Day 2 of Operation Staycation found us in the Hill Country town of Blanco. It is just a short 50 mile drive from San Antonio but seems like a world away. I would often visit Blanco on business when I had clients there and loved the slow pace and laid back attitude of all the […]
Food
Bucees A Pit Stop Like No Other
We finally stopped at the new Buc-ee’s. If you aren’t from Texas, then I can best describe it as the world’s biggest convenience store and gas station. It has amassed a huge following by offering clean restrooms,snacks of all sorts and the cheapest gas per gallon; day in and day out. They also are brilliant […]
Il Sogno The Food is a Work of Art
We have some friends in town that are attending the Americans for the Arts annual conference. My husband first met them when he was chief economist for the City of San Antonio. They are all partners in the consulting firm that authored the Cultural Collaborative Plan for the city in 2005. Playing host to friends […]
Love Yourself, Love One Another and Love Fashion Event
There is a brand new charity fashion event this weekend that looks to be fun and fabulous. It will bring together food,wine,manicures and fashion all under one roof and for one night! Oh, so Sassy! Local wardrobe stylist Jules Aldaz is bringing together a fashion show held at the Aveda Institute in the Pearl Brewery that […]
So, How was your weekend?
I had the most marvelous weekend of food. I felt like I was on vacation. I have been wanting to sit down and blog about it since Saturday night but I haven’t had the chance. My mother-in-law is still here and the kids and hubby and the lions and tigers and bears, oh my! I […]
A Recipe for Love
Nick and Sarah A few weeks ago, my husband and I attended an engagement party for a young lady who was barely a teenager when we first met her over fourteen years ago. She moved to New York City and fell in love with Nick, who had […]