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By Aimee, November 29, 2010

Lately I have been seeing “Whoopie Pies” all over the web. They look delicious, but honestly I have never tried to make one. I even found this adorable cookbook, Whoopie Pies, that I put on my Christmas wishlist. Even though I never made one, they kept coming to my mind over and over again. Enter the Cool Whip, and my own little creation, the “Whippy Pie”!

Easy, easy! We already had some great chocolate chip cookies made up, and of course, a nice big tub of Cool Whip left over from the Thanksgiving holiday. Two cookies, some whip for the inside, and there you have it! A “Whippy Pie”! And it was very tasty! And probably a lot less calories as well!!

Always fun to use what is already in the kitchen to make something new and tasty! What about you, have you made Whoppie Pies?

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By Aimee, September 20, 2010

Sanrio has a special line of MIMOBOTs in honor of Sanrio’s 50th anniversary! As you know, I love Sanrio, and I love technology, so this news was super exciting to me. So, when Mimoco offered to send me one, I was over the moon happy! I decided to get the Chococat, and just look at how cute the Chococat MIMOBOT is!

Have you ever seen a cuter flash drive?! And Chococat isn’t the only one, they have a lot of your favorite Sanrio characters too! I don’t know about you, but I love having a flash drive handy, especially for storing photos. Being able to easily store and share photos on friends’ and family’s’ computers, and of course, for easy access when I want to print photos, is one of my favorite uses for a flash drive. Of course there are many other uses too, photo storage is just my favorite since I take loads of photos. Do you use them? What is your favorite use for a flash drive?

These flash drives come in a variety of memory sizes ranging from 2GB to 16GB. They also have some fun, pre-loaded goodies like wallpapers, screensavers and videos specific to each character. MIMOBOT flash drives can be purchased online at www.mimoco.com.

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By Aimee, September 5, 2010

When we went to Las Vegas for my birthday, we didn’t have plans for what we would do. We knew a few things that were must sees, but many of the things we did were complete surprises. One of those happy surprises was the Titanic Exhibit at the hotel we stayed in (Luxor). We didn’t even know that it was there until we got a coupon book at check in, but we both really enjoyed it.

Of course, they don’t allow you to take any photos (I found these images online). However, if you are in Las Vegas, and have the time and money to visit the exhibit, it is well worth it. They did an amazing job! You walk through many rooms that are made to look like the Titanic would have looked. There are also rooms where you just see artifacts and read about the history. One of the most amazing things is that they even recreated the grand staircase! Wow! And it is just amazing what has been recovered, and how much of it is still intact after all those years under water.

They hand you a boarding pass when you enter, and it has a name on it of a real Titanic passenger. At the end of the exhibit there is a huge wall of names, and you can check to see if your passenger lived or not. I have to admit, that was pretty powerful. My passenger survived (she was in First Class, and her maid survived too, but her dog, and her husband, did not survive). Could you imagine having to board a life boat and leave behind your husband? So many of the women had to do just that because they had women board first.

Also, right before the end there is an “iceberg” in a room that is cold. They encourage you to touch it too. They even recreated the promenade, and made it really dark with stars in the sky, just like the night of the collision.

Even more amazing though? They had an actual piece of the Titanic. It was massive! And yet, it was such a small piece when it was shown on the entire ship.

This photo doesn’t even really show just how big it was. The room had a movie about the recovery of the piece, and of course some information about how it gets moved around. The exhibit is in Las Vegas for 10 years (it’s been there for 2 already). Really, worth every penny!

Have you seen the Titanic Exhibit in other places? What did you think of it?

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By Aimee, August 7, 2010

We got together with family on Friday night and we went to the Harley Davidson shop for dinner. I know, what?! Food, at a motorcycle shop? Yes! They have a fun restaurant connected to the shop called Marley’s. They serve sliders and frozen custard. I got the turkey and bacon slider, while everyone else got burgers and turkey sliders. They also have shoe string fries, and of course, fry sauce! It was yummy. After we had eaten, they actually brought everyone a small cup of custard. It was banana flavored and really tasty. Some of us had actually ordered custard, so it was an extra treat! The vanilla is my favorite.

Sadly, the shop had closed before we got there, so we didn’t get to see all the fun bikes and other stuff (except what we could see through the windows). Something awesome about this shop is that they made it almost completely from old materials from the Geneva steel mill. Because of that it looks really old, and very cool. There was a lot to look at inside, they did a great job designing it.

Time with family, good food, and groovy surroundings? Doesn’t get much better than that!