For someone who doesn’t watch a lot of TV or movies, I seem to have a lot of stories that center around “I saw this in an anime.” Curry is no different. Several years ago when I apparently spent a lot of time binging anime, I fell in love with the idea of curry. I…
I am a sucker for reading books that thoroughly transport me to their world. I also find myself doing everything possible to live in books when I read them. I adore flagging pages that describe foods I can cook later or finding books based on places I am going to visit. Before my trip to…
Several years ago I started creating bucket lists for different parts of the year. Sometimes I do smaller ones for the month while other years I do seasonal ones. If I am being totally honest, it is usually Spring and Summer then October, November, December, and January each get their own individual bucket lists because…
The train sounds are what I miss the most. As someone who adores slice of life anime, hearing those train sounds in real life and having them sound exactly like the anime was a surreal experience. I left Japan with a deeper love of anime due to their attention to detail for the small things…
So, I thought this posted back in April, and yet I found it in my drafts. Enjoy a post that is two months late. With my birthday approaching yet again, I knew I had to go search through the archives of my photos to find these Earl Grey cupcakes with lavender frosting. These are in…
Through the chaos of finding trains and wandering city streets with names we can’t read, we wander through Minato, Japan. I have never visited a “real” city before. Sure, I’ve been to Orlando but I have been told by pretty much everyone that that is not a “real” city. Standing in Minato, I get it….
My little garden is providing an abundance of jalapeños and tomatoes this year. While majority of those jalapeños have been turned into stuffed jalapeños, these ones were destined for other endeavors. Growing up, my mom would make blender salsa using Rotel, cilantro, and lime juice. I decided to take this concept and use fresh tomatoes…
Just down the road from my house is the cutest farm run by the sweetest family you will ever meet. I have watched Mick Farms grow for the past few years and every time they expand or add something new my heart is filled with joy for them. They started with a sunflower field and…
2024 was a year of drastic change for me in my personal life that started in 2023 while lying in a hotel bed in Tokyo. Japan was my bucket list place. That was the whole list. While lying in a bed after a day of walking around finding the cutest little shrines and being enamored…