Could you pare down to the essentials and live permanently in less than 400 square feet of space? This is one of the questions at the heart of the tiny home movement, a counterculture lifestyle my boyfriend, John, and I find fascinating. The ingenuity of the spaces combined with the […]
Tag: Orlando
Finding Italy in Central Florida
For a glorious 23 days last October, my life was getting lost in cobblestone alleyways, hiking far above the Ligurian Sea, indulging in a diet comprised entirely of pizza/pasta/gelato, trying my best to speak the Italian language, taking thousands of photos and walking absolutely everywhere in a constant state of […]
Steph’s Taco Blog: Hunger Street Tacos in Winter Park
The first time I visited Hunger Street Tacos, I did it all wrong. From the name, you might assume Hunger Street Tacos is solely a taco joint (as I did), and only order tacos (as I did). Do this and you’ll miss out on the depth of authentic Mexican cuisine […]
Steph’s Taco Blog: The Whole Enchilada in Winter Garden
Have you ever walked into a restaurant and thought to yourself, “this is exactly what I would look like in restaurant form”? No? Just me? Well if I were a restaurant, I’d be a taco joint, and a beachy one at that. Which just so happens to be the exact […]
Cocktails of Orlando: DoveCote, Bitters & Brass and The Guesthouse
While I love sipping a glass of crisp white wine while making dinner or casually drinking a cold beer to cool down on a warm summer day, cocktails reign supreme in my hierarchy of adult beverages. I readily admit to a past filled with dancing late into the night will […]
The Great Orlando Food Staycation
When my boyfriend, John, and I decided on a weekend staycation in downtown Orlando as our Christmas gift to one another, I didn’t really plan on spending the majority of our weekend together gorging on tacos, craft cocktails, steaks, brunch, and farmer’s market stand food. But who am I kidding? If […]