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7 Links

July 29, 2011

For the past few days, a pretty cool post has been circulating called 7 Links. Once you’re tagged, you answer seven questions about your blog posts. We always love reading posts like these because they are a great way to get to know other bloggers and catch up on older posts you may have missed. [...]

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Music Monday: Local Natives

March 28, 2011

Local Natives | Who Knows Who Cares | A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque I don’t know about the rest of you, but the older I get the more I often I am lost on new bands. I have my favorites and the classics I can’t get enough of and I never seek or [...]

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For the Love of Japan + Bloggers Day of Silence

March 18, 2011

There are times when hope and prayers never seem like enough, and the devastation in Japan over the past week feels like that thousands of times over. All the stress, tribulations and events of our week seem more than trivial, and like so many others, I find it hard to blog about food or anything [...]

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Meeting Ree Drummond – Pioneer Woman Book Signing (St. Louis Edition)

March 2, 2011

I’ve been squealing online for weeks about the Pioneer Woman book signing that happened in St. Louis over the weekend. I’m not a crazed PW fan or anything, but when your freelance and grad school ambitions keep you from getting out much (read: keep you from getting out at all), you tend to get excited [...]

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Brown Butter Butterscotch Banana Bread …with Greek Yogurt?

February 25, 2011

It’s official. My Greek yogurt obsession is out of control. It’s become almost a game. “Can I put Greek yogurt in this?” The latest challenge was born out of Neil’s insistence that I find a use for the two black bananas in our freezer. We have only our tiny refrigerator freezer and it is stuffed [...]

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Holiday Sparkle Event Recap and OUR FIRST GIVEAWAY!

December 16, 2010

I was so fortunate and excited to be a part of a special invite-only Holiday Sparkle Party here in town this past weekend (at the very fabulous Vault Lounge), for a tasting of Missouri sparkling wines paired with specialty cupcakes prepared by the pastry chef at Bleu. You might think it an easy task to [...]

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First Blogging Conference in the Bag: Show Me the Blog St. Louis

October 25, 2010

Above: The homemade business cards I threw together right before the event. I was finally able to attend my first blogging conference, Show Me the Blog, in St. Louis this past weekend. I won a free ticket via Kate at Capturing Como, an amazing local blog that covers the happenings of Columbia outside Mizzou. I [...]