Where Have I Been Hiding?

  I’ve been receiv­ing a lot of mes­sages ask­ing where Style­bag­gage has been lately. I igno­rantly thought I was going to be able to jug­gle my blog, while start­ing a new job. I guess I for­got I also have a hus­band, teenage son, house, friends, prob­lems and of course my beloved dog. I apol­o­gize for […]

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Potato Postcards

                    On my recent trip to Idaho I wanted to send a post­card home to fam­ily. How­ever, I didn’t want to just send a bor­ing paper post­card. I came up with the idea of mail­ing an actual Idaho potato with my mes­sage writ­ten on it. My […]

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Magnetic Wine Cork Planters

                  This lat­est cre­ation has been made by a mod­ern day Martha, my sis­ter, Colleen. Well, she’s a lot more hip than her, but you get the idea. It all started when she gave a friend of ours a bot­tle of wine for their 25th wed­ding anniver­sary. She […]

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Outstanding In The Field

  Look­ing for some­thing dif­fer­ent that you haven’t expe­ri­enced in your culi­nary life as of yet? Out­stand­ing in the Field is a rov­ing adven­ture – lit­er­ally a restau­rant with­out walls. They set the long tables at farms or gar­dens, on moun­tain tops or in sea caves, on islands or at ranches. Occa­sion­ally the table is set […]

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Fake It: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes

                      As many of you may know, I am more of a savory gal than sweet. ( I’m not talk­ing just per­son­al­ity here!) So when and if I rec­om­mend some­thing on the sug­ary side, you’ll know it must be really good and rel­a­tively easy to […]

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The Perfect Make Ahead Dinner-Chicken Marbella

                      First, I must thank my dear friend for treat­ing us to such a fab­u­lous din­ner! I must admit the thought of prunes and olives was not mouth water­ing at first. If you can get past the ingre­di­ents list and just make it, you’ll be […]

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The Perfect Party Mix

                      Look­ing for an easy, gourmet pro­tein to have on hand for your next cock­tail shindig? Look no further…Ina Garten’s rose­mary nuts are the bomb! They only take a few min­utes to make and your guests will devour them. Recipe: 3/4 pounds cashew nuts 3/4 […]

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Cafe Chloe, San Diego

Look­ing for a culi­nary gem in San Diego? I found one I love, Cafe’ Chloe on Ninth Ave. I recently had some time to burn while wait­ing for some­one at the air­port so I headed out to find myself a lit­tle break­fast and cof­fee. My sis­ter had told me about this place before, so I […]

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Top Five iPhone Apps

I should begin by clar­i­fy­ing these are my per­sonal top five favorite iPhone Apps. I have been a big fan of Mac com­put­ers since the begin­ning of my tech­nol­ogy life. How­ever, I refused to get an iPhone for some time. In case you’re curi­ous as to why, I really don’t know. If you saw my […]

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Sunday's Supper: Chicken with Olives and Lemons

                (Okay, okay, mine doesn’t look exactly like the magazine’s photo but I bet mine tastes bet­ter!)   Cook­ing Light mag­a­zine is one of my favorite places to find sim­ple, healthy, but deli­cious recipes. I espe­cially like this month’s issue because of the 25 chicken din­ners that are […]

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