All things home.
Tomorrow kicks off my favorite week of the local Dallas-Fort Worth foodie calendar – Restaurant Week! Each summer for the last 17 years, some of the hottest restaurants in DFW have teamed up to offer special prix fixe menus with 20% of all proceeds supporting the North Texas Food Bank in Dallas and Lena Pope…
Jay Z sings about “big pimping, spending G’s” and I’m pretty sure he’s talking about something different than credit card links. Still, its hard not to read the roll of travel blogs out there some days and feel like everyone is pimping something and that everyone is spend spend spendy spend spending in a grand…
Ladies, if you hate your friend – and yourself – get her a stripper. If you love your friend, get her a ManServant. So ends one of the best viral marketing videos I’ve seen. Although lets face it – a video that begins with talk of penis cakes and an uncomfortable video of a gyrating…
There is something quintessential about visiting Singapore for the first time and sinking into a comfy chair at the Long Bar at the Raffles Hotel for a Singapore Sling. My next trip to Singapore is, alas, 3.5 months away but since the sticky summer heat has finally hit the Homestead, I found a little taste…
When I stay off planes too long, I start to nest. That invariably means I bake – or craft – or organize things. I love The Container Store although I’m still trying to anticipate exactly how their new loyalty program will work. Whatever it is, I am certain I have a good head start after…
They say that many traits are hereditary. I like to think I get my love of flying straight from my grandfather (Poppa). I also get my stubbornness, my mathematical ability, and my love of sweets from him. He taught me to ride a bike, catch a ball, play tennis, and roller skate (with a…
I’m apparently “grounded” for the next three weeks. My project schedule has been up in the air and much of my planned August travel is now off. That’s allowed me a streak of time to do things at home here in Fort Worth – and explains in part how my day seemed to revolve around…
I’ve seen a new tool popping up recently in my social media feed – a Leatherman-style hair barrette for women that boasts several tool functions for $10. And I’m also wondering will this get through airport security these days? And if not, have we now created a new subclass of items – women’s accessories – for…
My Kate Spade New York plates that I ordered on the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale arrived and I *love* them. They would be the perfect gift for a female traveler. It should be noted that I love buying gifts in advance – it’s a great way to maintain travel/life balance and shopping year-round means that I…
It’s been a strange travel year for me. I’ve had bursts of intense travel followed by extended periods of time at home. It has seemed irregular although analyzing the past six weeks, I’m averaging 50% travel which is about on par for my overall year. But the past few weeks it’s seemed particularly exhausting because…
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I can’t see anymore. That’s the conclusion I came to last Sunday, at least. I’ve noticed in recent months that things seem much sharper than normal when I put my reading glasses on. I was commenting on to my Model UN co-leader in a lament about getting older and noticing that all the parts suddenly don’t work…