Vegas Baby

We were in Las Vegas last weekend… yes, to celebrate Memorial Day and the start of the summer season… but really to celebrate my parent’s wedding anniversary! Yippee! I haven’t been to Vegas in a while so this was my first time to check out the new Cosmopolitan hotel. It’s the latest luxury resort casino [...]

Sweets and Snacks Expo 2012

I was in Chicago all last week for the Sweets & Snacks Expo. All the latest candies, chocolates, confectioneries make their debut at this show. In fact, it is the largest confectionery, cookie and snack show in the Americas. I saw the new Tootsie Roll Blueberry flavor lollipops, mini Rolos, assortment of Angry Birds gummies [...]

Hot Air Ballooning in the Sonoran Desert

I touched upon it in my post last Friday, but one of the great events that the SCVB (Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau) planned for us while we were in Scottsdale was a hot air balloon ride in the Sonoran Desert. I had never been in a hot air balloon so I was really excited [...]

Arizona Sanctuary

I have loads of photos and I still need to organize them, but I definitely wanted to post some of the gorgeous photos I took this past weekend from my trip to Scottsdale, Arizona! First of all, I haven’t been since 1999… so it has been awhile… and boy, has it changed. In my recollection, [...]