One of my favorite things about the holidays is all of the food, and being from south Louisiana, that’s all of our delicious cajun dishes! I look forward to a juicy, crispy cajun fried turkey every Thanksgiving and Christmas! If you’re looking for an easy tutorial for how to make a cajun oil-less fried turkey, then look no further…
A Throwback of Past Thanksgivings
Happy early Thanksgiving everyone! I wanted to pop in real quick and do a throwback to previous Thanksgiving posts I’ve written. I thought it would be a fun way to reflect, so here are a few of my favorites: –…
Home for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving this year was different than the last two years. I don’t have a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to recap or Black Friday shopping in Manhattan, but I got to do what I’ve always done for majority of my life…
Thanksgiving Menus By State
Being from south Louisiana, it’s no surprise to me that most of the foods we eat and see on restaurant menus aren’t typically offered or even known in other parts of the country. That got me thinking. Our food is…
Black Friday Doorbusters 2013
Black Friday: the day all hell breaks loose over the things we want exactly one day after being thankful for the things we have. In other words, cue the wrap around lines and overly anxious crowds and get to shopping….
Boston, Snow, and Football Shenanigans
Before we get started today, let’s all take a moment to acknowledge the fact that this is a short workweek. Can I get an amen, hallelujah or what!? I am especially excited to get tomorrow over with so I can…
Christmas Before Thanksgiving
If you’re one of those “Oh my god how could you put your decorations up before Thanksgiving, you must not appreciate that holiday, shame on you” type of people, you should probably just stop reading this post right now since…
How to Survive Thanksgiving Away from Family
Last year on Thanksgiving marked the first time I ever spent a holiday away from my family. To be completely honest, I was not looking forward to Thanksgiving last year at all. Thankfully, I had Chris with me, but I…
Christmas On My Mind
Well well well, look who’s back from a mini unplanned blogger vacay. Except I wouldn’t exactly call it a vacay, because this little break of mine was everything but. Between work, grad classes, and then working on papers and projects…
