A blog about all the little things that make our lives a bit brighter.
Growing up in the south you learn pretty quickly to become a fan of football. I was raised in Knoxville, Tennessee home of the Tennessee Volunteers. For the duration of my life I have mainly watched college level sports. The weekends during the fall were always full of football, but we would only watch the…
Tis the season for all the Holiday beverages. Last year when Josh and I attended December Nights festival at Balboa Park we discovered Swedish Glogg. Josh had heard of it before because one his old bosses is from Sweden. I'm sure most people are more familiar with this drink outside of the States. Growing up…
With the Holidays, theres always lots of drinking involved. While we love a good cocktail (and have some recipes coming on the blog later this month) Josh and I always reach for a great craft beer over a cocktail. So we thought we'd share some of what we are gravitated towards this season. We have…
For the past few years I've been getting more excited about Thanksgiving because I have taken on cooking more. Since Josh and I live across the country from our families, the past few years it has just been the two of us for Thanksgiving. I've enjoyed making the family recipes that I grew up on.…
Today we are sharing another Thanksgiving recipe with you! A staple at most Thanksgiving houses, green bean casserole. Having been a vegetarian the majority of my life I look forward to all the sides every year. If you saw yesterday's post Cinnamon Roasted Butternut Squash then you may know that I'm trying to make more…
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year, mainly because I love eating the food oh so much! Up until Josh and I moved out to San Diego, I would spend Thanksgiving at my grandparents house. Spend the morning watching the Macy's Day Parade followed by Dog Show (my sister's part of Thanksgiving).…
Happy Wednesday, it's been a pretty slow weekend over here. Josh and I have been enjoying some of the San Diego Beer Week that's been going on here. Checking out new beers plus our favorite bar has some pretty rad specials going on the this week with lots of local breweries, so we are enjoying…
Josh and I start every weekend off with a bit of meal planning and catching up on last week's news. Since moving out to San Diego I have been trying to improve and expand on my cooking skills, so we've been playing around with all types of ways of cooking and expanding our repertoire of…
One of my favorite things about fall is the excuse to eat so many sweets. Every year I look forward to all the sweets that come with this time of year. Therefore I decided it was time to try my hand at making some sugar cookies. Growing up we always had chocolate chip cookies or…
Fall has been my favorite season for as long as I can remember. I love the cold crisp air in the south, the leaves changing color, and the sweets that come with the season. I could list so much more that I love about this season but I'll keep it short. One thing that I'm…
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