When you’re a kid growing up in small-town Wisconsin, you can’t help dreaming about all the glamorous locales that exist outside of America’s Dairyland. It’s like Sandra Bullock’s character said so eloquently in While You Were Sleeping: “It’s amazing how exotic Wisconsin…isn’t.” But before you assume that I’m dedicating an [...]
It's no secret I was definitely rooting for Aarti to win the Next Food Network Star title. And now that she has, I have to say I absolutely, positively love her cooking show, Aarti’s Party. It’s so much fun that 30 minutes whizzes by like nobody’s business. Now while I [...]
Now that Will and I have started the oh-so-fun process of packing, this big summer move to Dallas is actually beginning to feel a little more real. And as much as we’ve both complained about living in Minnesota (6+ months of winter will do that to you), there are a [...]
I’ve been back from Nashville for five days now, and I’m pretty sure I’m going through fruit tea withdrawal. For whatever reason, fruit tea (or fling tea, depending where you’re ordering it from) just hasn’t caught on here, and I can’t figure out why. I’m pretty sure Minnesotans would absolutely [...]
Now I realize that I’m hardly the first person to profess my love for Trader Joe’s. Truth be told, my friends have told me about the cheap wine and tasty vittles for a while now. But for whatever reason, I thought it was simply Whole Foods’ trendier cousin. A cool [...]
It’s amazing how everything can change in just three short hours. When I woke up last Friday morning, it was snowing, which isn’t so unusual in Minnesota this time of year, but I loathe it all the same. Now don’t get me wrong, snow definitely has its place at Christmas. [...]
It’s only four days after Thanksgiving, and aside from a few slices of the Oprah-recommended smoked turkey we ordered all the way from East Texas (Will was a huge, huge fan, while I preferred the decidedly less smoky roasted turkey breast I made instead), all the leftovers are long gone. [...]
I had a truly frightening dream the other night. Instead of writing, I’d decided to quit the biz and enroll in culinary school. And as I was getting ready for my first day of my new career, I was sweating bullets because I was convinced I’d forgotten how to use [...]
I’m pretty sure I died and went to pizza heaven during our recent trip to Chi-town. And it’s a good thing I wasn’t counting Weight Watchers points because I’m pretty sure I was seriously off the charts—even with all the miles of walking we did downtown. But temporary guilt aside, [...]
So I went to NYC this week for a movie press day, and it was a fantastic 24 hours. Really, there’s only two things that would’ve made the trip better…1)Will being along for all the fun and 2)a little more time to play. Oh, and tickets to a couple of [...]
