Wander

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.…

Yes, I know it is Thanksgiving this week and every food blog on the planet is posting about Thanksgiving dinner, but not me. After gorging myself on Thanksgiving dinner, I want something healthy in the days after Thanksgiving. That is why, I’m planning to may…

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…

Visiting Machu Picchu has been on my bucket list for a long time. While the Lares Trek was my favorite part of the trip, this doesn’t mean that Machu Picchu wasn’t amazing. It was. Machu Picchu deserves its place on the UNESCO World Heritage List…

This post was supposed to be about Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu has been on my bucket list for years. But the part of my trip that made me fall in love with Peru was hiking the Andes on the Lares Trek. Don’t get me wrong:…

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:…

One thing I’ve missed in the pandemic is going to the movies. My favorite place to see a movie is the Plaza Theater. Sure, during the pandemic they set up a drive-in in the back parking lot. And I LOVED seeding Clint Eastwood in Fistful…

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…

I didn’t realize how much I needed a beach trip until I got there. My friend, Wendi, talked me in to a girls’ weekend at Seagrove Beach. Seagrove is on the Florida Panhandle along Hwy 30A. The beaches along 30A are gorgeous. They can be…

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…

Let’s face it, 2020 has been a stressful year. Some friends and I decided we needed a break, so we rented a house on Lake Glenville for a long weekend. Lake Glenville is in Western North Carolina near Highlands and Cashiers. As with many mountain…

My mom and I recently visited my aunt and uncle in Cape Cod. Whenever we visit them at the Cape, we absolutely HAVE to have to a traditional Cape Cod dinner of lobster and steamed clams (steamers). Everything in this meal cooks really fast, so…