A few summer's ago, one of my dear friends, Erin, brought Rosemary Blueberry Sangria to a summer barbeque. Ever since then, every time I want to make sangria, I think about Erin's drink of fabulousness. Last weekend, I was in charge of red wine sangria for a baby shower and got ahold of the …
drink recipe
tea-free “chai”
Happy October friends! Even though it's still 100-plus degrees here most days, we are still doing everything we can to bring a little 'fall' to the Middleeast. I have my fall decor up, there is a pumpkin candle burning most days, and we are even having a chili cook off in a couple of weeks with some …
watermelon agua fresca: a farewell to summer
Here we are, inching closer to the end of summer. This is usually not a hard time for me (like it is for Kirst) because fall is my absolute favorite season. I once tried to convince Drew that we should have 4 jobs, in 4 locations around the world and live in a perpetual fall season. Instead, we …
wassail- a family recipe
Growing up, our family had about a hundred Christmas Eve traditions- we saw a movie Christmas Eve afternoon, went to Christmas Eve service at church (wearing our new Christmas outfits, of course... I should note that the new Christmas outfits were still a part of the tradition through college- …
chai tea recipe
I know that y'all are scattered around the world and that you might be looking out your window to a balmy, tropical scene... However, here in Denver, we are in Day 2 of the biggest October snow storm in the last ten years (maybe in the history of Denver... I'll let you know when it stops …