Double Chocolate Mint Cookie Sandwiches

Three day weekends are the best. Whether you go out of town, or stay in, that 1 extra day off seems to make such a difference. Since Jon & I are headed to Europe in a couple weeks, we opted to stay in town this weekend. It turned out to be a weekend of good […]

Molten Lava Cake Please

The occasion was Alb’s birthday. The location was my apartment. The food was gourmet. The attire was sweatpants. The party included 3 best friends eating, drinking wine, and talking about anything and everything. How much better can it get than that? Not much.

Superbowl Sunday Highlights

Are you ready for some…overeating?? Because that is what we did. This is the third year of watching the Superbowl at Jesse’s apartment and the food gets better every year. I have some great cooks in my group of friends and it shows. Jon and I met at this party 2 years ago and he […]

Antique Ombre Chocolate Buttercream Cake

I feel pretty lucky to work with some lovely ladies. There are seven young women on my team and we are all very close. Literally. Like within 3 feet of each others faces. Besides just sitting close, we are friends too. We come in on Monday and chat about our weekends, eat lunch together at […]

The Buena Vista Brunch & Spiced Nuts

The Buena Vista Brunch comes around once a year and every year it is just as great as the last. The brunch started many years ago, bringing together a group of friends for a holiday get together in December. Since Dotty and my mom passed, the ladies invited the daughters to join in their place […]

Coco-Nutty Energy Bites

Week two and I’m craving dessert. I haven’t exactly stuck to the no-processed foods cleanse, but I’ve done my darn bestest to not eat so many sweets. But guess what. I still crave them and my life is just not complete without some dessert in it. I do have to admit that not having sweets […]