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For my next JDV post, I wanted to give you a recipe for another awesome location – the Pacific Edge Hotel. This hotel, located in Laguna Beach, California, is a family fun zone located right on the beach. The rooms …

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Remember those thumbprint cookies that I made that ended up being hot mushed mashed potato consistency disaster?! Well, originally I made those cookies because I wanted to tell you guys about Just Jan’s. Their team sent me a handful of …

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We hope that y’all had a great holiday – we were off adventuring at our respective homes and we hope that you weren’t too lonely without us. But we had to come back this week because we know that you …

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Is there a better way to hash out your feelings and de-stress than with friends over a glass of wine in the kitchen? In the GMS kitchen this week, we discovered that the only thing better is to add, “while …

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I have a confession to make. I’ve been baking for almost as long as I can remember, but I’ve never made a cheesecake. I LOVE cheesecake. It’s cheesy, it can be lemon flavored, chocolate flavored, Oreo flavored, anything your heart …

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Our friendly Megan (who will be dressed to impress over here on Thursday, don’t you worry) recently had a birthday. She was out of town on her actual birthday, so this past weekend we had a Halloween Pumpkin Carving afternoon …

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You know how when you go to a party, it’s polite to ask the hostess what she would like you to bring to her event? Jennie hosted a Shark Week party last Sunday and after looking over her menu, I …

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So we have this friend named Ana, who is pretty delightful. She is Colombia, and has the key to many delicious dishes from her childhood that she was eager to share with me! We had a blast cooking several different …

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When I visited Mary’s hometown in New Hampshire last year, she took me to an adorable family owned grocery store as part of my tour. Mary used to go apple picking in their orchards as a kid. I bought this …

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A few weeks back I had a coworker who’s birthday snuck up on me. And since I didn’t have much time, I had to not-so-subtly just ask him what his favorite cake was. Then I did something I almost never …

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