June 29, 2010
Porto’s Bakery
by Kirbie
3614 W Magnolia Blvd Burbank, CA 91504 (818) 846-9100 www.portosbakery.com Porto’s Bakery has been on my radar for a while. It’s a large, popular Cuban bakery that sells a huge selection of baked goods...
June 22, 2010
San Diego County Fair
by Kirbie
I’ve been eagerly anticipating the opening of the San Diego Fair. Every year, I love seeing what new food creations will be at the fair and it’s a yearly tradition to go and sample...
May 31, 2010
San Francisco Desserts
by Kirbie
I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial weekend! As I alluded to in an earlier post, I had a very busy weekend. I flew home, spent some time with my parents, and attended an...
April 22, 2010
Universal Hilton buffet
by Kirbie
Cafe Sierra at Universal Hilton555 Universal Terrace ParkwayUniversal City, CA 91608 (818) 509-2030 It's become a yearly tradition for me to visit the Universal Hilton for their weekend seafood buffet as one of my...
April 14, 2010
Cavaillon Restaurant
by Kirbie
Cavaillon Restaurant 14701 Via Bettona, Ste 200 San Diego, CA 92127 (858) 433-0483 www.cavaillonrestaurant.com/ A few weeks ago, groupon had a deal for Cavaillon Restaurant. I hadn’t ever heard of it before,...
January 21, 2010
Oceanaire Restaurant Week
by Kirbie
Oceanaire Seafood Room400 J StSan Diego, CA 92101(619) 858-2277 So it's finally happened. After enjoying countless wonderful meals at Oceanaire in the past, and glorifying about the restaurant to all those who will listen,...
January 14, 2010
Island Prime- A restaurant week sneak peek
by Kirbie
Last week I was contacted by McFarlane Promotions, inquiring into whether I would like a sneak peek at San Diego Restaurant Week. They were offering me a complimentary 3 course prix fixe meal at...
December 29, 2009
Stained Glass Cookies
by Kirbie
Stained glass cookies are easy to make and so fun for the holidays. The cut-out cookies have crushed hard candy in the center, which melts and creates a smooth glass-like hard candy center after...
December 17, 2009
Pecan Russian Tea Cakes
by Kirbie
Russian tea cakes are a classic holiday cookie and one of my favorite cookies to make. You don’t need a lot of ingredients or time to make a batch of melt-in-your mouth pecan cookies....
December 14, 2009
Dining at SeaWorld Part 2
by Kirbie
The first part of my dining at SeaWorld adventures can be found here. As I stated in my first post, after not having gone to Sea World in many years, Boyfriend and I recently...
December 10, 2009
Hazelnut Cake
by Kirbie
This hazelnut cake recipe is easy to make. The cakes are soft and sweet and flavored with ground hazelnuts and vanilla. It’s a simple cake recipe that’s great as a snack cake or as...
December 6, 2009
Sogo Bakery
by Kirbie
Sogo Bakery 1600 South De Anza Blvd. San Jose, CA 95129 https://www.sogo-bakery.com/ There’s been a couple Sogo bakeries popping up in the Bay Area. In addition to having their own stores, a lot of...
