house. You can then…

I feel like I need to address Hurricane Harvey. I know this is primarily a food and travel blog but it’s technically my journal of all the things so I feel it’s appropriate given the circumstances. The devastation is heartbreaking to watch on tv and read online. Please take a moment to read the many different ways you can help from afar. You can even SPONSOR A FAMILY!! I signed up and you can too! In addition, I donated to…

I think Fall weather is creeping in already, which is really weird because it’s always still hot and humid in the area around this time of year. However, it is SUCH a nice break from the humidity that I’m totally embracing it. Fall is my favorite season. I love the colors, the temperature, and all the baked goods. I think Fall is the only time of year that I bake a lot. Warming spices are my favorite: cinnamon, cloves, allspice,…

You know how some days your evenings just don’t go the way you envision them to? Take Tuesday night, for example. We had a friend over briefly to drop off a parking pass for me for work and within the first 10 minutes of him being there, Winston decided he needed to go use the bathroom outside. That’s fine, normal. We let him outside and then Jason comes yelling telling me to not let Winston inside the house.

Am I dating myself by saying that whenever I hear ‘blackberry,’ I’m wondering if someone is talking about the mobile device or if they’re talking about the fruit? We actually still use Blackberries at work and I’m actually surprised they’re still in business. They were cool in like 2009 with the keyboard and the BBM (it felt like a secret society — “what’s your BBM?”) and Kim Kardashian was always on her’s so you automatically felt like you needed one.…