There’s a SPAM museum? That’s usually the first question I get when mentioning our visit there (Big Trip 15!) And yes, it’s true. There’s a SPAM museum. They even give out SPAMples! ☺️ Regardless about how you feel about SPAM itself (in my experience, you either love it or hate it – and I definitely…
Do you remember the Pease Porridge Hot nursery rhyme? Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold. Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old. Some like it hot. Some like it cold. Some like it in the pot, nine days old. -children’s nursery rhyme Apparently, this is a real food that people eat, even today! I…
Day 10 of the 20 Days of Me… We’re halfway through the series and I don’t know about you, but I’m getting kind of hungry. Let’s have a snack! Favorite Snacks This is a tough one to answer. I like snacks. Lots of different kinds at different times of my life. So let’s do a…
Chicken Sisters, Chicken Wars, and Harvey Girls… What on earth could these three things have in common? I recently read Chicken Sisters by Kj Dell’antonia. In the prologue to the story, two sisters who had started out as Harvey Girls left the Harvey House restaurant to start their own restaurants, both serving fried chicken. Three…
Did you know that the World’s Largest Pistachio is in New Mexico? Did you know that visiting this pistachio has been on my travel wish list for several years now? We had originally planned to stop at the pistachio farm during Big Trip 3 but the road over the mountain from El Paso was closed…
Becki at A Book Lover’s Adventures has been running a series on her blog this year called Hometown Tourist. She was kind enough to accept my submission to feature Arroyo Grande, CA. We only lived there for three short years but it found a place in all our hearts and in many ways feels like…
Have you ever wondered how orzo is made? It’s so tiny and the oblong football shape can’t be created just by making even cuts of a longer noodle. Apparently it’s a super-secret secret how it’s made because it was almost impossible to find information about the process. There are lots of videos about making spaghetti…
April 12th is Grilled Cheese Day. Mmm…. grilled cheese! We scored a White House tour over Spring Break (click here for more details about our tour). Our tour started at 11 so by the time we finished, everyone was hungry. The kids checked their phones and found GCDC Grilled Cheese Bar a few blocks away…
What time is it? Cereal time! My youngest daughter, Felisa, is a dedicated cereal eater. She’s not a breakfast eater, though. No way! Offering her food before 10 a.m. should be done at your own risk. She likes to eat cereal though and it has become a regular bedtime snack, a time that is now…