How do you know when vacations stop being vacations? When you have kids. I think any parent can agree that the days of going on vacation are long gone. What I mean by ‘long gone’ is, instead of the leisurely days of sleeping in, sunbathing and adult beverage consumption, when you vacation with your kids, it’s just your every day life, picked up and moved to a different location. When ever I tell people we are taking the kids away, they always end with, “Have a great vacation!”. I smile, thank them and then die a little inside. I remember…
4 Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Dessert Recipes
0When life hands you BOGO chocolate chip cookies, make a butt load of desserts! My husband fell victim to Publix’s Buy One Get One Free chocolate chip cookies, so we now have 2 dozen soft, delicious, chocolately cookies that call my name all hours of the day. I wanted to kiss him and punch him all at the same time for doing this! So to keep these tasty treats from growing hair on them or having my toddler sneak cookies and go bouncing off the walls till there gone, I thought of 4 easy chocolate chip cookie dessert recipes you will love. All…
Drunken Peaches Recipe
1When I was a little girl, every peach season my dad would take the ones that were getting a little too ripe and soak them in wine. He would pile sliced peaches in a giant carafe then fill it with red wine. It was like a science project to me, as we waited and watch as the peaches began to turn maroon from sitting – for what seemed like an eternity – in the wine. As I got older and wiser, I realized these peaches were drunk! Typical Italians, right? Soaking some delicious fruit in even more delicious vino. It’s been…
October Events in South Florida
0There is tons going on this month now that we welcome fall! Check out some great family fun activities going on down here in South Florida this October. BROWARD COUNTY Union Planters Plaza – Fort Lauderdale, FL 2000 North Federal Highway Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33305 Sunday, October 5 – FREE! SPARTAN WORKOUT Dick’s parking lot | 8-10am Train with official Spartan coaches and earn a t-shirt Bring water, towel/yoga mat Wednesday, October 8 WINE & CANVAS PAINTING Sage French Cafe | 6:30-9:30pm $35 per person To register for this event, click here. Thursday, October 16 – Saturday, October 18 – FREE! GBS…
The Ultimate Mom’s Night Out
0Thanks to Mom, Baby & Beyond, South Florida Mom’s got to head to The Ultimate Mom’s Night Out for a fun night out away from the poopy diapers, homework, dirty dishes and piles of laundry to mingle with some brand name vendors, local businesses and sip on some wine with other moms. As I walked up to the Marriott in Heron Bay, I was greeted by some bumpin’ tunes blaring from family-friendly cars lined up from Coral Springs Auto Mall and fabulous shopping from The Trendy Truck (check them out on FB & Twitter, too!) So before you even walked in to the event, you could tell it was going…