"There's a Tie on the Doorknob" or "Conejito"

To the cream in my coffee,my giver of rubz, my nutella thief, my hand holder, my devoted taste tester of kitchen disasters, my lover,my bf and my companion through the good, the bad, and the supremely awesome; te quiero, mi amor. To everyone else, Happy Valentine's day. I'll update on our Valentine's food adventures once we're done having them.

"Black Key Lime Pie" or "Palm Trees, Flat Broke Disease"

Warning*: If you're at the gym bouncing around the elliptical trying to beat those winter blues and you notice through the giant window that it's started snowing again AND it just so happens the Black Keys are on your ipod playing slide guitar and crooning about palm trees, you might start to seriously cry your eyes out crave key lime pie. Be ready, have that pie whipped up and IN YOUR FRIDGE before you step foot in a gym. Do not be caught unprepared.

*= most likely only applies to me

Thinking of You: Ashley

me (left) and my sister Ashley

My sister and I are like day and night. We lived in the same house together for 16 years and I'm pretty sure the only things we had in common were barbies when we were young and Johnny Depp movies when we grew up. She's adventurous, social, brainy, while I'm sort of a dreamy old fashioned homebody, I always wanted to be like her, but it never really worked out.

My sister and I live what seems like worlds apart these days and often times when I'm in the market, things that once made me cringe seem to make their way into my basket because the remind me of her.

"Meat + Cheese 4 Eva" or "The Super Bowl's a Holiday, Right?"

One of my new years resolutions was to  learn about and celebrate random traditions that are new to me, and keeping with that personal promise I decided to celebrate the meatiest, cheesiest of America's assumed holidays; Super Bowl Sunday.

"Winter Madness Sets in" or "It's Summer in Australia"

There is nothing like a wintertime funk to make you crave something warm and exotic