Wishes and Dishes

We are having a great time so far in sunny California!  What a beautiful state!  Here is a recap of our first few days we’ve had here.  Today we are on our way to L.A. for a couple of days which is a few hours north of where we are in San Diego.  We are [...]

Could there be a better job in the world than being an ice cream taste tester for a day? A while back I got contacted by an employee of Perry’s Ice Cream in Akron, NY with an invitation to come tour their plant and taste test their 2013 ice cream flavors.  How could I say [...]

Mr. Wishes surprised me this past weekend with a belated Valentine’s day gift.  He had Monday off of work and took me to stay at the downtown Hyatt hotel here in Rochester for a night on Sunday.  It was so fun!  He had packed a few things for me without me knowing and told me [...]

It seriously took me about a week to fully recover from Groundhog Day weekend (said no one, besides me,…. ever……) On February 2nd, Mr. Wishes and I made the trek to see Punxsutawney Phil (the Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of Prognosticators) for Groundhog day.  It was a dream come true for me seeing as I [...]

Signs I’m turning 30 soon (as in..this coming Sunday!): I actually started getting serious about eating more than one vegetable per year.  I have been drinking smoothies with spinach in them (OMG!).  I’m working out on a regular basis….!  I think this can be referred to as a mid-life crisis. I think I’ll call it [...]

Once upon a time…. a long, long time ago (September 2011)…. in a land far, far away (Naples, NY)…… there existed a wonderful Grape Festival that I was brought to as a surprise by my wonderful hubby. This festival is in Naples, NY which is located in the Finger Lakes region and is the grape [...]

Today my blog turns ONE! Happy blogoversary to me! Why, yes, it was one year ago today that I hit the “Publish” button on my very first post on my brand new blog and, voila!  Wishes and Dishes was born.  Has it really been a year since I published my first post?!?! There’s a myriad [...]

Hello, Fall – Don’t get me wrong,….I love you…I love everything about you! But did you really have to come so soon? In a way I feel like I extended my summer this year by living in Miami from March – June.  We got home in July and ever since then, the summer has just [...]