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Haikuesday!

Welcome to baking season!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families. It’s always nice to have a long weekend dedicated to eating delicious things & drinking your parents’ good wines.

Holed up in a quaint
fishing cabin with endless
food & turducken!

Our HomeWaters lodge

Family huddled
by the fire playing games-
Apples to Apples!

All night trains [...]

Magic Monday

God, I miss my city…

Monday: Do you have any canned food you didn’t use on Thanksgiving? Donate them to your local food shelter. If you don’t know where that is, pick a church in your neighborhood & find out where to bring donations.

Tuesday: Be part of an experiment in social media & art at #thesocialgraph [...]

Saturday Sweets

Care & Keeping of Curly Hair

Curly hair really is its own creature. I literally woke up one day & my hair decided to be curly & it’s been curly for the last 12 years. Some days, I’m sure there’s a beast under that nest, breathing & just waiting for me to dare try & style it into something beautiful.

Hello, [...]

Drinking Around The World

Last week, I was in Orlando for a little Disney magic & the IAAPA expo. If you haven’t been that way recently, you must go check out the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Butterbeer is delish & the Hog’s Head Inn serves Hog’s Head Ale, a Scottish style ale that’s smooth, hoppy & exactly what [...]

IAAPA VIP at Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Last Thursday night, Universal Studios Florida closed its Islands of Adventure park for the evening & invited us to a private party celebrating the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The creators gave us a tour, showing us actual film props incorporated into the scenery & pointing out details of the beautiful full scale Hogsmeade Village. [...]

Haikuesday!

This is the ultimate playground!

I’m back from my trip & still trying to get rested before the madness of Thanksgiving. IAAPA was a pretty intense experience. I do promise to start baking for the cupcake challenge this week though. November needs to slow down a little!

Very serious
men in expensive suits test
ridiculous rides.

Among the awesome
& [...]

Magic Monday

It's everyone's favorite week!

Monday: Pick up a planner for 2011. I ordered mine because it’s annoying to not be able to see that far ahead. Get it early so you can get your new year in order asap!

Tuesday: Get away for a day! Grab a book & head to a cafe you’ve never tried [...]

Saturday Sweets

Steal Glamour's Cover Look: December 2010

Glamour hates pants.

Aside from the fact that she’s on the Women of the Year cover without wearing pants & it’s the December issue, did they really have to dress Fergie in Hugh Hefner’s bathrobe? This what female empowerment and inspiration looks like? I mean, I love Glamour. I really love Glamour, but this cover [...]