When A Man Cooks You Dinner

Early on in our relationship, I would trek the 45 min+ to Jonathan's condo after work, in rush hour, and would arrive to find him cooking dinner for us. Sometimes it was homemade pizza. Sometimes it was fish, black beans, and couscous. No matter what it was, knowing that I was going to walk in…

Personal Pizzas {Girls’ Night}

So, this isn't rocket science. And really, it's not even a recipe. But I just have to suggest that if you need an easy, inexpensive meal for 2-10 people, you should go with personal pizzas. For our recent girls' night (for 7) we did just this. I bought three packages of whole wheat pizza dough…

Cooking Demonstration at The American Club

While home in Wisconsin last weekend, I went to a lovely little cooking demo at The American Club with my mom and two of her friends. The theme was: "Party Food for Entertaining the Masses." As you may recall, last week was my mom's birthday! This weekend was an all-around birthday celebration. Mom's the one…

Top Blogging Books Roundup

UPDATE: My mom is the best, and the other day "10 Things You Need To Eat" and "The Happiness Project" appeared in my mailbox!!!  I will write reviews as soon as I finish them 🙂 In the last 1 1/2 years, as I've entered the blogosphere as a writer and reader, I have stumbled on…

Some smiles.

I know I usually post funny things on Fridays, but today's "fun friday" is just a few things that made me smile this week, for various reasons. I splurged and ordered these file folders!  Are the beautiful or what?  I am going to have a new office soon, after all... Maybe I should get these…