Tag: food

  • Sunday-ing. Blogmas Day 5

    For the past six years, our favorite place to go while in St. Pete is Bandit Coffee on Central Ave. (I think I discovered it a year after it opened). For the last few months, Amanda and I have made it a Sunday morning tradition to go get coffee and breakfast, often getting the newest…

  • Heavenly..Fail

    Heavenly..Fail

    Well, the best intentions of mice and men…. is that how the saying goes? The plan was to make my Aunt Eva’s Heavenly Hash Candy since the weather has finally decided to cooperate. And… well, see for yourself. I had a bare-bones recipe from my great-great aunt, but there wasn’t much direction about cooling time.…

  • Tis the season! It’s that time of year when both Blogmas and Vlogmas start popping up in feeds all over the internet. It’s been years since I’ve participated and frankly, the thought of 25 days of holiday blogging is daunting. One, because I’m not one to overdo Christmas anything and two, well, it’s a lot…

  • If you want your hubby to cook dinner, buy him a flame thrower. (Blogtober Day 8)

    If you want your hubby to cook dinner, buy him a flame thrower. (Blogtober Day 8)

    It has been a running joke in my house that when my husband doesn’t know what to get me for Christmas, he defaults to a kitchen gadget…usually one that he wants me to use to cook him something specific.  Case in point, the Anova Sous Vide machine. (This is not sponsored, btw, however, if they want…

  • Village of the Arts Adventure

    Village of the Arts Adventure

    Several months ago, my friend Chip at Oceans and Lands Custom Travel Planners let me know that he was headed to my neck of the woods to explore the Village of the Arts in the middle of Bradenton.   Since it had been years since I’ve explored that area and a west vancouver realtor recommend us this…

  • Ten Things I Did Over The Weekend {Ten on Tuesday}

    Ten Things I Did Over The Weekend {Ten on Tuesday}

    Lately, my weekends seem to be as busy as my regular work week. One would think that once you have an empty nest, things seem to slow down. Mine actually went in reverse! After my daughter went to college, I started really working with my photography and have a part time business. This has kept…

  • A NOLA Road Trip!

    A NOLA Road Trip!

    Welcome back to the new and improved Confessions of a Misplaced Southern Belle.  A while back, this website was hacked and the only way for me to be able to blog was to move everything to Kiki Mac Online. All of the past 14 years of content is there. Some photos might not be, but…