“I don’t want to go shopping” Salted Shortbread Cookies
So Friday night I was waiting for Courtney to get home from his business trip, and I felt like baking (do I sound like an old married lady? Does that...
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Honeymoon Part III: Seminyak and South Bali
As much as we appreciated the opportunity to experience what Bali is really all about, by morning we were ready to leave Tirta Gangga. It was pouring rain, like buckets...
Honeymoon Part II: Trekking our way into the ‘real’ Bali, Tirta Gangga and beyond
Although we’d come to terms with the fact that we wouldn’t be able to climb Mount Agung, we couldn’t seem to shake the desire to climb something, so we decided...
Honeymoon Part 1: Ubud Edition
I’ve been having a hard time getting back into the swing of my blog. It could be the jet lag…we’ve been totally wiped out! Poor Courtney actually got an intestinal...
Balinese Living
Today we must give up our private villa for a $20/night home stay (albeit my attempt to extend our stay here, apparently someone else wants it…. whoulda thunk it?) That’s...
Greetings from Ubud!
We safely arrived in paradise at about 2 AM. The flight was atrocious but our villa made up for it in a matter of seconds (during which we walked around...
A Brief Explanation of my Absence
I would imagine that a career blogger’s challenge must be to balance blogging and doing the things worth blogging about. I personally, have found myself so busy doing things that...
Charlie’s Pizza: Sure Left an Impression
I am making slow but steady process in my mission to try all 50 of Food Network’s top U.S. pizza joints. Actually, it’s been several weeks now since Carrie and her family took me...
Travel Diary from my tour of the Mount Rushmore State
I’ve decided that my new dream job would to be a travel writer. After all, traveling, writing and trying new restaurants are three of my favorite past times… wouldn’t it...