I received a pizza stone this year for Christmas, it’s the gift I won in the family grab bag. Now those grab bag gifts can go either way… but this one is undeniably a good one. Despite the fact that I’m only now getting around to trying it out. This pizza was a huge success….
I’m Finally Watching The Walking Dead
One of these days I will learn to stop judging books by their cover. I was very quick to dismiss The Walking Dead when it first started to gain popularity. That show is not for me. I decided and declared it almost instantaneously. In the years later, I have turned down the chance to…
Dashing for Don
In 2009, my family was changed forever when my Grandfather, Donald Miguel Cervantes passed away. After a little more than a year of valiantly fighting glioblastoma, he surrendered to the illness that took control of his brain. Glioblastoma is the most aggressive form of brain cancer. The odds of surviving more than five years…
Mouthwatering Mojitos
My favorite month begins tomorrow! August is my birthday month, so it’s always a little bit extra special. But it’s also what I consider to be the last full month of summer, the last chance to get in your fill of sweet summer fun before it’s time to reign it in as fall begins. There’s…
Adventures in Ramen Making
I have been on a year long quest to make the perfect bowl of ramen. Let me preface that. I am on a quest to make the perfect bowl of ramen in my humble opinion. This ramen journey has morphed from simply trying techniques to creating interesting, exciting and not all authentic or traditional bowls of…
beginnings
I am a quitter. I get all hopped up on a new idea, a project, a bit of fleeting inspiration and then poof… it’s gone. This is not a personality trait that I like to admit. However, I have balls of yarn and knitting needles to prove it. I can also prove it by showing…