This is a continuation of my posts on all the food I had during my 12 day trip to Finland, Sweden, Copenhagen, and Iceland. You can find part one on Finland here, part two on Sweden here, and part three on Copenhagen here. Day One: Half Day Walking mileage: 12.1 miles I arrived in Iceland…
Everything I Ate During One Day in Copenhagen
This is a continuation of my posts on all the food I had during my 12 day trip to Finland, Sweden, Copenhagen, and Iceland. You can find part one on Finland here and part two on Sweden here. Day One Walking mileage: 14.1 miles I took the 7:38 train from Malmo to Copenhagen, hitting the…
Everything I Ate During Three and a Half Days in Sweden
This is a continuation of my posts on all the food I had during my 12 day trip to Finland, Sweden, Copenhagen, and Iceland. You can find part one on Finland here. Day One: Stockholm Walking mileage: 10.4 miles After deboarding the ship, I trekked into Gamla Stan and dropped my bags off at the…
Everything I Ate During Four Days in Finland
I recently went on a 12 day vacation to Finland, Sweden, Copenhagen, and Iceland. Naturally, I documented all of the food I ate. I wanted to get back into the Travel portion of this blog! So I’m doing a daily breakdown of all the food I ate on my trip, broken out by country. It…
Entering the Minnesota State Fair Baked Products Competition: A Full Rundown
When I decided to entering the Minnesota State Fair Baked Products Competition, I naturally did as much Google research as I could to learn what to expect. Surprisingly, there is not much information on it on the internet. There’s the official fair pages, and entry instructions and requirements… but I had a lot more questions…
What to do with your leftover Sweet Martha’s Cookies
For those who don’t know, there’s an institution at the Minnesota State Fair called Sweet Martha’s Cookies. Sweet Martha dishes out chocolate chip cookies. By the bucket, literally. You can get a cup if you want… but the lines are long, and really, what’s the point of getting a cup of ten cookies when you…
Everything I Ate and Drank During Two Weeks in Minneapolis
For the first two weeks of September, Molly went on her almost-two-year-delayed honeymoon, and I got to travel to Minneapolis to house-and-cat-sit for two weeks. (So… basically pretend I live in MN for two weeks.) I suppose I was doing her a favor, but I just got a fun two week vacation, living in a…
Donuts in LA
It’s weird to think that I’ve been living in LA nearly full-time for about… three years now. Not sure how that happened! But I’ve definitely learned many of the pros and cons to living here. Sometimes it feels like the cons outweigh the pros. Sometimes it feels like the pros make the cons worth it….