Healthy and delicious are adjectives normally unrelated to dip. Nevertheless, those are two ambitious claims for a Spinach and Artichoke dip recipe I’ve been holding on to from Cooking Light magazine. Recently I had the chance to test this for myself, needing an appetizer to bring to a party. Not wanting to be completely guilt-free [...]

This weekend we celebrated the marriage of our friends Melissa Britos & Sean Sullivan in Virginia!  My sister Liz and my own little Ella were in their beautiful, intimate wedding on Smith Mountain Lake. Ella was an incredible trooper! ... [...]

I went to the Donovan House back in 2010 (Check it out here) and had a pretty good time. However I want back last Thursday and had a blast! For the rest of the summer they are offering a 30% on drinks from 6-7. It is a shorter happy hour and the drinks are pretty [...]

Phew – I hope you have all recovered from your Royal Wedding celebrations – I managed to make the Wedding spread over a few days myself, getting up early to watch it live, watching it on and off during the day (we made the Grade 3s watch “the kiss” – a lot of “Ewwwww” ensued!), [...]