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Potato Head Folk: Singapore

There are so many things I want to tell you all about my trip back to Singapore! My sister got married and that day itself warrants two blog posts so I'll tackle that later. For now, I'll start with...

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Charleston: McCrady's & Gin Joint

There are several cities on my travel bucket list, one of which is Charleston, SC. I was fortunate enough to have a reason to go a few months ago for a summit, and I ended up rooming with my friend...

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Insane for Thai Esane

Turns out, I can get a tad obsessive about a restaurant I like. Since getting back from my trip home, I've been to Thai Esane more than I want to admit and I've practiced a lot of restraint and not...

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Music City Food + Wine

By now you’ve probably heard about the Music City Food + Wine festival (MCFW) on September 20th and 21st. I for one, can't wait to go - it's two days of food from not only my favorite restaurants in...

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It's Gonna Be May

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Facebook page management tip - stop liking your own posts.

You've seen it, we've all done it - when a person updates their status and then likes their post before everybody else does and it's like But without the sass and cool of Liz Lemon. I get it, it can be...

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Biscuit Love Brunch - All Your Brunch Are Belong To Them.

I friggin love breakfast food. Coffee, eggs (the runnier the better), pastries (the buttery-er the better), jam, more eggs, grits, sausage gravy, BISCUITS. So was I excited when Biscuit Love Brunch...

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Instagram Accounts That Inspire Me

As of today, I follow 426 Instagram accounts. A lot of those are friends, some of those friends don't post anymore or hardly post at all so it's always fun to see on the rare occasion they do. I should...

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Drinking my way through the best coffee places in Seattle & Portland

Subtitled: All the Stumptown Coffee shops in the PNW with a few others thrown in because they are also good.Last October I was fortunate enough to tag along with my sister and her husband Leon (owner...

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Why I like Twitter so much

The weather in Nashville's been less than ideal over the past few weeks and it's reminded me how much I love and rely on Twitter. If not for Twitter, I wouldn't be as informed about traffic conditions,...

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A (somewhat by choice) childless woman's thoughts

I shared this article on Facebook yesterday. "Childless by choice: Shallow and self-absorbed or just awesome? It wasn't the first article of its sort I've shared in the past two years or so - there've...

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Yum! East - Take a culinary tour of East Nashville on 6/4/15

UPDATE: SOLD OUTOn Thursday June 4th, skip cooking dinner at home and head to East Nashville to feast on samples from more than 30 restaurants! For just $45 you could dine on food from Holland House,...

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My Mama

“Don’t use your hands, like that the food become ba si.” I’m probably spelling that wrong, but I never asked her what it actually meant or how it was spelled, I just took her word for it: that if I...

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Wild Rocket @ Mount Emily

SO much to post about my last trip to Singapore but I thought I'd start with this recap of my dinner at Wild Rocket. The Husband and I celebrated our ninth anniversary while in Singapore and I wanted...

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Snacking, Singapore style

What I miss most about living in Singapore is the ease at which you can find snack foods if you're hungry. No having to go into a restaurant or cafe to sit down (though sometimes that's still an easy...

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Jackie Collins

Don't know where to start, really. We all get affected by celebrity deaths, some more than others depending on how much they touch our lives. Just found out that Jackie Collins lost a battle with...

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Things To Do In Nashville This Weekend

Need ideas for things to do this weekend? Here's a list and I recommend hitting as many of them as you can!Friday 10/9 - Fireside Chat at Green Door Gourmet (LINK)If you haven't been out to the farm at...

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Fried Rice recipe using leftover Thanksgiving/Christmas ham

Fried rice was one of the first things they taught us how to cook in Home Economics back in secondary school. It was part of the "one-dish meal" section of the curriculum along with fried bee hoon...

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Fractora - a day-to-day recap.

Veering off from my usual food/what's happening in Nashville posts and letting you in on some more personal yet superficial stuff today.As a teenager and through most of my adult life, I had a horrible...

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Happy 2016!

The new year is just a few hours away and I'm equal parts excited and nervous for what it holds. 2015 was a good year for me and I know it's within my control (for the most part) to make 2016 just as...

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