Chocolate is my one true love.  I can’t live without it.  Milk, dark, white, organic…I adore it all!  Chocolate is the perfect ending to a meal and the first thing I want when I am having a bad day.  I love it with wine and I love it with coffee.  As a little girl growing up [...]

I would like to thank all of my readers for emailing me their favorite places for confections in Tampa Bay.  My list of suggested places to visit is very long and I will have a sweet (and delicious) time blogging about them just in time for Valentine’s Day.  I never realized how many gourmet candy and chocolate shops [...]

Guy Fieri is one of my idols and my favorite episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives is when he goes to the Naglee Park Garage in my hometown of San José, CA.  This cool place was opened by some very talented guys I met back when I worked at the Hedley Club inside the Hotel De Anza [...]

Back to the Future is one of my all time favorite movies and George McFly is my favorite character.  His glasses, his shyness, HIS LAUGH!  My favorite scene is when he goes into Lou’s Diner and says, “Lou, give me milk.  CHOCOLATE!” Then a glass of chocolate milk slides across the counter.  He takes a [...]

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, I have candy on my mind.  I am going to be visiting places throughout the Tampa Bay area that are known for their sweet treats!  My first stop on this dolci adventure was to the Candy Kitchen for some retro delights.  A basket of retro candy would be an awesome [...]

Some like it hot and I know I sure do!  I have tried many sauces in my 35 years of life and always bring back cool sauces from California.  Hot, medium, mild….I love them all.  Well, this CA girl has learned that Tampa Bay has some amazing sauces that are produced locally!  One day I [...]

Happy New Year! I am deliriously excited for 2011 and have a feeling it is going to be a great year for all of us.  Many of my friends  had a rough 2010 with the crappy economy, job losses and break-ups.  I know how hard things can seem but I am a big believer in [...]