Something about the summertime always leaves me craving pulled pork sandwiches. I think it’s because when I was small my Grandpa would have us over for pulled pork sometimes and I always remember those days being nice and warm and sunny. He always got...

It’s nearly peach season here in Southern California, and while I’m planning on going peach-picking next month, I couldn’t wait that long to try my hand at making another kind of jam, or preserves, to be precise. I always think of jam as smoother...

Jeremy had been out of town for over two weeks when he returned last Sunday, and by then I had run out of household chores to keep me occupied. Having cleaned every knob, vacuumed every corner, and weeded every garden plot, I was tired,...

Summer is truly here! And by that I mean I was able to procure the first piece of produce straight from my garden, a delightful little yellow bush scallop summer squash. I’d never had one before, and was surprised by how soft and juicy...

Jeremy has been out of town the past week so I have been keeping myself busy by cooking, doing house/yard work, and putzing about my sofa. So far I have built a pallet garden, turned the weird mossy part of my backyard into a...

  A few weeks ago while my brother was in town we drove over to Cherry Valley to attend the Lavender Festival at the Highland Springs Resort. None of us had eaten anything that morning because we were so excited about trying all the...

Now that the inside of our new place is pretty much how we want it, I’ve been getting to work on sprucing up the exterior. It’s rare to be able to rent a unit in Los Angeles with a yard our size and for...

This past weekend I was lucky enough to have my brother come to Los Angeles for a brief visit after graduating from University of Oregon with his Bachelor’s degree. Words cannot express how proud I am of him, especially since, these past few years,...

While Jeremy was out of town a few weekends ago I went on a cherry-picking adventure with my friend Amanda (the author from the Buttered Rum Pirate Cupcakes post). We drove a little over an hour outside of the city to the quaint little...

Jeremy was out of town this past weekend, leaving me to kick around the apartment all alone. And after some thorough kicking took place, I decided to do something productive. And that productive thing was grilling. The last time I grilled was my first...

  I saw pie pops for the first time about a year ago on a wedding blog; someone had them out on their dessert table at their country-chic wedding and they were, simply put, adorable. My heart kind of melted just looking at them....

After a cloudy and relaxing nine day stretch in Oregon, I touched backed down in Los Angeles on Monday morning. While up north, I went to a wedding of a close friend for the first time, got a lot of my own wedding planning...