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Wandering around is one of the joys of visiting a new city. With no real agenda, and no timeline to dictate where you go and what you do. That was my Sunday morning in Austin after BlogHerFood. After two days of sessions and chit-chat, which for me doesn’t always come easily, I was ready for some quiet time to just be in my own head.

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Mar 2008

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Shower Favors

Favor box - actual size As much as people want to hate Martha Stewart, you have to admit some of her product lines deliver some cute stuff -- like these tissue…

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Mar 2008

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March Showers Bring Mid-April Babies (We Hope)

The weekend after I got back from Australia I was a co-hostess of a baby shower for my dear friend Erin who is now on bed rest -- yikes! Miss…

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Mar 2008

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What They Don’t Tell You in the Guidebooks: Flat White

> Flat white at Qualia Ordering coffee seems like it'd be a simple thing, right? "I'll have a coffee, please." The only place in Australia that order seems to work is at…

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Dec 2007

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Holiday Baking: Gingerbread Pinwheels

Four days into the month and I'm already feeling the effects of holiday eating. 'Course, I'm not helping matters much baking cookies and bringing them to the office in prep…

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Dec 2007

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Sunday Birthday

Your birthday is kind of your own personal holiday. I just happen to share my holiday with Britney Spears. Not by choice mind you. But holiday or no, after a…

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Oct 2007

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Gourmet Next Door: the Review

So -the Gourmet Next Door. How was it? Was it Julia Child meets Rachael Ray? I'm sorry to say, it's lowest common denomenator. How many times have you seen someone…

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Oct 2007

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Gourmet Next Door Debuts Sunday at 1p.m. ET

(image from http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/tv/) The winners of the Next Food Network Star don't have much of a track record when it comes to having successful shows on Food Network. I lost…

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Mar 2007

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CSM Farmers Market – March 3

Maybe I should just start calling this the Saturday Waffle... At long last, signs of life are final starting to emerge after a winter that seems to go on forever and…

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Feb 2007

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Who Needs Valentine’s Day When You’ve Got the Day After?

It seems to have become chic to just be over Valentine's Day. Whether you protest it as a consumerist holiday perpetuated by the greeting card/candy/flower companies or you just think…