Last year I wrote a post that compiled options of what to drink when you're not drinking from the north end of the Strip to the south. But the thing is, unless we work on the strip, most of us locals really don't spend much time there. For Dry January 2019 I wanted to create … Continue reading What to drink when you’re not drinking…The DTLV Edition
Year one, done! My husband and I celebrated our daughter's first birthday recently and it felt like such a huge accomplishment. The past 12 months have been incredible, exhausting, enlightening, overwhelming, and totally worth it. I wanted to create something to mark the milestone, so for the past few months I've been putting together something … Continue reading Introducing the New Parent Deck
Hey friends! Is anyone feeling any holiday fatigue yet? 😉 Make sure you're taking downtime when you need it, saying a gentle 'No' if you need to rest and reset. I know this time of year can be particularly overwhelming for us between travel, family time, out of town visitors, birthday celebrations--all the things. As … Continue reading What I’m Looking forward to in 2019
Before I moved back home to Vegas from Chicago we used to come back once a year, usually around Easter for a week. I looked forward to that week of warm sunshine for months, cursing the chilly midwest short dark days. When we touched down in Vegas, it was a family tradition to head over … Continue reading Historical Vegas Mocktail collaboration with Culinary Historian & Author Sarah Lohman
A few weeks ago the folks of Wild & Free: A Battleborn Podcast were kind enough to let me join and talk a little bit about sobriety during the holidays, and if you'd like, you can listen here. I know my first holiday season sober was difficult, but these days it's something most of my … Continue reading How to be a sober inclusive holiday host
Hey All! I've been working to compile a list of refreshing non-alcoholic beverages along The Strip, including grab-n-go, casual dining, and upscale restaurants. People reach out to me from all walks of life asking about visiting Vegas when they're not drinking. Sometimes they're sober, but sometimes they're not. Sometimes they just don't want to drink … Continue reading Sober-Friendly Strip Tips #11: What and Where to Drink When You’re Not Drinking
I think at this point we've established how much I enjoy magic shows. I love the classic Vegas entertainment history they represent, I love being in a room with other people in the dark and watching something unexpected unfold, and I love that magic is such a complicated and highly trained artform. But over the … Continue reading The Magic of Jen Kramer
Hey friends! I should start this post with the truth...that I enjoyed the summertime offerings of Lee Canyon on the VERY LAST DAY of their summer season, so file this post under 'things to enjoy next summer...!' However, they also have MANY winter offerings I'm writing about Lee Canyon anyway. 😉 Lee Canyon (which is … Continue reading A trip up to Lee Canyon
Summer in Vegas is a few things. It's hot. It's long. It's when pretty much everyone is cranky. I know when I lived in Chicago the hardest months for me were April & May because it felt like it should be spring but then I'd wake up to a dusting of snow and the sadness would set … Continue reading Sober in Vegas: Taco y Taco
Hey friends! Summer is summering on with its long days and short nights, and in between working extra hours at my job and keeping up with our baby girl, we've spent this past weekend indoors. What's been really nice about spending time at home this weekend was finally having some time to cook and bake. … Continue reading WellBeing Brewing Non-Alcoholic Beers in Review
This past weekend was one of the first times I've been out of the house past 8pm since baby girl was born back at the end of December. Now that she's a little older and I've gotten back into the swing of things at work it's been fun to explore the city after dark again … Continue reading Sober in Vegas: A night out at Paris Las Vegas
Summer is here in full force...basically all I can bring myself to do outside of rallying to get to work on time is walk down the block to the pool or lay on the floor under the A/C with our baby girl and our two cats, all of whom are also trying to hide from … Continue reading Sober in Vegas: Belvoir Fruit Farms Review
