Happy birthday to me! I started writing this in bed the night before my birthday and I gotta tell ya, I’m pretty giddy. Because by the ...
Life & Style

Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, friends! I took some time off to be present this holiday season with my family. But I'm excited to be back in my ...

10 Things to Know Before Getting a Puppy
We did all the research in the world before we got a puppy and we still couldn’t have anticipated all the lessons we’d learn in our ...
Travels

French: The Language of Love
There's a lot that comes with learning a new language. It isn't just verbs and being able to read your shampoo bottle's additional ...

Summer à la française
Summer Plans I've been playing around with how I envision my summer in Chicago to look. I've put a lot of thought into it, and it ...

Are We There, Yet?
The light at the end of the tunnel is BRIGHT. After a year of hesitation, we’ve finally gotten to the stage where vaccines aren’t just ...
Good Eats

Perfect Pork Carnitas
This spring has had some really lovely warm days. Whenever the season begins to beckon me to the great outdoors, I start to crave ...

My Favorite Ramen
I’ve been holding off on this post in hopes that by the time I wrote it, the lobster ramen would be back on the menu ...

Where to Eat in Miami
Why Miami? When I was a kid, I HATED having my birthday in January. For one, we used to get so much time off from school that I never ...
A few of my favorite things

The 2020 Holiday Gift Guide
I don’t like to do a lot of shopping posts because my shopping habits are—at best—considered unruly. My method is all madness ...

Sunday Riley Good Genes
Like everyone else in the world, I've been jumping on Zoom or House Parties during isolation and it’s caught me many-a-time with a face ...

5 Spring Looks to Love
I’m not a style blogger (although I think it'd be fun! I just wear pretty basic outfits 90% of the time so I don't think I'd cut it!). ...