You get a lot of pitches and emails from PR firms when you are a food blogger. Some of them pay, most of them don’t. A lot of them are just outright ridiculous and you hit the delete button without responding. But when I was asked to go to a fabulous restaurant here in San [...]
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Strawberry Fields Forever
I moved to California over 15 years ago. And since my roots have nestled deep into this state, I have come to realize that there are wonderful benefits to living in this great state – and there are cons, too. But, I won’t dwell on that right now. One of the many reasons I love [...]
Dealing with Reality
You know when you take a vacation and by the end of it you are so ready to come back home and you feel like you need a vacation from the vacation? Well, that did NOT happen to me! My family and I just returned from a week on the big island of Hawaii. And [...]
Take the October #Unprocessed Challenge!
Are you ready for the fight for your life? Are you ready to take back your health and change your bad eating habits? No, we aren’t talking about fad diets or colonic cleanses. My friend, Andrew, a.k.a. Eating Rules, is on a mission to take the unprocessed foods out of your diet. Purge the pantry [...]
Theme Park Eats: What to Eat at Knott’s Berry Farms
If you are a parent, then theme parks, in whatever shape or form, are in your life. I’ve been known to bring our own lunches and snacks to keep the eating healthy for all of us. For the most part, theme park food isn’t much to get excited about. That’s why I was excited when [...]
Farm to Table: Roasted Baby Carrots with Thyme
When you are single, you can be selfish. You come and go as you please. You pretty much go wherever you want to go. When you get married, you consider your partner’s feelings and you start taking turns choosing where you visit. Add a baby to the mix, and you add limitations. When the [...]
Strolling Through the Avocado Groves
Last month I was invited by the California Avocado Commission to tour an avocado ranch and packing house. Considering my obsession with avocados, this was a no-brainer! Unfortunately, family commitments and a death in the family kept me from attending this amazing event. So, I asked my dear friend, recipe tester and bargain-queen extraordinaire, Annabell, [...]
A Lost Treasure in San Diego: The Leo Carillo Ranch
There are some weekends in our family life, where it seems we have nothing at all to do and no one calls the house. No invite anywhere. No phone ringing. Just an average boring weekend. Then, there are those weekends where we have 5 activities all occurring at the same time. You are go-go-go from [...]
A Preview of Spring at the Menlo Park Allied Arts Guild
In my ideal world, I live in a garden. Filled with flowers of all shapes and colors, I will stroll through this garden, meditate and be at peace. In my garden, I will have treasures hidden. Brightly colored chairs, vine laden awnings, water fountains trickling their sweet sound. In my ideal world, I will spend [...]
Our Visit To An Orange Grove
Wow – this is my first post for 2012! I hope you find it worth reading! ha! ha! I don’t know about you, but I’ve been enjoying my kids’ winter break from school helping my husband with projects around the house. We painted a bathroom, took off the old yucky mirror and added a new [...]
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Hi! My name is Laura, recipe developer, graphic designer, photographer, cookbook author, wife & mom of three living in San Diego, CA. Learn more here.
