• Best Places to Eat in San Diego // Morning Glory Fried Rice // On the Trip Side Blog

    The Best Places to Eat in San Diego

    If there is one thing I did, more than ANYTHING, in San Diego: it’s eat. Y’all know that’s not my normal travel habit, but one of my friends gave me a huge list of amazing recommended restaurants and…. What can…

  • 10 Things I Love to do // Paddle Boarding // Allison of On the Trip Side

    10 Things I Love to do

    If there is one season I despise, it’s Winter. I’m always cold and never warm enough… until I’m too hot. It’s a constant battle between trying to keep a good regulated temperature and drinking all the tea in Seattle. Winter…

  • Homemade Apple Galette

    My Recent Trip to Paris: What I Ate

    What I ate.  Yummmmm. My goodness, I have been spoiled, my lovely friends! My sweet cousins we’re so kind and really treated me to a true Parisian cuisine experience. Each meal was prepared and cooked morning, noon and night. Surprisingly…

  • Easy Chicken Instant Pot Soup

    Maybe I’m lazy. Maybe it’s exhaustion from a full day of work or because I’m hoping to get a jump start on cooking. Maybe it’s habit. I don’t really know. All I know is that every time I go to…

  • Peanut Butter Toffee Cookies

    For the record, this is my first time making these cookies and I am using a cookbook to guide me along the way but I must say… they sure are tasty looking! As you’ll remember, one of my blog goals…

  • 7 Best Thrift Store Finds // Oil Can On the Trip Side

    Honey Goat Cheese and Macrina’s Greek Olive Baguette

    What’s sweet and savory and looks magical next to wildflowers? This monogrammed cheese board. Honestly, it’s going to blow your mind, friends. It’s a very simple spread but with specific items which you can find aaaaallllmost anywhere. Here’s what I’ve…

  • Where to Eat on the North Shore, Hawaii

    We all know my undying love for food. When in Rome, you eat pasta. When in Paris, you drink your cappuccinos. When in Hawaii, you eat everything. There are certain places I always go to on the North Shore. This…

  • Sunday Morning Mini Waffles & Birch Sryup

    Despite my recent posts, this past month has been really hard for me. You see, I lost my Grandmother. My Memére, as we’ve always called her. She was a lot of things. Brave, ambitious, an entrepreneur, a socialite. A Queen…

  • Caught Up with Food

    It’s been awhile. My work has taken over my life! Not in a bad way, don’t you worry. It’s just been a long and exhausting few months and it’s been really hard to keep up with my normal regimen. It’s…