Introduction

I never considered myself a foodie, until several years ago my coworkers informed that I was one.  I was the go to person in the office when someone needed a new restaurant, or wanted a suggestion for food.  I came to realize that it was sort of true only in that I really do love good food.  Not necessarily high end (I really can't stand foie gras or pate and mushrooms make me gag), but solid, delicious food.

I was exposed to a lot of different foods growing up, so as I became an adult I already had discerning tastes.  I love all sorts of ethnic foods (though admittedly still have a relatively limited scope in reality) and increasingly am interested in trying new things.  Mostly I get tired of getting "stuck in a rut" when it comes to cooking foods for my family.  I have many foods that we all love and I could put in a weekly rotation easily, but I like variety.  I am also terrible at following recipes. =)  Well okay, that isn't entirely true, but I rarely look at a recipe and think "gee, this sounds perfect exactly the way it is"... So although I borrow inspiration from others all the time, usually the end result is my own creation. 

That's where this blog comes in.  I started to realize that many of my creations deserve recognition (and frankly will help my memory too!).  Okay, truth be told it is Pinterest that inspired me to start giving my own creations some recognition.  I see all of these fabulous things that inspire me and often think "oh I could do that" or "I've actually done that before" or even still "I could do that better"...

On top of my love of food I also love to throw a good party.  I mostly document these on my personal blog but realized that the end results deserve recognition of their own too from an event planning perspective.  Lots of fun crafts and decorations, and of course, more food!

So there you go.  My foodie festivities are all things food, festivities, family and fun.  For the personal stories I will still maintain my family blog (my daughter is entirely too cute to not document, and I have no doubt her baby brother will follow suit), but this is where I will keep track of my recipes, meals, crafts and events.  Hopefully it will be interesting enough to follow!  I welcome comments, ideas, suggestions, and even better- if you take one of my ideas and do it yourself, tell me what worked, didn't work, and how you improved it!  Imitation is of course the highest form of flattery!