Daily Archive: April 16, 2012

Day 10: Day trip to town

Due to poor weather conditions, we didn’t have much desire to venture away from our hotel in Uruguay.  However, we did make it into town one day.   We walked there (tricked into thinking it was just a stroll down the beach) and it was drizzling nearly the entire time.  But at least we got to see Punta Del Este’s main attraction. Hand in the sand. Our lunch selection was based on two things: (1) did they have seating inside? and (2) did they have coffee? And so we found ourselves at Boca Chica Express…. Read more >

Dear Joy

I may as well warn you now…this is going to be one of those posts that will make you drool.  A lot.   I am having a full blown love affair with joy the baker right now.   It’s unstoppable. Don’t even try.   I’m enchanted by everything from her recipes to her writing voice to her photos.    But I’m especially enamored with her biscuit dough.   Home-made cinnamon rolls are one of my bucket list things.  I have a million and one recipes for them starred and bookmarked, but I’ve been too intimidated… Read more >