Chili & Chives

On a really rainy day, Tina, Yasmeen, and myself decided to do a girl's night out. I came directly from work and drove to meet them at...

Saskya and I said that we would always stay in touch and see each outher after I left UH. Luckily, my new job only took me 2 miles way....

Let's start wit my time in France. Talal took my parents out to dinner while I was away to tell them that he wanted to marry me. My...

Today was our last day in Boston and a very busy one, too. Tina and I heard from our Uber driver last night about the South End. After...

Talal finally finished his PE Exam. He said it was tricky, but at least that burden for the last year is gone! To surpise him, I left...

To celebrate the completion of my month in France, I decided to treat myself to the experience of a Michelin-starred restaurant. I...

To say goodbye, Talal took me out to dinner at Coltivare. I had it on my list of places to try. It seemed like a little neighborhood...

Labor Day Weekend was a series of spontaneous events. On Saturday, I drove to Talal's house around noon to met him, Hassoun, Hammoudi,...

Shnookums and I spent the day at the Galleria, where I went shopping! I bought three pieces from Zara - grey leggings, a long white shirt...

It was Round 2 of HRW for Talal and I. We went to Rainbow Lodge. It's known for gamey meats. The three-course meals had a variety of game...

I was stuffed. Talal was stuffed. The pork chop was stuffed. On my drive over to Talal's from BMC, I brainstormed dinner menus. I decided...

I dressed up quickly after buying my new Burberry Britt perfume. Then, Talal joined me to go to the PES Summer Social. It was an easy,...

To celebrate Maya and Yasmeen's 23rd birthdays, we decided to have a semi-girl's night out. The initial plan was to try coltivare, btu...

After a long, exhausting day at Sea World, Talal and I showered and walked (ran) over to the River Taxi. As Daddy had recommended, we...

Mikey and I went to Del Frisco Grille. From the start, I knew that I wanted the VIP, but Mikey felt a little adventurous. As we sat down,...

Aurash visited from the beautiful, sunny California. I picked him up from his house and we made our way over to Cafe Brioche in Rice...

After Maya returned from her trip to Costa Rica, her family, the Charafeddine's and ours went out for a celebratory brunch to Sorrento....

I planned a whole day out for Father's Day. We started with Fooul, then went to watch Secret Ocean 3D at the IMAX, cards at the Marriott,...

Step 1: Decide you want to make Coq Au Vin. Step 2: Wait a few months to have an open bottle of red wine. Step 3: Buy pancetta,...

For Talal's birthday, the dinner options were Aka's All-Day Happy Hour or Pappasito's. Since we were feeling sushi, but Aka didn't take...