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One of my coworkers made a batch of these cookies a few weeks ago. I couldn't wait to get all the ingredients so Elli and her friends could make them at home. The combination of the salty Ritz cracker with the peanut butter and dark chocolate is just so divine. You really won't believe how yummy they are until you've tried it. Chocolate Peanut Butter Ritz Cookies 1 Box Ritz Crackers 1 Jar of Peanut Butter (we like Jif) 1 Bag Ghirardelli Dark Melting Chocolate Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. As soon as it's melted turn off the burner. Line cookie sheets with wax paper (or parchment paper.) Schmear peanut butter on one cracker. Place another cracker on top (as shown above) then dunk in the chocolate. We used tongs to keep our fingers from getting totally gooey. Completely coat the cookie in chocolate. Place on the cookie sheet. Chill a few hours, or overnight. Makes about 48 cookies. Options: Decorate the cookies! Because really, who doesn...

I survived the Christmas party. I went with the fur option in "Velvet, Plaid and Fur." I promise I did take off my coat. Best dressed goes to Courtney and Tony. 'Til next year.

I love parties. I love dressing up, putting on heels, and getting a little fancy for a night. Even if the only occasion I have to do this is the office party. I'll take it. I've been planning what to wear to our party from the moment I got the invite which was weeks ago.  I'm wearing a little black dress that is short and sassy with long sleeves and the coolest sling back shoes (a splurge at Nordstrom.) I was feeling pretty confident in my outfit until this morning. We all had an email in our inbox with details on the dress code for the party (which is tomorrow night!!) Subject line: Ensemble Inspiration “We are looking forward to seeing you all Wednesday for an evening full of friends, fun and fashion. Ditch the jeans for fur, velvet and plaid."   Oh shit. Are. You. Kidding. Me? Today is the day before the party. And come on. Look at the inspiration photos. Really?? I don't need this kind of stress. I'm a planner. I lik...

The other day I was talking with some folks about what food you would want to have if you were deserted on an island. One person said tuna fish. My immediate reaction was ewwww, tuna?! Really? You're on an island surrounded by fish and you would want to have tuna. Of course I couldn't help sharing my reaction. Cuz, really. TUNA? Under pressure she changed her answer to beef stew. I'm kinda thinking tuna was the better choice. Another person said rice. I really hope I don't get stranded on an island with them. I said pizza. I could seriously eat pizza everyday. I love it hot, cold, thin crust, deep dish, with sauce, without sauce, plain, or loaded with ingredients. My favorite toppings are more traditional. But I'll pretty much try any pizza. It's seriously one of my favorite foods. Of course I don't eat it much anymore as I'm trying to eat less carbs. But I still have a slice, or two, every once in a while. And I savor every bite. One of our favo...

I've been working in the marketing department at Pottery Barn for about 7 months now. I'm finally starting to buy some things for our home. It's a little paralyzing deciding what to buy since really cool stuff is launching all the time. I finally decided to just go for it! So we're tackling the master bedroom first. We picked out some new sheets and pillows and have ordered a duvet and new lighting. One of the things we really needed was new bedside lamps. Don's lamp was broken and mine was not looking so hot. The original shade was damaged in our move from Connecticut to California - which was 10 years ago. I've had a dorky shade on this lamp for a long time. It's probably a really good thing I got this Pottery Barn gig. I surprised Don and picked out two cool wall sconces for the bedroom instead of lamps thinking it would give us more room on the nightstand. Of course that really didn't happen. There are photos, magazines, books, glasses, water...

Free snorkel? Huh? Read on. It will all make sense. Promise. Don and I sold our business back in June after nine years. We decided it was time for another adventure. It took Don about six weeks to really close things up after the sale. And then came the big question. Now what? Does he go back into advertising? He was an award winning Creative Director for some of the top firms in the country. Or should he try setting up a freelance business. Or should he look for a creative position with a corporation? So much to think about. In the meantime, I kept telling him he should write a book. At first I thought he should write about our adventures buying a business. Every man's dream is to quit their boring-old-job and do their own thing, right? We could share our crazy story about buying a business right before the economy crashed and how we survived. It would be inspiring, and real. But writing a book about all that seemed daunting. And complicated. Especially since we just c...