When I tell people my family and I went to Iceland for spring break, I usually get a funny look and often a question back. What made you pick Iceland? It’s a valid question. After all, my husband, son and I live in Minnesota. It’s pretty cold here for six…
Girls Weekend has been a longstanding tradition that started with my cousin and I getting together for one day to do our Christmas shopping the first Saturday of November. It’s morphed into an overnight, then two overnights, then (why the heck not?) three overnights. Because my goodness, the important women…
You know it’s a fantastic trip when your mom texts you while you’re in Ireland and asks “Are you coming home?” The answer is, of course, yes … at least this time. Truth be told, Teacher Man and I have this crazy secret dream of living in a cottage somewhere…
Oh my, where to start with the second leg of our Europe trip? Normandy – and especially the picturesque town of Bayeux – captured my heart. At every turn, I saw a beautiful photo enfold in my mind and I had to stop and take it. And then the people!…
I keep promising myself I’m going to write about our trip to France and Ireland but then I get completely overwhelmed thinking abut it. Because: I’m not a travel writer. I have abut 2,687 trip photos (roughly) so how would I even pick a few to post? What would be…
I’ve been meaning to write this post for a couple of weeks now, but life keeps getting in the way. You guys! In July I was asked to represent the National Turkey Federation at the “Flavor, Quality, and American Menus Conference” at the Culinary Institute of American in … (wait…
In my previous post, I wrote about the fun we had in the Black Hills, the first stop on our very American family road trip. We continued on to Montana, where we visited the Little Bighorn National Monument, stayed in Billings for the night, and then pushed on to Yellowstone…
We’re in the midst of a very American road trip west this week … we just left Keystone, South Dakota and the Black Hills area, where we visited Mount Rushmore, Custer State Park, and Deadwood. Today we’re traveling through part of Wyoming and Montana, with Little Bighorn National Monument, Pompey’s…