Three Minutes, Beehives and Pac-man.

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I want to travel. I hate to fly. A bit of a problem, no doubt. So you can imagine my predicament last weekend when I traveled to San Francisco for the Blogher Food conference. Yep, San Francisco is pretty far from South Carolina but since I purchased a conference ticket only two days before departing, I didn’t have a lot of time to process, panic and continue reading …

A multipurpose gift idea.

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Last year I purchased this calendar. And this one. And this one. And here’s another. You can’t have too many calendars. Actually after admiring some prints that a friend had hanging in her home, I found out that they were from a calendar. So I went on a hunt for my own. What a fantastic idea for a gift that can be used later for continue reading …

The Ferry Building – San Francisco

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Yesterday I arrived in San Francisco for a the Blogher Food conference. I don’t really consider myself a food blogger. I eat food and I blog about some of it but I feel pretty much of a dork compared to the real food bloggers here. Hopefully I’ll learn much in little time about blogging in general and maybe pick up some cooking tips along the continue reading …

Hope and Change.

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Hope and change. That’s what I call these. I know that’s a lot to expect from a shoe but these aren’t just any shoes. These are my favorite tennis shoes, Brooks Cascadia. Actually my third pair of these comfy, bouncy, sturdy, make me a little taller, empowering shoe. Did I say they were my favorite? Anyway, I recently purchased this pair and before you go checkin’ ’em out, continue reading …

The Bodacious Bean/Week 4 – Sautéed Green Beans

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The green bean, also referred to as the string bean, french bean, runner bean and even snap bean, is one widely used bean. No doubt with Thanksgiving approaching pantry’s across the U.S. will begin stocking up on green beans and the yummy french fried onions to make that good old standby, green bean casserole. It’s some good stuff for sure but here’s another option for continue reading …