This year, I celebrated my birthday quietly with Joe and the stars and I don’t mean Brad and Angelina.  Joe decided to take me to the Griffith Observatory in LA to spend a relaxed and quite educational day together.  

It was a double duty merry Christmas and happy birthday to Joe in Chicago with his family.  Yes, my husband has to share his birthday cake with Jesus every year.  We spent a quiet Christmas with just the immediate family on Joe’s side at his…

Sneaky friends Matt and Susanne wanted to plan something special for the birthdays of their spouses, Linda and Rob.  So they joined forces and hired me to help them throw a cooking class birthday bonanza.  It was pretty easy to fool their other halves since…

I get this question asked of me ALL the time…what is my knife of choice?  But it’s really no secret at all.  I am biased and I play favorites.  I love my Shun, which you will see me use often in my videos, but it…

Man….things were tough in 2010… filled with some struggles, hardship and pain…Yes, I hide it well in my blog… but I have new hope that there is a time of refreshing coming in 2011 (a LONG awaited time of refreshing).  I’m getting ready to breathe…

Isn’t the grass ALWAYS greener on the other side?  Normally, I prefer the Fall and Winter time, mainly because I adore Thanksgiving and Christmas, apple-picking, hot cocoa, snow, and wearing layers with fuzzy Uggs.  Likewise, I tend to dread the Summer because of the intense,…