Take a few minutes to read all about my open casting call for Home Cooks on Food Network (aka America’s Best Cook)! It’s definitely something I’ll never forget. I spent a weekend in October 2013 visiting my sister in Brooklyn for what was mostly a girls’ weekend. The weather couldn’t…
Over Memorial Day weekend in 2013, my husband and I joined my sister, her boyfriend (now husband) and a couple other friends for a backpacking trip to the Monongahela National Forest, into the Dolly Sods Wilderness to celebrate my sister’s 30th birthday. And when I say “wilderness,” I certainly do…
I was recently invited to try 9 Dragons, one of several restaurants located in Hollywood Casinos at Charles Town Races. I know what you’re thinking. All the way in West Virginia?!?! Well, even though Frederick, Md., is now considered to be a commuting suburb of both Baltimore and Washington D.C.,…
A couple weeks ago I was invited to attend a sneak peek of this year’s Frederick Restaurant Week. Squeeeee! Exciting, right? The outing was crafted by both the Tourism Council of Frederick and the Downtown Frederick Partnership, and included bloggers, writers and media from in and around Frederick County. If…
Family Meal in Frederick, Maryland, is a favorite locally-owned casual restaurant! I’ve been to Bryan Voltaggio’s Family Meal in Frederick, Maryland, a couple of times now. Each time I visit, my goal is to try something new off the menu, which can be fun since the menu tends to be…
Ahhh, the beach. Relaxing days lazily flipping through magazines, or the latest novel your best friend just finished. An even tan, golden, maybe a little rosy across your cheeks. Hair bleached just around your face, kissed from the sun. Quiet dinners surf-side with a glass of crisp, cool wine — or…