It started with a text… I was in the middle of shooting photos for a client and knew I had made plans to leave the house. But the weekend didn’t go according to plan and I was way behind schedule. Lost in my project, I also lost track of time. It took a full 10 … [Read more…]
Disclosure: I developed this recipe for Jalapeño Moscow Mule in partnership with TABASCO, who compensated me for this post. All opinions remain my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that support Poet in the Pantry! The last couple of months have been quite the whirlwind of adventures. While this has been rather lovely for … [Read more…]
Search the internet and you’ll find a variety of cocktails that go by the name Bee Sting. Some contain gin. Others rely on Scotch. I’ve even found tequila! But the super easy Renaissance Faire version…apparently, a drink has no name? During both of the last two weekends, I traveled back in time not to 1955, … [Read more…]
Disclosure: While my hotel accommodations and travel activities were provided for me, free of charge, by Vineyard Square Hotel, the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce, and MV Wine Fest, I was not compensated for this post. All opinions remain 100% my own. Like I said in Part 1 of my weekend on Martha’s Vineyard, this … [Read more…]
Disclosure: While my hotel accommodations and travel activities were provided for me, free of charge, by Vineyard Square Hotel, the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce, and MV Wine Fest, I was not compensated for this post. All opinions remain 100% my own. The travel theme for this year appears to be beaches and shores of … [Read more…]
Disclosure: I was invited by Saybrook Point Inn & Spa to spend a night in their new Tall Tales guest house and check out their facilities. While this is a sponsored post, all opinions remain my own. Thank you for joining me as I explore more of my home state! The saying goes that everyone … [Read more…]
Disclosure: I won a 3-night stay at Barceló Maya Beach Resort during a Riviera Maya-themed Twitter chat hosted by Expedia in May 2015. I was under no obligation to write about the experience. All opinions and photos are my own. It’s not too often that you can pinpoint the start of an adventure to a … [Read more…]
Even though I built you up for my trip to Portland and Seattle last month for the International Food Bloggers Conference, I left you hanging with the details. That will be changing shortly. To make up for the delay, I’m jumping straight to my favorite part of the trip, which had nothing at all to … [Read more…]
Yesterday, I made a snap decision at 11AM that we should attend the New York Renaissance Faire. Normally, I’d plan this sort of thing ahead, but the weather was beautiful, we hadn’t gone in a couple of years, and it had been in the back of my mind for a couple of weeks now, anyway, … [Read more…]
I have a creepy confession to make: at the beginning of this year, when I was busy not making resolutions, but thinking about what I wanted for the 365 days ahead, I picked one word–travel–and decided to focus on that. Little did I know that it would, in fact, turn out to be the theme … [Read more…]