Halloween 2015
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Epic Summer of Adventure
I think it’s safe to say 2015 was a summer of adventure for the Cook Family. The summer started with us kayaking our way through the canals of Marco Island, and ended with us floating down a river on the Cherokee Indian Reservation. In between we’ve been biking, hiking, whitewater rafting and exploring great new…
Coffee Mug Holder – Starbucks Obsession
I’m super excited to say that our kitchen renovation is ALMOST finished. So close – but not quite there yet. I’m excited to share pictures as soon as it’s done – and even invite people over! I’m not embarrassed of our house anymore!!! In the meantime, I needed to add a way to display my…
Exploring Orlando’s Kelly Springs Park
Kelly Park (or Rock Springs Run) is one of the best places to get outside and enjoy the best of what Florida has to offer. Here’s what you need to know: Kelly Park is one of the parks managed by the Orange County Parks and Recreation department. It is NOT a state park! You do…
Review: Bette Midler – Divine Intervention
Bette Midler brings out an emotion response in me that is hard to understand. She is truly one of those people that, if I ever meet, when I finally meet, I will cry like a baby in front of. For me, it started in sixth grade in 1988. Middle school is awkward as hell and…
2015 White House Correspondents’ Dinner
This must be what Cinderella felt like – at least the part up until she fell in love. No one, to my knowledge, fell in love at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Thanks to some very good Washington, DC reporter friends, I was able to check off this big item from my bucket list and…
Famous Golfers Make Good Ice Cream
The ice cream featured in this post was provided for me for FREE. I mean, who can turn down free ice cream! I was not paid for this post, and opinions are my own. Again, I love ice cream. So when approached to blog about some new ice cream products, why say no?! Turns out,…
I need a clan – a visit to the Scottish Highland Games
The sound of bagpipes, the smell of beer and men in kilts – it’s the 38th annual Central Florida Scottish Highland Games! The games were held his past weekend in Central Winds Park in Winter Springs. I’m really sad that it has taken me over 16 years of living in Florida to attend!!! Why have…
A very grown-up New Year’s Eve!
I hope you are all having a fabulous 2015! My new year started off on an amazing note. I hope that means this year has nothing but great things ahead! Typically, our New Year’s consists of my husband working and me at my in-laws watching their neighbors blow up anything they can find. But that’s…
Inside the new Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Today I got to do something I’ve been wanting to do for YEARS….go inside the brand new Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. I have been in Orlando for 15 years now – and it seems like it’s taken that long to get to this point! And I have to say, the facility doesn’t…