Daily life and travel with food and cupcakes as a common theme.
Posted in Cupcakes, Life, Recipe, birthday on Jun 22nd, 2008
I was born in Dallas and before my dad and I moved to Central Texas, we were mostly in East Dallas. As an adult when I moved to Dallas for work, I would see things around town and have deja vous moments. I would see a building or a street corner and know that I […]
Posted in Cupcakes, Holidays, Mexican, Recipe on May 5th, 2008
My dad as often said that he doesn’t know where I got my ’spice’. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been drawn to the food, the people and the culture of Mexico. But oddly enough, I didn’t make this batch of cupcakes specifically for Cinco de Mayo, but for bookclub tonight.
We read two […]
Posted in Cupcakes, Eat Local, Life, Recipe, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse on Apr 17th, 2008
At least four other people rode their bikes to work today. So, in the grand scheme of things, it’s not monumental that I rode my bike to work today, but in my little world it was super exciting. And what was more exciting than that was that I rode it to work toting my […]
“I don’t know why anybody would eat fish that comes from warm water.” I had never thought about the difference between cold water and warm water fish until on day when we were talking about food, Alaska born Molly said that. I’m not much of a fish eater anyways. I love shell fish and you’d […]
Posted in Candy, Cupcakes, Holidays, Recipe on Mar 24th, 2008
Oh Cupcake Hero Challenge, you almost got me on this one. I joined during peppermint, caught my stride during coffee, said cheers during liquor but this one was not an easy challenge for me. I struggled with what approach I wanted to take and I wanted a challenge. But how much can you do with […]
I love that I’m 30 years old and my parents still take the time to send me an Easter basket. Today my whole family is in Texas, cooking a big Easter lunch, hiding eggs for the two who are still young enough to hunt them and going to the Lake to try to get some […]
Posted in Candies and Treats, Recipe on Mar 21st, 2008
Do marshmallows quality has an ancient delicacy? Hard to believe that the stale little things found in a box of Lucky Charms were once only created for ancient royalty and gods. The roots of the marshmallow plant were harvested and turned into medicine. It was much later that the roots were boiled and turned into […]
Posted in Arizona, Asian, Eat Local, Food, Life, Recipe, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Salads, Snacks on Mar 18th, 2008
One of my favorite Phoenix blogs is Lunch Bucket Bento. Lisa and crew are a bento toting, Daring Baking group. A few times a week, she posts snapshots of what I believe are the coolest lunches in town. Sometimes her posts are a simple list of what was packed and other times, she shares simple, […]
I can remember when I was little making sure that the night before St. Patrick’s Day that I had green on my pajamas because I knew that if I didn’t that my dad would be in my room bright and early looking to get in a pinch. I love that St. Patty’s Day is a […]
Posted in Arizona, Desserts, Food, Recipe, Snacks on Mar 16th, 2008
Spring training baseball games in Arizona, hiking Camelback mountain and patio dining are all hallmarks of Arizona spring. We trade 4 months of 110+ degree days for 6 months of crisp autumn nights and bright spring days. So, when it seemed that my whole Twitter posse was kite flying and bicycle riding yesterday, I had […]
Keesha oversees recruiting and training programs for GoDaddy.com. She is responsible for building programs that attract and retain amazing employees. She attended Blinn College and Texas A&M University.
Keesha loves food and photography and is passionate about community volunteering. She sits on the board of directors for the Junior League of Phoenix and in her free time you will find her baking and working on her empire Cupcake Cabana. Her most private cupcake confession? She doesn't like frosting!