Make a Good Vacation Great!

                    No, I’m not going to tell you to pack your bags and head to Flo­rence Italy, although that would do the trick too! I have one word for you…Tri­pad­vi­sor! (no I do not own stock in them, no I do not gain finan­cially in any way, […]

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What You Might Not Know About Napa Valley Restaurants

I love to travel. One of my favorite des­ti­na­tions lately is the wine coun­try of Napa Val­ley area in North­ern Cal­i­for­nia. You will see a lot of future posts relat­ing to any­thing “trav­el­ish” to Napa. Any­way, today I am shar­ing a lit­tle gem with you. Often we pur­chase a bot­tle of our favorite vino dur­ing […]

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Stinky is Not Stylish

            Today I’m shar­ing a quick fun fact that I’m learn­ing very few peo­ple know about. How do you get rid of stinky fin­gers from gar­lic, onions, fish, etc…? Drum roll please… STAINLESS STEEL!  You can actu­ally buy a stain­less steel bar of soap at cooking/kitchen stores. If you have […]

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"Think Outside The Bun"...and The Cow!

Mahi Mahi fish tacos! Sooo deli­cious and good for you too. A few weeks ago I decided to try to make a healthy ver­sion of fish tacos. I was pleas­antly sur­prised at the bold fla­vors you could get with­out the fat. So last night I decided to have a few of my friends over and treat […]

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Brown Bag a Free Trip to Hawaii! (no joke!)

What’s the catch? Here it goes and any­body can do it…Start pack­ing your lunches and start eat­ing din­ner at home more. Obvi­ously this con­cept isn’t new or rocket sci­ence. How­ever I promise the money you will save will get you a trip to Hawaii or what­ever des­ti­na­tion you’re dream­ing about. I stum­bled across this cool […]

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What's Better Than an Amazing Dinner?

  One you don’t have to make! I arrived home last night to the most amaz­ing aro­mas of yum­mi­ness! (yes, I know that’s not a real word) As I walked into the kitchen I found my hus­band in a full bat­tle posi­tion in front of the stove chop­ping, toss­ing and flip­ping. My cranky mood instantly turned […]

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Apr 252011
 
Ice Ice Baby!

I love to enter­tain! So this is the first of my many tips and tricks to make enter­tain­ing eas­ier and hope­fully lighter on the wal­let too. These days I’m try­ing to find ways to cut cor­ners with­out cut­ting “class”. An eco­nom­i­cal tip is to make your own ice. The aver­age bag of ice costs $2.50 […]

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"Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping."

    From time to time I will be your per­sonal shop­per show­cas­ing my favorite good­ies. Here are my lat­est fab­u­lous finds. It’s com­pletely ran­dom. Hope­fully I will be a lit­tle more orga­nized in the future. If you’re inter­ested in buy­ing any of the items I’ve made it easy for you, just click on the […]

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"You Don't Make Friends With Salad!"

I love giv­ing gifts! (and receiv­ing them, hint hint Ryan ) After many years of gift giv­ing it can be tough to come up with new, thought­ful, clever ideas. Here is my lat­est “guy gift”. It’s so sim­ple but yet unique. Pur­chase bbq tools of your choice and have them engraved with a catchy phrase, […]

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Never Forget to Floss Again!

Who likes to floss? Who for­gets to floss now and then? Who hates the mir­ror get­ting dirty from flecks of “who knows what” fly­ing on it? …gross I know! I HAVE THE SOLUTION! A recent chat with my den­tal hygien­ist and voila, a doable solu­tion to floss­ing prob­lems. Get your­self a small water­proof, yet chic con­tainer […]

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