Los Angeles Food and Wine Festival

Another week, another fabulous food event. This weekend was Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival and the Bar Pintxo boys were representing in style.  Not only were they making paella, but they were making three paellas. Three.  Paellas. Seafood Paella … Continue reading

Maryland Summer Break

My legs may be absolutely covered with mosquito bites, but I just had a really amazing trip home to Maryland. And not just because of the potato chips… It started off with this little guy, who greeted me wearing the … Continue reading

Los Angeles Magazine Winner’s Party

I completely left you all hanging with my 5 Happy Things post.  I dangled my dress search and my party excitement in front of you.  And then I made you wait to hear all about it. As my mom told … Continue reading

Happy Day

I am not one of those people who takes a lot of pictures of themselves and posts them online. You know the ones.  Left over from the days of MySpace.  Pouty face, big eyes staring into the camera, super close … Continue reading

A Toast-y Weekend

Since this weekend has been full of a lot of work, catching up on things around the house, and financial planning… I’m pretending like it is still last weekend, when the Toasts were in town and I joined in on … Continue reading

Spaghetti Carbonara

In college, I spent a summer in Florence.  I remember being homesick and not loving my living situation, but nonetheless, absolutely falling in love with the city. The smells.  The amazingly old architecture.  The gardens.  The bustling market.  The street … Continue reading