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Heading Back To OTown For Food Blog Forum

March 15, 2012 By 4 Comments
Funny Bird Flying South

I have to say, since moving to Philadelphia a few years ago, my travel wings have been somewhat clipped.  Now - I do jaunt to NYC every so often but there's something about hopping a plane and heading south in the winter.  Now - Philly hasn't had much of a winter and our weather has been pretty much on par with Orlando for the past couple of weeks but I'm not whining.  Last year was pretty horrid with all that happened with the Sous Pug after I returned from South Beach Food & Wine and my … [Read more...]

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When Techs Get Stuck on Stupid

March 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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First of all – if you tried to access Cooking In Stilettos over the weekend and saw the site was down, I deeply apologize. It was a situation that was beyond my control and I had nothing but drama trying to get everything back up and running. As y'all know, I'm not an IT wizard of any sort. My learning is totally trial by fire and, when I have a tech at my hosting company tell me something is wrong, normally I take it at face value and I work with them to a resolution.  With Hostgator - I … [Read more...]

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Cooking In Sneakers All Thanks To The Trusty Ballet Flat

March 7, 2012 By 11 Comments
Painful Heels

Yup - you read that right - this stiletto wench got served at the doctor's today and given the worst news I could ever hear "Aly - until further notice, it's sneakers for you." For the past 6 months, I had a bit of a "mishap" shall we say and my left foot has been driving me batty.  I invested in some of my favorite flats from Tory Burch and Cole Haan this winter and was stoked to be wearing them as I ran around Orlando next weekend for Food Blog Forum.    I know Disney is crazy and there … [Read more...]

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The Latest Sous Pug Developments

October 17, 2011 By 10 Comments
Wiggy-Mary

It's been a pretty tough six months - between the Sous Pug's multiple diagnoses, switching to a new (and fabulous vet) who finally figured out what was wrong, to major surgery for both his bladder stones and pancreatitis, and now we're prepping for Surgery No. 2. … [Read more...]

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Lesson Learned: Always Check Those Receipts

June 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
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An interesting thing happened to me recently when I dropped by the local Whole Paychex.  During the summer, I often buy a bunch or two of fresh mint to make my fave watermelon salad.  On this trip, I threw a small bunch of mint into the basket along with a host of other goodies.  When it comes to checking out, I don't know about you but when I put things on the belt, I keep an eye on the screen to make sure everything comes through correctly.  Well, this day I did not and … [Read more...]

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Recovery – An Ongoing Process

April 18, 2011 By 1 Comment

Finally – the Sous Pug has returned home after his week at the Vet Hospital.  The long and the short of it was my thought of what might have brought on his acute pancreatitis was correct, I learned that I don't care HOW many initials are after your name, I will tell you to check again – regardless of one's puffing their chest declaring how much of an expert they are and, I learned one must lift with the knees bent even if it was a 20 lb. pug that knocked my hip muscle out of whack.  Yup … [Read more...]

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Such a Trying Week…

April 2, 2011 By 1 Comment

It's been a week that, quite frankly, has zapped the energy out of me.  Thankfully, this morning I headed to a fab brunch organized by La Phemme Phoodie for some seriously amazing Philly food bloggers at this South Street hot spot, Supper.  I'll write more about that later (with some great pics), but it was so needed after the week from hell.  Over the past couple of weeks, I've been in and out of the vet's office with the Sous Pug and what we thought was one diagnosis was … [Read more...]

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Time for Some Spring Cleaning

March 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Pardon me while I tidy up the place a bit will you?  Decided that I wanted some "changes" so to speak so I decided to burn the midnight oil a bit and play around for spring.  Hey, what can I say – sometimes a little spring pastels bring the sunshine, right? … [Read more...]

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Where Wiggy’s Twin Makes A Play For Doritos

February 6, 2011 By 2 Comments

Have you seen the pug attack video yet?  Tina over at Carrots 'N Cake referenced it and since Wiggy insists on "reading" (aka looking at her pug Murphy's pics on her blog) daily, I took a peek at the video and oh my lord, I about lost it.  See, Wiggy also would pull a pug attack for Doritos – however, he'd prefer the Cool Ranch variety.  Here's something to start your week off with a smile. … [Read more...]

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Reflection and Realization

January 14, 2011 By 2 Comments
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Sometimes, life does get in the way and, while I often just tend to let things go, some things just get under my skin and fester - to where I say enough is enough and I pull a "ostrich" and stick my head in the sand while hoping it all goes away much like Pam's dream in that episode of Dallas where she wakes up and finds that the entire season of Bobby being dead was just a hell of a nightmare. However, one can't go through life like that and I wasn't being fair to me and, of course, to … [Read more...]

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