Weekend Blitz

Anson Restaurant 12 Anson, Charleston, South Carolina “Seafood, American, Steakhouse” –> Southern $$$ – $24-32 for entrees.

Having not dined at Anson in years, we made our first visit of sorts recently and did not find it as our memories expected.

Situated right off of Market Street, its right in the thick of Charleston as tourists know it. You’re sure to get a few wafts of that awesome smell of horse from the stables next door.

Anson has a sort of interesting vibe going on: while they offer a very traditional Southern menu, the white table clothes and price point of all entrees and wine leave you [...]

What You Get:

1. Starwood just announced a month-long promotion for April 2013 that allows you to earn a $50 Ticketmaster/Live Nation Concert Cash (gift certificates) for every 3-nights you stay at Starwood properties now through May 5th.

OK, so on our trip to Turkey last year, I wore my brand new pair of TOMS for the first time.

And, I wore them for the whole trip. Which was great — my feet were never tired — until it was time to take pictures.

Here are my TOMS making an appearance at the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul

And here they are at an underground city near Göreme, Turkey

TOMS are just not very trendy. [tippy title=”Unless you’re a hipster.” width=”350″ height=”263″]  [/tippy] Which I’m [...]

Ok, so time to start planning the most fun part of getting married: The Honeymoon.

Just about everyone wants to get some place tropical complete with blue waters, whites sands and enough poolside fruity drinks to give you the [tippy title=”diabeetus”][/tippy]. So, to go domestic and still get your beach honeymoon on, you’ll be stuck with:

So basically “Insert Girls Gone Wild Filming Location Here” honeymoon destinations.

Don’t get me wrong, the U.S. has its fair share of nice resorts that [...]

While on our recent whirlwind trip to France and Italy to visit Jeff’s sister who is studying abroad in Nantes, France  (more to come on that soon), we spent a few nights in Paris.

The city of Paris is special to us because it’s the first place we ever traveled together (while we were studying abroad in Europe -Jeff in France, me in Italy- in Spring 2009). Who knew our weekend trip to Paris back in 2009 (long before we even started dating!) would turn out to be the foundation of our engagement?!

Here we are in Feb. 2009

It was snowing hard on Tuesday when we [...]

1023 4th Ave, San Diego, CA American, Bar Food $$ – Entrees from $15 to $25

The Yard House is a very typical-seeming sports bar …typical as in the kind that are very “upscale” feeling, meaning that they still serve a sports bar menu just at much higher prices to cover their extraordinarily priced real estate.

This one is nice, no doubt:  a sensible amount of TVs, loud background music, a huge space with large, substantial-feeling tables that are well spread out and able to accommodate large parties.

On my visit, I tried the STREET TACOS PLATE ($13.55). The ASADA was pretty damn good with grilled New York streak, toasted [...]

Tropical vacations are one of the most fun vacations to take…

until…

your hair looks like Monica’s in Barbados:

Now, I don’t mean to sound like an ungrateful brat, but that’s a vacation-ruiner if I’ve ever seen one.

And, because my hair is prone to frizz just like all the rest of us non-TRESemmé models, here’s a few tricks of the trade I’ve picked up along the way:

1.  Use a moisturizing conditioner:

I’ve found that Redken’s Clear Moisture conditioner works pretty well. Just squeeze a few day’s worth into a small travel bottle from Wal Mart for .99 cents, and [...]