Our annual trip to Road America for the XPEL Grand Prix IndyCar racing weekend is behind us and once again, it was a memorable weekend! We start planning in September every year and it seems like it takes forever to get here and then all of a sudden it’s over! 🥹 My husband and I … Continue reading 🏁 Road America 2026
🇮🇪 Another adventure with our besties, this one (a mystery trip) to Ireland was AMAZING! We flew in & out of Dublin and headed west after picking up the rental car. We got our first creamy pints in Limerick at the Nancy Blakes bar and enjoyed our first “Toasties & chips” of the trip. We … Continue reading ☘️ Our Irish Adventure~
Hello friends! Happy March of 2025! ☘️ St. Patrick’s Day came and went and sadly I ate nor drank anything Irish at all. We are having Corned Beef and Cabbage (followed by Reuben’s the next day) this week and I just might have to grab a couple cans of Guinness to wash it all down … Continue reading Mangia, a taste of Italy…
Feels like we are in our Holiday Pop-up Bars era and I am here for it! Below is a list of all I could find in and around the Minneapolis-St.Paul area, but I am sure there are others that I have missed, so feel free to comment on those below! Get out there and have … Continue reading 2024 Holiday Pop-Up Bars!
We discovered Detroit Style pizza a couple of years back and have been excited watching places like Melt Pizza, hit the scene with this delicious deep-dish style pizzas! When asked, Melt Pizza shares this definition of Detroit Style pizza: “Detroit Style Pizza is a style unlike most and often mistaken for Deep Dish. Unlike a … Continue reading Melt Pizza Company…April Restaurant Bucket List Stop…
Many years ago, I worked at a restaurant in the Foshay Tower in Minneapolis called Café Un Deux Trois. (could that ↓ server be me?!) It was a classic French bistro, where I learned to love Vouvray wine, real Espresso drinks & Creme Brûlée. At the time I worked there, the Chef was Andrew Zimmern. … Continue reading Chloe by Vincent…March Restaurant Bucket List Stop~
We have wanted to go to Travail for the past couple of years so to say we were excited (okay, it was mostly me) was an understatement! Then Winter Storm Olive came into the picture and we had to postpone a week, putting a pause on that excitement for just one more week! Finding the … Continue reading Travail Kitchen and Amusements~February Bucket List stop…
Happy New Year! We are so excited for this new year…for many reasons, but also for this one! Something I have always wanted to do, visit one, new-to-me restaurant a month! OMGeeeee! I started getting this list ready a couple months ago, and finally started whittling it down the past couple of weeks. I have … Continue reading Our 2023 Restaurant Bucket List!
Last night, my husband and I had the opportunity to attend the Harvest Pop-up Dinner, hosted by Open Arms of Minnesota, a nonprofit that cooks and delivers free, nutritious meals to people living with life-threatening illnesses in the Twin Cities. Each year, they “host intimate, multi-course feasts prepared by our talented chefs. For one night … Continue reading Open Arms of Minnesota – Harvest Pop-up Dinner…
This past week, the hubby and I took in the Growler Magazine’s event in St. Paul, called Unlabeled: A Blind Tasting Beer Festival. This is a brand new kind of beer festival series, never before seen in Minnesota (or the U.S. for that matter!) which consisted of a blind tasting of 48 (plus one bonus … Continue reading Hazed & confused…but it was SO fun!
Who Eats Like This?! 