A few weeks ago I flew down to Miami for the weekend for a Food Blogger Conference called “BlogHer Food”.  While I loved the conference, I loved the time with friends and the restaurant hoping a bit more. 😉 Something magical happens when you get 5 or 6 bloggers together for a meal haha. You
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Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck was the first “restaurant” that I wrote down on my list of “Food Places in Hawaii“. Before we had even bought our plane tickets I had already decided that I needed to eat there. That’s what foodies do… we plan vacations around food haha. I forgot to sign my name! Well actually
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This is a sponsored post on behalf of One2One Network. All opinions stated are my own. On Sunday we had family come over to help work on our house. My craft room/office has been a storage place for boxes since we moved in and we’re getting ready (ok BigBear is getting ready) to redo the
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Never in a million years did I think that one day I would be standing in my kitchen with organic coconut sugar and gluten free flour. Five years ago I didn’t even know that there were “organic” foods or “gluten free” foods or any of that. All I knew was “food”. My oh my how things
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I was sent a Zoku Quick Pop™ Maker to review, but was not compensated for this post. All opinions are 100% mine 🙂 “These are so cool!” – words straight from my god-daughter, Alyssa, as we pulled these pops out of the Zoku Quick Pop™ Maker the other night. I had been playing around with some flavor combinations and
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The weekend before last, hubby and I took a little trip to the mountains to support some friends who were opening a new restaurant. An Awesome little pizza place called Mill House Pizza. It’s in Meadows of Dan, Virginia, just off of the blue ridge parkway about 5 minutes from Lover’s Leap and Mabry Mill. Here
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Steak and Saimin‏ 🙂 Anne from the 808 state is back with another Hawaiian Foodie Review 🙂 Welcome back to the 808! Honolulu offers a variety of cheap, delicious foods (best served in a take out box or from a lunch truck) On the corner of Alakea (ah-lah-kay-ah) Street and King Street is the best
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I am trying to eat healthy………… TRYING!!!!! So my lovely friend from Hawaii, Anne, is trying to help me with that! She sends me recipes that are full of flavor and low in fat! The only problem….. most of the ingredients are Oriental but I assume regular ingredient in Hawaii so i always have a
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So as you all know I LOVE doing reviews!!! It could be movies, recipes, websites, blogs, cookware, stores, shoes, cameras, restaurants, what ever you can review I want to review it. Today as Im looking though the amazing world of website I stumbled upon Smashed Peas and Carrots…….. I’ve seen this site a few times
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I LOVE Mexican Food… and I mean L-O-V-E Mexican food! Last time we went to Roanoke to visit Chocolatepaper we again went with the lunch suggestion of Liz and tried out Alejandro’s Mexican Grill; which is located at 127 Campbell Avenue, Roanoke, VA 24011, which is only a few steps from the market. I found
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