Stay-at-home dates can be as romantic as time spent in any special setting, as long you take the time to set the scene using creative ideas and preparing a meal intended to woo your sweetheart. Light candles in the entrance of your home as a surprise. Set the table with a tablecloth, cloth napkins, nice […]

If you have been following my blog about cocktails, spirits, mixology and sweet treats, Alie Ward and Georgia Hardstark will be familiar faces and names to you. If not, then you can learn now because these are two food and spirit savvy women with interesting approaches not only to those topics but to life in […]

Everyone has had that “moment” after you have left the house in a hurry – the moment when you start to worry and ask yourself “Are the lights off!?!?” “Did I shut the garage door?” “Is the oven on?!?!” (I do it a lot because I am typically running out the door) And, more often […]

Shopping for holiday gifts is quite the task. There are so many people to buy for. Typically women have no issues what to buy someone… until they get to the guy in their life. That’s when the shopping ace melts into a manic puddle because she has no clue what to get the guy that […]

Do you really notice the supermarket shelves and displays when you walk through your local grocery store? I do … all the time. Often my local supermarket is one of those testing stores for new products to see how well a particular category of productis received (or not). It’s interesting – and sometimes frustrating- to […]

Did you know that the best time to book domestic travel is six weeks before your trip? Or that the best way to save money on a hotel is to make a reservation that can be canceled anytime before the day of your trip which allows you the opportunity for you to check for a […]