Hey! How are y’all? I feel like it’s been forever since I’ve blogged, but we are currently up to our eyeballs in boxes, getting ready for our big move to California. Anyway, I’m sorry I have neglected you. Will some moist, cheesy cornbread with just a bit of jalapeño kick help? I thought so. […]
When I was in elementary school, my best friend Erica and I would sometimes bake things. Usually it was cookies, but one time we decided to make lemon meringue pie. We separated eggs, we whipped the whites with sugar… and then we realized that we hadn’t even looked at the filling part. So, we put […]
I love bows — whether they’re functional or not. And sometimes, I tend to go a bit overboard. Take this outfit, for instance. The dress is printed with bows, the bag has a bow-like situation on it and the shoes are held on with bows. I call those my tweed tap shoes. A former boss […]
I’m a total makeup fanatic. It’s kind of a problem, but it came in handy when I first moved to North Carolina and couldn’t find a journalism job… so I got a job at the Estee Lauder counter at Belk. It was awesome. I got free makeup AND got to do makeovers. Now I am […]
I know it’s only Thursday, but if you’re looking forward to a lazy weekend at home and don’t anticipate wanting to change out of your pajamas for brunch… you’re in luck. You can make some amazing, flaky and beautiful scones with very little effort. Scramble some eggs and pour a pitcher of mimosas, and viola! […]
Sunday was our sixth wedding anniversary. We’ve done a lot since then — both of us have gone to Afghanistan (although Toby was there for almost a year, and I was just there two weeks), we’ve gotten master’s degrees (and Toby’s about to get his second), we’ve moved twice and are getting ready to move […]
Fruit salad: It doesn’t sound very exciting, because it normally isn’t. But that’s because most fruit salad contains cantaloupe (gross) and doesn’t include mint sugar. This version is super easy (you literally just cut a few things up and stir) and is so good that every time I make it, someone asks me for the […]
Going to a barbecue/cookout (or whatever you call grilling outside where you live) this weekend? I have a perfect side dish recipe that doesn’t require any cooking and takes only a few minutes to put together. But first, if you live in the U.S., I hope you’ll take a moment — or several — to […]
Being married to a man from Kentucky means there is a lot of bourbon in my life. He ordered me a mint julep on one of our first dates, we have bottles of bourbon on display in our house, and mint juleps were the signature drink at our wedding. Yum. They do go straight to […]
Somehow, the weather in D.C. has gone straight from chilly and icky to humid and icky. These photos were obviously taken before it got really warm. A long-sleeved dress, tights, boots and a jacket aren’t really working right now. But I was originally supposed to be on TV that day, for work, so I wanted […]