Lisa’s Nainamo Bars {Holiday Cookie Swap}

On the morning of my first cookie swap of the season, I was gearing up to make a mere 6 dozen cookies. I quickly realized that I already had an abundance of dessert from my birthday week and needed to get them out of the house, so I got an idea. My friend Lisa gave […]

Tri-Level Brownies

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Cookies, cookies, and more cookies. This week has been ridiculously sweet. Two cookie exchanges in a 48 hour period have filled my fridge with way too many tempting treats for one woman to handle.  This year I opted out of making cookies and decided to bake my mom’s favorite brownies.  Even though the brownies aren’t particularly holiday-esque, […]

Happy Giants Halloween!

Baseball playoffs and Halloween work out perfectly when the Giants are in the World Series. Orange October for everyone! San Francisco has Giants fever and what a better way to celebrate Halloween than with a World Series Champs Parade? I can’t think of any.

Life is Too Short Brownies

Dave Matthews said it best; “Life is short but sweet for certain.”  I am often reminded of this fact, though I wish the reminders were delivered in a nicer form. My friend’s dad recently passed away after losing the battle against lung cancer. Losing parents sucks. Cancer sucks. And when I’m anxious, sad, mad, or […]

S’more Easter Fun

I felt that Easter was upon us more so than ever this year due to my recent Europe trip. All of the towns we visited in Germany and Austria we covered in Easter paraphernalia. Every shop window was Easter themed and there was even a special Easter section in the massive Christmas store we went […]