Ault Park Fireworks – Photoblog
Happy belated 4th of July! I had so many cool photos of the fireworks from last night’s celebration at Ault Park that I decided to make some fireworks collages. I used PicMonkey to combine several...
View ArticleDrivers Fore Survivors Benefit at Champps
Drivers Fore Survivors, an organization that supports pediatric brain cancer research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, is hosting a benefit this month at Champps at Lennox. The event, held on...
View ArticleCooking With Your TV – Cookbooks I Wish Someone Would Write
I love a well-written, well-photographed cookbook. If it’s a little quirky and based on a beloved television show or character, all the better. The best TV cookbooks authentically capture the show and...
View ArticleKona Bistro – Oxford
Kona Bistro is an eclectic, healthy cafe located in Oxford, Ohio. The menu focuses on fresh produce, baked goods, meat and seafood. The name, Kona, comes from a region in Hawaii where the kona coffee...
View ArticleMy Bookshelf: June Book Reviews
June was a month of extremes for me when it came to what I read and how quickly I read it. I finished The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon in four days while it took me the entire month to finish The...
View ArticleKentucky Derby Museum – Photoblog
At the start of 2015, my family went on a weekend trip to Louisville. We did a lot of sight-seeing; visiting several restaurants, museums and shops. It was a short, but relaxing late holiday trip, of...
View ArticlePhoto Friday – July 24, 2015
Happy Photo Friday! These photos are from an evening walk Kenneth and I took at Miami Whitewater Forest. The rain from earlier in the day was gone and the humidity was slightly improved. We heard...
View ArticleMy Bookshelf: July Book Reviews
July was a good month for reading. My mom, sister and I had our first month of our long-distance book club, we read The Cake Therapist, which was excellent! I also flew through the first four books I...
View ArticleLumenocity 2015 – Masters & Dreamers
We made it back to Lumenocity again! The theme for this third year of Lumenocity was Masters & Dreamers. The program featured performances from the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, the Cincinnati Ballet...
View ArticleMy Bookshelf: Interview with Judith Fertig, Author of The Cake Therapist and...
One my literary guilty pleasures is checking out cookbooks from the library (or browsing through the cookbook aisle in a bookstore) just to look at the pictures. I certainly save recipes from various...
View ArticlePhoto Friday – August 14, 2015
Happy Photo Friday! Today is my fifth wedding anniversary with my husband, Kenneth! We marked the occasion by having dinner last night at a new restaurant for us, the Incline Public House. I saw that...
View ArticleDish on Market – Louisville
Dish On Market in downtown Louisville is a relatively new, extremely popular, locally owned restaurant. Housed in the building where the old restaurant, Delta, once stood for decades, Dish On Market is...
View ArticleThe Joy of Cooking with Your Favorite Literary Characters
I’ve loved the combination of a good book and a tasty treat ever since my second grade teacher, Mrs. Harbison, had us bake chocolate Thunder Cake after reading Patricia Polacco’s book by the same name....
View ArticleDIY – Love Rock Magnets
I have a new DIY tutorial for you! These little magnets are so cute and simple! I call them love rocks because last year I started a project where I painted over 100 rocks with hearts and hid them in...
View ArticleWhy I Love Social Media
I feel like social media gets a bad rap. I agree that a lot of people (myself included) spend too much time online when we could be enjoying the great outdoors or having a conversation with loved ones....
View ArticlePhoto Friday – August 28, 2015
Happy Photo Friday! I went on a morning hike at Miami Whitewater Forest earlier this week to take some booktography photos for my August book reviews. I enjoyed the quiet greenery around me, took some...
View ArticleBook Life: August Book Reviews
This month I read three books and listened to two audio books. I’m really enjoying audio books and have requested several from the library in the hopes that I will always have one available when I...
View Article5 Great Reasons to Support Cones for the Cure (and eat Graeter’s Ice Cream!)
It’s that time of year again: Cones for the Cure time! This annual collaboration between The Cure Starts Now and Graeter’s starts tomorrow, September 10th, and runs through September 20th at...
View ArticleGF Pumpkin-Chocolate Swirl Bread
I have a question for the pumpkin admirers and pumpkin lovers out there. When do you crave pumpkin? Is it a seasonal dessert or do you enjoy pumpkin in the fall, winter, spring and summer? Do you pine...
View ArticlePhoto Friday – September 18, 2015
Curiosities Collected – Part 1 Happy Photo Friday! As part of my recent efforts to create more space in our home by de-cluttering and getting rid of items I no longer need, I’ve started photographing...
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