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I recently had dinner with my cousin, Annie and her family. Often when we eat together I make a tiramisu. Tiramisu is her husband Lukas’s favorite dessert, so he has been my #1 tester for this tiramisu recipe. Tiramisu means ‘pick me up’ in Italian.…

I love New Orleans: the food, the music, the people, the history. There is no place like it. We had planned to go in 2020 to go there in 2020 to celebrate my nephew’s graduation, but the pandemic happened. Thus it had been way too…

When I travel, I find some of the most memorable moments (and meals) are the ones that are unexpected. This was the case when my friends and I went to Lake Como. I ate lots of delicious pasta while I was there. But, the pasta…

It has been a while since my last post. Work has been crazy, so this Thanksgiving I am grateful for time – time to spend with friends and family. Just because I haven’t had time to post, doesn’t mean I haven’t made time to wander.…

Hiking Cinque Terre was a bucket list item for me. That is why I was so excited when this trip to Cinque Terre came together. The vision of hiking the cliffs between the picturesque towns enchanted me. During the height of the pandemic as we…

I recently returned from a trip to Northern Italy. It was wonderful to travel with friends again! I’ll post more highlights from my trip soon. However, I thought it would be best to start with one of my favorite things about any trip to Italy:…

This spring my mom, my sister and I wanted to spend some quality time together. We decided to head to Ellijay for a weekend in the North Georgia mountains. No weekend in the mountains would be complete without the dogs so finding a dog-friendly place…

Happy Chinese New Year!! I decided the best way to kick off the Lunar New Year was with dumplings. So, tonight I ordered takeout from one of my favorite restaurants on Buford Highway, Northern China Eatery. In my humble opinion, they have the best dumplings…

Since things are starting to open in up a bit, my friend Pete and I decide to head out of town for a long weekend in Asheville, NC. We somehow managed to time our trip for the first weekend they had fall weather. Between the…

For various reasons, I’ve been erring on the side of caution with COVID19. To support my favorite local restaurants I’ve been getting takeout, but last week I was finally ready to eat out again. Well, at least eat out on a patio. Since it was…

Like everyone else, the COVID restrictions cancelled my travel plans this summer. I finally reached my breaking point and decided I had to go somewhere. After much deliberation on the safest way to travel, I decided to go visit my aunt and uncle in western…

Every time my mom comes to visit, we have to get ice cream from Butter & Cream. It is a local ice cream shop in Decatur, GA that makes small batch ice cream that is SO yummy. They recently opened a second location on the…

I bought a house so that I could grow tomatoes. Store bought tomatoes just aren’t the same and I could only get cherry tomatoes to grow on my condo balcony.  So now that I have a yard, I plant LOTS of tomatoes. One of the…

During the pandemic one of the things I’ve missed most is going out to restaurants with friends. One of my favorite restaurants has always been La Tavola in Virginia Highlands. I always look forward to La Tavola: Molto Monday pasta, birthday dinners, Sunday brunch, summer…