{Looking only half awake at the San Diego airport} {We had time to kill before checking into our hotel so we ate an amazing lunch at Zanzibar. Vegetarian egg white omelete and whole grain toast? Yes please!}  {A beautiful fruit and water greeting surprise from my family.} {My handsome hubby enjoying our first dinner in San Diego at La Fiesta. He said if he could have one meal be his last, this meal at La Fiesta would be it.} {Monday … Read More

  Our special day was truly more beautiful than words can even begin to describe. As soon as I have more photos to share, you better believe I’ll do a complete recap; but for now, I’m just stopping in to say hello from San Diego and give you a quick update with the handful of photos I could get my hands on.    Thank you all for your kind words and support! I can’t wait to share more with you … Read More

While I am away on my honeymoon, my dear blog-friend Lauren from the blog Keep It Sweet was kind enough to share an amazing summer treat. Lauren is an amazing baker and has an absolutely beautiful blog that you should make sure to check out. Thanks so much for sharing, Lauren! I can’t wait to try this when I get back home. Hi, I’m Lauren from Keep It Sweet. I’m excited to get a chance to guest post on Espresso and … Read More

  One of the little touches I’m most excited about when it comes to our wedding is the dessert, of course! Instead of having traditional wedding cake, as I mentioned, we are having pie. Two pies with the recipes developed by yours truly. Guests at our wedding will be going home with the recipes for these pies, but I wanted to make sure you had them, too! I absolutely love this pie because it’s the perfect combination of sweet and … Read More

    Five days before the biggest day of our life, we completed our first half marathon! It was hot, sweaty and so much harder than I had anticipated, but seeing as that it was our first race ever, I’m pretty proud of how we did. I know not all of you come to Espresso and Cream to read race recaps, but I hope you’ll be okay with me recapping our run. The race, The Red White and Boom Half … Read More

Wow! I was blown away by your enthusiastic response to the Foodzie Giveaway. The winners are: 1. #27 Lisabella2. #40 Jennifurla3. #106 Lauren (who said an English muffin and almond butter) Send me an e-mail (madisonjanemayberry@gmail.com) with your name and address and I’ll get your prizes in the mail. I got some great responses on my last grocery haul post, so I decided to do it again. A lot of you mentioned that you are nosy and secretly love to … Read More

The fabulous Lauren over at Keep It Sweet is hosting a bake sale to beat cancer. I have two dozen of my Strawberry Cream Cheese Cookies up for bid today and there are a bunch of other amazing goodies, too! Stop on over to her site and place a bid for a great cause! You can find the link here. Winners of the Foodzie Giveaway will be announced tomorrow morning!Madison

  Because it’s Monday. And because I have never before been more thankful for the amazing readers of Espresso and Cream. And because I can’t get enough of all the tasty treats there are out there to try…. I’m giving away three Foodzie Tasting Boxes! Last month, as part of the Foodbuzz Featured Publisher program, I had the opportunity to get a Foodzie box sent to me to sample. Honestly, I think it was one of the funnest things that … Read More

Joey and I spent last weekend back at home and my mom’s side of the family threw me an absolutely wonderful wedding shower. I’m so blessed to have such talented, creative aunts and cousins, who also happen to be great cooks! Here are a few pictures from the weekend. As usual, when exciting things are going on I’m not very good at remembering to take photos. Madison