Last Sunday BG and I attended an appreciation cookout as supporters of a friend’s ministry.  She was providing the main course and the rest of us were to bring sides.  I’ve mentioned that I have a reputation a foodie and cook amongst my Charlotte friends, so I wanted to make sure my side was especially [...]

I am for apres ski.  I’m not certain yet whether I am for skiing, but I am most definitely for apres ski! Exactly what is apres ski, you ask?  According to Wikipedia it means “after skiing” and “refers to going out, having drinks, dancing, and generally socializing after skiing. It is popular in the Alps, where skiers [...]

So last week, after working at the hospital from 7a-3:30p all day Saturday, running around to do a little Christmas shopping, then spending 3 hours decorating the Christmas tree, I collapsed into a heap on the couch.  Firmly ensconced in my warm blanket with mulled apple cider in hand, I began to mindlessly flip through [...]

if I just stuck my face in this? I don’t think so.  I mean, it’s a baked brie.  When you really think about it, who would blame me? Well, my church small group might not appreciate it since I made it for them.  It was our night to bring snack and I completely forgot about [...]

My new blog crush is Eat, Live, Run.  It’s author is Jenna, a food writer that’s been to culinary school, and is a relatively recent Southern transplant into Foodie-Wino Paradise (a.k.a. the San Francisco Bay area and adjacent Wine Country).  So since she writes about food and wine (two of my favorite things) and she [...]

August is National Goat Cheese Month! I certainly didn’t know that.  Did you?  My friend, Carmen, from Keeping Up Klapper mentioned it on her blog last week and that was the first I’ve ever heard of it.  After I reading her post , exclaiming “National Goat Cheese Month?!?!” at the top of my lungs and [...]