Chef Tre!

Last night Sarah and I attended the 2nd Annual 2008 Stainless Steel Chef event at the Milestone Culinary Arts Center & Viking Cooking School, here in Dallas. It is going to be featured in an upcoming D Magazine – maybe we will make the cut! We are avid Top Chef followers, so we were really looking forward to seeing Casey Thompson and Tre Wilcox in action! We met 2 really fun gals, plus we had front row seats the entire night. At one point Tre even told us that he loved that us gals were front & center because it made him more comfortable, more like cooking for friends!

(You can read more about the event here)

Run Dad Run!

Some people go through a mid life crisis and they buy a sports car. Some people have an affair. I am proud to say that my dad is doing none of the above – instead he has decided to run a half marathon! The man that loves the nightly bowl of Blue Bell ice cream…. The man that loves chips and salsa. The man that loves Dr. Pepper.

This new man now wears a pedometer and tracks his daily steps. He now drinks Diet Dr. Pepper. He now skips that nightly bowl of Blue Bell ice cream.

At the ripe old age of 45 he was diagnosed with severe prostate cancer. He battled that and after 5 years, is still cancer free. So, that probably had a huge influence on him when he decided to sign up for Race for Life half-marathon, this June in Anchorage, Alaska. This is a huge thing for him and we are soo extremely proud of him. You can read more about running journey here.

http://www.active.com/donate/tntntx/Dougsrun

Good luck dad!

PS — He is planning on running the full marathon with me in December!

Panini Pan

Last night we exchanged a weding gift and got the panini pan / press that matches the rest of our Calphalon Contemporary line. I used it this morning to make us breakfast panini's -- they were great! (scrambled egg beaters, turkey sausage and cheese on sourdough bread)

I love that is is much smaller than a traditional panini machine, plus we can use the Calphalon pan for indoor grilling.

I forsee many more panini combinations in our future.

Private???

I don't want to be left out in the cold.....

More, More, More
Perfectly Plump Preppy
All That's Pink and Green and Inbetween

I want an invite!

mrspreppy@gmail.com

When the hubby is out with the boys....

.... the wife will:

a) drink wine

b) make homemade blueberry pancakes for dinner

c) watch My Super-Ex Girlfriend on HBO

Woo Hoo!

For the past couple months, I have been on my way to a promotion. Meaning, I am doing everything that I used to do, plus all of the new stuff. I was fine with it, only because I knew it would not be forever. We wanted to make sure the appropriate people were lined up, allowing me to focus strictly on PR. Well, today is that day! I am officially on my way to becoming the Director of PR for the North American division of our company. I am over the moon! Could not be more excited -- I love working where I do, and this is just the beginning!

Maybe I should start dressing like Samantha Jones.

Maybe not. Samantha -- no. Charlotte -- yes.

Walk / Jog / Run

For all of you runners / joggers / walkers, http://www.walkjogrun.net/ is a really great site.

I have often wondered how far I run, but this way I can accurately tell. Plus, you can save the routes and use them as a way to track how far you run.

I did this yesterday on a couple of my favorite routes --- one was a lot shorter than I had thought! Looks like I need to step it up when I do that one…..

Dirrrrty Dallas

I am not sure what your cities are like, but having been born and raised in Dallas I can accurately say that at times it seems like this entire city is full of maniacs. People that are living the millionaire lifestyle, with $30,000 salaries. Debt up their ears. Women are filled with silicone and the men are more concerned with their car than anything else. So, when my wonderful friend (and fellow Dallas-ite) passed along this link I was thoroughly amused.

Is your city dirty? Dallas sure is.

(The Christina Aguilera song was in my head the entire time I was writing this post)