Category: Travel/Events
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Foodstirs @ Taste Buds Kitchen
Foodstirs – Modern Baking Mixes Foodstirs started online about a year ago with a subscription program, and they are now launching their retail line at Whole Foods on the east coast and Gelson’s on the west. See my post on Cupcakes by Amélie about baking Foodstirs’ Brooklyn Brownies! I had the opportunity to attend a press event…
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The Acorn Pop-Up in NYC
I dined at Vancouver’s The Acorn last night. No, I did not take an unexpected trip to Canada. My husband treated us to tickets to the popup dining event here in New York at Exhibit C on the Lower East Side. The Acorn is a vegetarian restaurant that focuses on the vegetables. That might seem an obvious fact, but…
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Ma Rue
I can’t help getting tickled seeing my name. I never can find my name on pre-printed name keychains, toys, Cokes, mini license plates, etc. It’s becoming more popular in the U.S. now—a friend’s sister just named her daughter Amélie (and not after me)—but it’s still more common to find in France. We happened onto this street…
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Our Wedding
White sand beaches and emerald gulf waters were the setting for our fall wedding! Carillon Beach is on the Gulf of Mexico near Panama City Beach in Florida’s Bay County. The average high in October is 81 degrees with an average low of 60. Carillon is a community with an inn, beach houses and condos,…
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Carillon Beach, Florida
The water is warm, come on in! Where to Stay Eat, Shop, Play Fly, Drive, Bike NOTE: information may not be up-to-date. The pages above were originally created for our wedding guests in 2013, but I have kept the information online for anyone visiting Carillon Beach! Have a peek at Carillon below. For more about Carillon…
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Horse Kisses & Baby Alligators
I stepped off the plane to the scent of Louisiana summer. Now, I don’t know how this differs from the way summer smells in, say, Texas or Mississippi, but I find it a unique scent that takes me back to many happy childhood days. I took a nice, deep breath as I climbed out of…