With the sad news of El Arbol‘s closing, everyone wondered what would happen to the new Brykerwoods hotspot … well, wait no longer! Acclaimed Chef Shawn Cirkiel of parkside and backspace will open a Southern Italian restaurant called Olive & June next spring. Olive & June is named for Chef Shawn Cirkiel’s grandmother and his wife’s grandmother…
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Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! Another week in which I get to wear both my gold leather pants AND flyaway cheerleader skirt? Can’t be beat! Spicy margaritas, jorts, pre-…
Lil Holiday Comforts
This post is sponsored by Tempur-Pedic, the brand millions of owners trust to deliver their best night’s sleep every night. Enjoy our Buy 2, get 1 free pillow offer now and give the gift of custom comfort to someone you love. I remember when “going home” for Thankgiving and Christmas was not even a question.…
Starbucks + Opportunity Finance Network
I recently participated in a conference call with BlogHer, Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz, and Starbucks Global Chief Marketing Officer Annie Young-Scrivner about their new Create Jobs for USA initiative that launched yesterday. You buy this (very cute) wristband for $5 and it’s all donated to a fund at the Opportunity Finance Network for capital grants to local…
Three Things I’ve Learned Without a Real Kitchen
1. You can cook almost anything in a toaster oven. Hard-boiled eggs? Steak? Spaghetti squash? If you can make it fit, it will cook. 2. You can heat almost anything in a coffee pot. Cold-brew coffee? Tomato soup? Steamy. 3. I will never complain about unloading or loading the dishwasher again. Washing each dish by…
Visiting Loudoun County, DC’s Wine Country
I recently took a fabulous trip to Loudoun [pronounce Lough-done] County, Virginia, otherwise known as DC’s Wine Country (teaser was here). Three days of wining and dining made for one very happy traveler! I’ll let the pictures speak for the highlights of the trip. Resources: Lansdowne Resort – Big, lush resort property with nice rooms, lots…
Teaser: Get Lost in Loudoun
I mentioned in Feel Good Friday that I went off on a press trip, to Loudoun County, Virginia. While I work on compiling all the photos and notes from the trip, you can check out the fun new web show Loudoun produced called Get Lost in Loudoun. It’s funny, the majority of the cast is…
Leggings. Revisited. Again.
I don’t understand how there is so much confusion over leggings. They are not hard. In fact, that is the whole point of leggings—to be easy to wear, easy to style. It is said that the Aspen uniform in the winter is skinny lululemon yoga pants (NO visible logos), a tunic sweater, riding boots, a…
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Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! The gate agent in DC who after I tweeted that I supermanned made the same reference and called me superwoman. And then gave me…
Connecther
Like the shopping sites I’ve mentioned before, new Austin-based non-profit Connecther.org is focused on making life better for global women and children. Only Connecther.org provides collective giving and increased visibility to smaller scale 501c3 projects. By aggregating and consolidating hundreds of women and children focused non-profit projects, Connecther provides a platform for a single donor or a donor…