Here’s my first Key West travel tip: Don’t fly to Key West. Seriously. Flights to Key West are stupidly expensive; and the drive down U.S. 1 onto the island is one of the best parts of the trip. You don’t want to miss it. Friday afternoon, we left work and got on a plane. By [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2010’
I Came With Nomad Feet & Some Wandering Toes
Travel has always been an important part of my life. Since I was a baby, my parents took my sister and I on regular vacations and weekend getaways. Before you get any ideas, no I did not grow up with rich parents. We were a small town, middle-class family. My parents just made travel a [...]
Alton Brown’s Baked Mac & Cheese
I’ve mentioned my love of Alton Brown many times. His show is essentially Cooking for Geeks, which is right up my alley. His tips and techniques have definitely helped me become a more skilled cook and baker. Not only that, but his recipes tend to turn out perfectly. My husband declared Alton’s brownies “the best [...]
Orchids & Orchidtinis
Columbus has a surprising number of fun and interesting places to go and things to do. Franklin Park Conservatory is one of my favorite recent discoveries. In addition to a huge greenhouse full of gorgeous plants and flowers, the conservatory has acres of outdoor gardens. Since my visits have both been in the winter (a [...]
Breakfast Cupcakes
Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes is probably not a book I would have ever purchased for myself. Yet I was excited when I received a copy as a gift. It seems like the majority of cupcake books and magazine articles provide cute cupcake decorating ideas, rather than actual recipes for cupcakes. I tend to do the same [...]
