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Lifestyle
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Fourteen
Welcome to the Celebration of my 14th Year in the Blogosphere! *insert lively party music here* It makes me really happy to be able to be writing this blog post today for a few reasons. Because I can't even believe I've kept at this blog thing for this long. Because I've created something that I'm super proud of. Because it has ...
Cafe LaLlave in K-Cups and All My Wishes Have Come True
It's a lot of fun to be on this side of the blogging wall between a new company roll out and giving the customers a head's up. Which is where I find myself today. Drum roll, please.******** Cafe La Lave is finally available in beautiful and practical K-cups. Yay! We already own an espresso maker and use the smaller espresso pods regularly, ...
Sliders and Slaw
Technically, today's recipe is Plum Pulled Pork Sliders with Jicama Slaw. Whew! That title is quite the mouthful, isn't it? Actually "quite the mouthful" is completely apropo for today's recipe which is perfectly descrbed in the title. Say it with me: "Plum Pulled Pork Sliders With Jicama Slaw." *deep breath* As usual when I tackle these monthly ...
Dos Croquetas For All
It was my very great honor to have been one of the judges at the annual Croquetapalooza event in Miami last December. I was invited by my friend, Sef Gonzalez, of Burger Beast Fame. This Grand Celebration of All Things Croqueta happened at the beginning of December 2019 and I came home and headed straight into ...
Peach and Apricot Grunt Recipe
It's the first day of summer and because of recent events, we are ready to get outside and start our summer in earnest. Well, we have filled the little 10 ft. pool in the backyard and hung the outdoor lights and are ready to do some movie nights and do some outdoor dinners and eat some delicious summer foods. And by summer foods, I mean fruit. Do ...
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I should probably warn you that I'm about to share an intimate thing, but then again, if you've been reading this blog long enough, you know I don't shy away from over sharing the details of my life. Also, this post is over-illustrated with photos because it's too difficult to tell without them. Brace yourself. The Stairway to Heaven This story ...
The Amazing Beast Sauce Burger
Happy Burger Month! (You didn't know it was a thing, did you?) That's right! May is National Burger Month. (Hurray!) And May 28th is National Burger Day. Truthfully, I knew nothing of this, but we had the most amazing burger meal recently because of my friend, respectfully known as The Burger Beast, and I totally want to tell you all about him and ...
Lemon Poppyseed Muffins
I'm not a big breakfast eater, but I sure do love my cafecito... and a little something sweet. Sometimes I grab a big mug of black coffee in the morning... and a little something sweet. When I was growing up breakfast was usually a café con leche... and a little something sweet. Because Cuban. Obviously the constant in my Breakfast Life is... a ...
May The 4th Be With You
It was May 1977 and I was turning 22 years old. I celebrated that birthday enjoying dinner with friends. After which we decided to go see a new film called Star Wars. Back then we knew nothing about the phenomenon it would turn out to be, of course. And, to be honest, the posters that advertised it looked a little hokey. You know the rest of the ...
