A-Team

I hate to brag, but I gotta. Just go ahead and call the boyfriend and I the A-Team (as in AWESOME). 

I've been searching all day for an iPhone tripod mount so that I can live stream a press conference in the morning (of which he'll be taking photos for). After going to a couple stores, I texted the boyfriend about my lack of luck. Not 20 minutes later I get this picture:

He Macgyver'ed his own mount. 

And that is why I keep him around.

Curious George

I have a friend... and his name is Curious George. We hang out a lot these days. I just make sure he gets bananas and we're good to go. 

He's headed to the Museum of Art at the beginning of March for an exhibit, but until then, I try to make sure he doesn't get into trouble around the city.

I've shown some of you guys our adventures, and you can check them out on our Facebook and Twitter pages. 

While you're at it, check out this cute blog post the Museum of Art did about our partnership and our travels around the city!

Whole Wheat Cookie Skillet Cake

I'm in love with Pinterest. If you haven't had time to get involved with it, it might be a good idea. Or rather, it may be a bad idea because you'll never get off it. It's so visually stimulating, you could play for hours. 

One of the things I love about Pinterest is that I "pin" recipes and then my talented cook of a boyfriend cooks them for me. (Do you see how the roles have reversed? It's a little scary.)

The other day, I pinned this recipe and showed it to the boyfriend. Knowing we were going to Erin's house on Sunday and that we had all the ingredients, we set our sights on making this recipe.

Oh, it was good. So good in fact, we made Kevin and Erin keep the rest of it for fear we'd eat it all by the end of the night. Check out the recipe and try it for yourself!

Food, food, food

As if I couldn't get enough food in with Appetite for Jackson, the food train kept rolling! After AFJ finished on Saturday, I had to make my way to Pie Lounge at Sal and Mookie's to shoot video. A week or so earlier after workshopping with Jeff Good about the revamp of the bar, I came up with an idea: since the remodel would happen in two days, let's make it an Extreme Bar Makeover. We could do even better than "Move that bus!" We've got the Fondren Trolley. So, after a call to Jeff and Captain Ron with the trolley, plans went into motion for me to follow the action and make a video for them, documenting the process.

I had a lot of fun with it, starting with last call on Saturday, two days of filming, and a fun reveal that was a big hit.

Take a look:

Post-Appetite

Phewwwwwwwwww...

I'm a little tired.

OK.

I'm really tired.

But, we had a fantastic time on Saturday with Appetite for Jackson. I even had fun Sunday with a family get together, JFP Best of Jackson party, and filming for a freelance video project I've got going for Sal and Mookie's.

Since I know y'all are all really interested in Andrew, I'll leave you with a video of Marika and I with the man himself...

Appetite

Like I said, I've been crazy busy lately, but I'm loving every minute of it. One of the big things I've been working since the beginning of December is this big thing right here:

Appetite for Jackson. It ends with a great event this Saturday from 2-9 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art and it's going to be a fantastic time. More info here.

It all started in December with a little video a friend and I did at work about a pig ear sandwich, which caught the attention of Zimmern, who gave us a call. They wanted to film in Jackson: what weird food could they eat? 

From there, it snowballed because of a similar event, PM Soul happening that next Monday.

The rest, they say, is history. We've been working with them for weeks (shooting B-roll last week) and in a few short days, we'll have them filming our event for a new show on the Travel Channel called Appetite for Life. It'll be fun!

So, if you're in the area, please come out for Appetite for Jackson and I hope to see you there!

Hi

Hi, my name is Sophie and I've been completely absent.

I'm busy, OK?

Want to know one of the things I've been busy with lately? THIS CAKE:

Yep. This past weekend the boyfriend and I (yes, I have a boyfriend. That's a story for another day) worked on it for SIX HOURS. Oh, sure, we thought it'd be easy, but after the last stroke of icing at 5 p.m., I thought we'd have to have a soft cry for all that time spent.

Needless to say, the boyfriend's nephew loved it!