Life

  butter late than never…our amazing and most favorite burgers from Solly’s    followed by our favorite turtle sundae, the perfect compliment to a butter burger sunset views from Mister A’s for a holiday cocktail live from Santa’s workshop – putting together flower arrangements and whipping up an almond cake for a Christmas party that […]

Happy Thanksgiving!  I hope that you are all enjoying a beautiful day surrounded by friends, family, and of course lots and lots of great food. Today is such a great reminder for me to reflect on everything that I am thankful for in my life – and there is so much that I am thankful […]

To be honest, I was never much of an enthusiastic reader during high school or college.  I really just did my best to get by with what was required.  After finishing all of my schooling, I think I thought to myself “yay!  I never have to read again!!”  That was the time in my life […]

I hope that you all had a great Halloween weekend!  Can you believe that it is already November?!?  (This year is seriously flying by.)  This past week has been so much fun with Halloween and lots of baking and new recipes that I have been cooking up. Our friends made us an amazing rib dinner […]

I can’t believe how quickly this week has flown by – I got back from Boston on Monday night, and just like that, it’s the weekend!  Here is a catch-up of what I’ve been up to this week: the leaves had just started changing in boston – it was such a treat to get some […]

Fall is one of my favorite times of year – the sweet smell of the fall foliage, the colors, the pumpkins, the chilly nights – what’s not to love? Normally I have really great intentions of what I want to do during Fall, and then before you know it, it’s Christmas and half the things […]

It’s almost hard for me to believe that one year ago today I started my blogging journey and wrote my first blog post for La Mia Bella Vita. I used my first post as a way to put my hopes and dreams for the next year out into the universe.  So how did my year […]

Well, it’s officially August.  And for some reason the word ‘August’ makes me feel a little panicked like Summer is about to slip away.  So I Googled when Fall starts, and we actually still have 50 days of Summer.  50!  That’s a whole lotta Summer in my book.  Woohoo! the sun trying to find it’s […]

I’m not sure why, but this week has been a bit of a blur.  In fact now that I think of it, this Summer has been a bit of a blur.  I keep thinking to myself, is it really going to be August…tomorrow?!?  So in a bid to catch up on everything, here’s whats been […]

double trouble with my new favorite Loft sunglasses enjoying aperitivo on the patio scenes from hiking Cabrillo from simple tomato… …to roasted beauties – slow roasting is the way to go! cute seals sunning themselves grilled corn and lamb kabobs, the perfect Summer dinner ~ I hope that you all enjoy a beautiful Summer weekend!