863 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC V6C 3N9, Canada (604) 633-2451 http://www.minkchocolates.com I just got back from a 4-5 day vacation in Vancouver last night. I’m still groggy and already miss Vancouver terribly. I ate really well and plan on blogging about Vancouver the next couple of weeks here. (Hello, August is practically over and [...]
I barely get to see my best friend throughout the year since she lives in Boston. Luckily, she still travels to Houston for Christmas. I often crash her family’s events during the holidays. I love her family. It’s big and loud and crazy. Such a world of a difference between her family and my small [...]
1311 S 1ST The Trailer Park Eatery Austin, TX 78704 512-851-CAKE (2253) http://www.theholycacao.com/ The Frozen Hot Chocolate This past weekend, I hit up South Austin Trailer Park & Eatery, my main objective was to try Holy Cacao. I couldn’t help but dabble in another dog at Man Bites Dog, but Holy Cacao was my original [...]
The good thing about just coming back from a packed weekend is that I have photos to blog without really haven’t to use my spent brain. Today, I bring you photos from a high school reunion I had last weekend in Houston. I saw Hillary and Alex for the first time in a while. We’re [...]
409 W 2nd St Austin, TX 78701 (512) 236-1657 www.teuscheraustin.com Teuscher only has seating for 2. That’s my umbrella on the floor. Lily told me about this place ages ago but I had forgotten about it. Nisreen was having a rough day a week ago and I thought what better way to comfort a girl [...]
L.A. Burdick Chocolate Cafe Harvard Square Cafe 52-D Brattle Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: 617-491-4340 www.burdickchocolate.com Saturday morning, we started off our day at Burdick Chocolate Cafe. A day can’t go wrong if you start it off with chocolate. Mary Ellen and I each picked something to eat and split later. I chose a hazelnut [...]
After our dinner at Asti, Kim and I wanted to have coffee talk so we walked across the street from Asti to Quack’s 43rd Street Bakery. She used to come here during college to study whereas I’ve never been. I need to come during the day sometime because apparently they have the best latte foam [...]
1602 Westheimer Road Houston, TX 77006 (713) 524-7744 www.hugosrestaurant.net Friday night, I had a date with miss Kim and we were initially going to do something crazy and try grasshoppers at the famed (and RIGHTLY so) Hugos. We ended up not going with the grasshoppers for appetizers when we got there but man was I [...]