Like any good basic white girl, I do enjoy any reference to pop culture. Y’all. I survived. It was rough, but I made it with plenty of fat stored up for the rest of winter and jello arms from shoveling. So, here’s what happened on Wednesday night: It was a hot mess dot com. DC folks canNOT handle even a little sprinkle of snow. I lucked out. Even though I…
Vintage Ridge Vineyard in Delaplane, Virginia is, from what I can recall, a hidden gem and perhaps one of the greatest tastings I’ve ever done here in Virginia. As you can see from the only photo of myself below, I was definitely having a good ol’ time at our first stop, Barrel Oak… So I do not recall specifics… But, I do know all of the pours were great! Each pour was…
This is one of my faves. Enjoy! Ingredients: – 2 frozen pie crusts without sugar – 6 eggs – 2 cans evaporated milk – 1/2 tsp salt – 2 cups grated Swiss cheese – 2 cups cooked spinach, drained – 3 tsbp minced onion Preheat the oven to 425*F. Sprinkle cheese at the bottom of the pie shells. Combine eggs, milk and salt in a bowl and mix throughly.…
There comes a point in every woman’s life where she realizes that she has not yet fully lived. I, of course, am not speaking about some dramatic spiritual encounter.. Because I’m never this deep when I talk about spirituality. That’s probably not a good thing… I’m talking about one of the best ways to consume highly caloric food items in the Metro DC area. My life is now more…
If we’ve ever had a voice-on-voice conversation, odds are, you’ve heard me mention at least one of the following: 1) The OverDrive App 2) The book, ‘Generation Me’ by Jeanne Twenge. (life-changer) 3) My dog, Cannoli. 4) Some sort of education philosophy (and by complete hate for the Montessori cult) 5) The latest thing I learned about alternative medicine including, but not limited to: milk thistle, biotin, ginger tea, yoga,…
This marks the one-year mark since Paul Coakley left this world for the next.. I never knew him directly; I’m sure we interacted a time or two because of all the mutual friends we had, but were never friends. However, I think I speak for many of my fellow alumni when I say that he touched my life in a profound way. Looking back on what I wrote a year…