About this time every year, I force myself to read a classic novel. I’m not sure why I foist the classics upon myself, I mean, other than the fact that it is a classic and, in theory, worthy of my time and a great excuse not to go outside. Except Moby Dick–there’s 6 months of my life … Continue reading The Classics.
For all of you Game of Thrones fans out there and in honor of the impending blizzard (yes, I’m all stocked up on important supplies, such as pizza for sustenance; liquor, coffee, and hot chocolate to keep warm and oranges to prevent scurvy, thank you for asking!) Continue reading Comic Sundays #21: Winter is Coming….Eventually
This month’s wine writing challenge is Traditions, and I can’t think of a better way to honor tradition than to tell you how I got into drinking wine. Really drinking wine, that is–not the sneaking sips out of everyone’s glass when nobody was looking drinking wine… Picture it: Holland 1994 (and before you write in … Continue reading Family Tradition
Of course, there are a lot more things I could write about in regards to Key West, but we have to move on–if only because my pictures from Harry Potter World are taunting me! One last thing before I wrap up Key West: The Chickens. I promised you a post about chickens, and well, I wanted … Continue reading Free Range Chickens
Since we were right around the corner, after brunch at the Southernmost Beach Cafe we walked down to The Bouy, which marks the southernmost tip of the continental United States. At that particular point, we were only 90 miles from Cuba! After The Bouy, we made one last trek through town for some last minute souvenirs … Continue reading The Southernmost Tip
I feel like I have quite a few Boozy Brunch posts. If so, this tops them all! I luuuuuuurve me a good bloody mary, but it needs to be the right blend of spice and kick and delicious! Enter in Southernmost Beach Cafe with their Build Your Own Bloody Mary! That’s right build your own! BUILD. … Continue reading BYOBM
There are some dinners that were so amazingly special with the right mood and the perfect wine that they are forever emblazoned in your mind. This, however, was not one of those dinners. It was memorable for a whole other reason: Mother Nature. Don’t get me wrong, the food and the ambience were spectacular…and then…it … Continue reading Fabulous Not Forty Birthday Dinner #1
And by fruits, I mean specifically raw oysters. After our snorkeling jaunt, we were starving and headed around the corner for lunch at Half Shell Raw Bar to get some deeeeelicious raw oysters. And by us, I mean TK and me–Sissy & James delightfully refrained (fine by me–that meant more for me TK & me!). The oysters did … Continue reading Fruits de Mer
I like to pretend that I’m fearless, which, of course, is absurd because everyone is fearful of something. I mean, c’mon…google “phobias” and you’ll get 8.2million results in 0.49 seconds (depending on the speed of your interwebs). One of my biggest fears is drowning, which to anyone who knows me, might sound strange because I … Continue reading Fear.
Happy New Year! I hope your holidays have been wonderful and bright and all that jazz. I recently have been playing host to 4 friends from very different parts of the globe. Now that they have all gone, stillness has quietly crept back into my house (aside from the yelling at the &%*I$(#^&^%$^ football game), … Continue reading La Bella Vita
The Epicurious Texan 