I don’t know about you, but without my regular “morning commute” and drive thru stop to my favorite coffee shop, I started to become a heck of a lot more skeptical about what I’ve been drinking every morning. And then that’s when it happened. A little light bulb went off and to say I...
During a recent trip to Hawaii we decided to dine at The Big Island’s Canoehouse, a very popular restaurant (with good reason!) located within the Mauna Lani Resort. Our experience was delicious and the views unparalleled… but my ultimate takeaway from dinner was the desire to recreate the one part of the meal that...
I mentioned in my last blog post (see it here!) that a sweet girlfriend of mine gifted me this delicious bottle of homemade Kahlua for the holidays…well, what I didn’t mention was how the minute I tried a sip of that yumminess I was immediately transported back to my childhood and my mom’s homemade...
One of my sweet girlfriends gifted me bottle of homemade Kahlua for the holidays. And it is (was?) delicious. It made me instantly crave one of my old time favorite cocktails, the Espresso Martini. I mean can you say throwback? Rumor has it that this cocktail was invented to answer the ask of a...
The Bloody Mary. It’s a liquor-soaked nutritional breakfast and hangover cure all in one and it’s one of the few cocktails that is socially acceptable to drink first thing in the morning. I mean, what else could you ask for? Now, let’s roll back a few years to where I clearly remember my first...
I love wine country and sometimes I hardly feel like I can get enough of it. So naturally, the only thing I wanted after the holidays was a romantic weekend getaway to Oregon Wine Country. Considering I was pretty excited, I decided to plan a pinot-packed schedule of all my favorite wineries, restaurants and experiences....
