A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to spend the weekend with my parents up in Burlingame (just outside of San Francisco). I made it very clear that my main agenda for the weekend was to eat and shop. And then maybe eat a bit more. The weekend lived up to every expectation. [...]

What to do with an energetic three-year-old on a gray and rainy day? Cover him in and plastic and send him outside, of course! After all that cold water, it’s always good to warm up with a hot (but not too hot) shower and a warm dinner. And what to have for dinner? Homemade Chili [...]

As you know, I am OBSESSED with cupcakes. OB.SESSED.  But lately, something else has been brewing in my head. When I was younger, my mom and I would play hooky for a day and make chocolate chip cookies. They were The Best. We followed a recipe from Sunset Magazine from like 1982 or something. Needless [...]

Last week (or possibly the week before, who knows anymore) I returned home from Trader Joes to find two extra goodies in my bag. One was a can of Chicken Dog Food and the other was a tub of Lavendar Salt Scrub. Neither were mine. I fished out my receipt and saw that they had [...]

My child and my horse-dog are starving. Not just hungry, starving. Starving in that “I will take yogurt melts out of your kid’s hands” kind of way. And I’m not referring to the dog in that scenario. But let’s talk about Cash for a minute. Cash is a behemoth. He is a very large boy, [...]

Yesterday Sam and I decided to go to a torturespin class. I have taken the class before, you know in my younger years. Ahhh…those years. I was single, a workaholic and lonely. All I had was work and the gym. Man. I was in shape. Anyway, it’s been a few years since I had been [...]

From my family to yours. Have a celebratory cupcake!

So my intention was to post a new recipe every week…but somehow life snuck in and sucked up all my time. Hopefully you’ve eaten since my last recipe post…ha. So this week, I am going to share with you the easiest, quickest healthy recipe. I call this one a “cheater” recipe because there are so [...]

I do try to make food for Ryder as much as possible, but lately…yeah, not really happening. Now that he is crawling and into everything, I can’t just set him down and go and cook. After he goes to bed, I still have to eat/do laundry/clean dishes/clean the house before I can sit down and [...]

I have really been trying to make an effort at having healthy dinners during the week. This is very important to my husband, as he has a “commitment to fitness”. Why his commitment becomes my chore, is a whole other headache. ANYWAY, it is good for me to eat healthy, too…I guess. The biggest factor [...]