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
Friday Faves
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
Friday Faves
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
Friday Faves
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
Friday Faves
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
Friday Faves
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
Friday Faves
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
Friday Faves
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
Friday Faves
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
Friday Faves
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
Friday Faves
Happy Friday, friends. Those words always brings a smile to my face. Years ago I worked with a printer who every time I called him on the telephone, he didn't
Friday Faves and a Corn Lover’s Recipe Round-Up
The midwest may lay claim to the best corn in the land (because of the farmers I talked about here and the blogger's recipes here). I'm gonna have to toss this
Friday Faves and a Father’s Day Favorites Recipe Round-Up
What more is there to say about barn-burner weekends? Except for the fact they go way too fast. So this weekend I'm going to settle on down, take a cog out of
Friday Faves Plus 8 Birthday Cake Recipes Made for Celebrating
Smudge’s birthday was this week. 10. Double digits. How did this happen and where did the time go? To say that she's been jumping, skipping, leaping and
Friday Faves and a Berry-licious Recipe Round-Up
This week simply flew by. Maybe it’s because I was actually home for a stretch without my head in the clouds. Or could be that it was an “official” 4 day week.
Friday Faves and What I Learned at Blogher Food 2014
I'm never sure how much to write so it’s just enough or when to stop so it’s not too much. I don't back up my blog until I have a really big scare when my site
Friday Faves and a Mother’s Day Brunch Recipe Round-Up
We've just barely snaked our way past margarita madness and the accompanying buckets of nachos and here we are with another holiday simply MADE for recipe
Friday Faves and 8 Great Mint Julep Recipes
The month of May. so. much. going. including the fact that the IRS is no longer banging on our doors! Let’s celebrate with cocktails and this week’s list of
Friday Faves
TGIF and how-did-that-week-go-by-so-fast. Has it really been 5 whole days since we were all talking about peeling Easter eggs and 4 days since we were trying to
Friday Faves
If you think about it, there are a lot of things you can do in 5 minutes. You could pour yourself a great cup of coffee and sit in silence, immersing in
Friday Faves
Easter is still a few weeks away so for us, spring break came early this year. Usually it bookends Easter so the school district can stretch it all out and let
Friday Faves
"So, how's your weather?" You know how when you talk to people of "a certain age", the talk always comes back around to the weather? "Can you believe
Friday Faves
Happy Friday and it’s finally, officially, one-day-after-the-calendar-declaration-there's-stuff-a-blooming, SPRING has SPRUNG! On a pogo stick, no
Friday Faves
Happy Fri-fri to the TGIF! Another week down the drain and I for one and a happy camper to see it happen. And now, I need your help friends. See, I’m a fan
Friday Faves of February
Happy Friday peeps. I wish you could smell these flowers in person. Stargazer lilies beat roses every time. They're my all-time favorite and are titilating
Friday Faves are for Sweet Licks
Like sand through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives. Wait. Strike that. Like frosting that's licked off the spatula, so are the days of our
Friday Faves
Here we are, the last day of January. Are you still resolving, er, goal-setting? Or have you settled into your old routine and can’t wait for February to hit
Friday Faves and Eyes Wide Open
“Don’t worry, I’ve got this. And look at how fun! it comes with 24 carat gold flakes!” These are words best not spoken in a bar. At Caesar’s Palace in Las
Friday Faves and Blogger Meet-Ups
Here we are. 1 down and only 51 more to go. Weeks of 2014 that is. I’m still on the new year, self-improvement train so I’m actively seeking new inspiration,
Friday Faves and Hello 2014
Well hello 2014. Aren’t you looking pretty dang sexy in your fancy finery? Or maybe you’re showcasing your humble hipsterness. Or getting down with your groovy