I love this time of year and the strangely predictable chaos it brings. The weather is wild, schedules are filled with vacations and gatherings and other fun things, but the big events are always worth looking forward to. Often held in the first week of August, the White Marlin Open fishing tournament takes place in …

After what felt like a possibly indefinite hiatus, I felt particularly inspired today after remembering the whole Lion’s Gate portal that falls during the month of August every year. For those that don’t know what this is – each year, during Leo season, August 8th (8/8) kicks off a little window where you can throw …

Greetings, y’all. It’s a windy, breezy day here and it’s only a crisp 79 degrees.. much more enjoyable than a belligerent heat wave. I enjoyed a busy weekend filled with wedding activities, horses, sushi and cooking.  The wedding on Friday was absolutely beautiful – a hike up to Folino Estates Winery just outside of Allentown. …

It is hot, hot… HOT these days. Thank goodness for a grill, because I will NOT be turning on my oven these days. I had off all last week! It started out as a 4th of July beach vacay with some fam/friends, and then ended as a staycation where I planned to clean, get up …

I spent a lot of time thinking today about, now that things are opening up, how quickly summer has been going by. I remember this time last year – I was admittedly too much of a scaredy-cat to *go* places that weren’t outside, and it just feels so good to have some normalcy again. I’ve …