My mom has several sets of china – I\’m not sure why. But she likes all of them and when we got married I asked for one set (my favorite blue set) and she instead offered me the “fruit” set as I call
Category: Dining
Food glorious food
summer food
It is a beautiful summer (it should be Spring – it is April after all) afternoon here in Orlando today so we decided to eat our lunch outside.
We made grilled cheese sandwiches and salad and I decided
sushi candy
Chris and I were visiting Lake Tahoe and I happened to take a look at a copy of Sunset magazine. I fell in love with it and started a subscription right away! It has tips on decorating, gardening and
My Jalapeño Recipe
OK, I know you guys are just dying to find out what these Bacon-Wrapped Cheese-Filled Jalapeños are all about. So let me just tell you how to make them yourself so you can see how awesome these things
what a burger!
Look closely – do you see what this is? A burger with bacon and the bun is 2 Krispy Kreme doughnuts!
This burger was featured on the Gothamist blog – click the photo to check it out!
Where to eat in Orlando
We know it can be tough to find a good place to eat when you are on vacation and since we live in a vacation town we are often asked where to eat. Recently, Sandra\’s cousin Kathy asked us where to eat
creative sandwiches
Check out these creative sandwiches from Funky Lunch! The alligator sandwich was of course my favorite (and theirs too because it was on the home page!):
Other favorite sandwiches are the Loch
Hello Kitty Toaster
One of my brides made this amazing cake and posted a photo on Facebook recently. I thought the cake was incredible – I have yet to try fondant – I am too nervous! But I couldn\’t help but notice what
awesome themed cakes
Check out this castle birthday cake!
The bubble tape and runts are by far my favorite parts!
Then the microphone cake is awesome, too!
That is a cupcake in the top part and you put jelly
Harry and David pears
Chris\’ brother Ben and his family got us an awesome gift this year for Christmas – pears! We were actually thinking about sending them something similar. Chris said they got a fruit of the month club
china and dinnerware
My mom has several sets of china – I\’m not sure why. But she likes all of them and when we got married I asked for one set (my favorite blue set) and she instead offered me the “fruit” set as I call
cake stands
I\’ve got a thing for cake stands – not really sure where it comes from. We registered for a really cute one when we got married, but since someone bought us a random ugly one we kept it instead (didn\’t
Sushi Candy
When we were in Lake Tahoe the girls had a spa morning at Squaw Valley. They had this magazine called Sunset with an ad for Safeway featuring Sushi candy. Here is the photo from the ad:
Look closely
Green Day Cafe
My friend Kiersten\’s brother Chad opened up this awesome new restaurant on Lee Road in Orlando. It is called the Green Day Cafe and they serve healthy fast food. We went to check it out last fall and
Embroidered Tablecloth
Our friends Jamee and Gilbert were married in June and we went to their rehearsal dinner. They had a white tablecloth by the doors to the ballroom with pens for everyone to sign in. I thought this was
Vegan Chocolate Mousse!
The Whole Foods near us opened in June and I\’ve been asking about the famous WF Vegan Chocolate Mousse. Well, today they had it! Woohoo! I am SO excited!
Juliano’s Raw, Santa Monica
If you have never tried Raw food you have to start at Juliano\’s Raw in Santa Monica. We had heard about Juliano\’s but once we started looking at the menu we knew we were in for something special. Starting
Best birthday ever – photos
Yeah, so my birthday was in January. I posted about how it was the best birthday ever and I finally posted about my Jimmy Choo Ciggy clutch, but here are the cake, brownies and flower photos!
My amazing
Funky Monkey, Orlando
We wanted to try some new restaurants during Orlando\’s restaurant week. One with a good looking menu was Funky Monkey over on Mills. We decided to try it – but when we arrived, they asked if we were
Three bean salad
I was waiting in the dentist\’s office reading some magazine – Southern Living maybe? They had these three bean salad that looked awesome and I tried to memorize the recipe but I forgot some of it. The