Southern panache for your life
The first time I had Orangettes it was during my study abroad in Paris. Our hotel was situated above a candy store whose delectable chocolate air wafted up through our open windows every day. On the occasion that I finally wandered in there, the clerk assured me I had to sample their signature chocolate candy:
When something is so nice you have to make it twice within a week, you know you’ve got a special recipe. I was up late one night watching the food network and they were doing some sort of Holiday Cookie Showdown when one of the contestants started making caramel for their cookie. I realized at
I’m a traditionalist when it comes to Holiday decorating: I like greens, vibrant reds, punchy patterns and any excuse to pull out plaid pillows and plaid ribbons for the tree. I always love decorating to the nines over the Holidays because you will inevitably have guests coming in and out at a moment’s notice. When
If you’re one of the originals who’ve been hanging around this blog for a while you’ll know that I have no shortage of love for a classic plaid pattern. I try to wear plaid year round by donning gingham in the summer and then increasing the punchy patterns more as the temperature starts to dip.
When I was growing up there was always that one thing that signaled Christmas time was here: Hot Chocolate. However, try as we might, our hot chocolate never quite tasted like Dean & Deluca’s or the cafe hot cocoa down the road. Mind you my sister and I were using Swiss Miss with the stale
When I was younger, my uncle would always gift us these gorgeous wood pens. He was (and still is) interested in unique wood carvings made from exotic and rare woods, of which names escape me, but were stunning pieces to look at regardless. The wood pens were special because he carved each piece by hand,
This post was written in partnership with Burt’s Bees. If you’ve been following this blog from the beginning, you know how much I love their tinted lip balms, so all opinions forthcoming are my own. I’m a gift giver. Ever since I can remember, I was always making cookies, packaging a drawing or waking up
So, as I go to post this recipe I must kick myself, because of the 100+ Christmas cookies I made last year, I deleted ALL of my photos on accident documenting all the hard work that had been endured making (and eating) said cookies. The only photo that remains is one photo that I saved
Up near my parents’ house there is the most spectacular Christmas tree farm at Scottsdale Farm & Garden Market. Each year, I love making the pilgrimage (for a city girl, this is WAY Outside The Perimeter), and spending the afternoon drinking a chocolate chai tea, ogling at the beautiful firs they have lined up in
I have long been a fan of a good sweater dress for the colder months. However, over the past few years, I felt like Goldie Locks trying to find a new one: this one’s too long, this one’s too short, this one’s too thin, and this one’s color is not quite right. That is until
