Apr 4, 2018 | A Day In My Life
A cup of coffee on my beach house deck, an ocean breeze, and the glittering Atlantic—my usual morning of Zen. Never believe the old adage: you can’t go home again. At the age of twenty-eight, after ten years of living in Manhattan, I am thrilled to be back in the...
Apr 3, 2018 | A Day In My Life
Hi! Dani Sloan here. I am the brand new owner of Chef-to-Go in Normalton, IL. Chef-to-Go is a sort of hybrid catering company. In addition to doing events, I rent myself out as a personal chef to wealthy couples who don’t know a waffle iron from a food processor and I...
Mar 29, 2018 | A Day In My Life
Five years ago, if you were to tell me that I, Lana Lee, would be working full-time in my parents’ Chinese restaurant, Ho-Lee Noodle House, I would have laughed at you. Maniacally laughed. You know the kind. . .the kind that catches you when you’re walking...
Mar 28, 2018 | A Day In My Life
Most days I wake up when the sun brightens the white eyelet curtains at my bedroom windows—that is, if Catrina, the stray cat I recently adopted, hasn’t already begun clamoring for her breakfast. My work-at-home job as associate editor of Fiber Craft magazine usually...
Mar 27, 2018 | A Day In My Life
Writing a food blog isn’t all about cooking and taking photographs. Yes, that’s a big part of my job as publisher of Hope At Home, but there’s a lot more behind-the-scenes of being a food blogger and I’m thrilled to share a typical day in my life with you. I wake up...
Mar 24, 2018 | A Day In My Life
I’m an early riser. I don’t need much sleep. Four, five hours, tops. On the day of a score, even less. It’s tough to sleep when you’re going over the plan ten, twenty, thirty times in your head, until you don’t even have to think about it anymore. Kinda like that...