Last week McKinsey and Stephanie hosted the Supper Club girls for a chardonnay tasting. I am not normally a chardonnay drinker, but I was excited to see if the tasting would change my mind! I was certain Rombauer was going to be my favorite… The Wines Kirkland ($7) — Costco brand Kendall Jackson ($11) La …
Thank you all so much for the sweet feedback on my new website. And another thank you to everyone who participated in my new Working Mom Wednesdays series on Instagram and sent me messages about how excited they are for this forum to share stories, tips and advice on balancing it all. There were SO many …
Tonight we are celebrating a ginormous milestone — Marcellino & Tyson’s 5th anniversary. Matt has worked so hard to build his business and I couldn’t be more grateful for his hustle and proud of all his accomplishments. It honestly brings me to tears when I reflect on the past 8 years… 2011 I’ll never forget …
Notice anything different around here?! Carolina Charm has a new look (thank you, Blog Savvy Creative)! Although we are still working really hard to finalize everything, I am really excited to roll out my new website! My new site is running on a new framework which will improve site speed and my new template will …
Last weekend we celebrated my birthday with a surprise trip to my favorite city — Asheville! Despite the hotel email confirmation coming to my inbox, Matt pulled off an incredible surprise-packed 24 hours. Saturday morning we packed the car and hit the road…making a surprise stop before leaving town to pick up some of our …
Yesterday we started decorating our home for fall which meant a trip to the farmers market for pumpkins! We’re still a few weeks away from Halloween so to preserve and extend the life of our pumpkins we whipped up a simple yet effective solution for long lasting pumpkins. Step 1: Give Your Pumpkins a Bath …
Happy Friday! It’s my longest time reader’s birthday today — Happy Birthday, mom! xo 1. Surgery Update Thank you all so much for checking in on me since my surgery last week! I am super grateful to have had my mom with us all weekend as the procedure ended up being a little more complicated …
This month Abby hosted Supper Club — her first one in her gorgeous new home! Last year she threw the cutest low country boil and this year she hosted a fun fall dinner! For appetizers she made a gorgeous charcuterie board, for dinner she served a delicious panzanella salad and soup, and for dessert she …
I am feeling so dang happy, healthy and blessed to turn 33 today! No really, I have never, ever been more thankful to be healthy — for my whole family to be healthy actually. It’s something we don’t take for granted around here. And I know it sounds so cliche, but I feel so abundantly …
HAPPY FIRST DAY OF FALL!! Can you believe it is officially fall!? This past summer was our best one ever so it was hard to let go, but something tells me this fall will be our best one yet too! To celebrate, I’m sharing 8 recipes that you absolutely, positively, MUST make this fall. I’m …
Happy Friday! Sorry for the radio silence — it’s been a busy week! My mom flew into town on Wednesday and yesterday I had a revision surgery. If you’re new here, I had a prophylactic double mastectomy four years ago to reduce my breast cancer risk down to 1%. It was quite the journey but …
We did it! We completed our summer ice cream bucket list! Earlier this summer I came up with the sweet idea after seeing so many stay at home mom’s posting their fun summer bucket lists. This was actually the first summer I really felt like I was missing out on things as a working mom. …