Camping Trip ’09

“What are your plans for the 4th?”“Oh, I’m going camping,” I responded giddily.“Really?  You don’t strike me as the camping type,” came the reply. This conversation was repeated about 5 times the week before the 4th of July long weekend.  I don’t strike anyone as the camping type, apparently.  Yes, it’s true, I’m a bit on the princess/prissy side, and I wear pink near daily (actually, it’s daily, even if you think I’m not wearing pink, I probably am), I have a lil girly frou-frou princess dog (in my defense, I didn’t exactly choose her, though I love her to [...]

Vegas Gluttony: Carnival World Buffet at the Rio

Oops, I forgot to take a photo of the outside… but it’s pretty easy to find.  If you take any of the FREE shuttles from Bally’s/Paris or Harrah’s to Rio (you don’t have to be staying at any of those hotels to take the free shuttle!), it drops you right in front of the entrance to the casino that leads straight to this buffet.  And if you’re really nice… well, you can email me and I’ll email you a coupon for this buffet, $5 off per person in your party up to 4 people.  (Yes, I’ll email you the coupon [...]

Cooking Demonstration & Dinner

I heard about this cool event and unfortunately, can’t attend (I’ll be in class)~ but figured I’d pass along the info in case you guys are interested! DISCOVER FAIRWAY.COM PRESENTS: COOKING DEMO WITH MITCHEL LONDON   Enjoy a cooking demonstration by well-known chef, Mitchel London, and then sit down to enjoy a three-course dinner of the demonstrated meal. This Fairway event, which will take place monthly, is part of an ongoing effort to bring www.discoverfairway.com – the store’s new website – to a live setting. The site features new webisodes each week with Fairway experts to help shoppers save money [...]

SF 2k8, Day 7: Final Meal – Bouchon & Bouchon Bakery

On our last full day in Napa Valley, we woke up early – like 4:30 am early - to go hot air ballooning.  Afterwards, we were naturally pretty sleepy, so we headed back for a quick nap before our planned excursion to the sparkling wineries.  Of course, I’m the kind of vacationer who likes to be constantly doing things, so after an hour, I was rip-roarin’ ready to go, while BF was still lingering in bed.  So I got up and took the short walk down the street to Bouchon Bakery – it was literally not even a block away.  I could see [...]

SF 2k8, Day One: Dinner – House of Prime Rib

When B first told me, “We’re going to San Francisco and Napa Valley for our 5 year anniversary,” I reflected upon how, coincidentally, this would be my 5th time in the Bay Area, and how I was going to bento shop and eat like a demon.  I’m much more food oriented than B, so I was pretty surprised when he said, “Oh, and the first night we’re there, we have reservations at House of Prime Rib.” I confess, I started laughing and told him to stop joking.  The name evoked images of IHOP – the International House of Pancakes – [...]

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