Smudge was bound and determined to get some flowers in the ground. We compromised. It's what mothers learn to do. I'm nearly an expert at this point. While
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Today, spring has totally sprung! Unless you live on the East coast. And then, I apologize. Daffodils, the cheers and jeers of college basketball fans,
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Last weekend I cashed it all in and headed to the sunnier climes of Las Vegas. We raced to the desert to spend some Q-time with my mom, dad, mother-in-law
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This week, simply...was. I ignored the white/gold/blue/black dress hullabaloo without a sideways glance. I passed right on by the trainwreck that is The
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This week I spent $15 on a bag of Jelly Bellys for my Smudge. And I was totally okay with it because we were celebrating. Celebrating and trolling HomeGoods for
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For me, last weekend was like a dream. Or a vacation...which is pretty much the same thing. With my hubs being out of town, and Valentine’s Day canoodling
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I originally intended this week’s Friday Faves to be Valentine’s heavy, but to tell you the truth, I’m just about over the deranged doily holiday, and here we
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Hello Friday! And hello February! Welcome to the party of our so-called life. Man, I miss that show. Jordan Catalano. Swoon. I'm adding to my 2015
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We're all busy thinking of ways to beat the winter doldrums. One of my favorite ways to keep the blues at bay is to keep on eating my summer faves. I keep a
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Hey! It was my birthday. Thank you to so many of you who sent birthday wishes my way this week. It made my day to see posts, texts and even an old fashioned
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Welcome to Friday friends. Doesn’t it feel good to have nearly 2 weeks of 2015 under the belt that is hopefully getting a little looser each day? I for one
Friday Faves and (re)Solutions for 2015
Today I’m going to be getting real. Maybe even a little bit raw. Today I'm sharing more of my personal realities than I normally would. It’s the new year, so
Friday Faves Christmas Edition
‘Tis the last Friday Faves of the season because next week I’ll be prancing and dancing my way through all of the holiday jingles with my family. As of
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Whoa. Has it really only been one week since Thanksgiving? It’s like the moment the dishes were finished (oh wait, I didn't do the dishes!) my head was pointed
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Last year for Thanksgiving we skipped the turkey, the stuffing and my beloved pumpkin pie and took off for a family vacation to Turks & Caicos instead.
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Happy Friday friends! This week was just perfect. And here it is Friday and I'm expecting the weekend to only deliver more of the same. As long as I am the
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Is it possible that the ghouls and garish amounts of candy that is Halloween was really only one week ago? I feel like there was a huge build up and then POOF!
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Happy Halloween friends of fright! I hope you'll be enjoying the day in the style it so deserves by oohing and ahhing at all of the cute little Elsa's that
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Hi-ho and happy Friday, friends. Thanks for dropping in and saying, "Hey!" Here we are, on the top of the heap of the holiday chain gang. Suddenly it's
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What a glorious season this fall has been. It’s already mid-October and snow has yet to hit the front yard and wreck all of the Halloween decorations Smudge and
Friday Faves and a Reader Survey
One thing I love about my job is the diversity. One day I'm shooting food for clients I love and consulting on magazine design for clients. The other
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Happy Friday and let's share some wine and cheese. You are making them part of your weekend, right? I'm planning on it, since I spent a day this week
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Happy Friday Faves, my friends. It's official. Fall has arrived. Two days in and I'm talking about the weather on the blog again like the old boys playing
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Happy Friday friends. How was your M-TH that's so much better now that your looking F-S-S square in the eye? I thought so. My week started off with a definite
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Hello friends, loved ones and partners in crime. Thanks for taking time out of your day to visit this little slice of the web called FoodieCrush. I love to
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It’s been a full week of back to school and, man oh man! I think we’ve all actually survived. The alarm went off without a hitch every day, Smudge made her
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Each peanut M&M equals walking the length of one football field? Tell me it isn't so! My Smudge informed me of this random urban legend (?) after we
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Happy Friday friends! Last weekend I spent some quality time with 14 of my college friends on a girl getaway to Las Vegas, eating jello shots, eating good
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What's inside matters. People, places, things, food. No matter what it looks like on the outside, the inside is where it's at. I think we all have a tendency
Friday Faves and Summer Sips
This week started with the end of a bang-up vacation in sunny Venice, CA and flowed into the trip of a lifetime to spectacular Cordova, Alaska. Sadly, just
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Happy Friday friends! This week I’m back in my old hood of Venice, CA with my husband, daughter and her BFF on a little family vaca. Wow, what a time warp we’ve
Friday Faves Firecracker Style
Snap, Crackle, POP! and a Happy 4th of July! This weekend I'm heading to the hills for our annual quest to see just how much recipe creating we can do in
