Smashburger VIP

This weekend I got the VIP treatment at Charlotte’s soon-to-be opened SMASHBURGER.

I’d never been to a Smashburger before—and had to do a little googling to learn the story behind the name.

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My research tells me the name Smashburger comes from the process used to cook burgers, which entails smashing a ball of 100% Certified Angus ground beef on a grill to sear in the juices (thank you Wikipedia!).

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My big black book

I’d like to call it my little black book, but truth be told it’s quite a large black book:

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Embarrassed smile

Before we get into that… I have a question for you guys: Type A or Type B?

Type A:  Ambitious, aggressive, business-like, controlling, highly competitive, impatient, preoccupied…. time-conscious, tightly-wound… Geeze Wikipedia, you sure make it sound like a good thing.

Type B:  generally patient, relaxed, easy-going, and at times lacking an overriding sense of urgency.

Looking at my coffee table, you might guess that I’m a straight up type B:

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What is all this CRAP??

Yes, you might think I was a type B by the amount of disarray and apparent disdain for order….

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That is until you realized what I was doing with all this nonsense.

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Feast yo eyes.

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I may have painstakingly gone through every single copy of Cooking Light, Clean Eating, and Eating Well magazine I’ve accumulated over the past two years (a mere 30-some issues)….. 

I MAY have clipped out every single recipe that sounded the teensiest bit tasty…..

And I MAY have filed them away… by category.

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Jealoussssss???? Open-mouthed smile 

What about you guys?  Type A or Type B?

Oh, and lest we not forget TGIF! Party smile

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