the stand

If you haven't been to the Stand yet, do yourself a favor and get on over there. 

Just down the street from the Willows, it has become our new favorite lunch spot.

My favorite is their short rib taco (I'm drooling just thinking about it),

but their burgers and fries are delicious, too.

And their milkshakes?  Don't even get me started on their salted dulce de leche shake.

Oh, man.

And their homemade guacamole and salsa, and their strawberry lemonade, and...  

You get the idea.  It's really, really good.

I think I know where I will be dining right when I get back to Phoenix...

more from the shop

Just a few more peeks in the Willows...

My little shop, it sure has been a while...

eating my way through new york...

This seems to be what I do every time I get to this wonderful city.  

Shopping for the store just makes me really hungry.  Plus, there are just too many good restaurants here that are begging for me to try them.  It's really not my fault.

(Girls, you might need to pull a pair of jeans for me at the store...  

I think I have gone up a size or two since I got here...)

 This grilled avocado was the most delicious thing I have tried in a long time...

But seriously...

we might need to widen the doors to the shop, so I can come back to work!

around the shop

Being gone all summer I've been missing this place...

Can't wait to see how it looks when I get back to town!

oh, what a summer!

Well, I cannot believe this summer is quickly coming to a close!  Oh, what a summer it has been.  We went to Dallas in May for my son's graduation and it seems we haven't slowed down since.  Off to California, home to welcome my future daughter in-law to the family with a cocktail party, back to California to host the whole family (6 kids, 4 spouses, 1 soon-to-be spouse and 19 grandkids), off on buying trips... I can't seem to slow down.  I am currently eating my way through New York (as you can see we stopped at the amazing Buvette) and am off from here to Chicago for a wedding, back to Phoenix for a week and then heading to Maine for my son Alex's wedding.

Whew.

I think I need a vacation...

Anyway, we have missed all our lovely blog readers and hope to be back to this space regularly now that summer is coming to a close.  How has your summer been treating you?