It’s Not Easy Drinking Green
I’m sitting here feeling as though I might throw up. An hour ago I drank green juice for the first time. Earlier today I asked the guy at the juice bar for a recommendation and he said, “The Mean Green...
View ArticleSee’s Candies Grand Opening in San Antonio, Oct. 19
Disclosure: I was hired by See’s Candies and received compensation to invite local bloggers to attend a preview of the new See’s Candies store in San Antonio. I attended the event and received free...
View ArticleMy Sweet New Pic, Courtesy of Rock Candy Studios
Last week three San Antonio mom bloggers, Misha, Amanda, and Megan, generously shared their photography talents with other SA mom bloggers. A head shot meetup was born! We met at Bakery Lorraine. Have...
View ArticleThe Tasting Menu at Sustenio and Kitchen Vagabond by Chef David Gilbert
If you’re looking for a unique holiday gift or an extraordinary way to celebrate an anniversary or a birthday in San Antonio, head to Sustenio at The Eilan Hotel Resort and Spa. Executive Chef David...
View ArticleThe Good Girl’s List: Lush Libations
Today I’m joining up with a group of great bloggers to share our favorite Lush Libations for the holidays. I had big plans to adapt this Vanilla Bean Dirty Shirley Temple into a Chocolate Covered...
View Article5 Cool Things: Recipes shared by San Antonio Bloggers
San Antonio bloggers are passionate about their city, their children, their jobs, their crafting, and their FOOD (among so many other things). Here are five recipes (either shared or created) by San...
View ArticlePin Tested: Creamy Bacon Carbonara
My husband is the cook in our family. He puts in a long day at the office, often grocery shops on his way home, cooks a creative and delicious dinner for four, and cleans it all up. Yeah, I know. I’m...
View ArticlePin Tested: Lemon and Dill Chicken
I’m on a roll with Pinterest recipes! This one required me to touch raw chicken (Ick! Eeew!) but I’m getting better at doing that. I don’t even wear gloves. It’s amazing what a little therapy can do....
View ArticlePin Tested: Easy Banana Oat Muffins
There’s always an abundance of over-ripe bananas at our house. I usually whip them up into banana chocolate chip bread but today I wanted something a little different. I found this pin which led to a...
View ArticleWhat’s for dinner? Sea Best panko-crusted cod
Disclosure: I received food and beverages and frozen seafood samples from attending the Sea Best blogger event. However, all opinions are mine. Recently I attended an event hosted by Sea Best at the...
View ArticlePopping out of a blogging block
Send to KindleAh, Sulia. I love writing for Sulia, in part because I receive a small honorarium for what I write there, but also because the format on this latest social network is longer than a tweet...
View ArticleThis is why I bake (& my new favorite recipe for a quick, brownie-like cake)
Send to Kindle Yesterday afternoon I felt like baking. I know. It’s weird that someone who hates to cook likes to bake. Well, I make no promises that what I bake is good (although, my expanding body...
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Back to school breakfast ideas from San Antonio moms
Each school morning, I sound like a boring, broken record to my kids: “Eat! Eat your breakfast. Please, eat your fruit! You’ve got to have fuel for your brain. You have to eat something. JUST EAT!!!”...
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A day at the Lantana Spa, JW Marriott in San Antonio
Disclosure: I was invited as a guest of the Lantana Spa to enjoy lunch, an express pedicure, and a swag bag with beauty samples. I received no additional compensation and all opinions are mine....
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5 Cool Things about San Antonio and the San Antonio Mom Blogs’ Weekly Link Up...
After last week’s link up post, where it came to light that some people have the wrong impression of San Antonio, I wanted to share my Five Cool Things about San Antonio list. These are just off the...
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SA Goes Orange for Hunger Awareness Month & the Moms Fighting Hunger Blog Hop
September is Hunger Action Awareness Month and San Antonio is going orange! According to the San Antonio Food Bank: More than 230,000 people in Southwest Texas rely on the Food Bank’s network of...
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Romantic date night, WITH the kids? Tribeca makes it possible.
Disclosure: I received a complimentary dinner at Tribeca. I was not compensated in any other way. All opinions are mine. During our pre-kid days, my husband and I enjoyed long, romantic dinners at the...
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Chef Justin Johnson debuts fall menu at Max’s Wine Dive
Disclosure: I received complimentary food and wine samples as part of a media night at Max’s Wine Dive. I received no other compensation. All opinions are mine. Photo credit: all photos in this post...
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Low-fat Living: blueberry muffins with less fat
At the end of last year, late one night, I experienced what can only be described as a seven-hour-long debilitating attack of nightmarish pain and illness. It felt like someone lassoed my chest with a...
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One parenting urban legend that’s true (and a visit to Tuk Tuk Taproom)
Last weekend my husband and I experienced something we previously believed to be nothing more than a parenting urban legend – a situation so mystical, so magical, so unicorn-like in its impossibility,...
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