Last month my parents and I drove to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl. It’s an 11-hour drive, so we broke it up by spending the night in Lafayette on the way down and in Dallas on the way back. Dallas is by far one of my favorite cities, and since it’s only about 4 hours …
If you’re iffy on oysters, I can guarantee you will be in love with one bite of chargrilled oysters at Felix’s Restaurant & Oyster Bar in New Orleans. In December I was in New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl. When I first started working at OSU, I traveled with the team to the bowl game. So …
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. But you don’t need a specific day, or even a special occasion, to enjoy this Recipe Roundup: Date Night Recipes Oh, Valentine’s Day. I loved it as a kid (as we probably all did). In high school, it was “eh”. I’ve been boycotting it since college and wear …
Living in Oklahoma, we are lucky that cold weather rarely hits before late November. When it does though, it’s always a rude awakening. That happened a couple weeks ago, and it was a combination of cold, wind, rain and just all around dreary weather when the day before it had been at least 25 degrees …
There are lots of things I love about living in a small town: light traffic; I can get to work in 8 minutes or to the other side of town within 20; family atmosphere; very friendly people; local businesses. But on the flip side, there’s quite a few things we don’t have. When I came on my …
When I got home from Wisconsin-palooza, a 4-day cheese and beer binge, it was high time to eat something healthy. I was kind of afraid that my body would go into shock at the first bite of vegetable, but it was a risk I had to take. Of course, Pinterest to the rescue. I wanted …
When planning for Wisconsin-palooza first started, we didn’t have anything scheduled for Friday night. So Kerrie and I flew into Chicago since Reg and Dereck lived there, then we would drive to Madison on Saturday for the football game. Then Reg found out that Garth Brooks was in concert in Milwaukee Friday night. You can’t …
Next time you’re in Grapevine TX, stop at Main Street Bakery. The gorgeous smells will draw you in, the food and atmosphere will bring you back. When I was in Dallas a couple weeks ago for Joni’s daughter’s wedding, I stayed at the Springhill Suites in Grapevine. I normally pick the select-service hotels over full …
Call them Runzas, call them Bierocks, call them anything you want. Just make sure that you enjoy these delicious pockets of deliciousness! I’m on this mission to regularly make more new recipes. I have over 1,200 new recipes on Pinterest, and the list continues to grow. Not only that, I also have a lot of …
I’ve failed miserably in doing posts about new recipes. I’ve eaten out a lot this spring and summer, and when cooking I’ve relied a lot on repeat recipes. My fellow blogger The Sonny Skye Blog wrote a great post last week about her August Recipe Challenge of making something different and new every night for the …
Stacks Restaurant serves up delicious food in the heart of San Francisco. Don’t miss out on their brunch, but get there early to avoid the line! Last week was my Association of Luxury Suite Directors (ALSD) Conference. It is in a different city each summer, and this year was San Francisco. The sessions began on Monday afternoon, …
I got off-track and behind on my posts. I actually wrote up a couple of posts on the plane heading to Vegas last weekend. But between having to do 4 Vegas posts (including the drama of the deleted Viva Las Vegas post), plus The Week That Was that ended up being a day late, plus …
A full pound of lobster in every roll? Fabulous lobster at a food court? Spiked lemonade? Yes, yes and yes!! All that and more at Lobster Me. Last weekend I did a quick weekend trip to Vegas with a group of friends. There were 7 of us in the group, which is kind of big, but we had …
Ever since I got involved with the Creative Bloggers Network, I’ve been trying to upgrade my blog. I still have a LONG way to go, since many of my colleagues do this for a living. And mine is just a side job…for now. I recently went back through every post, double-checking links, updating pictures, etc. …
College basketball has always been one of my favorite sports. I’ve never really liked the NBA, because to me too many teams don’t really kick up their game until the playoffs. And there’s so much other “stuff” happening when you go to games in person. College is about the game, the energy and excitement of the students, and the …