as some of you may have read yesterday, keith and i just celebrated our one year dating anniversary. so naturally (being the people we are and having to work some of the day) we ended up relaxing at home most of the day, but later decided to go out for a delicious meal. our choice, slate orlando. not …
bachelorette vino: week 4
finally, the bachelorette is back - that week off was brutal. ok maybe i'm exaggerating a little bit, however it did mean that "tuesday family dinner" was here. probably my favorite night of the week, i found an incredible recipe for a homemade hearty beef chili (recipe here) that followed the whole 30 challenge plan. i've …
stk – orlando
wow, last night was just incredible. why do you ask? well, keith and i decided to have a fancy date night at one of the new restaurants at disney springs, stk-orlando. now i'm normally not one who dresses up often, but with our 1 year anniversary quickly approaching we wanted to have an early celebration …
bachelorette vino: week 3
oh man, how about that double episode week of the bachelorette?! still so many twists and turns, and all the men got what they wanted - the "villain" is out of the house. such drama, but you have to hand it to the editing team for the show because i know most of us were …
cala bella – shingle creek
there is nothing better than an impromptu date night with my love. and that is exactly what ended up happening last night. we initially were thinking about going to a land remembered at the rosen shingle creek resort, but that restaurant actually was closed for the evening. this led us to deciding on cala bella and …
bachelorette vino: week 2
week 2 of the bachelorette is complete and whoa, what twists and turns in this last episode. i mean who doesn't love the drama behind the new "villain" of the house. every season, there has to be someone. and with our weekly bachelorette viewing, we had to have our most important selection of the evening …
tiffins – animal kingdom
yesterday we were extremely fortunate enough to get a reservation at the new restaurant in disney's animal kingdom, tiffins (thanks to a good friend). upon entering, you are suddenly surrounded by all the travels and adventures that actually inspired the creation of disney's animal kingdom. and being that i remember when this theme park opened in 1998, …
it’s bachelorette season
finally, this week was the week - the first episode of the new bachelorette season premiered. as some of you may know from reading my 'bachelor' posts, my dear friend and i always make it a point to get together once a week to escape the real world and watch our guilty pleasure (but isn't …
jiko – the cooking place
this past weekend wasn't just any ordinary weekend, but it was keith's birthday weekend. from a wonderful staycation at the hilton bonnet creek resort (with an upgrade) to a wonderful dinner with friends, i wanted to make sure this was a weekend to remember for him. one of the highlights of the weekend was dinner with …
featured friday: barolo
it's friday...time to celebrate. what better way to celebrate than with a featured wine of the week. while i wish i could be enjoying a glass of wine at this moment, the weekend is almost here. this week's featured wine is actually from one of my favorite local places - somm orlando. featured wine nebbiolo: …
