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 [...]
Well, I’ve finally redeemed my Valentine’s Day present from Will…a gift certificate for a class from the Cooks of Crocus Hill in St. Paul. And no, he wasn’t dropping a hint about my cooking prowess, I promise. :) See, I’ve always talked about wanting to take a class, and Will, [...]
On Saturday night, I had a dinner party that Ina Garten (a.k.a. The Barefoot Contessa) definitely wouldn’t have approved of. In fact, I violated several of her back to basics rules of entertaining…and no, that doesn’t mean that I skipped the good vanilla. But these were doozies in her book [...]
