Kool-Aid Style

Oh, yeah!
Kool-Aid rocked my socks when I was little. Picture a little blonde haired, sticky fingered, slobby shirt mini-me running around the neighborhood with a bright red tropical punch Kool-Aid mustache. It was pretty much a daily occurrence in the summer. We loved the stuff and drank it by the gallon. So many delicious fruit-filled [...]

My Bagel and Me: A Love Story

I LOVE bagels! Love them. My absolute favorite carb-o-rific snack. Circles of heaven with a hole in the center. Here’s the thing though….I don’t like bagels for breakfast! Say Whhhaaaaaaaaattt?? Seriously! A bagel is a favorite lunchtime treat for me, but I rarely eat them for breakfast. I don’t know if it’s just too much [...]

I’m Ready for my Close Up

I’ve been wanting to make myself a little DIY light box for a while but I’ve been putting it off. Two reasons – 1. I am lazy. 2. I wanted Eric to do it for me because he is a mechanical engineer and thus very skilled at all sorts of building and fixing things and [...]

Let’s go to the Hop!

Have you ever seen the movie American Graffiti? No? Okay, I’ll just a wait a second while you go add it to your Netflix queue. Now please. Thanks.
::whistles and twiddles thumbs:: Got in there? GREAT!
This is one of my favorite movies! Personally recommended to me a few years ago by my dad, who never steers [...]

The Pasta Problem

Have you noticed how pasta has almost crossed over into the land of junk food? Sad, huh? Cookies, candy, pop and pasta? Hmmm…that doesn’t sound right, does it? You would think that you would have to eat all your pasta before you went ahead and had your cookies and candy. LOL. This makes me quite [...]

Twwaaallk to me, Illinoi-sssssss!

My craving for all things saucy, cheesey and carby this weekend got me thinking about my one and only trip to New York City and a dinner a couple of my gals and I had in Little Italy. During my junior year of college, I had the opportunity to go to NYC over spring break. [...]