Mar 6, 2009
Sunday is my birthday. The big 2-6. I spent yesterday afternoon having manis/pedis + mojitos with my mom, Miss Mendi and my sister, Kate. It was a blast. (Disclaimer: No, I’m not 8 months pregnant, this is a long, flowy, Rachel Zoe-esque dress that feels like a...
Feb 24, 2009
Happy Mardi Gras folks! Tomorrow I give up all sweets until Easter. Lent is coming, Fat Tuesday is here! My sweet Dad used to ship us King Cakes when my sister and I were in college in Colorado. Unfortunately King Cakes couldn’t quite cross the pacific into New...
Jan 24, 2009
For those of you having the winter blues right now, I have a solution: move to the south. Reason # 1, you get to have hot and spicy crawfish in January! A little early, but we rang in the crawfish season tonight with a spur of the moment, last minute dash out to Bayou...
Dec 17, 2008
Everyone in England is drinking mulled wine over the holidays. It’s a great way to keep warm! If you’re missing a few ingredients, no big deal…it’s one of those recipes that if you need to, you can just wing-it! (for me I’d probably skip...
Dec 1, 2008
The best way to end a full day of rugby is at a local, late night restaurant. We went to the very well known, Al Mallah at about 11pm. It was packed. Tim and I have eaten local food like this probably more than half the nights we’ve been in Dubai. It’s so...
Nov 24, 2008
Are you invited to a fun, glam, Thanksgiving and you have no idea what to bring? You might just be doing the same thing you’ve done for the past 18 years and you’re looking for something new to cook. Well, you’ve come to the right place! Southerners...
