Have you ever gone to a restaurant fully planning to eat some healthy, tasty food, but when you get to the end of the meal there is the most ridiculously decadent dessert menu? And you hem and haw and you think “well, I COULD just get this salad, but what if I got this salad
Weekly Love Letter for February 14th
[ezcol_1half] “This was a holiday weekend in Japan, so my husband and I took a quick trip up north to the island of Hokkaido for the Snow Festival in Sapporo. This area is known for amazing seafood, fresh dairy, and great skiing. It was cold and very snowy, which I expected
Dollar Store Serving Tray Makeover
I have a bit of a servingware addiction. To the point where I’m running out of room to keep things. Salad tongs, wooden bowls, pretty spoons, countless dishes and platters, etc., etc. I need to start giving a piece away for every new one that I buy or we’ll need to repurpose a closet soon!
Raspberry & Chocolate Beer Cocktail
I’m a sucker for champagne and champagne cocktails. My husband will drink it with me, but it’s not his favorite beverage. And while I fully intend to partake in lots of bubbly this Valentine’s Day, I wanted to come up with a cocktail that both of us would like to drink. A beer cocktail was
Make Your Own Ghirardelli Candy Box
Alyssa and I both have fond memories of Ghirardelli chocolates. Growing up near Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco means my sisters and mom and I would always stop by the shop on any trip to Fisherman’s Wharf. So when we were first approached by Ghirardelli to come up with a recipe for them, I
Weekly Love Letter for February 7, 2014
Alyssa & Carla turned one year old this week! We’re so excited! And we’ve got a few things planned to celebrate. We thought we’d start by sharing some of our favorite posts and moments from the past year. Then read through to the end of the post for a really fun giveaway! [ezcol_1half]
Parmesan & Breadcrumb Stuffed Artichokes
I thought I’d share another of my family’s special-occasion recipes with you guys. Last week I posted our Italian wedding soup recipe with Parmesan soup cubes, which is one of my husband’s favorites. So this week I thought I would share one of my personal favorites: stuffed artichokes. Artichokes can be kind of polarizing and
DIY Exfoliating Oatmeal Body Scrub
Around this time of year, my skin starts going crazy. I’m certain that all of you reading this know it’s the weather, but growing up in California made me immune to the effects of drastic weather- plus, I was a kid! What do kids know about dry skin? When I moved back East to the