2024 was quite a year for yummy food due in large part to our epic two-week visit to Mexico in February and multiple trips to the food mecca that is the Big Apple. Local eats and homemade bites round out the list, now in its EIGTH year! I hope you enjoy this delicious trip down memory lane. Continue reading
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The Top 13 Things I Ate in 2023
It’s hard for me to believe this is my seventh year making this year-end list of the best things I ate. I did quite a bit of traveling this year including a few works trips to NYC, Las Vegas and Orlando and vacations in Western NC + Charlotte area, Atlanta, Williamsburg, VA, Raleigh, NC, and Melbourne, FL. I had great meals while in these places in addition to some outstanding dishes on the Outer Banks and in our home. Continue reading
The Top 14 Things I Ate in 2022
2022 turned out to be a great year for food. Although we moved from Atlanta to a much smaller community in the Outer Banks, NC, we managed to have a wide variety of food experiences in both our new home and on all of our fun travels. This is the sixth year of my annual wrap-up of my top eats and I still love making this list so much. I hope you enjoy seeing our year through the tasty food we ate. Cheers! Continue reading
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico: Hot Springs, Pottery, Vineyards and an Olive Farm
Our final two days in Mexico we spent in the area surrounding San Miguel, exploring the countryside and enjoying beautiful views of the mountains.
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico: Markets, Arts & Crafts, Delicious Eats and ALL the Views
Sean’s dad picked us up from Barbara Porter’s place in Centro the morning after the Dia del Los Muertos festivities and we went to the Tuesday market and breakfast of barbacoa tacos with consume, and some shopping. This was absolutely a locals place and we loved it. Fresh produce, butchers, tortillas, clothes, kitchen items, toys – this place had it all. Great experience. Continue reading
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico: Sightseeing and Dia de los Muertos
For our first trip out of the country since we went to Japan in November of 2017, we headed south of the border to visit my in-laws in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. They moved there/retired there shortly after Harrison was born in 2018 and this was our first visit to see them there – as well as my first time in Mexico. Our trip coincided with Dia de Los Muertos so we went all out and brought costumes, had our faces painted and even joined in the parade around the town square (Centro). This is the first of three posts about our time in this beautiful and historic mountain town. Continue reading
A (Holiday) Weekend in Williamsburg, Virginia
Sean and I spent a weekend exploring Williamsburg, Virginia during the two weeks we spent in Manteo at my mom’s. It had been more than eight months since Sean and I had had a night away from Harrison so I wanted to take advantage of having help from family to get away for Sean’s birthday. Williamsburg is only a two and a half hour drive from Manteo and I had not been there since I was in college; Sean since he was a kid so we decided to go back. Continue reading
Summer Trips with Family and Grandma’s 90th Birthday!
It’s been a big year for family! We’ve had lots of visits from grandparents here in Atlanta, as well as a combined trip to Savannah with both mine and Sean’s moms and stepdads, and two weeks in the Outer Banks with my mom’s side of the family. Spending time with and celebrating my grandma’s 90th birthday has been wonderful. Here are some of the special photos from this memorable family time. Continue reading