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I'm in EatingWell Magazine (August 2010)!
June 26, 2010
I'm in EatingWell Magazine (August 2010)!
Back in early May, Editorial Director Lisa Gosselin interviewed me by phone about my EatingWell adventures. (See all of my EatingWell related blog posts .) If you have no clue what I'm talking about, it all began on February 2nd, 2010 when I...
Sushi Zushi with Gaetano - Finally!
June 26, 2010
Sushi Zushi with Gaetano - Finally!
We've been to Sushi Zushi (see Related Content below) a few times now and hadn't yet taken Gaetano. My son has been eating sushi since age 3 and loves a good spicy roll. He's been really good lately so we treated him to Sushi Zushi. Gaetano had 2...
June 24, 2010
Introducing EatingWithAndrea.com
It's my pleasure to introduce a new website, EatingWithAndrea.com , which belongs to Andrea Bertone . For those unaware, Bertone is my maiden name and Andrea was married to my brother. To my son she'll always be Aunty Andrea and to me she'll always...
how do you roll? Alone.
June 23, 2010
how do you roll? Alone.
I've previously blogged about how do you roll? and this time, I rolled alone. I was going for a dress fitting and decided to go ahead and eat some sushi for dinner prior to my appointment since I had some time. I thought to myself, "Should I go...
It's a Coconut Lime kind of Father's Day
June 20, 2010
It's a Coconut Lime kind of Father's Day
For Father's Day we had a full table, with Dan's parents, my parents, Dan's brother and his girlfriend, my ex-husband and his fiancé with their daughter, and our friend Jason and of course me, Dan and Gaetano. We all squeezed around the...
Dulces at Lakeline for Lunch with Mom, Dan & Gaetano
June 19, 2010
Dulces at Lakeline for Lunch with Mom, Dan & Gaetano
Dulces - The Art of Mexican Cuisine is located downstairs in the Lakeline Mall here in North Austin but it feels like it belongs in it's own building in down town Austin. The food is artfully presented and of our handful of visits we've never...
Sushi Zushi for Lunch with Sydney
June 16, 2010
Sushi Zushi for Lunch with Sydney
Shopping sure works up an appetite! After a couple of hours of shopping at the Domain with Sydney , it was time to break for lunch. Of course, we had to stop at Zushi Sushi. Sydney is a vegetarian, so going for sushi was a good choice since...
I looked good but...
June 15, 2010
I looked good but...
Today I met with Sydney, the wardrobe consultant , that I mentioned in my blog post yesterday . Oh wow; that was sooooo much fun! I got rid of a bunch of clothes that were unflattering. She showed me why each piece didn't work and what to look for...
Panera Bread's New 280 Calorie Salad
June 15, 2010
Panera Bread's New 280 Calorie Salad
Upon our arrival at Panera Bread , we were greeted with a larger version of this sign which I photographed by the register: It was at the register that I noticed it was only 280 calories for what looked like a decent size salad and 150 calories for...
What Dan got me for my Birthday!
June 14, 2010
What Dan got me for my Birthday!
You might recall when I blogged about my birthday I wrote, "As for birthday presents, I'll be blogging about those soon. Some have to do with cooking and some to do with my weight loss. I'm going to keep you in suspense awhile since it is...