Portable travel guides

Luxe City Guides are the posh version of your run-of-the-mill Zagat and Frommer’s. The guides cover 31 cities from Asia to America and Europe and they’re all formatted to be super-svelte (i.e. they’re light and compact– golden words for those of us traveling with kids in tow). The guides avoid all the padding and get straight to the choicest cut, which results in an ultra-smart guide brimming with priceless information for discerning, value-conscious, and busy travelers.

We checked-out their New York guide [...]

Artisan Flat Bread Crackers
It’s tempting to blame someone or something else every time we host a dinner party and inevitably end up running an hour behind. Excuses, excuses we know (the nanny was late, the hubby never picked-up the baguette, one of the kids needed their painful swimmer’s ear treated…it’s always something in the [...]

Imported products from around the world

Don’t get us wrong we’re all about American classics like Mac ‘n
Cheese, BLTs, and a good ‘ol fashion brownie, but these days with so
many gourmet and specialty shops, there’s really no excuse for not
broadening our horizons. We try and keep the dinner table interesting,
while opening the kiddies’ eyes to various cultures and one of the best
sites for this very purpose is CulinaryCollective.com . The import and distribution [...]

A healthy addiction

We go to the gym on a regular basis, so we know all the effort it takes to burn off that red velvet cupcake. While there’s nothing that can rid us of our sweet tooth, we’ve been indulging in a more healthful addiction as of late courtesy of the Peppadew.

Peppadews are sweet piquanté [...]

From A Voce restaurants’ Wine Director and Beverage Manager It’s summer and we are carpooling less but we’re still working hard. The hubbies keep reminding us that it’s important to actually take this time to enjoy ourselves, do all the things we typically [...]