weekend

Pre-Valentine’s Day

February 13, 2012

Hi! I had the most amazing Sunday, I have to tell you. It started with a little of this beauty… Oh, pumpkin. How I have missed you. The boy and I decided to spend the whole day together, starting with me cooking breakfast and him dinner. I came across this recipe and was instantly smitten. [...]

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Ski and Snow Vegas Style

February 8, 2012

I can’t wait to share with you all my first snowboarding experience! But first, the 4 winners of Driscoll’s berry giveaway are: #34 Lisa #11 Courtney @ The Little Food Court #33 Kristin #28 Tanya @ Dine, Dash, and Deadlift Congrats! I will be in touch with you! So back to my weekend…when people think [...]

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Super Bowl 2012

February 6, 2012

Did you know that behind Thanksgiving, Super Bowl is the most calorie consumed event?? Well, I think we did our fair share of calorie consuming at my parent’s place for super bowl. There was food galore, per usual! That is a lot of the reason why I attend these parties. Hello, spinach dip! My mom’s [...]

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Work Hard, Play Hard

January 30, 2012

Well hello there! I had a fun, albeit a bit stressful, weekend. I am, let’s juts say, a bit of a worrier. Ok, a bit is putting it mildly. Since I start a new course every 7 weeks with my Master’s program, things move pretty fast. Coming up is already week 3. I have to [...]

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Birthday and Book Club

January 25, 2012

Hi there! Since I didn’t give you “typical” weekend post as usual, I thought I’d share it today. Saturday we celebrated swanky mother’s birthday. She couldn’t seem to decide on a spot for dinner, but eventually went with Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza . I can’t tell you the last time I had dinner at Sammy’s. Their [...]

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Feeling Like A Kid Again

January 15, 2012

Happy weekend! Glad it’s not over just yet. Saturday As a very belated birthday, my girlfriend’s and I went out to celebrate a friend’s birthday with dinner and bowling. We started the evening off with Mexican at Lindo Michoacan. The restaurant was crazy busy, so I’m pretty sure I managed to eat a whole bowl [...]

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Wining and Dining

January 8, 2012

Hi guys! Thanks for such great comments regarding my last post on food styling. I loved your suggestions! Friday night ‘the boy’ and I had a date night. We went bowling!! Not just any bowling…cosmic bowling baby!! We had a few beers, chatted, and bowled (very badly on my end). It was such a great [...]

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Ringing in 2012

January 2, 2012

Happy New Year! Hope you’ve had a great start to 2012! My New Year’s Eve started off by cooking the new boy dinner. They say a way to a man’s heart is through food, right? Knowing he’s a fan of Bobby Flay, I thought I’d dust the cobwebs off my Mesa Grill cookbook and give [...]