Phipps Conservatory
Took the good camera to Phipps Conservatory in Oakland for some fun with the kids. Typically it's just too hot in the summer to lug around a camera and chase…
York Peppermint Pattie Smores
Trying to mix things up on this second day of school being cancelled due to snow with a smores made from a York Peppermint Patty. This was way quicker than…
Decisions, Decisions
It's hard making decisions as an adult. Like when it's 3AM in Pittsburgh and you leave the smokey dance club do you go to Primanti's for a sandwich because it's…
Chocolate and Butterscotch Leopard spots
I had some fun making these for a leopard cake! I was going to use butter cream to make the spots directly on the cake, but I thought some chocolate…
Rainy Sunday Morning
This summer has been unbelievable, more cool days than raging hot weather. Today it's a perfect, cool, rainy, Sunday morning. The rain and thunder sound like something from the nature…
The Essence of Little Girls
Skip the sugar, spice and everything nice - our little girls are made of paper scraps, LEGO pieces, Snap Circuits, crayons, paper scraps, paper scraps, and paper scraps! A…
Hope Springs Eternal
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always To be blest. The soul, uneasy, and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.”…
Cosmo’clock: Dreaming of warmer weather
The yard is brown, brown, brown and there's random snowflakes falling outside. It's supposed to be spring, stupid Smarch Friends are packing up and headed to Miami this week for…
Pi Day prep
Tomorrow is Pi Day - March 14! (You know, ) Going to make another Chocolate Cream Pie. :) Instead of buying a pre-made pie crust I'm going to make my…
Recipe Card Throwback: High School cooking class
While I was going through some things I ran across my stack of recipe cards from my high school cooking class. I made all these recipes in class, and even…