January 2012
10 posts
Arbitrage →
I can’t even begin to figure out what to pack for my trip to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City this weekend. I’m heading out there for a weekend with my parents, but my amazing friend B will be there as well and got me a ticket for the premiere of Nicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage starring Susan Sarandon and Richard Gere! What does one wear to a red carpet event in Utah when...
Dallas Restaurants
I went to a couple of excellent restaurants over the holidays that I just had to share. The first was Del Frisco’s Grille which we went to for my birthday last week. Much like Nick & Sam’s Grill, it is the more affordable version of an upscale steakhouse. The Dallas location just opened recently and is the second location after New York. They have an interesting cocktail list and...
December 2011
19 posts
Christmas
I had the most wonderful Christmas out in Park City with my family. I was out there for six days, which is a pretty long vacation for me, but it just flew by. I skied three of the days, had lots of great meals with the whole family, did a little shopping, spent hours in the hot tub, slept lots and played many games of Catchphrase. Pretty much the perfect holiday, although it wasn’t quite as...
A Holiday Greeting →
Let’s do more than look forward. Let’s look up.
Weekend Recap
I had a great pre-Christmas weekend, although it made it very hard to go back to work this morning. On Saturday I got all of my Christmas shopping done and wrapped everything. I love wrapping presents and watching Love Actually made it even more fun! They are all under the tree now and are ready to be packed for Utah.
Saturday night was the 4th annual Christmas party that my friends upstairs...
White House Holiday Party
This weekend was nothing short of incredible. My bff from high school is a White House staffer and decided to take little ol’ me as her plus one to the “office” holiday party. The event started at 2:30 on Friday afternoon and was held in the East Wing of the White House.
The various rooms in the East Wing were decorated immaculately with trees, lights and garlands.
And there...
The last flight I was on, home from Laguardia on Sunday, made an emergency landing in Washington, DC. We were on the ground there for 30 minutes. I’m going there for real today and will hopefully be there a little longer than that this time around. I’m going for a VERY special event which I’ll tell you more about when I get home. I’ll give you a hint…it involves a...
November 2011
18 posts
I heard Jake Owen’s “Alone With...
“It’s hard to find the perfect time to say something you know is gonna...”
– David Nail “Let It Rain”
Because who doesn't love free food
Free dinner? At a nice restaurant?? Every single week??? Unbelievable, but yes!! Villa O in Dallas has free two-course dinner for all patrons who make a reservation every Monday night. You get to select one of three starters (tonight it was bruschetta, Caesar salad or minestrone soup) and one of four entrees (lasagna, penne alla vodka, salmon or eggplant parmesan). I had the Caesar salad and the...
Halloween 2011
Halloween, which by the way has never been my favorite holiday, has really been a week long event this year and it’s been fun!
First was appetizers, wine and pumpkin carving on Wednesday night. I carved a Rangers pumpkin in hopes that they might be able to pull out the World Series win…oh well.
Then on Friday we had our annual Halloween celebration at work. Hundreds of employees...
October 2011
25 posts
My First Foray Into Pumpkin
It’s really starting to feel like fall around here so I decided it was about time to try cooking with pumpkin, which I’ve never done before. Rachel Ray’s Pumpkin Whoopie Pies seemed like the best place to start. I have to say, they came out really well and I’m excited to bring them to a pumpkin carving party tomorrow! I hear mulled cider may also be included in the...
