While we had a great time in June checking out farmer’s markets and picking our own strawberries, I must admit that I’m super excited for July when more of my favorite fruits and vegetables come into season. Not to mention the fact that I’m dying for the tomatoes and peppers from my own garden to… Continue reading In Season: July
I am a huge fan of having a signature cocktail when I throw parties. While it doesn’t make sense for every party, I do feel it makes the event seem a little bit more special. One cocktail I can’t wait to make the centerpiece of my next party is a sparkling sorbetto.
San Francisco is one of my favorite cities to visit. It’s got just about everything I look for in a vacation destination: history, great food & drink, and gorgeous architecture & views. With as much as there is to see, do, drink, and eat in San Francisco and the surrounding area, it was hard to narrow… Continue reading Vacation Here: San Francisco
My local thrift store recently put out a ton of Lilly Pulitzer items, so much that I almost fainted just at the sight of all the bright patterns and prints. But when I came across this dress, I knew I had to have it. With Lilly getting more and more popular, I really love getting… Continue reading Thrift Store Find: Lilly Pulitzer Shift Dress
While I love ice cream in all of it’s forms, I must say that the Italians do it best. Ever since our trip to Italy ten years ago, I’ve been a huge fan of gelato and sorbetto. A love that only intensified when my cousin gave me his gelato maker when he moved to Italy… Continue reading Summer Sweets: Gelato & Sorbetto
Today we’re finishing out our Father’s Day week posts with a review of one of our dad’s favorite restaurants, Taphouse 23. There are a few reasons this restaurant makes it to the top of our dad’s list. One is as the name implies there are 23 beers on tap and a staff who can help you… Continue reading Eat Here: Taphouse 23
With less than 4 days until Father’s Day, we thought we’d share with you some of our dad’s favorite beers and wines. If you read our post about Father’s Day gifts, you know we have a really hard time coming up with gift ideas for dad. Whenever we are really pressed for ideas, we usually… Continue reading Drink This: Dad’s Favorite Beers & Wines
Our dad is a huge fan of craft beer and a lot of his favorite breweries are located in California. It’s no surprise that a craft beer tour of California is on his vacation bucket list. So today we’re sharing with you a potential do-it-yourself itinerary for visiting some of the great California breweries.
Whether it’s Father’s Day, our Dad’s birthday or even Christmas, we always have a tough time finding the right gift for our dad. So when he mentioned wanting The Big Green Egg, a smoker, grill and oven all rolled into one giant looking avocado, we jumped at the opportunity to finally get him something he really… Continue reading The Perfect Father’s Day Gift
Our dad’s two favorite pies are lemon meringue and coconut cream and so for Father’s Day a few years ago I made both into cupcake form. While they both were delicious, we realized that switching out the cake on the coconut cream pie cupcake with chocolate cake would make it even better. And with that… Continue reading Father’s Day Dessert: Mounds Cupcakes
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