Lifestyle. {aka: What Makes Life Fun}

This lifestyle section is the toy box of my life. The things I like to do for fun, like garden, travel and try new restaurants. Heck, try new things in general. I might talk on of the rad cookbooks on my shelf because I mean really, you doesn’t love a good cookbook?

It’s a place I might share a photo that I like. Like this header photo, for example, that I took in the Swan Falls area in Southeast Idaho just as the season was starting to change.

Mainly it’s about all the things that round out what I like to think is my kick ass Idaho lifestyle.

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I had the opportunity to attend the National Restaurant Association (NRA) food show in Chicago for the first time this year and it was a little slice of heaven for a foodie like myself. One of the things I enjoy about shows like this is often they are a sneak peek...

sable kitchen & bar, chicago

sable kitchen & bar, chicago

It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of Top Chef and when I have travel plans that take me to a big city, one of the first things I do is look to see if any of the show's contestants have a restaurant there. This past weekend I was in Chicago where in season 9 alone...

Garden of Eatin’

Garden of Eatin’

I grew up with a huge garden - and by huge, I mean feed-a-small-third-world-nation kind of huge. There were rows of berries and grapes, suitable for constant grazing. Tall stands of sweet yellow corn to play hide and seek amongst. Melons and zucchinis sending runners...

makes you want to call in sick

makes you want to call in sick

One rainy day this winter, I treated myself to a morning at a café that not only has delicious food and a great atmosphere, but also has this wonderful wall of cookbooks. They are the proprietress's collection, open to perusal over a steaming cup of coffee or pastry....