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Beautiful Paper – Indie Spotlight on African Grey Designs

January 6, 2009

I stumbled upon African Grey Designs sometime in October of last year and was immediately struck by the lovely cards. Every card depicts an animal – some domestic, some not-so-domestic – and the art is truly beautiful. Whitney Coleman, the artist and owner of African Grey Designs, captures her subjects in both a serious and […]

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Beauty Monday – Indie Spotlight on Cleanse Your Soul (Includes Coupon Code)

January 5, 2009

Beauty Monday is a weekly feature focusing on green beauty, paraben-free skincare and the beauty industry and marketing. I have been buying from indie companies for a while, but around New Year’s I always renew my resolution to do so. If you have as well, you definitely want to read on – one of my […]

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A Taste of Biagio Fine Chocolate in Washington, DC

January 4, 2009

Biagio Fine Chocolate, Washington, DCOriginally uploaded by City Girl Lifestyle Happy New Year! I am not a big one for show-and-tell when it comes to receiving gifts, but I did want to tell you all about these chocolates I received from my husband for Christmas – they are my first experience with Biagio Fine Chocolate, […]

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Crostini with Green Olive Tapenade and Goat Cheese

December 31, 2008

Welcome back to What’s Cooking Wednesday — this is the true last WCW of 2008. Be sure to check out the home of WCW at Tales of the Fairy Blogmother . This week’s WCW sounds fancier than it is, I promise. My husband and I made a black olive red pepper sauce as part of […]

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Lake Champlain New World Drinking Chocolate

December 30, 2008

My tour of different Lake Champlain Hot Chocolates continues. So far I have tried the Old World Hot Chocolate (which is actually yummy chocolate shavings) and the Traditional Hot Chocolate, which is a nice chocolatey rich but basic hot chocolate. The next one I tried was the New World Drinking Chocolate, which I was convinced […]

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Beauty Monday – That Natural Winter Glow

December 29, 2008

Last winter, a friend of mine asked me for a good powder blush for someone who does not want to own a million blushes and who wants to be able to wear said blush with neutral lipgloss and lipsticks or with red lipstick. I immediately thought of Lancome’s Blush Subtil in Miel Glace. The beauty […]

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Spotlight on Blogger Aid

December 27, 2008

I wanted to be sure to highlight BloggerAid – Because We Can Help before tomorrow’s deadline. Equal Opportunity Kitchen is sponsoring this event to help raise awareness of the new BloggerAid group started by Equal Opportunity Kitchen, Ivy of Kopiaste, and Val of More Than Burnt Toast. This is my submission — while I have […]

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Le Creuset Redux

December 23, 2008

It’s always funny what posts hit a chord — my Le Creuset post from last week brought commenters out of the woodwork (thank you!) and I even got several emails and questions (more thank you’s!). So here is follow-up on the comments and questions. Why is it so great anyways?You know, I kept asking that […]

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Beauty Monday – Carol’s Daughter Body Butters

December 22, 2008

Unlike last week, today it is most definitely cold enough to warrant a post about butters for dry winter skin. One of my favorites is Carol’s Daughter Body Butter — specifically the Almond Cookie one, but I also really like the Love Butter (pictured here) and the SweetHoneyDip…Chocolate Brown Sugah butter. So why do I […]

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One of My Favorite Gingerbread Sweets

December 22, 2008

gingerbreadOriginally uploaded by City Girl Lifestyle I love love love pretty much any type of gingerbread this time of year, but chocolate coated gingerbread like the Grandessa brand are one of my favorite. I also like the glazed kind, or the kind that is glazed on one side and chocolate on the other. That’s the […]

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Washington DC Downtown Holiday Market

December 21, 2008

Today, I was able to go back to the Downtown DC holiday market I briefly checked out last week. It was fun to browse there. Here are a few pictures. The market is going on until Tuesday if you are in the area.

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Le Creuset Goes Urban

December 18, 2008

I have been cooking pretty seriously for 10 years now, and spent about 8 of those wondering about getting a Le Creuset dutch oven pot — the first year I was too busy devouring cookbooks. And then the next 8 years I would look at Le Creuset pots, wonder if they were really worth the […]

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Shrimp Scampi Pasta with Feta

December 17, 2008

Welcome to 2008’s last edition of WCW (hosted by Tales of the Fairy Blogmother – be sure to check it out). This morning, I realized this week is also the last Presto Pasta Night 2008 edition AND that tomorrow is the deadline for submitting an entry to Maryann of Finding La Dolce Vita and Joe […]

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Lake Champlain Traditional Hot Chocolate

December 16, 2008

After my hot chocolate post on Lake Champlain’s Old World Hot Chocolate, I received an email from Leann at Lake Champlain asking if I would be willing to receive some samples and review their New World Hot Chocolate. I especially liked that Leann emphasized she preferred an honest review. Since I had already purchased products […]