lukshon @ the helms bakery complex
When someone does one thing remarkably well – like, for example, creating the best hamburger in the known universe – there’s a good chance they’ll do another thing remarkably well. So when Sang Yoon...
View Articlemother’s day brunch
Josh & I invited our moms (and dads and siblings) over for a sweet little Mother’s Day brunch on Sunday. I’ve been having lots of fun with my Farmer’s Market “cook one new thing a week” challenge...
View Articlehot air ballooning in temecula
Sometimes I lie awake at night and wonder what life would be like without Groupon. I never would have gone to the indoor trampoline park or tried zumba. I wouldn’t have the distinct pleasure of...
View Articlerecipe – cherimoya sorbet
If the artichoke had a cuter, younger fruit sister, it would be the cherimoya. I always walk by these things at the farmer’s market. I guess I put them in the same category as mangosteen, starfruit,...
View Articleto my fellow diablo 3 widows…
To my fellow Diablo III widows (you know who you are) Nothing says “I love you” like freshly-baked cookies in the middle of a 5-hour gaming marathon XOXO, Widow No. 3,221,805 p.s. on the upside, I now...
View Articlea memorial day to remember…
It’s been a jam-packed day. We awoke at 5:30am to get to Marina Del Rey Parasailing by 6:30. Not on purpose of course. But this is what happens when you wait till the week before your Living Social...
View Articlerecipe – araucana pesto eggs
Before I moved in with Josh, his thrice-daily staple meal consisted of a heavy rotation of approx 30 different breakfast cereals which he ate from a glass Pyrex cup (an effective eating vessel, I soon...
View Articlerecipe – grilled scallops on rosemary skewers
I’m hooked on the Santa Monica Seafood Market. It throws me back to the days when I was 4 years old, running around the pier looking in people’s buckets to see how many fish they had caught. Usually...
View Articlerecipe – mulberry pie
Mulberries are in season! These cute little hot-dog-shaped berries only come around for a few weeks each year, so get ‘em while they last. There are a couple ways to find mulberries: Stalk and forage...
View Articlerecipe – rotisserie leg of lamb
A few weeks ago, the American Lamb Board (yes! we love them) invited me to participate in their Summer O-Lamb-Pics recipe contest. So I figured, what better time to put our rotisserie to good use?...
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