CONTEST: Mohegan Sun’s First Ever Sun BBQ Fest & A Grill

Mohegan Sun is having its first ever Sun BBQ Fest – check out the list of events, it sounds like a total blast and I am lucky enough to be attending! You, too, can attend – I’m giving away two tickets to the fest for one lucky winner! Because Mohegan Sun is so generous, I’m also giving away two Weber Smokey Joe Grills (pictured above) courtesy of Mohegan Sun! Please note that the tickets will be to one day of the BBQ fest of your choice, but transportation and accommodations will NOT be provided. If you would like to enter [...]

Avocado Cinco at Fonda

I love avocados.  When I was invited by Avocados from Mexico to attend Avocado Cinco, I couldn’t resist, so I headed over to the newest location of Fonda to check it out. Menus at our place setting to tantalize us with what was to come! Various alcoholic beverages were being served, but I’m still on the wagon, so I didn’t partake of the micheladas (a beer cocktail), or the margaritas, though everyone around me seemed to enjoy. First up were the mushroom quesadillas with chihuahua and Oaxaca cheeses. I enjoyed these small, light bites. Fresh pineapple and cucumber guacamole served [...]

Moo Card Giveaway!

Doh! I was trying to be creative but obviously I should be more anal-retentive about how straight things are… In any case, those who’ve had the absolute pleasure of meeting me in person should recognize the photo above (and those particularly observant will realize that the flipped around one indeed is the one card that bears a non-food photo, and that I have obscured my phone number on the card) – they’re my business cards from Moo.com! Every time I hand these out, I get the inevitable compliment: “oh my gosh, these are adorable! Where did you get them? Where [...]

Serve from American Express

Everyone experiences this – go out to dinner with friends, the check comes, and people start scrambling for calculators, their wallets and scrounging up bills smaller than a $20.  I know it can’t just be my friends and I – it’s hard to always get exact or close, so you wind up with “can you toss in a few bucks for me? I’ll get you next time” and while that usually works out and evens out in the end, maybe you want less uncertainty in this part of your life.  That’s where Serve, a new program from American Express, comes [...]

Dolce Gusto Piccolo Giveaway!

Ugh… it’s Friday afternoon the LOOOOOOOONG week after Thanksgiving, the minutes are ticking away slowly, and you’re quickly fading.  You need… coffee.  You need a Dolce Gusto. But the holidays are coming up, and your wallet is already feeling the effects of gift buying.  That’s where this post comes in: enter to win your very own Dolce Gusto by leaving a comment below!  That’s it!  Simple, easy-peasy right?  Right!  And hey, if you already have one – enter to win one to give to your friend as a gift.  S/he’ll love it and no one will ever know you won [...]

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